Office Haiku

Discounts

Important meeting
flying economy class
wrinkle suit, smell bad.

Posted on Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 4:15 am | Tagged under Commuting
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Snow Job

Office parking lot
never plowed out very well.
Car gets stuck in snow.

Posted on Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 4:14 am | Tagged under Commuting
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Polite Conversation

Boss’s politics:
Conservative agenda
avoiding taxes.

Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2011 at 4:12 am | Tagged under Taxes, The Boss
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Inconvenient Hours

Coordinating
Between Asia and Europe
Someone stays up late.

Posted on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 at 4:13 am | Tagged under Clients
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Patent Troll

Earn royalties from
patent pending devices,
without working hard.

Posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 at 4:11 am | Tagged under Office Policy
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Caffeinated Emergency

Fire alarms sound
emergency coffee break!
Delay returning.

Posted on Friday, November 4th, 2011 at 3:47 am | Tagged under Procrastination
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Cutting Edge, Last Year

Upgrading hardware,
Investing in technology.
Still runs too slowly.

Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 3:46 am | Tagged under Computers
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Poorly Scheduled

The morning meeting
runs well into the afternoon.
No work completed.

Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 3:30 am | Tagged under Office Policy
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A Good Defense

Document shredder
loudly grinds all afternoon
no more evidence.

Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 3:25 am | Tagged under Lawyering
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Organized

Office cleaning staff
rearranges my desktop
losing my papers

Posted on Monday, October 24th, 2011 at 3:20 am | Tagged under Personnel
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by Ian MacAllen