I have two offices, which is both great and extremely frustrating. I love it when there is maintenance going on or I’m tired and want a change of scenery. Not so good when your water bottle, important file, etc is in the other office. Thank google they are only one floor/ one building away, otherwise I could essentially be spending my days running between the two.
My ‘newer’ office is great, has a window and everything and what made it even better was no one was around me. Well that was until last week when they moved a printer into the empty cubicle next to me.
I’m facing the opposite way of the printer so I don’t interact much with the printer people, that is until the printer goes awry. It makes some beepy noise and the person says ‘oh someone’s not happy’, or it jams ‘it always knows when I’m printing something important’.
I understand there is a basic level of office chit chat that occurs, and one needs to engage in it to be accepted into the office community. I don’t mind the printer talk, I find it rather peculiar but it’s the office chit chat so I figure c'est la vie.
So the printer people and me have our little chit chats everything’s cool, than I walk by them in the hallway and they won’t even smile at me! This I don’t believe is acceptable, I put up with the printer chit chat I deserve a smile!
I’m conspiring to find a suitable solution for this situation, either start smile wildly every time I see them in the hallway or start making inane comments about the water cooler and not smile at them. I don’t think I want to be known as the crazy smiler so the water cooler commentator it is. I just need some stupid water cooler chit chat … I’m thinking every time it bubbles ‘oh I think someone’s getting hungry’ – yeah that all I got, need some suggestions.
19 March 2010
Thank Google
Awhile back during one of my familial encounters, we were discussing the downfall of starbucks, and the continuing rise of good ol’ Timmy’s. The older generation believed that the higher prices and economic downfall of starbucks is directly related to the new fangled phenomenon of surfing the internet/ studying at coffee shops.
The first reason that is leading to the downfall is due to the long time period the tables are occupied (Tim’s has a 20min policy), SB’s coffee is $4 and say you stay an hour and half with your laptop – that’s about 4.4¢/ min. At Tim’s your coffee is about $1.25 and your stay is 20mins or 6.5¢/ min – so your Tim’s table is worth 2¢ more a minute that you’re fancy SB. Who would have thunk.
I was reading a cricket article, (yes I read about cricket since I can’t watch it) and the author (from the older generation) wanted to try out this new fangled phenomenon, especially since he was in the USA where I’m sure it’s even more prevalent.
While he was enjoying his coffee and free internet in walks Lara Croft (he is more out of touch than you would think). So he jumps on google to look up who she is, and of course finds out anything you would ever want to know and I’m sure so much more.
This brings me to my point - I love google and wikipedia, and really miss it when is not at my finger tips. Watching a movie and trying to decide if the actor is dead or not, the random word you have no clue the meaning, the cheapest way to get to Timbuktu (seriously, I’ve done it). I have gathered so much random knowledge that I never would have acquired without google at my side.
When the group of us were sitting around chatting the night away there were always times we would say ‘I wish I had google!” I don’t know how many hours we could have saved from arguing over some small fact (i.e. the release date of Gone with the Wind) if we had just had google.
From now on my expression of relieve will be in devotion of one of the most powerful forces in my life… Thank Google!
The first reason that is leading to the downfall is due to the long time period the tables are occupied (Tim’s has a 20min policy), SB’s coffee is $4 and say you stay an hour and half with your laptop – that’s about 4.4¢/ min. At Tim’s your coffee is about $1.25 and your stay is 20mins or 6.5¢/ min – so your Tim’s table is worth 2¢ more a minute that you’re fancy SB. Who would have thunk.
I was reading a cricket article, (yes I read about cricket since I can’t watch it) and the author (from the older generation) wanted to try out this new fangled phenomenon, especially since he was in the USA where I’m sure it’s even more prevalent.
While he was enjoying his coffee and free internet in walks Lara Croft (he is more out of touch than you would think). So he jumps on google to look up who she is, and of course finds out anything you would ever want to know and I’m sure so much more.
This brings me to my point - I love google and wikipedia, and really miss it when is not at my finger tips. Watching a movie and trying to decide if the actor is dead or not, the random word you have no clue the meaning, the cheapest way to get to Timbuktu (seriously, I’ve done it). I have gathered so much random knowledge that I never would have acquired without google at my side.
When the group of us were sitting around chatting the night away there were always times we would say ‘I wish I had google!” I don’t know how many hours we could have saved from arguing over some small fact (i.e. the release date of Gone with the Wind) if we had just had google.
From now on my expression of relieve will be in devotion of one of the most powerful forces in my life… Thank Google!
11 March 2010
05 March 2010
The Proof is in the PB and the Whale
My lovely morning commute consists of a 15 minute wait at the bridge in a beautiful Canadian winter. So to distract myself from enjoying the wonderful weather I started reading the free daily paper they give out at the terminal.
This is my source for the local news, but on occasion they stick in one of those weird and wonderful stories. So as one should everyday I learn something new. I may have believe this previously but now I know for sure; liberals and atheists are have higher IQs than those silly conservatives and believers. As my flatmate said when I shared the news 'I already knew that' but now we have scientific proof!
This evening I found evening more proof that this holds true, I swear the American Family Association must be bleeding freakin' idoits. They want to stone a killer whale to death, Stone a whale!!! The one who killed a seaworld trainer. Forget the fact that their the ones who tore it aware from its home and stuck in a small tank to perform tricks for the aforemention bleeding idoits. What I want to know is... Where are the seal hunt folks now!
Just one more example I have to share, my flatmate post this amazing video on her blog proving evolution wrong just through a little jar a peanut butter... Yup, think I feel smarter already!
This is my source for the local news, but on occasion they stick in one of those weird and wonderful stories. So as one should everyday I learn something new. I may have believe this previously but now I know for sure; liberals and atheists are have higher IQs than those silly conservatives and believers. As my flatmate said when I shared the news 'I already knew that' but now we have scientific proof!
This evening I found evening more proof that this holds true, I swear the American Family Association must be bleeding freakin' idoits. They want to stone a killer whale to death, Stone a whale!!! The one who killed a seaworld trainer. Forget the fact that their the ones who tore it aware from its home and stuck in a small tank to perform tricks for the aforemention bleeding idoits. What I want to know is... Where are the seal hunt folks now!
Just one more example I have to share, my flatmate post this amazing video on her blog proving evolution wrong just through a little jar a peanut butter... Yup, think I feel smarter already!
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