An Intro of Sorts

If you are one of the millions of cubicle drones who need a break from your monotonous tasks in the office, then you've come to the place. What exactly is The Office?

This is for adults only. By adults, we mean those who have responsibilities and one--a big one--of them happens to be holding a job. We've got bills to pay, dreams to pursue, places to go, gadgets to possess, and so on, so we need a source of income. For the larger part of the population (a.k.a people who were not gifted with a trust fund on their first birthday or those who have admitted to themselves that they cannot feed on dreams and ideas alone), having a stable job is one way to secure that your needs (and most of your wants) are satisfactorily met. This is not to say that we are limiting our scope to people who are employed by another entity. Whether you run your own business or just a quiet tenant in a cubicle farm, you have a job that you would like to keep.

This is therapy. And because we can't quit our jobs at the slightest annoyance at work, we find other venues to vent out our frustrations. Lousy working behavior is everywhere. How many have said that they've had enough of the lack of professionalism of their colleagues, only to discover that it would resurrect itself on the next job--only with uglier faces? We need to learn to adapt to the environment and know our enemies. Did you not learn that from Art of War/Who Moved My Cheese/Seven Habits/[Insert latest book that your boss handed to you for "self-development" but you've never really cracked open]?

This is universal. Ever wonder why almost of the non-fiction section of the bookstore is devoted to improving how you work? Bad attitudes at work are on the same vein as diets--they're constant problems that authors like to cash in but have never really solved. There will always be conflicts, difference of opinion, huge differences in skills and (heaven forbid) huge injustices when it comes to pay grade. Being human has predisposed us to make mistakes. Some make more--so much more--than others, and they inspired us to create this blog.

This is for FUN. If you're a self-confessed cubicle drone, you know what the scenario would be like--get annoyed at someone, seethe in anger, tell some (or many) close friends about it, get back to work. We'd like to spare you the Prozacs and the eventual intake of Lipitor. Go here to laugh, to share, to vent, and then move on and do the job that will bring you the moolah (experience would be more rewarding if you know the magic of the Alt-Tab). Just like a lot of things in life, don't take office heckles and hecklers so seriously. For all you know, you've been a subject of an office heckle, too.

This is NOT a source of legal advice. This website humors its audiences with made up and not-so-made up stories about bad experiences at work or with co-workers. Its purpose is to entertain readers, and therefore, should not be a source of legal advice. Consult a professional for real and serious help.