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Title: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 02:21 PM
people like their "desk flair" - maybe it makes them feel more at home, at work. what kind of "desk flair" do you or your co-workers have?
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 02:33 PM
i seriously have zero desk flair.  i'm THAT guy
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 02:35 PM
Quotei seriously have zero desk flair.  i'm THAT guy
i don't have a desk now, but when i did - NO desk flair.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 02:40 PM
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i don't have a desk now, but when i did - NO desk flair.

i mean ZERO.  not a stitch.  i don't want Frank the shipping manager to even attempt a compliment on my GF or family or pet or steelers calendar....  ya dig?
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 02:52 PM
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i mean ZERO.  not a stitch.  i don't want Frank the shipping manager to even attempt a compliment on my GF or family or pet or steelers calendar....  ya dig?
there are PLENTY of people here that i avoid as it is. the last thing i need is a reason for them to stop at my desk and try to chat me up about where i got "that little turtle statue" or if i knew "where that postcard was taken."
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 02:53 PM
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there are PLENTY of people here that i avoid as it is. the last thing i need is a reason for them to stop at my desk and try to chat me up about where i got "that little turtle statue" or if i knew "where that postcard was taken."

yeah- like i give a shit how your daughter's cross-country meet went :-/
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Nov 08, 2005, 02:55 PM
so, instead of that you post on a message board?  isn't that the exact same thing?
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 02:55 PM
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yeah- like i give a shit how your daughter's cross-country meet went :-/
this one guy asks me every day what time i get off, and i always have the same answer, because i'm always here til the same time. i don't know what you're doing until 5, but i got work to do pal!
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 02:58 PM
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this one guy asks me every day what time i get off, and i always have the same answer, because i'm always here til the same time. i don't know what you're doing until 5, but i got work to do pal!


so.........heh.......what time do you get off?
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 03:00 PM
Quoteso, instead of that you post on a message board?  isn't that the exact same thing?


because in my mind, spider_beard, has DDs.  ya dig?
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Nov 08, 2005, 03:03 PM
no.

I found it hilarious that you guys bitch about coworkers talking to you at your desk, but post messages on a message board that pretty much reflect the exact same banality.  Tit for tat.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 03:07 PM
Quoteno.

I found it hilarious that you guys bitch about coworkers talking to you at your desk, but post messages on a message board that pretty much reflect the exact same banality.  Tit for tat.

is it "hilarious?"  do you laugh out loud at it and kinda tear up?  is it SO funny that you share these stories with friends and family at the supper table and everyone gets a good chuckle out of it?  banality- nice word power, nerd
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Nov 08, 2005, 03:18 PM
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is it "hilarious?"  do you laugh out loud at it and kinda tear up?  is it SO funny that you share these stories with friends and family at the supper table and everyone gets a good chuckle out of it?  banality- nice word power, nerd

Yes.

And your ubiqitous, generic yet stylized reply is also full of jocularity.  I am guffawing at the very intrinsic value of your mastery of the English language.  
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Alligator Gar on Nov 08, 2005, 03:20 PM
Quotei seriously have zero desk flair.  i'm THAT guy

We'll get along fine.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Golden_Shores on Nov 08, 2005, 03:20 PM
Wow.  And I thought just Pearl Jam fans were dicks.  Why don't you all knock it off and give each other a little love?

I have Kinder Egg toys and White House contraband on my desk.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Nov 08, 2005, 03:26 PM
(cracks knuckles)

Let's see if I can get this right.  We're being compared to PJ fans....because the obvious was pointed out?  Sorry, no sale.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 03:30 PM
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Yes.

