Monday, 7 April 2008

Won't someone think of the office?

Today I got an e-mail delivered through work, a "friendly" reminder about office chairs. I have to share a workstation because desks are at a premium. 4 days of the week I am at one desk, but on Thursday I sit at another computer entirely.
Simple, you would think. But you have not factored in the special and pressing needs of the delicate flowers of the office. Namely, I need the support and comfort that only my own chair can give. It has been molded, it cups, caresses my backside and makes working a truely a pleasurable experience. Or something like that.
So on Thursday I migrate, I go to another desk and sitting there waiting for me is a random chair. All well and good. However, I don't always know where the chair comes from & when I end up working late I don't like to spend my lunch break trying to find out.
We-ll, evidently there have been complaints. Outrage which culminated in a rather patronising sounding email (it is hard to tell from email though) about how much easier life would be if everyone thought of the needs of others. People spend so much goddamn time thinking of their own chair needs I expect they couldn't think of anyone else & yet I am criticised for not sleuthing around for the chairs home when I had run 1/4 hour into my lunch working unpaid overtime? How utterly selfish of me.
It's all a matter of those who can complain loudly (and oh they can complain) receiving all the support from supervisors. I wonder if it has anything to do with my circ background? We are, after all, the subnormals and drones. Yet most probably it is a matter of those who loudly decry their needs being seen as diligent workers. If you are less focused on the job, treat it as a means of getting money rather than a vocation, it isn't seen as honest. It's cause enough to be seen as an undesirable element. Shame on me, if only I would just "consider others" when sharing workstations, "life would be so much easier".

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