These are some barely-edited chats I had today with a friend who used to work in the office I’m currently at.
her (12:10:59 PM): hey
joz (12:11:02 PM): yes?
her (12:11:22 PM): no i’m back
joz (12:11:29 PM): you were gone for a while!
her (12:11:36 PM): yes
her (12:11:43 PM): i was in the storage closet
joz (12:12:15 PM): Sounds simultaneously interesting and scary!
her (12:14:15 PM): yes it was!
her (12:14:20 PM): we’ve got so much crap back there
her (12:14:28 PM): we have more pens than stalpes
joz (12:15:51 PM): Did I tell you how I labeled my pens here?
her (12:15:58 PM): WHAT?!
her (12:15:59 PM): no!
her (12:16:04 PM): why?
her (12:16:05 PM): lol
joz (12:16:48 PM): Because my pens kept disappearing!
joz (12:17:03 PM): I had two blue pens that I used but I kept having to get new pens
joz (12:17:25 PM): So while I was on hold with people on the phone, I’d make little labels for my pens
joz (12:17:45 PM): Guess what? Within 2 days, Bossguy came out of his office three times to bring me my pens back
joz (12:17:47 PM): haha!
joz (12:18:18 PM): he probably thinks I’m nuts
joz (12:18:44 PM): But I started doing that at my first job where all my stuff would disappear… my pens, my stapler, my tape dispense, staple remover!
joz (12:18:47 PM): At least here, it’s just pens
joz (12:20:48 PM): And also, I know now where my pens keep ending up!
her (12:30:23 PM): lol
her (12:30:32 PM): yeah, he used to take my pens all the time
her (12:30:41 PM): and i used to yell at him
joz (12:39:24 PM): haha
joz (12:39:45 PM): The first time he was all “What? You’ve got your name on all the pens!”
her (12:39:56 PM): lol
…a few hours later…
joz (4:05:08 PM): So the IT guy is supposed to give me a new computer
joz (4:05:18 PM): Because my current computer (practically brand new) still makes that awful grinding noise from time to time
her (4:05:24 PM): omg
her (4:05:25 PM): still?
her (4:05:37 PM): what’s taking so long?
joz (4:05:43 PM): He was here today working on it and he disappeared
her (4:05:43 PM): ok
joz (4:05:58 PM): In fact, I have a second computer sitting here on my desk waiting for the swap!
her (4:06:06 PM): lol
her (4:10:36 PM): did he leave already?
joz (4:11:14 PM): I don’t know! He was here all bright and early at like 9-10
her (4:11:23 PM): lol
joz (4:11:26 PM): Then was like “I’ll be right back” and I never saw him again
her (4:11:32 PM): lol
her (4:11:34 PM): typical
joz (4:11:43 PM): If worse comes to worse, I’ll take the extra computer hostage
her (4:12:54 PM): nice
joz (4:13:25 PM): Maybe I’ll go around and steal everyone’s mouse
joz (4:13:32 PM): Then he’ll have to come over and investigate
joz (4:13:43 PM): And I’ll hold them all hostage til I get my new computer set up
joz (4:13:45 PM): haha
her (4:14:03 PM): lol
joz (4:14:24 PM): I bet I’d get my new computer up and running real fast.
joz (4:14:41 PM): Can you just see me? Waiting for people to leave their desks, sneaking in and stealing the mouse?
her (4:15:47 PM): lol
her (4:15:48 PM): yes i can
joz (4:16:30 PM): Then I could hold my own little auction for people to get a mouse from me.
her (4:16:46 PM): what would you ask for?
her (4:16:49 PM): $
joz (4:16:50 PM): No one would ever laugh at me for labeling my pens anymore because they’d all be too busy labeling their mouses
her (4:16:55 PM): lol
joz (4:16:58 PM): Just kidding
joz (4:17:01 PM): heh
her (4:17:11 PM): no you arenot
her (4:17:18 PM): hehehehe
joz (4:17:20 PM): I’m only HALF kidding 
joz (4:17:34 PM): I will steal HALF the mice I was originally plotting!
her (4:17:48 PM): lol
joz (4:17:56 PM): You know, it would all be unnecessary if IT guy just came over and set up the computer!
Seriously though, I don’t mean to sound like one of those bitches who complain loudly about people who are helping them. I had told the IT guy in advance that it wasn’t a huge rush to get me set up as long as I wasn’t left hanging out without a computer. I just didn’t realize he was just going to leave me hanging, period!
I’m not mad or upset, just amused because I had two computers on my desk, plus my work laptop, plus my personal laptop all spread out on my desk today because I kept thinking he was going to come back at any minute.
You gotta dig up some dirt on him. Your computer will never have anything wrong with it for longer than 5 minutes if you do.
ROTFLMAO!~
This was hilarious! I can just imagine… heck, I can just picture it!
If you had four computers at your desk, I might understand how he’s not in a rush. He probably thinks you already got another one from someone else. Or he’s envious.
hehehe
speaking of mice. people here at my work are really petty. they’ll see that someone else has an optical mouse while they only have the old fashion kind with a ball. then they throw a hissy fit when we won’t give them an optical mouse…seeing as their mouse is in perfect condition. a week later, we find out that we have to replace an unrepairable mouse.
suspicious??? sometimes doctors can be such bratty children.
When I worked in the corporate world, I used to label my chair. Seriously.
OMG, Shelley.
I, too, have stories about office chairs & such!
my god that’s a lot of computers. you have to bribe the IT guys to do what you want. just talk nerd talk to them in a sexy sorta way… ok, I just made up the last part.