Businesses beware

msnbc.com horoscope for May 9, 2006.
Virgo
Ask for help if you need it, dear Virgo. A big part of your nature is to serve others, but remember that a big part of maintaining this energy is making sure that you are being taken care of as well. Offer extra long hugs to the people you love. In work-related issues, make sure that you aren't biting off more than you can chew. Delegate tasks and projects to others. Pamper yourself tonight with a hot bath and a good meal.

This leads to the work-related post and you'll understand the humour of that horoscope. Let's explain, shall we? There were about two weeks between end of exams and start of official summer job. I decided that rather than sit around and relax, I'd go to work for the two weeks and earn some extra dough prior to departure. Everyone who has an office job knows that I usually have little to do during the day and spend my days being up-to-date with news and reading encyclopaedia articles. Who can forget that summer of crime? Since last summer, my position has been filled permanently and by someone WAAAAY more competent than me, so I have even less to do. For example, today I did a stack of filing, faxed 2 items and wrote 2 emails (that were business related). Don't get me wrong, it's a super busy office, I just get squat.

On May 9th, I decided to take my camera to work. Here's what happened.

It was orange skirt day, apparently I was the only one who got the memo. Or was I the one who was supposed to send out the memo?


There's my wicked office bag. That's a DJ or something. What you don't know is that the bag is stuck to the carpet. Stupid velcro, ruined my stockings too.

whoa, that was a lot of work. breaktime!

That's the whole outfit. Yes that's in the bathroom, I thought it'd be weird if someone came into my office and I had the camera on self-timer.


Working hard, or hardly working? You can't tell. I'm working so hard, I lost all colour in my face. hahahaha. Check it out, I have a modem on my desk.


This is my desk. Things to notice about my desk:
1. There are no papers or files or anything that looks like work is being done.
2. Two staplers, one is giant and the only functionning one.
3. What you can't see - no trash can. Who the hell stole my trash can and my stapler?!
4. The computer's wallpaper circa 2002 - thanks PA!
5. There is nothing open on the computer, something abnormal, usually word is open with something random and internet explorer with something even more random
6. Coffee mug filed with either coffee or water...but always full.


who wears shoes in the office anyway?


That's my chair sporting a fleece sweater I snaked from my mom's office.


Where calculators go to die. Check out the bruises on the electric one on the far right.

Here's a coworker, Shreddy, hard at work.


After this long day of work,

I am super pissed that I got locked out of the house! Headed over to Lily's and hung out there til the folks came home. I also spent waaaay too long on the phone with a future coworker.