From my window I can see into the windows of this house owned by the university. They converted it to office space so every so often I see some office worker rifling through file cabinets or rolling their swivle chairs to and fro. Especially on a rainy day like this, the scene is not just a little depressing. Those people in there are career office people; interns who never quite stopped being interns. They have "their desks" and when 11:45 rolls around they decide "where to go to lunch." They have workplace hazards like carpal tunnel syndrome, eye-strain, and back pain. They bring in little trinkets to decorate their desks and pictures of family, and then receive memos suggesting that maybe they shouldn't bring in pictures of family to work, because they are distracting and detract from productivity.
It makes me want to walk into their office wearing high orange shorts, green felt mittens, and with all visible skin painted traffic cone orange. I would throw chocolate and hard candies at them while they stared back, stunned and silent or cheeful and accepting with that special kind of insincerity only seen in offices.
I just ate the best peanut butter chocolate treat ever, but I have no idea what it was.
Added note: Many mistakes have been brough to my attention concerning my write-up about Harlem. I acknowledge that Harlem is a neighborhood, not one of New York's five boroughs. I also spelled 'Brooklyn' wrong. I bet there are some historical inaccuracies as well.
Posted by Alchemae at October 27, 2003 03:39 PMOffice-life is best summed up by Office Space. It's a little extreme, but it give syou the right idead. But, some people like those jobs. Think about it...most likely limited responsibility, pretty "easy", and nothing more than carrying out a discrete set of tasks is their job.
Going out into the job world "soon" I find myself scared to take anything *but* that kind of job. Would I like it? Probably not, but it would be a job that started at 9 and ended at 5. I look at some of my friends with jobs as Microsoft, Apple, IBM, etc...and they're doing stuff non-stop. They are constantly being judged, squeezed for ideas, pressured to do more than 8 hours a day allow.
Some people just want a boring job they know they can do.
On a lighter note, go play gunbound. I need to [write a weblog entry about it] about it soon...it's a badass game.
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Posted by: fugimax at October 27, 2003 04:59 PMHEY!!!! I HAVE A DESK JOB!!!!!
although the same thing goes on. only sometimes we play pranks on eachother such as stapling someones hat or thowing powered doughuts at eachoter...
not very fun but much better than other offices.
oh by the way hate me because i have the day off....
Dan, lets just move to the midwest and farm ganja.
Posted by: deKaliber at October 27, 2003 11:32 PMI actually work in a Ganja-Office. we dont use flourescent lighting.
Posted by: diNorsicaa at October 28, 2003 11:12 PM