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HOW TO KEEP THE WACKINESS ALIVE IN THE MODERN WORKPLACE
Put a chair facing a printer, sit there all day and tell people you're
waiting for your document.
Arrive at a meeting late, say you're sorry, but you didn't have time for
lunch, and you're going to be nibbling during the meeting. During the
meeting eat 5 entire raw potatoes.
Insist that your e-mail address be “zena_goddess_of_fire@companyname.com"
Every time someone asks you to do something, ask them to sign a waiver.
Every time someone asks you to do something, ask them if they want fries
with that.
Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.)
Name all your pens and insist that meetings can't begin until they're
all present.
Come to work in your pajamas.
Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits.
Always wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective
if your boss is a different gender than you are.)
Make up nicknames for all your coworkers and refer to them only by these
names. "That's a good point Sparky." "No I'm sorry I'm
going to have to disagree with you there, Chachi."
Suggest that beer be put in the soda machine.
Include a piece of your children's artwork as a cover page for all reports
that you write. (If you don't have children, draw stick figures yourself.)
Schedule meetings for 4:14 P.M..
Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair dancing.
Agree to organize the company Christmas party. Hold it at McDonald's Playland.
Charge everyone $15 each.
Send e-mail to the rest of the company telling them what you're doing.
For example "If anyone needs me I'll be in the bathroom."
No matter what anyone asks you, reply "Okay."
Put your garbage can on your desk. Label it "IN."
Plant a hedge around your cubicle.
Grow mold in your coffee cup.
Build models of the Seven Wonders of the World using empty soda cans.
Put your headphones on whenever the boss comes into the office. Talk in
a loud voice. Remove your headphones when he or she leaves.
When in conversation, no matter where you are in the office, mutter, "I
think my phone is ringing" and leave. Go get a coffee.
Determine how many cups of coffee is "too many."
Develop an unnatural fear of staplers.
Compose all your e-mail in rhyming couplets.
Install a set of buttons and lights in the arm of your chair. Talk into
your daytimer.
"Hi-lite" your shoes. Tell people that you haven't lost your
shoes since you did this.
Organize a carpool. Go to pick everyone up in a taxi.
Include a personal note on every e-mail you send. "On a personal
note, I'm feeling a bit tired and grumpy today." "On a personal
note, I'm pleased to announce that I got my highest score ever on Tetris
last night."
While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in "Palmolive".
Put up mosquito netting around your cubicle.
Decorate your office with pictures of Cindy Brady and Danny Partridge.
Try to pass them off as your children.
Put decaf in the coffee-maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over
their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.