And your ubiqitous, generic yet stylized reply is also full of jocularity.  I am guffawing at the very intrinsic value of your mastery of the English language.  

i'd need to get stuffed into about 38 more lockers to understand a word of that :-/
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: peanut butter puddin surprise on Nov 08, 2005, 03:31 PM
I'll take that as a compliment.  ;)
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 03:43 PM
i'm on the internet with johnconaway  :)
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: LennytheTent on Nov 08, 2005, 03:44 PM
i don't have a bit..my supervisor next to me has about 50 stuffed animals and a bunch of fake plants/flowers...when people that don't work here walk by they sometimes make a comment about how empty my cubicle is compared to hers...i just  force a tiny smile, shrug, and mentally flip them off and think about songs that i like and they walk off and i resume what i'm doing then at night i track down the people making the comments and watch them eat donuts until they slumber and if i'm really feeling crazy i walk home
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Golden_Shores on Nov 08, 2005, 03:46 PM
Quote(cracks knuckles)

Let's see if I can get this right.  We're being compared to PJ fans....because the obvious was pointed out?  Sorry, no sale.

I like that "cracks knuckles" part.  As though I was trying to send you to the burn unit of the trauma center.  Hey tough guy, it was a joke.  Believe me, if I really wanted to, I could sell you a used tampon.  
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 03:48 PM
Quotei don't have a bit..my supervisor next to me has about 50 stuffed animals and a bunch of fake plants/flowers...when people that don't work here walk by they sometimes make a comment about how empty my cubicle is compared to hers...i just  force a tiny smile, shrug, and mentally flip them off and think about songs that i like and they walk off and i resume what i'm doing then at night i track down the people making the comments and watch them eat donuts until they slumber and if i'm really feeling crazy i walk home
your cube is adjacent  to your supervisor's cube  :o
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: LennytheTent on Nov 08, 2005, 03:51 PM
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your cube is adjacent  to your supervisor's cube  :o

yes..i can't even find the privacy to tease my nipples when i severely need to  :-[
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 03:54 PM
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yes..i can't even find the privacy to tease my nipples when i severely need to  :-[
how are you on the internet all the time? do they not care down there, people are just glad you're employed?
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Half on Nov 08, 2005, 03:54 PM
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your cube is adjacent  to your supervisor's cube  :o

seriously- the CEO of my company shares a cube wall with me.  i feel like Bond some days
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 03:55 PM
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seriously- the CEO of my company shares a cube wall with me.  i feel like Bond some days
our VP doesn't say shit when i'm on the net, but he busts me i i'm reading the paper  ???
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: LennytheTent on Nov 08, 2005, 03:59 PM
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how are you on the internet all the time? do they not care down there, people are just glad you're employed?

she honestly thinks i'm just checking my work email i think..because everytime i'm about to start something or i'm in between stuff with nothing to do she'll make some comment about "going ahead and checking your mail, it's no rush" (and i NEVER get work emails so i dunno why she even thinks i spend that much time on it)...and there have been days that i've literally done 30 minutes or less of work, especially in the summer when i'm there about 9.5 hours a day/4days a week...i just wonder what she thinks i'm doing, or if she even thinks about it at all
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: SMc55 on Nov 08, 2005, 05:06 PM
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yeah- like i give a shit how your daughter's cross-country meet went :-/

But it's not about what other people think, it's about making a space your own and feeling comfortable in it. I have a picture of my kids on my desk and when I get tired or grumpy they remind me why I'm working. I also have a picture of an angler holding a big fish with the motto "Seize the carp" below it. Nobody but me thinks that's funny but I don't care.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: Spider_Beard on Nov 08, 2005, 05:30 PM
i killed a carp with an oar once  :(
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: HorkoLad on Nov 08, 2005, 05:56 PM
In the land of decisions, only Bink can prevent forest fires :|
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: ms. yvon on Nov 08, 2005, 09:48 PM
Quoteit's about making a space your own and feeling comfortable in it. quote]
this is why i have a bean bag and foot massager next to my desk.

real stuff:  some great pix that make me think of not being at work, a photo of the beer samper i had at the fair last summer, a jonathan richman postcard, a bumper sticker from vintage vinyl in st. louis.
Title: Re: desk flair
Post by: MikeHawk on Nov 09, 2005, 09:33 AM
seize the carp...i think thats funnny. john conway must be the most inteligent sox fan ive never met.

how do i join that fishing brigade? cubs fans not allowed?

will i vere bee a senior member?