The guy who sits next to me at work is... well, he's a lovely guy. And I do like sitting next to him, really I do.

But he has this habit.

Every single time my mobile (or anyone else's, for that matter) gets an sms, and does the standard double-beeping noise, he beeps too.
Seriously - my phone goes "beep-beep", and he instantly says "beep-beep" in ( Read more... )

A while ago, my work, in an attempt to seem environmentally friendly, provided us with a whole lot of Recycled Paper bins around the office.
So that we'd recycle paper, rather than throwing it away ( Read more... )

Yes, I am wearing a hat.

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Anyone think this is strangely weird and worthy of a whole post?

For some reason, every person who's walked into work this morning has immediately commented on my hat. I'm not exactly sure why...

Santa just walked into the office ( Read more... )

I really am rather in love with our coffee machine.

Which is kind of weird, because I don't drink coffee.

But my work has a spectacular coffee machine that can produce fifteen different varieties of coffee, and the most delicious hot chocolate I've had in ages.
For free.

I take advantage of this as often as possible.

Currently fighting the urge to visit the IT department with a baseball bat and a flamethrower.

( evil, evil, IT guys )

There's a twisted sort of logic used by the people who program the air conditioner at my work.

You see, because we're on something called a planet, which rotates, we have these things called seasons. There's a season called summer, which is very hot, and a season called winter, which is cold. Right now we're in the bit in between - known as spring - ( Read more... )

No, I don't care if it is on-topic.
I realise that the group was discussing accounting mistakes, and how easy it was for $5,000 to become $50,000. So yes, your comment was kinda relevant.

But please, in the future, try to remember:
If you tell a group of men (especially if that group is mostly made up of engineers) that you almost ended up paying $700 ( Read more... )

My office window is about to lose its view.

Not the sweeping views of the city skyline. That's been gone for a while.
But, right next door to us, they're building a skyscraper. It will eventually be the same height as our building. And for the past couple of months, there's been a fascinating view of cranes, concrete mixers, and various workmen, ( Read more... )

26 is off to a nice start ( Read more... )