The piece I commented for in the Sunday Times regarding irritating habits of co-workers stirred a faint memory and Grannymar's subsequent comment brought it to the surface.
Remember Reebok's wonderful viral campaign from a few years back? The CEO of a fictitious company decided to hire a particularly pugnacious American Football player called Terry Tate to help sort out productivity issues and office annoyances.
When advertising gets it oh-so right:
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You've got to admit - the idea of body-slamming the creep who empties the coffee pot and doesn't refill it has a certain innate attractiveness ..
[This reminds me of an anecdote shared by an old friend the other day. Her mother, tired of the emotional and hormonal rollercoaster posed by four teenage girls living in the house, placed a huge bale of plastic-wrapped Moss Peat on the ground in the side passage to the garden.
Thus anyone who was in a fit of pique, hormonally inspired or otherwise, found themselves sent to the side passage where they all reported getting tremendous satisfaction out of kicking the Moss Peat to death. Whatever works for you!]
[This reminds me of an anecdote shared by an old friend the other day. Her mother, tired of the emotional and hormonal rollercoaster posed by four teenage girls living in the house, placed a huge bale of plastic-wrapped Moss Peat on the ground in the side passage to the garden.Thus anyone who was in a fit of pique, hormonally inspired or otherwise, found themselves sent to the side passage where they all reported getting tremendous satisfaction out of kicking the Moss Peat to death. Whatever works for you!]
4 comments:
haha,, great post- it reminds me of another video about silly behavior that occurs at the office all the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNItN8QsvJM
Anonymous - Thank you. Wonderful!
As with much great comedy there is truth in that Tery Tate video. The truth in this case being that every would love to be able to do that for real.
Bad social behaviour, whether generally or in the office, is often down to the fact that the perpetrator knows everyone else will be too polite to pull them up on it.
Just say "No" to arseholes.
One my most-wonderful-ever clients provided a "smashing yard" on the premises of his trucking company. He bought up lots of crockery which were stored there. When people who worked for him needed to let off steam, they went to the smashing yard where they broke plates, cups, and saucers until the anger was gone.
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