All the sense of humour of a rabid, constipated rhinoceros

[plonq]

I hate in-company politics.


The sign on our door currently reads:

Mad Scientists
(Or slightly indignant ones at least.)

One of the managers popped his head in here briefly this afternoon and said that the director wants us to remove the sign before tomorrow.  The way he put it was, "He's going to come by here later and ask you to remove the sign.  I'd ask on his behalf, but I don't want to act as his personal secretary."  The company CEO is coming through here tomorrow, and they don't want to risk offending him on the off-chance that he wanders by our office and sees the current sign.

I suppose I can see how that sign would be offensive on a number of levels.

(Well, not really.)

Comments

[elynne.livejournal.com]

It's offensive to the CEO because it implies that the people inside are actually human beings. And that some people have a functioning sense of humour, which the CEO had removed years ago as part of the process of being installed as CEO.

... sorry, that's my socialist bitch side showing, or something.

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

Oh well, it can go back up on Monday.

I do like the humour of it!

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

You could put up another one in its place.

Like one that reads:

POST
NO
BILLS

or

THIS SIGN
INTENTIONALLY
LEFT BLANK

:=3

[furahi.livejournal.com]

I'd remove it now and put it back right BEFORE the CEO went by there

OK, or maybe right after =P

[tamarik.livejournal.com]

At my work, we have a web-based timecard called Kronos, which is accessed via an Active Directory login that runs a damn Java applet as a timeclock. It's frequently slow to load, or just plain times out on anyone trying to record a punch. It's taken over ten minutes for me just to load the applet to click the little button that punches me in.

The procedure for getting your time corrected is to write down the actual time of arrival, give a reason for the errant (or non-existant) punch, and then have a manager correct it. Recently, I corrected my time, my reason being that "Kronos sucks" because, let's face it, it does.

My boss brings it to my attention that while he agrees with me on my commentary, he didn't appreciate me writing it in the book.

So the next day, when it fucked up again, I wrote "Kronos Su**s".

Fuck 'em. Leave it up.

[bertrasi.livejournal.com]

- Begin typical CEO thought process -
I don't pay you to be human!
That is all.
- End typical CEO throught process -

[farlo.livejournal.com]

Pull the sign until the visit - and repost it at the appropriate time so that it can be seen. You are an Engineer, not a Barrista at Starbucks. Honestly!

[orleans.livejournal.com]

Man, I understand your manager wanting everything to look professional, but that's really tight-assed. Some people just don't understand the concert of morale. :O

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

It's not offensive, he's just a tard.