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with the recent layoffs here at the work place, and desk space a premium, would it be uncouth to stake out one of the abandoned desks,
It is a time-honored tradition for co-workers to hover like vultures over the furniture and office supplies of the departed.
I'm sending out the e-mail. Just trying to figure out how to open it up. I'm guessing "since the economy is in the tank, and some folks got the can, is it ok if I can squat where James used to hang" would be bad.
I'm sending out the e-mail. Just trying to figure out how to open it up. I'm guessing "since the economy is in the tank, and some folks got the can, is it ok if I can squat where James used to hang" would be bad.
Don't ask for permission! Then people will say No.
Just take it.
Remember, Stephen Spielberg got started by showing up at a studio where wasn't employed and occupying a desk there for months.
It's easier to get forgiveness than permission.
That is my ethos.
It is a time-honored tradition for co-workers to hover like vultures over the furniture and office supplies of the departed.it's not just the furniture, it's location too. This e-mail is harder to write than I thought. I'm probably making way too much of it. I'm so meek. Must find inner tiger.
It is a time-honored tradition for co-workers to hover like vultures over the furniture and office supplies of the departed
Heck, it was the B Plot of an episode of "Bones", with Booth indulging in office warfare over the Ultimate Desk Chair of a departing colleague. He was trying to weasel doctor's notes out of the medically oriented squints.
What they said. Maybe you can mention offhand to someone a few days later "hey, I moved my stuff to James' old spot." Preferably while you're walking so there's no real opening for discussion.
I am powerless over my need to be a wiseass in Salon Letters.
Do it!
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This e-mail is harder to write than I thought
Don't phrase it as a benefit to yourself, phrase it as a benefit for the company. You're not colonizing a more unfortunate co-worker's space, you're occupying a space that would otherwise be vacant and thus look bad to anyone passing through the area.
Is JZ here?
I am powerless over my need to be a wiseass in Salon Letters.
Be strong. Don't engage. Don't waste your wit on the troll of the moment. Take it easy, one post at a time. Just let the assholes go. Here, have a puppy cam. You'll feel better.
JZ, did you see on the Facebook that we have an exteremly random, small world connection???