Category: business

Never write a note or memo if you can phone or visit instead; everyone wants to talk whenever you’re ready.Don’t sit down to talk. The acoustics are better the higher you are, and remember that most people are a bit deaf so speak up louder!Try to talk with _at least_ three people between you and your listener, so that they don’t feel left out.The very best place for a conversation is in the corridor, beside someone else’s desk. If the corridor is full, try leaning against their cupboard or hanging over their screen.Never warn people of your approach by knocking on their desk or cupboard. People love surprises, especially if they’re busy.The best time to disturb someone is when they look thoughtful or are concentrating. It’s your _duty_ to give them a break now and again.To make sure that _you_ get regular breaks, never use a “Do No Disturb” sign. When other people use them they’re only joking.Always hold meetings around a desk. If you book a conference room everyone will think you’ve got something to hide.If the phone isn’t answered after four rings, hang on. Someone will answer it eventually, and they might like a chat, too.Never divert calls if you’re leaving your desk. Your telephone could get into bad habits.Try to whistle, hum or tap your fingers while you work. It is a comfort to others to know that you’re still there.If you have to design the office layout, remember to leave lots of wide-open spaces so that we can see and hear each other right across the floor.

AS THEY GET OLD…
– Old accountants never die, they just lose their balance.
– Old actors never die, they just drop apart.
– Old archers never die, they just bow and quiver.
– Old architects never die, they just lose their structures.
– Old bankers never die, they just lose interest.
– Old basketball players never die, they just go on dribbling.
– Old beekeepers never die, they just buzz off.
– Old bookkeepers never die, they just lose their figures.
– Old bosses never die, much as you want them to.
– Old cashiers never die, they just check out.
– Old chauffeurs never die, they just lose their drive.
– Old chemists never die, they just fail to react.
– Old cleaning people never die, they just kick the bucket.
– Old cooks never die, they just get deranged.
– Old daredevils never die, they just get discouraged.
– Old deans never die, they just lose their faculties.
– Old doctors never die, they just lose their patience.
– Old electricians never die, they just lose contact.
– Old farmers never die, they just go to seed.
– Old garagemen never die, they just retire.
– Old hackers never die, they just go to bits.
– Old hardware engineers never die, they just cache in their chips.
– Old hippies never die, they just smell that way.
– Old horticulturists never die, they just go to pot.
– Old hypochondriacs never die, they just lose their grippe.
– Old investors never die, they just roll over.
– Old journalists never die, they just get de-pressed.
– Old knights in chain mail never die, they just shuffle off their metal coils.
– Old laser physicists never die, they just become incoherent.
– Old lawyers never die, they just lose their appeal.
– Old limbo dancers never die, they just go under.
– Old mathematicians never die, they just disintegrate.
– Old milkmaids never die, they just lose their whey.
– Old ministers never die, they just get put out to pastor…
– Old musicians never die, they just get played out.
– Old number theorists never die, they just get past their prime.
– Old numerical analysts never die, they just get disarrayed.
– Old owls never die, they just don’t give a hoot.
– Old pacifists never die, they just go to peaces.
– Old perfessers never die, they just lose their class.
– Old photographers never die, they just stop developing.
– Old pilots never die, they just go to a higher plane.
– Old policemen never die, they just cop out.
– Old preachers never die, they just ramble on, and on, and on, and on….
– Old printers never die, they’re just not the type.
– Old programmers never die, they just branch to a new address.
– Old programming wizards never die, they just recurse.
– Old quarterbacks never die, they just pass away.
– Old schools never die, they just lose their principals.
– Old sculptors never die, they just lose their marbles.
– Old seers never die, they just lose their vision.
– Old sewage workers never die, they just waste away.
– Old skateboarders never die, they just lose their bearings.
– Old sailors never die, they just get a little dingy.
– Old Soldiers never die. Young ones do.
– Old steelmakers never die, they just lose their temper.
– Old students never die, they just get degraded.
– Old tanners never die, they just go into hiding.
– Old typists never die, they just lose their justification.
– Walt Disney didn’t die. He’s in suspended animation.
– Old white water rafters never die, they just get disgorged.
– Old wrestlers never die, they just lose their grip.

Read the following statements and the amazing
conclusion:

1. The sport of choice for the urban poor is

Basketball.

2. The sport of choice for maintenance level

employees is Bowling.

3. The sport of choice for front-line workers

is Football.

4. The sport of choice for supervisors is

Baseball.

5. The sport of choice for middle management

is Tennis.

6. The sport of choice for corporate officers

is Golf.

THE AMAZING CONCLUSION:

The higher you are in the corporate structure,

the smaller your balls become.

It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong, and an even bigger one to keep his mouth shut when he’s right.

What I want is all of the power and none of the responsibility.

1. Your boss is always yelling, “I wanna see your ass in here by 8:00!”

2. Can take advantage of computer monitor radiation to work on your tan.

3. Inventive way to finally meet that hottie in Human Resources.

4. “I’d love to chip in, but I left my wallet in my pants.”

5. To stop those creepy guys in Marketing from looking down your blouse.

6. You want to see if it’s like the dream.

7. So that with a little help from Muzak you can add “Exotic Dancer” to your exaggerated resume.

8. People stop stealing your pens after they’ve seen where you keep them.

9. Diverts attention from the fact that you also came to work stoned.

10. Gives “bad hair day” a whole new meaning.

11. No one steals your chair anymore.

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent; I took orders from no one.

Those with the best advice offer no advice.

He who hesitates is probably right.

12 Tips From Workforce to Managers

1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 5:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.

2.If it’s really a “rush job,” run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it’s going. That helps.

3.Always leave without telling anyone where you’re going. It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.

4. If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books or supplies, don’t open the door for me. I need to learn how to function as a paraplegic and this is good training.

5. If you give me more that one job to do, don’t tell me which is the priority. Let me guess.

6. Do your best to keep me late. I like the office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do. Beside, having no life will help prepare me for making partner.

7. If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. Leaks like that could cost me a promotion.

8. If you don’t like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in conversation.

9. If you have special instructions for a job, don’t write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done.

10.Never introduce me to the people you’re with. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deduction powers will identify them.

11. Be nice to me only when the job I’m doing for you could really change your life.

12. Tell me all your little problems. None of us have any and it’s nice to know someone is less fortunate.

Goebel’s Observation On Utopia: If everyone believed in Peace, they would immediately begin fighting over the best way to achieve it.

Any improbable event which would create maximum confusion.