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Re: TechWhirl: Technical Communication Recap for September 6 2013

Subject: Re: TechWhirl: Technical Communication Recap for September 6 2013
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:09:47 -0700

On 9/8/2013 6:02 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:

...
My cube is against a window, so I have cube walls on only two sides. Either of those two positions leaves the whiteboard either unreachable or almost completely obscured.
So on the one little section that was unobstructed, I wrote "This space intentionally left blank."
It gets mostly chuckles.
It gets the occasional head-scratch.
It got a miffed "harrumph" from the HR manager.
She said: "Can't you think of a better use for your resources?"
I said: "You tell me. Take your time."

I love sarcastic irony, that's my favorite kind.

After a couple of abortive not-quite-suggestions, she gave up and left.
High-fives all around the local cuberhood. :-)

I give you four out of five smileys.

:) :) :) :) :|

I would have given you five smileys if the HR manager walked into a window after realizing the irony of what she was doing.





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