Work Foolishness

It would be really great if I had something topical to say in honor of Martin Luther King Junior Day. Like it'd be a good chance to get in some more ridiculing of Trent Lott for example. Unfortunately I've been alternately too busy and too lazy to keep up on social issues of the day and have little interesting to add to the commentary on race in America today, other than the fact that I and all of my co-workers are being forced to work overtime today, despite the national holiday.
So I'll just make fun of work, instead.

Working overtime sounds like a good idea most of the day, except for that minute the alarm is going off. And the next 5 minutes during the snooze alarm time. And probably the 5 minutes of snooze alarm time after that, too.

When your office is really backlogged is a fun time to test the boundaries of your goofing off. No matter how much your boss wants to chew you out they're still aware of the unspoken "Sure I didn't do as much work as I could have today, but it's more than I'd be getting done if you fire me, or yell at me until I quit." There's a fine line where this stops being funny, so always make sure there's at least one person who's screwing around more than you are. They're like the canary in the mineshaft.

If either of my parents reads today's post they will probably think or say something about work ethic and the rewards of company loyalty. I bring this up only to point out that I am fully aware that such a point of view exists, but am currently more interested in discussing some of the alternatives to it.

There is probably more I could write here, if given the inclination, but the Daily Show's on. What I'm saying here is: to hell providing you humor, I'm going to go get some for myself.