Today at Work

Most of the day today was quiet at work. As soon as I got to work, I got my flu shot. Last year I had a bit of reaction to the shot. Fingers crossed that does not happen this year! We also had to attend the yearly United Way meeting. It used to be mandatory. They used to almost force us to give. Now there is less pressure. I am not opposed to helping those in need. I am just not sure United Way is what I want to do. They have some very specific organizations they help. Anyway, that was part of our day today. It was fairly quiet in our row while we put our fingers to the key boards and tried to get some work done. Once in awhile it happens.
Later in the afternoon e-mails started getting sent around about Bosses Day. I am somewhat of the organizer on our team. Usually, someone reminds me when it is and I send out e-mails. So P Whitty sent out the reminder. I sent a quick e-mail that said something like, what do you think about Bosses Day or doing something for Bosses Day. I got the greatest reply from The Doctor.
Boss' Day is a ridiculous made up holiday - invented so the rich keep getting richer...and making us minions think we have to praise those above us.
Oh, and a gift card sounds good to me.
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A few of the boys are super funny. Especially, Willy and The Doctor. Right now we are on a very morbid kick of discussing how mean chimps are. A chimps first line of defense is they will eat their attacker's fingers off. They will also chew off faces. I know what you are thinking........how is this funny? Well it can be very funny in certain conversations.
You might not want to let your children watch the show, When Animals Attack, on Friday night. It is not a warm and fuzzy show. It is also how our chimp talk got started today. If you saw the caption, "Travis the chimp's 911 call" wouldn't you picture a cute little chimp in shorts and a shirt dialing 911 to call for help? If so, you will be shocked to watch and listen to what that little clip is all about. Once again, not for children. That said, my sick work friends and I will probably all watch the show on Friday night. If we can't watch it, we will DVR it.
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Our cubicles are not private. Not private at all. I think there are some unwritten cubicle rules. Most people get the rules. Skinny, short for Skinny New Guy, we even shorten it more to SNG - does not get personal space. He is not a close talker. But he will randomly enter someones space and stand there looking. Some of the cubicle rules would be: Do not walk up behind someone and look over their shoulder at their computer screen. It is best to enter a person's space where they can see you. If you do not have something to say, do not stand at the entrance of a person's cube and stare. (You know I'm talking to you Skinny.) Our cubes are very little. There is no reason to enter another person's space unless you are helping them with a work question on their computer screen, need to speak softly while talking about something inappropriate or need to get close enough to read something on their computer. The best thing to do is look at a cubicle as an office with pretend walls and a door. You cannot just walk through a wall. You would not walk in someones office if the door was closed without knocking.
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Have you ever been in the bathroom and heard someone in a stall talking on the phone? The phone did not ring. They dialed out. Seriously! They are having a serious phone conversation with the tinkling sound in the background and toilets flushing. It is like they cannot even spend a quiet few minutes in the bathroom without using the phone. Someone on my team does this. Obviously, it is not one of the boys. You know I'm looking at you........P Whitty.