You Would!
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in work | No Comments »As part of a normal cross cube conversation, one of my co-workers said "I like Chryslers". Another co-worker retorted "You Would!". That brought a lull to the conversation as people processed it. After a few seconds, I gave up and, ...
My Company’s Power Outage
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in work | 1 Comment »Some powerful Thunderstorms rolled through the area Monday night and left a ton of people and businesses without power. Power was out from 7pm Monday night until about 8:30am Wednesday morning. Since I was already at work yesterday morning and ...
Chess at the office
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Odds & Ends, work | No Comments »I like to play chess. The problem is that either the people I know don't like to play, or they suck. While on a consulting assignment a few years ago, I talked a co-worker from Russia into playing a few ...
Confusing recycling bins at work
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in work | No Comments »A new recycling bin for aluminum cans showed up a week or so ago in our break room at work.  It has a nice little sign on top clearly stating that it is for aluminum cans. Really it's a garbage can with ...
Wax the Dog
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in work | No Comments »One of my co-workers is considering getting a dog. Her husband travels a lot for work and she wants the comfort of security that a dog seems to bring. I'm cool with that. What I find completely astounding is her ...
Training!
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in work | 1 Comment »Last week I had a real actual training class at my company. The class was good and we had a good teacher that clearly knew the product well. The class was 4 days for most of us, and 5 days for ...
Out with ex-coworkers
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in work | 2 Comments »Last Friday night I went out with several people that used to work for my current company. We had lots of fun. Half the night was spent catching up on what people are doing now and how their new jobs ...
More “Dear Shaft”
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in work | No Comments »Dear Shaft, I appreciate the strides you've made recently in your phone and work etiquette. Thank you for restraining yourself from eating and burping during our conversations.  I have also noticed that the percentage of email you send with a "see attached" message that actually ...
Reply All-athons
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 Posted in work | No Comments »On 12/18/07 10:21 AM, "secretary" wrote: Good Morning all! Â Â A pair of eye glasses were turned in at the front desk. Â Â If you are missing eye glasses please check the front desk. Â Thanks <someone replied to all> Â If someone is missing eye glasses, how ...
From the alligator you moron…
Monday, December 17th, 2007 Posted in work | No Comments »I was explaining something to a co-worker and decided to use the "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" analogy. I thought it would be quite appropriate to illustrate my point that we'd never know which one of the ...