Wednesday is Vents Day: Share Your Workplace Gripe

Look over your shoulder and make sure no supervisor or middle manager is afoot.

Coast clear?

Cool, let’s take a few moments to unwind.  It’s Wednesday.  Not as bad as Monday, but clearly not as good as Friday and already, we bet some seriously annoying events have taken place at your workplace.  Raise your hand (not higher than your cube) if you’ve experienced any of the following:

(1) Co-worker who sucked approximately 20 minutes of productivity out of your day with a long-winded story about their weekend.

(2) A manager has asked you a question about something you clearly spelled out in an e-mail.

(3) You’ve worked late and nobody noticed, but the one day you got up 5 minutes before “punch-out,” someone loudly said: “Oh, heading out already?”  Ugggghhhhh…..

(4) You’ve brought work home.

(5) You cursed softly under your breath about some odious assignment, task or presentation there is no escape from.

(6) You’ve considered your own mortality after taking a gander at this New York Times article that sitting in a cube could be fatal.

We’ve covered a lot of ground, but please take this opportunity to vent.  It’ll only be a few more minutes before that weasel who asked you to cancel your upcoming vacation comes back.  Enjoy….and just think, Friday’s coming.