Office Karma
Why is it that I've done three things this morning and they've all ended up with me huffing and puffing?
1. Go to drink giant mug of joe (was up until 3am after scaring myself silly watching "The Exorcism of Emily Rose") and there's no coffee left in the carafe thingy. How hard is it to make more if you take the last of it? Someday I will post a camera in the kitchen to see who does that and then I'm going to beat them silly with the empty coffee carafe.
2. Tried to be productive and make a copy of a very important document (I just wanted to see if I could make a copy of my face without smushing it against the glass) and of COURSE not only was there a paper jam, but, there was also no paper. Again - people - why leave a paper jam? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Do it again and I'll make you a human paper jam.
3. Needed to print out some additional important documents (directions to the pub crawl tomorrow) and the son of a bitch was out of paper too! Amazingly, after I walked my lazy ass all the way to the back of the office to collect a ream of papier and brought it to the printer and shoved it in, about 900 additional documents came printing out (OTHER PEOPLE'S DOCUMENTS) before mine. Apparently, all these people were waiting for some sucker to come and reload the paper because they were too busy DRINKING THEIR COFFEE. Replenish the paper or I will cover you in paper cuts.
I was raised that when you use the last of something - you replace it. If you take the last square of t.p. - you walk downstairs and retrieve a new roll. If you borrow someone's car you don't return it on empty (unless it's your parents and you're broke then it's ok to leave it because they love you). If you drink the last beer, you race at full speed to the store and replenish immediately. It's common sense. It's common courtesy.
Because it's Friday, I'll give my officemates a 'mulligan'. But, I warn you - if the paper/coffee/paper jam bandits continue to strike, I will be forced to plot my revenge. And my revenge can be messy.
1. Go to drink giant mug of joe (was up until 3am after scaring myself silly watching "The Exorcism of Emily Rose") and there's no coffee left in the carafe thingy. How hard is it to make more if you take the last of it? Someday I will post a camera in the kitchen to see who does that and then I'm going to beat them silly with the empty coffee carafe.
2. Tried to be productive and make a copy of a very important document (I just wanted to see if I could make a copy of my face without smushing it against the glass) and of COURSE not only was there a paper jam, but, there was also no paper. Again - people - why leave a paper jam? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Do it again and I'll make you a human paper jam.
3. Needed to print out some additional important documents (directions to the pub crawl tomorrow) and the son of a bitch was out of paper too! Amazingly, after I walked my lazy ass all the way to the back of the office to collect a ream of papier and brought it to the printer and shoved it in, about 900 additional documents came printing out (OTHER PEOPLE'S DOCUMENTS) before mine. Apparently, all these people were waiting for some sucker to come and reload the paper because they were too busy DRINKING THEIR COFFEE. Replenish the paper or I will cover you in paper cuts.
I was raised that when you use the last of something - you replace it. If you take the last square of t.p. - you walk downstairs and retrieve a new roll. If you borrow someone's car you don't return it on empty (unless it's your parents and you're broke then it's ok to leave it because they love you). If you drink the last beer, you race at full speed to the store and replenish immediately. It's common sense. It's common courtesy.
Because it's Friday, I'll give my officemates a 'mulligan'. But, I warn you - if the paper/coffee/paper jam bandits continue to strike, I will be forced to plot my revenge. And my revenge can be messy.
posted by Rach2LA @ 10:01 AM
1 Comments:
At 11:56 AM,
Anonymous said…
Is it un-PC to post threatening notes over the coffe machine, the copier and the printer and let your co-workers know that they need to shape up? I think it's a great idea.
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