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Original: 6/20/2002 10:51 PM
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Thursday, June 20, 2002
 

AWAY WITH SILLY POSTS ABOUT OBSCURE BRITISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS!....

....and onto the following words of wisdom...

 Some essential additions to the workplace vocabulary:
 
 BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a
 group, discussing why a deadline  was
 missed or a project failed, and who was
 responsible.
 
 SEAGULL  MANAGER: A manager who
 flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on
 everything, and then leaves.
 
 ASSMOSIS: The process by which some
 people seem to absorb success and
 advancement by kissing up to the boss
 rather than working hard.
 
 SALMON DAY: The experience of spending
 an entire day swimming upstream only to
 get screwed and die in the end.
 
 CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
 
 PRAIRIE DOGGING: When  someone yells
 or drops something loudly in a cube farm,
 and people's  heads pop up over the walls to
 see what's going on.
 
 MOUSE POTATO:  The on-line, wired
 generation's answer to the couch potato.
 
 SITCOMs:  Single Income, Two Children,
 Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn
 into  when they have children and one of
 them stops working to stay home with the
 kids.

 

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Good Ones (LOL)
Posted 6/20/2002 11:30 PM by Starfish2 - reply

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Oh gawd, I am a mouse potato!!
Posted 6/20/2002 11:49 PM by Scriveling Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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I have a Seagull Manager for a boss. I love this list
Posted 6/21/2002 6:42 AM by light_and_fluffy Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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A neighbor once called hubby and I DINKs: Dual income, no kids.

Some of these sound like Dilbert material. I hate cube farms, I used to work in one. Thank God for offices.

Posted 6/21/2002 8:14 AM by Fuego_de_Noche Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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...thanks for the info on shorthand lingo for longstanding office negatives.  Any positives? MuSe
Posted 6/21/2002 8:30 AM by lkhend - reply

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Salmon Day...that explains it.

Those are great!

Posted 6/21/2002 8:52 AM by cheesy79 - reply

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I don't miss that. Our accountant called us DINK's once. Little man changed that, and since I'm not working I guess we're now  SITCOMs. Well, at least that's what it feels like most of the time. LOL!!!
Posted 6/21/2002 9:15 AM by cinnamongirl - reply

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i am the mouse potato yeah!!!
Posted 6/21/2002 9:55 AM by dolphinajs - reply

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Way funny!

Posted 6/21/2002 10:01 AM by wuchi - reply

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Oh my goodness, those are WAY too funny. I'll have to remember to share them with hubby when he gets home for the weekend.
Posted 6/21/2002 10:50 AM by Liz_A - reply

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oh no! keep the silly posts!!! keep them!!!
Posted 6/21/2002 2:45 PM by online now queenie Xanga True Member - reply

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It's salmon season here in the valley, so I really get that reference.  Most of these things refer to a world far away, but the prairie dogging got laughs all around.
Posted 6/21/2002 3:25 PM by SuSu Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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LOL! I too have a seagull boss!!! The fact that she's the owners daughter doesn't help either!!
Posted 6/22/2002 12:16 AM by onyxrose - reply

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Oh dear - I was laughing out loud when I realized that I'm a mouse potato, but when I got to Sitcom - it sent me over the edge.  That's my life!  I wish I could give you extra props for this one.
Posted 6/23/2002 7:27 AM by quiltnmomi Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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ROTFL! Hilarious!
Posted 6/24/2002 3:43 PM by snowpeanut - reply

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Now that's a quality blog!
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