Turfed out of my office - Clubhouse

Ginger One

15/05/2003 at 16:24

So I am being turfed out of my small office with a window and a view of the dual carriageway and a tree with a pigeon nest, to make way for a new member of staff more senior to me. I have been relegated to a dank, even smaller office, with no window and a noisy aircon vent.

This is cruel and unusual behaviour. One gets used to a certain desk and how to hide one's internet usage etc.

Maybe it is time to change jobs.

Don Minquez

15/05/2003 at 16:25

Bad luck... I think it might be. Are they gonna renovate it?

Ginger One

15/05/2003 at 16:28

No such luck. I am hoping they might not be able to find me a desk to put in there - that would put an end to any thoughts of actual work.

At least it marginally closer to the tea room.

Don Minquez

15/05/2003 at 16:31

ever thought of office rage? Learn to be bitter and full of hate (like me) and rebel against those who moved you...

UP THE REVOLUTION!

Kezza in Singapore

15/05/2003 at 16:31

I read about a great revenge trick once. A girl who'd been dumped by her boyfriend and still had a key to the house, went in with some frozen prawns and filled up the hollow curtain rail with the prawns.....he spent a fortune trying to find out where the smell was coming from, and then moved....taking the curtains etc. with him! You could try something similar.....

Ginger One

15/05/2003 at 16:34

Heh, I had thought of that - well actually I was going to sew watercress seeds into the carpet then water them. Apparently the effects are impressive.

But I thought it might be kinda obvious who had done it.

Office rage sounds better. I might practice a bitter twisted office rage face to go with my new office.

Scotty.

15/05/2003 at 16:35

A large bag of cress seeds and a liberal soaking of the carpet before leaving for the weekend...........

Scotty.

15/05/2003 at 16:36

Beat me to it !

Kezza in Singapore

15/05/2003 at 16:37

Or do it in a few weeks' time, after spending some time pretending to be utterly delighted with your new office. THen they won't twig that it was you who planted the cress.

Ginger One

15/05/2003 at 16:38

True, and if I do the prawns one they might think it is the new chap who just stinks.

Don Minquez

15/05/2003 at 16:39

Or set fire to the place and run off to Rio with their accounts?

moosey

15/05/2003 at 16:39

or with the accountant?

Don Minquez

15/05/2003 at 16:41

Perhaps that as well... Did they do that last year...

(whistling wind and tumbleweed...)

Monique

pirate

15/05/2003 at 20:37

Make friends with the person who has your office- they will want to know why you're not being treated better.

Xerxes

15/05/2003 at 20:50

Walk about saying loudly "Thank goodness I'm out of that place because:"
(i) I';m sure there are poisonous fumes coming in the window;
(ii) my dog has crapped on the carpet so many times, it'll never come out;
(iii) I'm sure there is mercury in the paint on the wall;
(iv) it's haunted
(v) everyone who has occupied that office has died in under a year.

etc. etc.

Cress seeds and a sprinkling of water in the keyboard sounds more fun...

Monique

pirate

15/05/2003 at 20:52

Revenge is gratifying in the short term - depends if you need a referrence or not.

Xerxes

15/05/2003 at 20:54

On the subject of practical jokes, I once put a ton of rice in someone's coffee - great fun when it had swelled enough to overflow the cup...

Xerxes

15/05/2003 at 20:57

Rewire the keyboard, so it only types the letter o?
Change the home page to a graphic porno site (apparently there are some)

Monique

pirate

15/05/2003 at 21:00

The trouble is the new person a) isn't really at fault and b) will be enjoying that honeymoon period when a new keyboard and excessive amounts of post its are his if he wants them.

Monique

pirate

15/05/2003 at 21:03

Better to be really nice but sew very clever seeds of discord by very occasionally using your treatment as an example of why the company morale has been so low for such a long time, and why so many people seem to have taken you into their confidence about how they're looking for new jobs and will be outie as soon as ever they can- of course you can't mention names, you are too loyal for that.