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Cubicles: The great mistake
Fortune Magazine ^ | Julie Schlosser

Posted on 03/23/2006 5:28:05 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

Even the designer of the cubicle thinks they were maybe a bad idea, as millions of 'Dilberts' would agree.

(Excerpt) Read more at jobs.aol.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: cubicle; workplace
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1 posted on 03/23/2006 5:28:06 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: Clintonfatigued
Oh, I don't know...if it weren't for cubicle jungles, we'd never have beauties such as

or or the ever-popular

Yeahhhh...

2 posted on 03/23/2006 5:42:02 PM PST by JRios1968 (A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
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To: Clintonfatigued

I'm not afraid to admit: I like my cubicle. It's a pretty good size: approx 5 x 8.

However, in one of my previous jobs, the cubes were smaller (more like the size of a bathroom stall) and shared by 2 workers: one working days; the other working evenings.


3 posted on 03/23/2006 5:48:26 PM PST by Ludicrous (I support a woman's right to choose an effective contraceptive method.)
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To: JRios1968

And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...


4 posted on 03/23/2006 5:49:16 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
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To: jwfiv
I think I might sit in the most depressing cube of all time.

Even the walls are grey. I tried to give it a homey feel by putting up a David Hasselhoff calendar, but he's fighting a losing battle.

The good news is there is help out there:

Pimp My Cube.

5 posted on 03/23/2006 5:53:16 PM PST by Serb5150 ("Tesla, you don't understand our American humor." —Thomas Edison)
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To: Michael.SF.

Great...I'm here laughing like a doofus and my wife wonders if she married a loon!!


6 posted on 03/23/2006 5:54:49 PM PST by JRios1968 (A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
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To: JRios1968

Einstein also realized too late that he had unleashed something terrible upon the planet...

LOL!


7 posted on 03/23/2006 5:58:04 PM PST by CowboyJay (Rough Riders! Tancredo '08)
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To: JRios1968

Ahhh, this picture reminds me of a booby trap I once engineered to dump a large quantity of peanuts on a certain person as he entered his office.

8 posted on 03/23/2006 6:02:37 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Michael.SF.

I became a Milton at my last job. They kept moving me around from cubicle to cubicle just to annoy me. But I showed them--I showed them all. MUHUHAHAHAAAAAAA


9 posted on 03/23/2006 6:12:52 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid (History is a work in progress)
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To: CowboyJay
Einstein also realized too late that he had unleashed something terrible upon the planet...

Especially his first attempt, which yielded E=mc3

The lesson is "friends don't let friends derive drunk."

10 posted on 03/23/2006 6:32:47 PM PST by JRios1968 (A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
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To: SFC Chromey

Cubical Humor Ping.


11 posted on 03/23/2006 6:47:43 PM PST by Maximus_Ridiculousness (I got yer red stapler right here, Milton.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Nothing says, "We think you are a temporary employee", like a cube.


12 posted on 03/23/2006 6:51:35 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: Maximus_Ridiculousness

Here we are again and "Office Space" comes up. LOL!


13 posted on 03/23/2006 6:53:38 PM PST by Supernatural (Ea wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
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To: Fresh Wind

Exellsior!


14 posted on 03/23/2006 6:54:14 PM PST by Jemian (He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot)
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15 posted on 03/23/2006 6:54:18 PM PST by Maximus_Ridiculousness (I got yer red stapler right here, Milton.)
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To: Supernatural

Howdy!


16 posted on 03/23/2006 6:54:54 PM PST by Maximus_Ridiculousness (I got yer red stapler right here, Milton.)
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To: Maximus_Ridiculousness

Your picture is worth a 1000 words...and priceless too.

LOL!


17 posted on 03/23/2006 6:55:50 PM PST by Supernatural (Ea wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
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To: Supernatural
How about a castle.


18 posted on 03/23/2006 6:58:58 PM PST by Maximus_Ridiculousness (I got yer red stapler right here, Milton.)
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To: Michael.SF.

BAHHHUMMMP!


19 posted on 03/23/2006 6:58:58 PM PST by griffin (Love Jesus, No Fear!)
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To: Maximus_Ridiculousness

Oh, I never had a cube that fancy!


20 posted on 03/23/2006 6:59:49 PM PST by Supernatural (Ea wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
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