It's hard to handle stress, especially in a work environment. Let's face it, you can't handle stress the same way when you have bosses and co-workers surrounding you at all times throughout the day. You can't throw things, you certainly can't drop f-bombs and you can't go around trashing shit in the office...that just wouldn't be good for anybody.
Knowing this, is there any good reason for a human being to be forced into a 6x6 cubicle to handle day-to-day stress? The only thing these cubicles are missing are lids with holes poked in it. If there is any advice I can give to the young go-getters finishing college it's this: DON'T WORK IN A CUBICLE!
If you've ever seen Office Space, it's kinda like that...Only not funny at all, and you don't get to bang Jennifer Anniston when it's all said and done.
It really is pathetic. Proud people are forced to celebrate holidays by Scotch Taping shitty paper snowmen and pumpkins on their cube. You express your independence by having clever pencil holders and paper weights. If you're REALLY daring, you'll even have a stress relief ball and a personalized calendar.
But, the biggest pussies of them all just bitch on a blog about it.
On the flip side of things...there are heroes out there:
- Diddy

As Diddy's cubemate for the past 3 years, I can really feel him on this one. I'm of the "really daring" variety, with a calendar! When I graduated college, I knew I'd prob be in a cube, but its so much worse than you think its going to be. Although, having Diddy as a cubemate makes it workable :) That, and our loud neighbor who is sometimes inappropriate and provides some entertainment, sometimes...
ReplyDeletetoddy, are you saying you hated the things i used to draw you on the "Paint" program on the computer?!!!! ur embarrassed of my thanksgiving hand turkey?! and my drawings of other varieties?!
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