HUMOUR: "Prison or Work?" (9 November 2007)

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TOP: "Is there a new dress code at work?"

Hi All,

This week has been tough for me... we got a new Grand Poobah at work and I still haven't figured out how to gleam something positive from the experience. In fact, I'm downright frustrated. Well... noone said life would be easy.

And it's in these moments, that a good Office Joke is desperately needed:

Prison vs. Work
Written By: Sujan Patel On April 9th, 2007

IN PRISON: You spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell.
AT WORK: You spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle.

IN PRISON: You get three meals a day.
AT WORK: You get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.

IN PRISON: You get time off for good behavior.
AT WORK: You get more work for good behavior.

IN PRISON: The guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK: You must often carry a security card and open all the doors for yourself.

IN PRISON: You can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK: You could get fired for watching TV and playing games.

IN PRISON: You get your own toilet.
AT WORK: You have to share the toilet with some people who pee on the seat.

IN PRISON: They allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK: You aren’t even supposed to speak to your family.

IN PRISON: All expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required.
AT WORK: You get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.

IN PRISON: You spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
AT WORK: You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.

IN PRISON: You must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK: They are called managers.

Enjoy!

Link here:
http://www.singlegrain.com/blog/prison-vs-work/

Many thanks to my friend Cheri for sending it to me!

I hope that your work days, reader, are going better than mine lately!

Have a great Friday!

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

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HUMOUR: "We've All Felt This Way..." (2 November 2007)

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TOP: Office Joke #1

A Physical Fitness Program very similar to the one in my office...

Hi All,

A short, sweet post today about office humor and Communist icons (That's funny, right?) since I spent yesterday sick and that was compounded by the joys of dealing with a not-so-fun person who's going after me for not being a Communist and embracing that ideology and worldview.. Go figure!

Maybe I should change my name from Maksim to Carlos Marighela? For those of you who have never heard of Carlos Marighela, and most people haven't and wouldn't ever care, old Carlos was a Communist revolutionary AKA terrorist in Brazil back in the 1960's. He advocated a program of kidnappings, arson, theft, and murders that shook the nation of Brazil back then... he really aspired to the levels that Che Guevara reached, but he never made it because during one of his murder attempts, he was caught and killed in the process... after having been turned in by one of his Communist comrades. And that was that.

He's best known today for writing a terrorism manual that some "revolutionaries" AKA terrorists still idolize... sort of like all those Che t-shirts that capitalists use today to make a quick buck off of that old Communist icon, Che. I first read about him when I started studying terrorism in the 1980s.

And, for the record, I've lived in a Communist country before (...actually more than one) and I have zero sympathy for Communism and its adherents. I've simply known too many people who've lost family members to purges, party loyalty sessions, party indoctrination sessions, or who've simply disappeared among the other really bad aspects of the Communism idea. In practice, Communism has been pretty darn bad for people. I have a whole lot of Russian, Ukrainian, and Cuban friends among others who can attest to that.

And that's one of the many reasons I prefer office jokes.

Link here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Marighella

Pretty depressing stuff, huh?

TOP: Office Joke #2
I always get flashback to this cartoon at office meetings...

Many thanks to my friend, Ruben!

Have a great Friday!

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

Notes regarding photos / pictures / videos: These are not all my images and videos. I am using various images and videos from around the web, mostly from public sources and/or private sources used with permission. I have tried to include only images and videos under public domain, creative commons, or fair use. If I have inadvertently violated any copyrights, please inform me and I will remove your image/s (if it is indeed an infringement).