Sad, but true sentiments.
I can't even begin to describe how true this rang to me.
Shaun Boyd shares 10 reasons "It doesn't pay to be 'The computer Guy' "
Read the full article at http://www.lifereboot.com, here is a summary:
Reason #10 - Most Of Your Accomplishments Are Invisible
Reason #9 - Every Conversation You Have Is Roughly The Same
Reason #8 - You’re An Expert Of Bleeding-Edge Technology Products, Aren’t You?
Reason #7 - Your Talents Are Forcibly Undervalued
Reason #6 - You’re Never Allowed A Moment’s Peace
Reason #5 - People Ask You To Perform Miracles
Reason #4 - Your Assumed “All-Knowing” Status Sets You Up To Let People Down
Reason #3 - You Possess Unlimited Responsibility
Reason #2 - A Life Of Alienation
Reason #1 - You Have No Identity
101 Ways to Annoy Your Co-workers
As found on http://www.jasonbartholme.com, Here is a list of 101 ways to annoy your co-workers:
- Leave a stack of old applications and a note saying, “Install these”
- Staple your reports in the wrong corner
- Put tape over the mouse optics
- Unplug a co-worker’s monitor
- Talk to sick employees while wearing a dust mask
- Turn your earphones up all the way
- Burn popcorn in the microwave
- “Forget” to put your tuna sandwich in the fridge
- Turn up the beep volume of the copier
- Empty the paper out of the main printer/copier
- Empty the ink or toner out of the main printer/copier
- Practice beat boxing
- Sing show tunes
- Hang up the phone before they say, “good bye”
- Slurp hot coffee during meetings
- Walk around the office barefooted
- Empty out a co-workers office on a Friday afternoon
- Misplace peoples pens
- Insert a 3.5” disk before they turn on their computer
- Glue their mouse to the desk
- Leave an open can of tuna in their desk
- Make a screenshot of their desktop and use it as their screensaver
- Turn up the contrast on their monitor
- Talk in a funny accent
- Use goofy event sounds for your programs
- Chant, “Yeay, I got mail!!” every time you get a new email
- Print out a phony pink slip and leave It in their mailbox
- Send flowers from one co-worker to another
- Start your car remotely when someone walk by it
- Insist on people to have a great morning
- Leave hole punches all over
- Leave your lunch garbage in other people’s cans
- After each sip give a refreshing, “Ahhh”
- Put salt on someone’s mouse pad
- Set a password on someone’s screensaver
- Carry on a conversation with someone two cubes down
- Smirk when a co-worker walks by
- Eat half of someone’s lunch
- Swap co-worker’s chairs
- Fake stomach flu during a meeting and need to abruptly leave three or four times
- Stare deeply into your co-workers eyes when they talk to you
- Take all the ice out of the community freezer
- Listen to comedy tracks and laugh hysterically
- Hit all the floor buttons when you leave the elevator
- Make hissing sounds into the phone and insist you have a bad connection
- Flip the left and right mouse button defaults
- Take out the ball in the mouse
- Eat sunflower seeds
- Tell a long story without a point
- Tell a co-worker you liked their hair better last week
- Anonymously send flowers to a random co-worker
- Bring Cheetos for food days
- Drag your feet when you walk down the halls
- Exclaim your co-worker didn’t wash his hands when leaving the restroom
- Eat stinky foods when you have lunch at your desk
- Practice drumming on your desk
- Use too many paper clips
- Fill out your time sheets incorrectly
- Set your mobile phone to an obnoxious ring tone
- Forward chain letters and other spam to co-workers
- Express your political views at length
- Whisper loudly
- Come to work sick
- Drink the last cup of coffee without making a new pot
- Answer your mobile during meetings
- Stand over someone while they are on the phone
- Sneak up behind someone
- Mess with the thermostat
- Give everyone a pistol wink when they walk by
- Gradually turn down the volume on someone’s phone
- Leave unusual print outs on the printer
- Throw out other people’s prints
- Juggle office supplies
- Write all your memos on bright colored paper
- Be overly nice to people
- Hide whiteboard erasers
- Chew gum while talking on the phone
- Regularly update everyone on the current weather
- Read your emails aloud
- Leave the fridge open
- Shake up cans of pop in the fridge
- Leave fingerprints on the copier glass
- Whistle all day long
- Wear too much cologne/perfume
- Type loudly
- Wear bright colored clothes
- Give everyone a nickname from a TV show
- Do the sneaky walk around the office
- Peer over the cube and wait for a co-worker to look up and notice
- Use the intercom and page yourself
- Swap the regular and decaf coffee
- Hide the sugar and creamer
- Type emails in uppercase and excessive punctuation
- Refer to your garbage can as your in-box
- Stick pencils to the ceiling in other people’s offices
- Throw a bouncy ball in your office
- Tell the same story over and over
- Imitate regular sounds like a disc drive opening, door slamming or a mouse click
- Talk to your monitor as if it was a person
- Schedule meetings at 4:00pm
- Talk loudly with your earphones on when someone comes to talk to you
New category
Well its been a while since my last post.
Life for us has been a rollercoaster lately, and we just have not had the energy to go and see or do anything blog-worthy.
So I thought maybe I'd add a joke category, and any good jokes I either get sent or see on the net I'll share here with everyone. If you want to send one in, just email me at brutusATbrutuswebDOTcom.
Where possible, I will credit what I know about original authors and/or contributors.
So without any further fuss or muss, here is number one:
Wabbits
A precious little girl walks into a pet shop and
asks, in the sweetest little lisp, between two
missing teeth,
"Excuthe me, mithter, do you keep widdle wabbits?"
As the shopkeeper's heart melts, he gets down on his
knees so that he's on her level and asks,
"Do you want a widdle white wabbit, or a thoft and
fuwwy bwack wabbit, or maybe one like that cute
widdle bwown wabbit over there?"
She, in turn, blushes, rocks on her heels, puts her
hands on her knees, leans forward and says, in a
tiny quiet voice,
"I don't think my python weally gives a thit."