I just checked my work email.

I sit at a small help desk "desk" with cube walls. I'm at the end of the row, near the back door, so they have a trash can on the other side of my cube.

I often have to clean out under my desk things that are filtering under the wall or form people tossing things and missing the trash can.

I idly checked my work email. My supervisor decided that everyone needed to clean under their desks today or they would be taking deductions from their bonuses.

Not only that he sent a second email to me, copying it to the head of the help desk with a picture of what he found under my desk, which included two empty potato chip bags, a yogurt container, orange peel, and other food packages and wrappers. he fairly screamed that this was unsanitary and unsatisfactory and that from now on I will clean out under my desk every day.

I sent him back an email stating I will comply, and stating that I will do so, but requesting we get a full size broom instead of the two foot long kids play broom we have at the help desk.

I hope I will not be fired on Monday.

Your cat eats SNAKES?

I know what you meant, BTW, I just like that typo.

Hah, you think.

Apparently there was an infestation of garter snakes in my dad's neighborhood last summer. I know this because of all the partial snakes in full rigor mortis on his lawn all year.

And this is the cat I just gave my dad the go-ahead to foist onto me. (Okay, I adore her. She's a vicious little bitch. And my dad and sister have been trying to push her my way since xmas.)

Geez, Daniel, that's horrible. Does he think *you* put that stuff under there? Is he aware it's other people's trash?

oi, Dainiel.

best part about the snake typo -- it was a correction from a nonword.

Daniel, that really sucks. I hope it doesn't come to anything.

Frankly, I am a very fat man. Maybe thin ex-military types are likely to think I'm that much of a slob.

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Oy, Daniel.

My sister is coming to stay with me this weekend. I know I should clean up my apartment before she gets here, but I really don't want to. And anyway, I'm sure she's seen my apartment worse than this. I'm pretty sure I've seen her apartment worse than this.

Daniel, they're asses for jumping to that conclusion.

Hil, maybe try for 20 minutes to just get the worst part cleaned? It's always a nicer visit when a place is at least basically clean...

Daniel, WTF? He sends that email to your supervisor without even speaking to you first? He takes PHOTOS under your desk? And you've been picking up other people's trash all this time? You were too nice. At least request that they move the communal trash can somewhere else since people can't seem to be bothered to actually get their trash in it. Seriously, man. That's harassment. grrrrr