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You Know You Work In The 21st Century If ......

  • You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different organizations.
  • Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
  • You get really excited about a 2% pay raise.
  • You learn about your layoff on the news.
  • Your biggest loss from a system crash is that you lose your best jokes.
  • Your supervisor doesn't have the ability to do your job.
  • Salaries of the members on the Executive Board are higher than all the Third World countries' annual budgets combined.
  • It's dark when you drive to and from work.
  • Communication is something your section is having problems with.
  • You see a good-looking person and know it is a visitor.
  • Free food left over from meetings is your main staple.
  • Being sick is defined as can't walk or you're in the hospital.
  • You're already late on the work task you just got.
  • You work 200 hours for the $100 bonus check and jubilantly say "Oh wow, thanks!
  • Your supervisors' favorite lines are "when you get a few minutes", "in your spare time", "when you're freed up", and "I have an opportunity for you."
  • Vacation is something you roll over to next year or a check you get every January.
  • Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers".
  • You read this entire list and understood it.



Submitted by: JC


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