Voice Mail; ooops I deleted you!

I know I’m not the only one disgusted with the new corporate trend of shutting out people with voice mail. What’s up with hiding behind your voice mail avoiding the masses with a mere click of the erase button?
Will the insanity ever stop? What’s next? Will we soon have to go to our favorite fast food establishment and “voice mail” our orders? It is so frustrating having to deal with the “recorded message” and “please leave your message after the beep”. However the most egregious insult is “I will get back to you” . Why say that and take the time to add that to your message if you know for a fact you are going to visit your cubical daily and quickly scan your inbox hoping not to have to actually answer any of your messages? Go ahead corporate America hide behind “oops I hit the erase button” or “oh, I didn’t get that message” . Then we wonder why all our jobs are outsourced. The growing pattern of closed ears in the workplace is appalling. You know its bad enough getting disrespected by a person in this world but to be shunned , ignored and made to feel insignificant by a machine, where will it all end???

Bean Bag Chair Balance

Well yet another day of icky- ness has descended upon my happy little camp. I’m thinking there’s some really fierce karma I am paying for. What they hey???…if all that crapola is really true..mano man I’m gonna come back as a gnat chewing on cow poop….I just can't hang with this whole corporate CPC (corporate politically correct) thing. There’s more political fallout from the cubical than an onion has layers…. The whole concept of saying what ever you want to say with your mouth then dismissing it by following up with “oh I was just kidding” or the most disgusting one "whatever"... is enough to make you wish them nail fungus for the rest of their days….Really!!! …why do people go out of their way to be rude, crass and nasty with their mouth then follow it by.. “oh …you need to learn to take a joke” when what they really mean is…” if you are gonna stick around here…you are gonna have to learn to bend over and take it up the ole ....... is there any hope for these disgusting blood sucking fleas???? Having to deal with societal schmucks like that just doesn’t make you wanna wake up in the morning screaming “joy“… The lack of appreciation and respect in the corporate workplace is replaced by back bighting worms looking for a promotion and a faster way to a larger paycheck . You could not find morals, integrity and what’s wrong and right in the corporate litter box even if you dove in and dug really deep…gives you a whole new perspective to the whole “cubical” thing. It’s exhausting having to deal with pencil pushing staple poppin cubical lemmings that survive like a virus in a lab ...sucking the life outta those around them enjoying the suffering , sweat and labor of others….no wonder they take pills and drink just so they can sleep at night!!! ..The up side if there’s one, is if you have any will to live after pay day...you grit your teeth…tighten your belt…bare your knuckles and keep going……anyone can survive the ladder climbing backstabbing bottom feeders ….just daydream of re-wording their " suck butt of the month gets to park here sign" by writing in glow in the dark paint.. " I Sucked to park here"!!! Anyone can dredge on through the mounds of corporate excrement by adapting, using hip waders and smile…wait in the background. Watch as one by one.. they lose their grip and fall off the greased rails of the cubical ladder! There is always hope, and when you can’t find hope…you can always sit naked in your bean bag chair …watch a good movie…and eat chocolate, so see there is balance!!!

Weenie Roast

One would never suspect that discussions occurring while sitting around a warm glowing fire could weigh so heavily on ones life. However, sometimes the old weenie roast chats can become something that changes your life…If you think about it, most peoples' guard is down and they're in a comfort zone, enjoying the moment not really thinking about what they say . One good thing about it is, you can find out more about yourself and those closest to you. You may be astonished to find out you have relaxed so much you have actually been able to re-examine priorities, re-focus, and reprioritize all the while raising smore melting to a new art form. If you miss out on hosting a weenie roast, you may never enjoy the fireside perspective of life. There’s nothing like sitting around a crackling illuminated blaze as the heat and scents of hickory, apple wood and green pine hover , blanketing your event with homespun comfort. Around the campfire, while you are busy planning the world if you were president , catching up on your friends latest activities, discussing the relational effects of the latest electronic techno gadget and how it may or may not effect the nesting habits of the blue crane when activated don’t forget to take a really long breathe and roast a sausage dog to a perfect plump juiciness. So many times life is about persepctive, so when you get the chance, host a bonfire get a huge pack of wieners, sausage dogs, brats, a smore kit, some really good buns and all the fixings. Find some really comfortable chairs, let your hair down and enjoy the quiet, magical moments those warming flames can create. Pose a question to the flames…”what was the best and the worst thing that happened this year???” Then when your answer floats into the simmering haze hovering just beyond the reach of the flames, sit back and remember how sweet life really is.