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Daily Disgruntle / Games People Play
Jockeying, posturing, backstabbing, bravado, lying, clawing, and gossip are the building blocks of corporate America. Taken to heights of Olympic-proportion by the officious, self-important automaton, these games are played with a smile on the face and a sharpened letter-opener in the hand.
Ladder-climbing is sooooo 1980’s.
If you prefer rainbows and kittens to asphyxiation by red tape, maybe you’re looking for a kinder, gentler game to play while trapped inside your bureaucratic hell. If so, please enjoy the following.
It's time to take your entertainment seriously. No one is going to make the workday fun for you, dammit. So take matters into your well-manicured, paper-pushing hands... And none of this peanuts, post its, practical joke crap. C’mon now.
--- Go sightseeing and peeping without ever leaving your assigned workspace.
--- Office supplies + Bored + Viral marketing team = Origami 2.0.
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--- Practice the art of spin via out-of-context paraphrasing.
--- Send your hardworking tools on vacation, and film them when they’re not looking.
--- Listen to a movie. The handy stealth function is a nice touch.
--- Get retro with remakes of your favorite arcade games.
--- Learn to play “Rocky Raccoon” on the ukulele.
--- And if all else fails, simply revert to the old adage about ‘the best defense’ and whatnot… BOOM!
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