Office
When Typos Go Wild
Case #1
I sort of work in a magazine publishing house and we get emails from subscribers. One day…
Male colleague: Check this out. This woman works for a company called Pubic Lice.
*Pause*
Me: Did you just say Pubic Lice?
Male colleague: Yup.
Me: Are you sure?
Male colleague: Yes!
Cue crazy Google session which, as you can probably imagine, yielded lots [...]
Telemarketers is Love
I love telemarketers.
No, seriously, I do. Picture this. It’s a slow day at the office and you’re bored out of your freakin’ mind. You’ve just seen an episode of The Office last night and you’re dying to try one of Jim’s pranks. You eye the colleague sitting next to you, you know, the one with [...]
The One with the Car
Cars are insanely expensive in Singapore mostly because the island has enough space for only about 5 people but there’re 4 million of us cramped together, jostling for air. That partly explains why Singaporeans are always so angry and complain so damn much. That freakin’ weather will be the death of me! Hot and humid [...]
7 Ways to Reject that Unwanted Valentine’s Day Invitation
It’s Valentine’s Day and the office creep decided to try his luck and asked me out. Eh, I was probably his 9829384th unlucky try. Anyway, I decided to compile a list of excuses for future reference. I’m sure they’ll come in handy again some day.
1) “Can I bring my mum along?”2) “Sure, meet ya at [...]
12 ways to amuse yourself during boring meetings
I spend half of my working hours at boring meetings trying to look important and attentive, so I’ve come up with 12 ways to combat the boredom.
1) See those pieces of paper with “Meeting Agenda” printed on them? Try making paper aeroplanes with them on your lap.2) Now imagine one of the paper aeroplanes whizzing [...]
