Some co-workers and I have joked for months - no years - that we work at Dunder-Mifflin. We've said that we could make our millions and get famous by having a reality version of The Office filmed at our workplace. Here is a snippet of what makes such statements so true . . .
Our office has been battling gnats for the last few months. The problem is our department secretary waters her plants and the plants in the common areas two or three times a week. So they're too wet - hence the growing gnat population. After forcing all of our plants to dry out for a weekend on the patio the gnats were gone but have since returned. So, we all have until August 15th to get all of our potted plants out of the building.
The offending secretary has removed all of her plants and they have been replaced by ceramic bears and cats and birds. You know - beautiful pieces of art like this:
Secretary: "I named the bird on on my cat after you."
Coworker: "Really? Why?"
Secretary: "Because it is red like your hair."
Coworker: "Oh well that's better than if it were getting eaten and you wished I would meet a similar fate."
Secretary: "Well, maybe that's part of it. Any ideas for what to name the black bear on my flower table?"
Yeah, this is where I work. Stay tuned for the first episode of "The Office: A Reality Show" on NBC this fall.
Workplace conversations can be very strange.
Posted by: Evie | August 06, 2009 at 07:16 PM