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Need A Few Post-Its Around The Office?

Posted by timothy on from the you-sure-do dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Like every company, we have an office prankster. So, whenever anything goes wrong -- say, your chair starts making unusual noises or your CD tray starts popping out for no reason, invariably you'll look up and see Dave, our esteemed leader, grinning foolishly at his handywork. So really, Damon shouldn't have been surprised when he came into the office one otherwise-normal Monday morning to find this. Nor should James have been surprised when he showed up early one morning to this birthday surprise. It certainly keeps us on our toes." Ah, the joys of not telecommuting ...

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  1. People have tooo much time on their hands.. by theirishman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I use to work for HP and they were no fun.. :( and any messing and you were out.. - well I live in the EU so it not that easy to fire me. :) but my employer before HP saw that sort of messing good fun as long as the work was done and noboady or anything was dammaged... I think its realy important to have a good laught in work it helps keep the stress levels way down... is that why I am starting my own business.. ?

  2. Bruce Almighty by tantalus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Those post-its remind me of a scene from the movie "Bruce Almighty" about an hour into the film. Bruce decides to 'hear' all the prayers in post-it note form and the result puts James and Damon to shame. It's interesting how striking a common office/household item can be when displayed in large quantities like that.

  3. Re:Time on your hands by KlaymenDK · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Some companies actively encourage it.

    Where I worked a few years ago, we had something called a 'friday meeting' the 1st friday of every month. A colleague of mine got severely ridiculed because he thought it wise to bring a pen and some paper for his first attendance --- which was about playing hockey in one of the empty studios. On other occasions we've been out go-carting, and even to a grand casino (complete with free pool-side buffet).

    Sure this costs the company money, but they do get return value for it.

    --
    "Good news, everyone!"
  4. Times are changing by DeanFox · · Score: 5, Interesting



    Last year our group moved from a satellite office into the corporate building. Gone are the parking lot BBQs, etc.

    Last month our manager turned 40. We spent 3 hours after work decorating her office with black balloons, streamers, static stickers with over the hill slogans, a walker... You know the drill.

    The next morning we were all called into human resources and for 45 minutes admonished for what they perceived as "age discrimination".

    Yep... Isn't corporate fun?