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The chair i sat in today has been sat on by over 1000 different bottoms. The keyboard and mouse i handled, was handled by some poor snotty nose woman yesterday. This workstation has a weird smell to it.

Never been much of a city person. I know some of you folk are used to sharing subway trains and busses. Never had to do any of that myself and i sure am thankful. I can see how this.. ahem.. logic is applied here.

Its not that i dont enjoy sharing the workstation as Janice, Jessica, Albert, Ethan, Olivia, Mason, Sophia, Liam, Ava, Noah, Emma, Lucas, Isabella, Elijah, Mia, James, Harper, Alexander, Aria, Benjamin, Layla, William, Zoe, Daniel, Violet, Matthew, Chloe, Jacob, Stella, Samuel, Grace, Nathan, Audrey, Henry, Scarlett, Owen, Lily, Caleb, Nova, Isaac, Riley, Julian, Penelope, Carter, Savannah, Leo, Autumn, Gabriel, Hailey, Wyatt, Aurora, and Miles, its just.. I'm not used to it i guess? Look, i get it, i'm just a spoiled first world country person.

I did invest in my own car to get here. So at least thats still private. I'm told everyone can see all the things i type and do on the computer. Not sure why they would be interested in the boring things that i do, but okay.

I am getting better at tuning out my paripheal vision since Paul is sitting close enough that i can see his mouth moving (hes chewing some gum). I was thinking about having him look over this email im about to send to Sanjeet Pashminderdajeed, he's the one heading our big project from india. I wonder what its like over there this time of year? I'm losing my train of thought, what was i doing? Ah right, trying to tune out Pauls gum chewing habit. Oh look at that, its time for lunch! I wonder what the vending machine has in store today?

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Yep I lived in cubical land when I worked there. My manager would make comments to me over the phone all the time like "WHO was that, that just laughed so lound?" or "How annoying that you have to listen to that all day." But nothing could be done about it at all. I basically carried the items I would have kept at my desk around with me in a seperate bag since we could not keep anything at our desks, as it was shared space. People bitched about housekeeping of others, people sat in wrong seats on the wrong days, or did not have a seat sometimes. It was sooo fun. Now I work at a different company with a private office, with a door and window view! And guess what? Its NOT at BOA!

oh! and the bubble-gum smacking girl who wears flip-flops and flaps her azz up and down the halls.

Nails on the chalkboard. #corporatepetridish

Omg! Thank you for posting this. I thought I was the only one going insane having to listen to the woman in our area, smacking away and blowing bubbles with her gum all day!

I don’t know what’s worse.. the people chewing gum, the fact that we’re sitting so close to each other that I almost accidentally hold my neighbors hand multiple times throughout the day, the bright lights that you can’t get out of your peripheral vision that caused your head to throw up by the end of the day, or the person across from me who shakes his leg nervously which causes the whole entire desk/row to shake as if we’re experiencing an after quake.

Who ever thought this design was a good idea is an absolute mo--n. Not to mention there’s not even enough seats for everyone… especially on Wednesday.

It's ok, at least you don't have to contribute anything of value to the world to keep your paycheck!

They just want your SOUL...

Hilarious!! Well done. Sadly, it's all so true, but thank you, I needed that!

Haha, sounds like you're navigating the wild jungle of shared workstations with the grace of a reluctant city newbie! Between the chair's "thousand-bottom legacy" and Paul's gum-chewing soundtrack, you're practically starring in a sitcom called The Office Petri Dish. Maybe slip a whoopee cushion on that chair for the next guy or challenge Paul to a gum-chewing duel to spice things up! 😜 Keep rocking that private car vibe, and good luck with that vending machine lottery; hope it’s more "gourmet sandwich" than "mystery stale chips" today!

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