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#88002 11/29/02 08:23 AM
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Words of wisdom from the BBC Comedy 'The Office':

It's the team that matters. Where would The Beatles be without Ringo.
If John got Yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely
different.

What does a squirrel do in the summer? It buries nuts. Why? Cos then in
winter time he's got something to eat and he won't die. So, collecting
nuts in the summer is worthwhile work. Every task you do at work think,
would a squirrel do that? Think squirrels. Think nuts.

A successful team is paramount, our office team mirrors the success of
Arsenal football team, but with less foreigners.

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by
reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

Show me a good loser and I'll show you a LOSER!

If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then
you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.

You don't have to be mad to work here, in fact we ask you to complete a
medical questionnaire to ensure that you are not.


If you treat the people around you with love and respect, they will
never guess that you're trying to get them sacked.

If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the
back.

If work was so good, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.

If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.

There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I' n 'useless smug colleague', either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. Go figure.

There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough.

Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of people without the wit and wisdom to do their job properly.

Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.

Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.

Make good use of your cylindrical filing unit, the one you mainly keep under your desk.

Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

Never do today that which will become someone elses responsibility tomorrow.

Quitters never win, winners never quit. But those who never win and never quit are idiots.

If you're gonna be late, then be late and not just 2 minutes - make it an hour and enjoy your breakfast.

Remember the 3 golden rules:
1. It was like that when I got here.
2. I didn't do it.
3. (To your Boss) I like your style.

The office is like an army, and I'm the field general. You're my footsoldiers and customer quality is the WAR!!!

Set out to leave the first vapour trail in the blue-sky scenario. (Interesting [cross-threading] - they use vapour trail rather than con-trail!)

Statistics are like a lamp-post to a drunken man - more for leaning on than illumination.

A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone elses?

Is your work done? Are all pigs fed, watered and ready to fly?....

I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just my boss with a torch, bringing me more work.

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

Put the key of despair into the lock of apathy. Turn the knob of mediocrity slowly and open the gates of despondency - welcome to a day in the average office.

Have a good day!



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Thank you, RhubarbCommando. Many of these were new to me, and I look forward to using them.


#88004 11/29/02 09:34 AM
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Rhuby:

At the risk of being flayed for commercialism (which I swear is not my motive) I recommend you check out http://www.despair.com.

This site has posters, etc. that are spoofs on those idiotic motivational calendars and posters that clueless managers so love to put up. My current favorite is about leadres. Below a beautiful picture of an eagle soaring over a pristine wilderness is the caption: LEADERS: Leaders are like eagles. We don't have either of them here.

I urge you to take a look at their back calendars, which have some wonderful realisms.

TEd



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Lovely - many thanks TEd!


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thanks for your good offices in bringing this wonderful wit our way, Rhuby!

I am going to pilfer this post and email it to friends....!


#88007 11/29/02 09:20 PM
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This one is my favorite:
If you're gonna be late, then be late and not just 2 minutes - make it an hour and enjoy your breakfast.

Yeah, I know. I think I must be part hobbit.



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Pointy headed bosses demand their subordinates practise coprophagia, and then claim
the right to fire them because of fetor oris.


#88009 11/30/02 02:08 AM
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...practise coprophagia, and then claim
the right to fire them because of fetor oris


What is this in lay, ahem, person's terms?


#88010 11/30/02 04:09 AM
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if you ask people to eat crap you should expect them to have bad breath.


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Thank you for the link to despair.com. I remember having seen the collection of phrases, but couldn't remember where.


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