The fumes are getting to me
Today at *bucks, as I was leaving with my PMS tea, the barista yelled out a drink to be picked up, “Venti iced no whip 6 shot mocha.” I felt jealous. Everyone else was pointing and laughing about the crazy hyper nightmare the drinker would be. I’m still jealous.
I’m a little “off” today, partially because I went to bed at 9:30 and partially because I colored my hair yesterday and I smell like a toxic waste dump. I probably also have dark brown dye streaks that I don’t see–I’m afraid to ask about that.
After more than a year here at work, our President is “on the warpath” about the appearance of the office. It’s not clear to me whether she said something about my cubicle specifically, but my boss sent me a little “word to the wise” e-mail. I guess that means, “clean before hell comes down on your head.”
I don’t like a clean workspace, but I do understand that my desk looks like a disaster area and people here have been tolerant about it. I did warn them in advance of hiring me about my general chaos, but I’m not sure that they believed me. Now they do. And so I will try to make my desk a TINY bit better.
May 13, 2008 at 9:51 am
Tell your boss, “Empty desk, empty mind.” You are BUSY.
May 13, 2008 at 9:57 am
Good luck with the cleanup. When you’re done could you please fly down here and do something about my office? Thanks.
May 13, 2008 at 10:24 am
You can send him this link. My boss sent to me and announced I would be the next CEO.
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1011&SiteId=cbmsnhp41011&sc_extcmp=JS_1011_home1>1=9965&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=db62b5591e0d4746afe44ee830abcffb-232113578-JW-5
May 13, 2008 at 10:53 am
Claudia, I’m with you. Lass, I’d be the one throwing everything into a shopping bag and stowing it in the closet. But my desk now looks semi-decent. It still is workable.
May 13, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I commiserate with you totally. This is what my workspace looks like.
May 13, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Eleanor, your workspace looks totally normal to me.
May 13, 2008 at 2:56 pm
even though I don’t work in an office, my desk includes the computer equipment, of course. A bar coaster that says “Slightly sinful”, sheet music for “Doodle Doo Doo”, a newsletter about a cemetery, a photo by Diane Arbus, a pink monkey, a green sequined frog, a ceramic bunny, a New Orleans mask, old candy wrappers, a note that says: “Cancel sMatch.com June 4th”, a large fake dice full of mints, drawing pencils and a dictionary. You need this stuff to work, right?
May 13, 2008 at 3:12 pm
My desk is always clean, but I worry that the boss thinks I am working on nothing!