Wednesday, March 7, 2007

The Real Office [Paul Wu Edition]

I was at the church the other day, and the pastor said that over 90% of Americans will spend more time at work, than they will with their own family...90% .... so what'd ya think of that, huh? And in the words of a wise Texas Tech man, "Yep...I believe it, so you better be really likin' what you do."

But what is office life really like? Is it about guarding your lunch from your fridge. Heaven forbid a person experiences an episode where Ross gets his turkey sandwich stollen.

I will tell you what real office life is like for the Wu ... So I will title this piece, "What real office life is like...for the Wu."

First of all. In a nut shell, you wake up, put on a clean pair of pants, put on a suit, tie. Sit in rush hour--get to work. Work all day. Leave work. Sit in rush hour. By the time you get home, it's dark. and by the time you finish eating dinner, shower, and watch the hit fox tv show The American Idol...it's already time to go to bed, multiply that routine times Cinqo (five for you non spanish speaking folks)...now tell me that's not depressing.

But here are a few helpful tips, to allow you to speed up your morning allowing you to get that extra ten minutes to your snooze.
Tip One: Before you do anything, Microwave your breakfast and then proceed to brushing your teeth, putting on your clothes--By the time your done with that, you can just grab your food out of the microwave and run to your car.

Tip Two: Get your clothes that you want to wear the next day ready the day before...but don't physically do that because that would require too much work (it's also a bad idea because you'll be thinking about work the night before and you don't want to do that). Mentally get a picture of what you want to wear so you're not sitting there thinking how you will match for people who don't care what you look like.

Tip Three: Any piece of clothing that can be done safely at a speed of 5 mph in rush should be put on in the car. For example, if you wear a tie don't spend extra minutes in front of the mirror trying to tie it on. For every minute you leave later from your house is an extra 5 minutes in rush hour.

Tip Four: If you are new to America due to being outsourced from your country because you work for a giant company like Rice-A-Roni, FYI- that nice woman or man in rush hour who sticks that center finger at you -- they're just saying hi, but whatever you do. just know it's custom to never return the favor. But in any case ignoring them will save you about 30 seconds, and we all know every second counts when going to work.

Tip Five: I'm eating Hair-o-bo gummy bears right now and they are delicious

Tip Six: When that elevator that you wait for finally comes down to the parking garage and its doors open, hurry up and walk in, if you see someone sprinting to catch, hurry up and press the close door button, but make sure you work in a building where that button actually works, because if it doesn't, you just look like a major jerk face. lol im jk you should always wait.

Things that make office likfe awkward or painful:
-The printer is so jacked up, I almost took a thee ring hole punch to shove it in there just to "fix" it. The printer will never work, and whoever you work for will never pay to fix it, because printers are a post Nazi conspiracy and cost an arm and a leg.

-When someone in your office coughs, but then you think it sounds like a sneeze, so you say "Bless You" , it just makes you look like your uneducated and you went to some community college in Oklahoma. (*if you are reading this and attend a community college in Oklahoma, I commend you and fully support you in your pursuit of higher educaiton-Vote Paul Wu for President 2048).

-When someone in your office is finishing up those last drops of water, from a wonderful bottle of Ozarka, and the bottle begins to crackle and make that sucking sound...do not speak un Jesus like things to them expressing how annoying that is.

1 comment:

Maltese Cross said...

Awesome post, Wu. Haribo gummy bears are the best. When they are located with the impulse purchase items at the register...I always feel compelled to buy them.

I work in an office, of sorts. It's a disaster joint field office located in an old Montgomery Ward Building in a suburb of Oklahoma City. I make sure and label my lunch sack, stapling it so I will know if it's been tampered with. Nobody better steal my turkey sandwich.

AND disaster joint field offices are well stocked with bottled water, provided by logistics. Every day, I hear the crackle of empty water bottles. Take care Wu.