The Daily Grind

Bad day at the office?

2007-08-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sooner or later, everyone gets sick of something. Here's a slew of youtubes that crack me up everytime. Mainly because I can relate...

Click on the links below. Sound's not mandatory, but never hurts.

Amen brother!

Problems printing?

Ahhh, sweet office morale…

But, a warning...

Like to talk a lot on the phone? Careful…

Offices. Into every abyss of insanity, a little light must shine.

TDG

2007-07-05T06:11:00.000-07:00

Looking for something to while away the Friday afternoon that doesn't involve being productive?

Here we go:

OK. They're viral marketing ads for Reebok, but worth every second. I present to you ... Terry Tate. Office Line-backer.

Introducing Terry

Getting to know the Pain Train, baby! Whooo!

Sensitivity Training

And for those of you who've got your blood pumping, here's a chance to get someone else's going.

Take out your boss using only cubicle implements! Not for the faint-hearted, or more sensitive souls.

Hey, here's a few things you didn't know about Chuck Norris!

And reprinted from countless email forwards, just for the hell of it, the classic office dares. Play on your own or with likeminded office workers.

OFFICE DARES

Bored at work? Check out office dares - guaranteed to lighten the mood, make you laugh or get you fired......

ONE POINT DARES

1) Run one lap around the office at top speed.

2) Groan out loud in the toilet cubicle (at least one other 'non-player' must be in the toilet at the time).

3) Ignore the first five people who say 'good morning' to you.

4) Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and say, "Just called to say I can't talk right now. Bye."

5) To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears.

6) When someone hands you a piece of paper, finger it, and whisper huskily, "Mmmmmmm that feels soooooo good!"

7) Leave your zipper open for one hour. If anyone points it out say, "Sorry, I really prefer it this way".

8) Walk sideways to the photocopier.

9) While riding in a lift, gasp dramatically every time the doors open.

THREE-POINTS DARES

1) Say to your boss, "I like your style" and shoot him with double-barrelled fingers.

2) Babble incoherently at a fellow employee then asks," Did you get all that, I don't want to have to repeat it".

3) Page yourself over the intercom (do not disguise your voice).

4) Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle (there must be a 'non-player' within sight).

5) Shout random numbers while someone is counting.

FIVE POINT DARES

1) At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the national anthem (extra points if you actually launch into it yourself).

2) Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.

3) For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as "Bob".

4) Announce to everyone in a meeting that you "really have to go do a number two".

5) After every sentence, say 'mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent as in "the report's on your desk, mon". Keep this up for one hour.

6) While an office mate is out, move their chair into the lift.

7) In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and mutter,"Shut up, damn it, all of you just shut up!"

8) At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce, "As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again."

9) In a colleague's diary, write in
10) Carry your keyboard over to your colleague and ask "You wanna trade?".

11) Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now".

12) Come to work in army fatigues and when asked why, say, "I can't talk about it".

13) Posing as a maitre d', call a colleague and tell him he's won a lunch for four at a local restaurant. Let him go.

14) Speak with an accent (French, German, Porky Pig, etc) during a very important conference call.

15) Find the vacuum and start vacuuming around your desk.

16) Hang a two-foot long piece of toilet roll from the back of your pants and act genuinely surprised when someone points it out.

17) Present meeting attendees with a cup of coffee and biscuit smash each biscuit with your fist.

18) During the course of a meeting, slowly edge your chair towards the door.
19) Arrange toy figures on the table to represent each meeting attendee, move them according to the movements of their real-life counterparts.

More to come...

TDG

Surviving the Daily Grind

2007-06-14T08:09:00.001-07:00

Ever sat at your desk, feeling your lust for life draining away faster than your last caffeine hit? Or thought about opening a vein just to bring a splash of colour to your grey little windowless work area?
Felt every fibre of your being rejoice when your maudlin little email notifier goes off, indicating you have new mail? Felt that rejoicing sour as you realise it's just another mail highlighting every task you just haven't had the stomach to deal with?

Well, here's a few tools to survive the Daily Grind.

Despair.com - Motivational calendars and posters with just a hint of real world about them. The next best things to Dilbert cartoons to stick to your wall.

30 Second movie classics, as reinterpreted by bunnies. You'll need sound and probably Flash player on your PC, but it's worth it. Highlights include Titanic, Star Wars and the Exorcist.

Games you can play in the office - Several good ideas. At least something to get you thinking.

Office Games: Creative Wage Slave Rebellion - More good ideas. Viva la revolution!!!

They're a start. More to come.

TDG

2007-03-12T18:00:00.000-07:00

So, welcome to the Daily Grind. One man's anguished scream against the mind-numbing cubicle inferno that Dante would have travelled through if he'd written his Inferno in the new Millennium. The only difference is he would have stopped at one volume.

Let's face it. Everyone's had some sort of dodgy experience with a call centre. So what happens at the other end of the phone? What's behind the voice representing the faceless corporation?

The comic strip's just starting and I'd love to know what you think of it. If you're suffering call centre rage, or you've dealt with one idiot customer too many, feel free to take a moment and vent.

Come on, you know you want to...