Everybody seems to be coming up with a list of ways to “survive the summer” while being stuck in a cubicle. And since I am a) stuck in a cubicle, and b) totally okay with stealing other people’s ideas, I present you with a list of my own: 1. Avoid the Facebook News Feed If [...]
Not a single employee of Burke & Wagner, P.C. has bothered to complete their timesheet before leaving for the day, resulting in a potentially serious tear in the space-time continuum.
If you’re a fan of The Office, you surely know about the management manual Michael Scott cleverly called “Somehow I Manage.” You can actually read a few extremely short chapters of “Somehow I Manage” (and by chapters I mean paragraphs) on NBC’s website. I was reminded of this is because I was in my boss’s [...]
Beth Labonte, an avid contributer to our site recently completed an online novel that is perfect for the cubicle community. The stories are hilarious. Whether it is fact or fiction, you can decide. The background as well as a short excerpt is provided below. Enjoy! Background Bored administrative assistant, Tessa Golden, is trapped in a [...]
Alright, I hate to admit this. But Harold’s been taking a lot of heat and I feel kind of responsible, so let me just get this off my chest. May 21, 2011 was a typo. It was a Monday morning and Harold brought me over this crumpled up sheet of notebook paper that literally looked [...]
So Saturday is Doomsday, huh? Judgement Day, The Rapture, that stuff that started happening after Frodo threw the ring into Mount Doom. Whatever you want to call it, the world is supposedly coming to an end. So let me ask you this: why the hell couldn’t it wait until Monday? Come on, man! This week [...]
A 2011 double-blind study, conducted by pretty much everybody that has ever worked with you, confirmed that the sound of your voice is, without any margin of error, the absolute worst.
The nice warm weather is here at last, Snowy commutes, a thing of the past. Sleeves rolled up and sunroof down, Sunglasses on, we peel outta town. We stop for iced coffee, a morning perk, Not even thinking that we’re headed for work. Britney’s blasting and we’re singing along, But eventually we notice there’s something [...]
What’s worse than Milhouse from The Simpsons screaming “Wassup!!” after it’s no longer cool? Having to listen to your coworkers spew out similar lame catchphrases like they’re going out of style. Which they did, um, five years ago. Lately at my office there has been an excessive use of the phrase “git-er-dun,” when implying that [...]
Alright everybody, just stop with the fancy corporate buzzwords. I understand that you have important “work” for me to do, and that we are under “deadlines,” and that we must practice “customer service.” Well, I’ve got something to tell you. This paperclip isn’t going to bend itself. Believe me, I’ve tried. I’ve done some of your [...]
Alright guys, I get it. It’s April Fool’s Day so you rigged up my cubicle like this. Very funny. What’d you do, pay someone to come in here and install those fluorescent overhead lights? And that hideous gray fabric…you actually covered my entire cubicle with it? You guys are insane! What an elaborate prank you [...]
What do you get when you mix a whole lotta sausage with a whole lotta bullshit? Nope, not a McGriddle sandwich. You get my company’s annual office meeting! Twenty-two dudes and three women – the 3 women being administrative assistants and the 22 men being engineers. It is, after all, the year 1957. We used [...]
One of the many charms of working in a shared office building is the existence of people who work at other companies. We see them come out of their mysterious offices for lunch, or cigarette breaks, or to go to their cars. They look like us, and even talk like us, but they are very [...]
