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by The Barberon Jul 17 |
Whoever decided that it was a good idea to pack humans into office conditions that battery hens have come to expect needs their head examined.
Every day millions of Australians trudge resentfully to these strip-lit, nylon-carpeted gulags, where they are bombarded by requests from equally uninspired worker drones, themselves imprisoned in their own carbon-copy red tape factories across Australia.
When did we stop asking for better working conditions? Why do we sit around marvelling at Google's office spaces when we should be badgering our board-level overlords for our own inspiring work pods?
Fortunately, we here at Marketing have broken this cycle of imaginative asphixiation by pimping our desk spaces - witness the early stages of 'imagineering' my desk space in the preview image!
Sadly though, there are still many for whom grey injection-moulded plastic is their vista from 9-5. Spare a thought for them, and if you are one of the unfortunates trapped in your own business cell, take some solace in the fact that you are not alone.
The four videos below show what happens "When Offices Go Bad" - expect this series on Channel 10 now that Big Brother has finally got the axe.
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Don't forget the footage of the insane office worker that was doing the rounds a month or so ago. This one's actually very scary! It has no sound which probably doesn't help!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhHJsG3CVBY
My favourite part is when one of the employees just starts filming the rampage on his mobile phone, instead of helping to stop the guy from destructing the office!
Colleague at work shot this one through to me as well, which is just plain funny:
She totally deserved that imho :-)
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