…the office before email? Some cubbies are completely covered in them.
Someone just handed me the greatest one I’ve seen in a while
generic cat pic underneath which is written
“Women and Cats will do as they please, and Men and Dogs should just relax and get used to the idea.”
Faxlore. It was usually passed around by the same folks who now forward megabytes of glurge your way.
If you’d like to see hundreds of examples of office folklore, check out the books by Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter listed at the end of this article.
I have two pinned on my bulletin board.
One says:
IF YOU ARE GROUCHY, IRRITABLE, OR JUST PLAIN MEAN, THERE WILL BE A $10.00 CHARGE FOR PUTTING UP WITH YOU.
The second:
PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL ANNOY THOSE OF US WHO REALLY DO KNOW IT ALL.
my cubby-neighbor has:
OF COURSE I DON’T LOOK BUSY. i DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
Speed
Quality
Price
(Pick any two)
And this is an actually title to a Recorded Subdivision Plat I have tacked up - A FINAL PLAT OF A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 2 OF A RESUBDIVISION PLAT OF BLOCK 1 OF AN **AMENDED REPLAT ** OF BRECKENRIDGE.
A resub of a resub of an amended replat.
Wonder if they finally got it right. I love that it starts out saying ‘A FINAL PLAT’ (sure it is…)