Category Archives: Humor
Don’t Read this Article
…if you are at work, that is!
In fact, you might want to close this entire website from your browser. You don’t want to be caught reading “The Great Office Escape” on your job! And it doesn’t matter if you clear the search history or not. Your IT department sometimes has programs that [...]
5 Reasons The Great Office Escape Will Help Get You Through Your Day
You are stuck at your miserable, disgusting office, listening to the melodic sounds of the copy machine giving you a nonstop headache with it’s repetitive, awful jarring paper-crunching tedium. The air smells of white-out, paper, and stale death. The one window in the corner next to the cubicle of your awful co-worker named [...]
4 Ways to Make Work Tolerable
Though most of us “office haters” dream of greener pastures and talk a blue streak about what we would do with our lives if only our job was better/didn’t exist, we still do have to go to work every day. Though we will not stand for this forever, we do have to cope with [...]
15 Fun Ways to Get Fired on Purpose
No explanation necessary. You are sick of your job, but don’t feel like putting in a two week notice and hanging around like a lame duck. You don’t have the initiative to get up and quit. You are a masochist. You want an excuse to behave badly.
Whatever your reason may be, [...]
5 Types of Co-Workers
In honor of my 5 Types of Difficult Bosses entry, here is it’s wondrous sequel. I removed the “difficult” element in this one, because not all co-workers are difficult. Bosses, however are another story. Maybe that’s just how I feel.
1. Gabrielle the Grabber
Gabrielle likes to saunter over to your cube, “talk” to [...]
How to Kill Your Website’s Traffic
Because there are so many guides out there to how to improve your traffic, I figured that once again I would take the other perspective and show you how to self-destruct, website style. As always, it much easier to ruin something than it is to build it up. It’s also just as helpful [...]
Work From Home Scams
Let’s be honest here: at least once in your life you have clicked on that “work from home” opportunity just out of curiosity. Everyone has. Who wouldn’t want to make a full-time income (or more) while sitting in their pajamas eating frosted flakes? It appeals to the child in us.
Work from home [...]
Should I Buy Those Shoes?
Picture this scene, if you will.
You are at your favorite mall/department store, and you see a pair of shoes you really want. Don’t run away guys! This article is for you, too. Just pretend that they are boots or guns or something. I understand. I don’t care about shoes [...]
5 Types of Difficult Bosses
Yes, these lists are everywhere. I think Matt Groening wrote a “difficult bosses” series in his book “Life in Hell.” I’ve come up with my own list, however, that I think is actually reflective of what you may encounter in an office setting, plus some advice on how to deal with them. [...]
Dress Codes at Work
At the end of every weekday, providing it is warm enough outside, I hastily tear off my “business-casual” attire and happily throw on some shorts and a t-shirt. The button-down collared shirt, khaki pants and work shoes are so restrictive during the day that often I cannot breathe. Sometimes it is so bad [...]
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