The Perdition of our Lack of Percolating Perks (and the Pandemonium That Ensues)



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My day job consists of essentially being a desk monkey. I go to work. I sit at a desk, I answer the phone, I type lots of e-mails, and do a lot of data-entry.  You know, the stuff the "American Dream" is made of...
Don't misunderstand, I am thankful to have a steady paycheck, I am thankful to have health insurance (even when they screw me over by refusing to pay for routine blood tests,) and I am thankful to be able to pay for a roof over my head and food in my belly. But this is America, is it too much to ask to want more than just eeking through life?

Today is the day that I have had it. This injustice will not go unpunished! Our office has run out of coffee! Our favorite of our (few) perks-yes pun intended. The office is a sad and angry place today.



Yeah, it's a bit like that.



A Word of Advice ~UPDATED~

Dear Reader(s),

Here is a word of advice regarding office/job etiquette. Did you know that showing up 40 minutes early to your interview/temporary assignment is just as bad and annoying as showing up late? What's worse than showing up early? Showing up 40 minutes early, then taking a 45-minute-long shit in the unisex office bathroom, forcing everyone else to suffer during the promotional event at which you've been hired to work.

True story. Don't do it.

UPDATE: This was a funny post I wrote on my other blog at the end of 2010 about an incident I was unfortunate enough to witness  when I was working as a receptionist at a production company. It still kind of makes me laugh, so I thought I'd share it here too.