Entries Tagged as 'office'

try not to bite the hand that the dog bites

May 12th, 2008 · 67 Comments

while paying his old office a weekend visit, jimsu from katy, texas didn’t catch the original note (or, perhaps, conversation) that precipitated this huffy screed from the mailman…

…but he did spot the follow-up from the office smartass.

related: this is why your postal worker is disgruntled

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Tags: "customer service" · office · oh snap · texas · underlining · you be the judge

yahoo! in the toilet? read the writing on the wall.

April 27th, 2008 · 49 Comments

what’s employee morale like inside yahoo’s sunnyvale headquarters, you might ask, amid all the chatter about coming layoffs, the possible microsoft takeover, and everything else? well, according to one anonymous yahoo! employee, in the toilet would be one place to look.
says our yahoo! tipster: “first they took away our right to stand on the toilets. […]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · california · group bitchfest · office · raging against the machine · saga · silicon valley · toilet · yahoo

the overly friendly coworker: ruining your day since you held the elevator for her that one time

April 21st, 2008 · 132 Comments

homero in portland had just finished heating up his lunch in the office microwave when he returned to his desk to find this “helpful” note (attached to an ad from the local alt-weekly) waiting on his chair. though it’s unsigned, he says he’s pretty sure he knows which coworker left it for him. “she’s kind […]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · office · portland · smiley

maybe if was hawaiian shirt day?

April 11th, 2008 · 50 Comments

alexa in texas works in a graduate lab of five students. one friday, she says, “our advisor came in around 9:30 a.m. looking for us. no dice: except for one poor guy, we were all out. when the hard-working crew finally rolled in around 1:30 (or, um, 3 p.m.), they were greeted by this inspirational […]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · lab rats · nice and subtle · now that's management · office · texas · university

covering all the bases

April 9th, 2008 · 90 Comments

“it seems too many people have made love to the office water cooler,” says lizzy in new york. and some of them, it seems, are getting a little sloppy.

lizzy says the “office of water” thing refers to the fact that “our office is full of water. like, the fridge doesn’t have anything but bottled water […]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · d.c. · double-entendre alert · new york · obnoxious definition · office · spelling and grammar police · that's unsanitary · water