(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)

  • @alyth
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    63 months ago

    Is this sarcasm?

    • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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      3 months ago

      … No? Have you never worked in a fun work environment? Nerf fights in offices are not that uncommon.

      I can’t find any (good) videos of it, but I do have a video of a drunk co worker trying to play golf with fake poop.

      • @alyth
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        43 months ago

        I worked in that office when I was three, it was called kindergarden.

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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          33 months ago

          I’m sorry to hear about your poor working environment. Can I offer you a dart in these trying times?

      • Flying Squid
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        33 months ago

        That sounds like the exact opposite of fun to me. People shooting shit at me. Can we play D&D or something instead? I mean I don’t particularly want to hang out at work to do something “fun,” but if I have to…

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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          33 months ago

          If you don’t want to be involved then people won’t throw darts at you. It’s only people that want to be involved (sans the odd failed throw). Everyone in our office at least enjoys them.

          There’s only one person who doesn’t like them, but she has her own office and is a massive hypocrite so she can fuck off.

          • Flying Squid
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            23 months ago

            Until a dart hits me by mistake when I’m trying to focus on something. Not to mention the distractions.

            • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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              23 months ago

              You get used to it. I’ve gotten to that point that a dart to the back of the head, or hitting my monitor doesn’t even make me flinch, and I don’t lose my train of though. I’ll wrap up what I was working on, then fire back.

              • Flying Squid
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                23 months ago

                Why should I have to get used to it? It’s a job, not a fucking arcade.