My life is like Office Space.

#1

My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:46pm

Ack. So I'm in the middle of my corporate-office-space-day, and bored out of my mind. I can't listen to music anymore - no one can, thanks to a strategically made decision to keep us all more focused on work. Grr. I never understood the movie Office Space until I started working here...now I understand the whole beaiting up the computer with a baseball bat thing:)

Who else here works in the corporate world?

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#2

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:48pm

Not quite the corporate world, but I definitely have a case of the Mondays

#3

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:51pm

If I couldn't listen to MP3's from my computer, I would probably start looking for another job. That's awful.

I can't imagine that the "music actually helps me focus" argument hasn't been made, but it's true.

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#4

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:53pm

Oh honey, that argument has been made. We even argued that we would willingly use headphones, but they thought that would be a a distraction too. GRRRR!

Sigh, to be able to listen to Ragtime...

Ha! Yes, it's totally a case of the Mondays.

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There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#5

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:54pm

UGH......thank GOD I don't work in our corporate office in Michigan....it's the same there.
I telecommute from home.

Magic, I feel your pain.
On the other hand it would be nice to work somewhere where there wasn't a screaming cat always trying to lay on my feet.....

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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#6

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 2:58pm

Oh, I would love to have a cat around:) And I'm from Michigan.:)

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There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#7

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 3:00pm

what part of Michigan? I used to live in the Corktown area of detroit, right by Old Tiger Stadium.....loved it

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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#8

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 3:08pm

Alpena/Lansing. Sweet:)

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There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#9

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 3:35pm

ah.......MSU FINAL 4, YEEHAW!

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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#10

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 3:36pm

Yep, sitting here staring at cubicle walls.

No music. Porn filters on the internet.

Sometimes I'm not sure how I get through.

#11

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 4:01pm

What, Johnpapa...The Internet is for Porn?

and is it bad that I graduated from MSU, and don't know my own school's fight song, yet I know the U of M song?

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There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#12

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 4:55pm

I'm in college and I have no idea what the school song is.

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#13

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 5:05pm

Oh my god, do I hate life right now. I work for Comcast cable in the billing and collections dept. doing outbound calls...so you can probably imagine all the rude people I have to talk to.

Everytime I get somebody who picks up the phone and starts to bitch I just want to say "WELL IF YOU PAID YOUR F-ING BILL I WOULDN'T BE CALLING!!!" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

But enough of that, I'm just happy to know that even though I didn't get my hair cd today, it might come tomorrow!

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#14

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 5:32pm

time to take out that old baseball bat and start beating the photocopier again. hehehe. (not that i would know because i'm a student and am currently unemployed. but i have seen the movie. )

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#15

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 7:01pm

lol, I didn't got to MSU and I can sing that fight song in my sleep.........I've always rooted for ANYONE over Michigan, lol

It's also a rather unique fightsong, which is why I like it

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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#16

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 7:05pm

Even though it allowed music, my one office job showed me I'm not very well-suited to office jobs.

And yes, I'll probably be in a cubicle after graduation. Bleh.

#17

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 11:18pm

I had seen Office Space before I started my office job and thought it was funny, but I didn't realize HOW real it was until spending 9 hours a day there. I love my job, but I'm glad my major won't have me working in a cubicle. My coworkers and I talk about it sometimes, and every day last summer I had to fight the urge to hit the fax machine with a bat.

I got to talk to some interesting people on the phone, though.

#18

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/28/05 at 11:20pm

...stapler????

#19

re: My life is like Office Space.

Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:08am

mmmm....yeaaaahh...

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