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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 09:09 PM Aug 2019

If you've ever worked in an office / cubicle / "Office Space" environment, you will LOVE this tweet.

Been there, seen that, done that for more years than I care to remember, before starting my own business in 2001.



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@bananabeltbetty

Tattoos should actually make you more employable because it shows you can sit in place for hours while tiny needles are jammed into your skin and that’s what every corporate meeting I’ve ever been in has felt like
6:26 PM · Aug 27, 2019·Twitter for iPhone


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If you've ever worked in an office / cubicle / "Office Space" environment, you will LOVE this tweet. (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2019 OP
She does have a point. Arkansas Granny Aug 2019 #1
She gets it! rurallib Aug 2019 #2
That reminds me of an old Janeane Garofalo joke Clash City Rocker Aug 2019 #3
Like this!!! calimary Aug 2019 #8
Lol! yardwork Aug 2019 #4
Absofrigginlutely. MontanaMama Aug 2019 #5
I can relate. I worked in an ad agency and could never watch "Mad Men." Efilroft Sul Aug 2019 #15
LOL!!! calimary Aug 2019 #6
Truth vercetti2021 Aug 2019 #7
Haha! I often tell people, "Office Space" is a documentary! (nt) klook Aug 2019 #9
Plus, you want to express yourself, don't you? Blue Owl Aug 2019 #10
Same for every staff meeting, every managers meeting, every japple Aug 2019 #11
Meetings: None of us is as dumb as all of us Brawndo Aug 2019 #14
Nearly 20 years... mac2766 Aug 2019 #12
Don't miss it Johnny Noshoes Aug 2019 #13
ROFL! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #16

Clash City Rocker

(3,390 posts)
3. That reminds me of an old Janeane Garofalo joke
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 09:31 PM
Aug 2019

It went something like this: “I think men with piercings are better dating prospects, because they’ve shown that they can endure pain and buy jewelry.”

MontanaMama

(23,296 posts)
5. Absofrigginlutely.
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 11:40 PM
Aug 2019

I could never even watch The Office because it was just too much like working in that environment. Painful.

Efilroft Sul

(3,578 posts)
15. I can relate. I worked in an ad agency and could never watch "Mad Men."
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:39 PM
Aug 2019

Couldn't even do it for Christina Hendricks.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
7. Truth
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 11:44 PM
Aug 2019

I currently work in that environment now and have a Bill Lumbergh as a boss. He stares at me all day. Creepy

 

mac2766

(658 posts)
12. Nearly 20 years...
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:37 PM
Aug 2019

It took me almost 20 years to realize how much I hated my IT job. I quit a year ago, went back to school, started working as an electrician and I must say I've never been happier. Meeting after meeting, after meeting. I can tell you that 20 years ago it wasn't that way. Not sure what's happened to the mentality of management, but I guess they think that meetings are productive in some way. Certainly an occasional, strategic meeting can be productive, but eight one hour meetings in an eight hour work day??? Please!

Johnny Noshoes

(1,977 posts)
13. Don't miss it
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:02 PM
Aug 2019

I worked in an office/ cubicle environment for 32 years. Eight years ago the company went bankrupt. I was out of work for three years. I finally got a job five years ago as a security guard. I'm a guard/elevator operator and don't miss the office work. I miss a lot of the people I worked with but NOT the meetings, bullshit "Mission Statements", and all the other crap that comes with working in an office.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. ROFL!
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:53 PM
Aug 2019

OMG, office meetings are so painful! Sometimes I sit there wondering "Am I the only person here who actually wants to jump out the window right now? "

There are always a handful of people who love to hear themselves talk and just keep dragging out the meeting with their idiotic questions and meaningless observations.

I just want to bang my head on the table because I feel like the pain of a bruised skull would feel like heaven compared to having to listening to such people drone on endlessly.

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