What's the View Like From My New Place?

[Evo]

We moved into our new (hopefully temporary) offices today. I have a huge pillar right in the middle of my desk, they had to cut my desk up to fit around the pillar. Our printers aren't set up, no fax machines, no one knows how the phones work. I just paid $2 for two hard boiled eggs that could double as golf balls, but they were the only thing in the cafeteria that wasn't deep fried, and I forgot to bring lunch today.

Here's my pillar, you'd think they'd have painted the scrapes.

 

[Kurdt]

Thats lovely Evo. At least they gave you a complimentary toast rack.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Here's my pillar, you'd think they'd have painted the scrapes.

That pillar is just screaming for a mural!

 

[Evo]

Thats lovely Evo. At least they gave you a complimentary toast rack.

ahahaha! Yes, the toast rack is a nice touch.

I'll take a picture of someone else's office when I get a chance so you can see what my office should look like.

 

[Evo]

Also, you can't tell, but my desk goes behind that pillar and the overhead cabinet is behind it.

 

[turbo]

If I decide to invest in a telecom company, I'm going to PM you and ask who you work for so I can avoid them. Looks like some serious lack of planning on your managers' part.

 

[Evo]

I have two phones on my desk, they have the same numbers on both and when I pick up a line on one the other picks up and they both ring at the same time.

 

[Andre]

Looks like the second law of [/URL] type of desk. That law goes something like: the viability of a company is inverse proportional to the fanciness of their offices.

Rationale: if the offices are fancy the staff has no priority for important business.

 

[Astronuc]

We moved into our new (hopefully temporary) offices today. I have a huge pillar right in the middle of my desk, they had to cut my desk up to fit around the pillar. Our printers aren't set up, no fax machines, no one knows how the phones work. I just paid $2 for two hard boiled eggs that could double as golf balls, but they were the only thing in the cafeteria that wasn't deep fried, and I forgot to bring lunch today.

Here's my pillar, you'd think they'd have painted the scrapes.

That's insane!

It looks like they notched the desk to fit it aournd the pillar. And they actually paid some idiot for this plan? Or is there a plan?


So where to Dilbert and Wally work?

 

[Evo]

That's insane!

It looks like they notched the desk to fit it aournd the pillar. And they actually paid some idiot for this plan? Or is there a plan?

The desk is supposed to be one continuous semi-circle around my office, instead, they cut the desk up and the pillar cuts into my desk in one corner and then there is a small desk to the left of the pillar. Plus, part of my desk is unusable due to it being behind the pillar.

 

[Astronuc]

The desk is supposed to be one continuous semi-circle around my office, instead, they cut the desk up and the pillar cuts into my desk in one corner and then there is a small desk to the left of the pillar. Plus, part of my desk is unusable due to it being behind the pillar.

I can tell that the desk behind the pillar is unusable. The moron that did that layout should have figured it out and the partition should have been centered on the pillar.

I hope it is temporary.

 

[Evo]

I stuck some old folders back there, I can't even get into the overhead cabinet at the end.

Everyone is stopping by my office and going wow, that sucks.

 

[Astronuc]

Send those pictures to your boss and ask him "What is wrong with this picture?".

Or you ask if the broom/utility closest is available. It's layout makes more sense.

Or decorate the 'cave' with moss and some bats.


Hang in there. This too shall pass - hopefully not for long.

 

[Kurdt]

that is rather terrible Evo. Its hardly the ideal workspace.

 

[Evo]

I love the moss and bats idea. I'm probably stuck here until we move, they're aren't going to want to go through the trouble of moving me since this is supposedly "temporary".

 

[Moonbear]

Wow, Evo, who did you piss off to earn that space? I can't believe they actually went to all the trouble of cutting up your desk to cram it in there instead of just moving over some partitions, or turning around the orientation of your office so the desk was on the other side (that nook next to the pillar would have been a great place for a file cabinet or coat rack, not half your desk).

 

[Evo]

Wow, Evo, who did you piss off to earn that space?

My boss swears that he had no idea when he assigned cubes.

I can't believe they actually went to all the trouble of cutting up your desk to cram it in there instead of just moving over some partitions, or turning around the orientation of your office so the desk was on the other side (that nook next to the pillar would have been a great place for a file cabinet or coat rack, not half your desk).

