I don’t know about you, but working in an office isn’t as fun as it used to be. Maybe because most of us work at home, or maybe because people aren’t as silly and playful as they used to be.
I don’t know, but something has changed.
At a job I had about 15 years ago when I was 30ish we used to have lots of fun, and for the more childish it was, the better.
The IT company I worked for in York had a number of meeting rooms which were usually empty, but there would be a sign on the door when a meeting was booked.
The sign was there to inform people that they couldn’t use the room during the time of the meeting.
For me though, it was a notification that the room must be prepared before the meeting could start.
Preparing a meeting room for an upcoming meeting was an important task that I took it on myself to do, with the help of my colleagues usually.
The most important thing was to fart into a few plastic cups and leave them upturned on the desk. We tested and the smell lasted up to 6 hours, so a meeting that was due within the hour was perfect.
Next we’d have to decorate the whiteboard. How this was done depended on the artist, but usually involved a great many cocks, a bit of jizz and some pubes.
There were a few other things we used to do, but they’re worthy of a separate story so will have to wait.
The only downside of going to all of this effort is that we never received any praise or acknowledgment. Not once did we see our work being appreciated, all we could do was imagine.
