A Company of Misfits

[Eva Marie]

You are good! I was just thinking about coffee.

Shall we?
S

There will be numerous coffee and meal breaks in the schedule 

Z

Why don't we have numerious work breaks during our coffee and meal times instead?

[Shana A]

You are good! I was just thinking about coffee.

Shall we?
S

There will be numerous coffee and meal breaks in the schedule 

Z

Why don't we have numerious work breaks during our coffee and meal times instead?

We don't want to distract people with too much work 

Z

[tekla]

But, but, what if we like work?

[Shana A]

But, but, what if we like work?

Work is fine, just don't want it to get in the way of enough food and coffee  Speaking of which, it's time for a chocolate break if you ask my opinion... 

Z

[tekla]

I'm a union girl.  I can work AND drink coffee at the same time.

[Nicky]

Have you seen "the secretary"? I love that movie. Most interesting love story I've ever seen.

[Eva Marie]

Have you seen "the secretary"? I love that movie. Most interesting love story I've ever seen.

Yep. The wife rented that movie one night, not reading the box first 

[Nicky]

Once you get past the whole S&M stuff the story is actually really sweet. I leant my copy to my mum. She acted alarmed but I think she actually really liked it.

[Eva Marie]

Once you get past the whole S&M stuff the story is actually really sweet. I leant my copy to my mum. She acted alarmed but I think she actually really liked it.

Yeah once the movie got going and we realized that the S&M stuff wasn't really the main focus of the movie we enjoyed it.

[RebeccaFog]

Well if we all value working and getting paid, that's often enough.  The best groups or crews I've ever worked with were misfit, but a perfect match with each other.

It has been my experience that most people do want to do a fair day's work in return for a fair day's pay. It is management's job to make productive work possible, keep workers aware of those agreed-on goals and strategies, and recognize the value of each worker's contribution.

And Rebis, in this day of home offices, why not work in the buff (best not to use video conferencing then)? Mr. Fox, I don't know about running, but I am a pacer, used to walking up and down the halls while mulling over a knotty problem. The key is not whether we look like we are working, but whether we can, as a unit, produce what others are willing to pay for.

Rebis, I am most impressed with your lists: very organized. I like a lot of your ideas. Maybe you can skip supervising and go straight to upper management. And Z, how about scheduling and calendar management, along with music. Are you getting enough snow today?

Keep those ideas coming,
S

Thanks.  I've always been ignored where I work.  Or maybe used to work depending on if I'm on the list thursday (layoffs - there almost no one left so this is entirely possible for me).

Post Merge: January 28, 2009, 08:05:59 PM

Please don't be scared or frightened by this but I love you all and I'm truly glad I've met everyone here.

Please don't worry about me.  I was visiting someone today and I realized how at home I feel here.  So that's all.
Post Merge: January 28, 2009, 09:08:46 PM

Let's go slave free for the company coffee, its good for PR, but at home we all drink slave coffee to protest in our own small way.

we'll have to drink twice the amount of slave coffee to make up for the free trade stuff

[Eva Marie]

we'll have to drink twice the amount of slave coffee to make up for the free trade stuff

I see that no one is stepping up and asking for the civet coffee 

[RebeccaFog]

I would drink it only if I got it for free. I guess you could say I wouldn't pay a nickel for that sh*t

[mina.magpie]

I would drink it only if I got it for free. I guess you could say I wouldn't pay a nickel for that sh*t

You prefer to get the sh*t for free ... like a movie star going to the Oscars.

Maybe you should handle PR in addition to sheep herding and the tech department.

Mina.

[Jaimey]

Wow!  I've missed a lot while 'traveling for work'.  Don't bother going to my office, just email me over the pigeonet. 


Incidentally, everything here is covered in ice...gotta break out.

[Eva Marie]

Maybe you should handle PR in addition to sheep herding and the tech department.

Very similar occupations 

<-in IT

[Nicky]

Please don't be scared or frightened by this but I love you all and I'm truly glad I've met everyone here.

Please don't worry about me.  I was visiting someone today and I realized how at home I feel here.  So that's all.

I think it is fair to say that most people love you back. There is a place that only Rebis can fill and it feels even more like home when you are here.

[RebeccaFog]

Thank you.   

[Ell]

i will work hard if i believe in what i'm doing.

will work *very* hard if i believe in what i'm doing, and it (the product or service) helps people

work from from home, by pigeonet

i needs flexible hours

i can't really do anything, except editing

[Nicky]

i will work hard if i believe in what i'm doing.

will work *very* hard if i believe in what i'm doing, and it (the product or service) helps people

work from from home, by pigeonet

i needs flexible hours

i can't really do anything, except editing

Nice editing on your post there ell, keep up the good work 

[RebeccaFog]

Today I joined Pica in the unemployment line.

Seriously.  I'm thinking of flying to London and stealing that interview for tour guide.