It would have been too easy to move the cubicle wall past the pillar.

 

[GeorginaS]

I guess an upside is that, if/when you next move out of that space, Evo, they'll have to buy a new desk for you because that one is entirely toast.

 

[lisab]

Evo's new (but temporary) office...

 

[Evo]

Evo's new (but temporary) office...

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Thanks lisab! That made my day.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I actually quit a job over a bad office situation. My boss made me share an office with a guy named Farzad (a.k.a. "Fartzad" - guess why).

 

[Astronuc]

Evo's new (but temporary) office...

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Excellent! Reminds me of MAD magazine.

 

[Evo]

Ouch.



I passed out last night in the bathroom, my temperature had fallen to 93 degrees F, luckily I was on my knees in front of the toilet because I was nauseated, so when I hit my face on the hard stone tiles, my bottom teeth cut completely through the part of my chin just below my bottom lip, but no serious injuries!. Stitches, hurt, swollen, pain.

I'm not taking the blame for this one, being unconscious doesn't count, even if it was just a brief blackout. My best friend at work, (yes, I came in late), has suggested buying me one of those "I've fallen and can't get up" devices. I think it's a good idea at this point.

Maybe I need to hook up a live webcam and let people monitor me over the internet.

Nah.

 

[turbo]

Evo, you need to get a job as a receptionist in an emergency room. Then when "stuff" inevitably happens to you, you'll already be in the vicinity of urgent medical care.

 

[Kurdt]

I hope you've been thoroughly checked by the doctor. Its not good to just pass out. Although I suspect your low body temperature probably caused low blood pressure and the resulting black out.

 

[Astronuc]

I passed out last night in the bathroom, my temperature had fallen to 93 degrees F, luckily I was on my knees in front of the toilet because I was nauseated, so when I hit my face on the hard stone tiles, my bottom teeth cut completely through the part of my chin just below my bottom lip, but no serious injuries!. Stitches, hurt, swollen, pain.

That sounds pretty serious. Sounds like low blood pressure, or hypoglycemia, or some cardiac issue. Time to see a physician perhaps.

I'm not taking the blame for this one, being unconscious doesn't count, even if it was just a brief blackout. My best friend at work, (yes, I came in late), has suggested buying me one of those "I've fallen and can't get up" devices. I think it's a good idea at this point.

Maybe an emergency button would be good idea.

 

[Evo]

Someone else just walked into my office and started laughing at my pillar.

 

[Astronuc]

Well - I've been thinking of a few more ideas, e.g.

start a list of "1001 things to do with a pillar in my cubicle."

or

put up a sign, Climbing Wall ($10/climb) or $99.99 monthly membership. Maybe you could put a rappelling line around it.

or

decorate it with posters or a mural. I was thinking a tropical beach or rainforest motif, or a maybe some mountain posters.

or

get a model Batman and Batmobile and transform the cave into 'The Batcave'. You'll need a scale 'atomic pile' as well.

or

find a small basketball backboard and net, and offer to exchange with one on the 'guys'.

or

paste a copy of lisab's drawing on the column.

Is you boss aware of how incredibly stupid your office is?

 

[Moonbear]

Ouch.



I passed out last night in the bathroom, my temperature had fallen to 93 degrees F, luckily I was on my knees in front of the toilet because I was nauseated, so when I hit my face on the hard stone tiles, my bottom teeth cut completely through the part of my chin just below my bottom lip, but no serious injuries!. Stitches, hurt, swollen, pain.
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Yikes! That sounds kind of like going into shock or something. Did you get thoroughly checked out when you went in for the stitches? That's not something to mess around with. I hope you mentioned the root canal when you were there, just in case it's some complication of that.

 

[Evo]

Yikes! That sounds kind of like going into shock or something.

It does, now that you mention it, I wonder why my temperature dropped like that? I felt like ice, which is why I took my temperature, I wanted to verify if I was just imagining feeling that cold.

Did you get thoroughly checked out when you went in for the stitches? That's not something to mess around with. I hope you mentioned the root canal when you were there, just in case it's some complication of that.

Nope, I guess that might have been a good idea.