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22 September 2009

Things you don't want at your office Partly inspired by Stewriffic's post below...what's on your not-in-the-office list?
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We had a surprise in our office today. Our office is on the ground floor, so, after a super heavy rain today we found a small snake trucking down the hallway. Guess it decided this was the driest place in the area.

post by: mightshould at: 15:31 | 15 comments

Dead fish. (We do have a bottle of fish sauce that was left behind by someone who worked for the Internet Archive as a parting gift. I don't think anyone has used it since.)

posted by sperose 22 September | 15:44

Passive-aggressive thermostat wars.

posted by Stewriffic 22 September | 15:48

People eating tuna at their desks near me. (I guess that fits into the dead fish category)

posted by rmless2 22 September | 16:07

Humptse!

posted by essexjan 22 September | 16:15

People sitting two feet away who can't stop IM-ing and texting and emailing their latest match.com boo.

posted by JanetLand 22 September | 18:13

Non-showering engineers. What is it about my profession that seems to preclude bathing?

posted by octothorpe 22 September | 18:20

Hobbette.

posted by Orange Swan 22 September | 19:22

Is she still around, OS?

posted by danf 22 September | 20:23

The smell of microwave reheated/cooked food. Bleah.

posted by signal 22 September | 21:22

Those vacutainers of blood stored in the beer cooler.

posted by unsurprising 22 September | 23:46

Consultants.

posted by pompomtom 23 September | 01:17

People. If it wasn't for all the interacting with people, my job would be awesome.

posted by dg 23 September | 06:20

My office is quiet and people-less, so what I wish there was less of in here is CASEWORK.

posted by By the Grace of God 23 September | 06:32

sports teams costumed mascots
(yes, this happened at work once. did you know the superstition about not washing your gear during season extends to the mascots? did I want to get surprise tackle-hugged by a giant saber toothed tiger that smelled like hobo stew made of real unwashed hobos with a rich footsweat gravy?)

posted by kellydamnit 23 September | 11:01

- burnt microwave popcorn
- burnt coffee
- fish products
- loan representatives/officers
- mortgage brokers
- over-watered plants
- cube nazis (OMG! One too many push-pins in my wall! The world will collapse!)
- space that's too warm (you can put a sweater on, they'll fire me if I get naked)

posted by deborah 23 September | 13:52

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