Thursday Poll: Items in your Office, Cubicle, or Work Space

[NWICY]

Confession time: my company issues a nice pen to employees after they've been with the company for 1 year. Any time someone gets fired/quits, they leave it on their desk and I'm right there to pick it up. I have 5 of them (plus my own, which is sitting at home). It's kind of morbid, really. Almost like some type of hunting trophy/ears necklace. Can't say I'm proud of it, but gives me some strange joy.

So the tradition is to leave the pen? If I'm getting out I'm going all Johnny Cash "1 piece at a time"

 

[GTO]

So the tradition is to leave the pen? If I'm getting out I'm going all Johnny Cash "1 piece at a time"

I don't think it's tradition. When someone gets fired here, they don't give them a chance to clear their desk, they just escort them out of the building (regardless of whether they are manager, director, VP, etc).

 

[Angie]

Confession time: my company issues a nice pen to employees after they've been with the company for 1 year. Any time someone gets fired/quits, they leave it on their desk and I'm right there to pick it up. I have 5 of them (plus my own, which is sitting at home). It's kind of morbid, really. Almost like some type of hunting trophy/ears necklace. Can't say I'm proud of it, but gives me some strange joy.

That's... something.

 

[SNEDDS3]

This is an older pic.

 

[bos]

Confession time: my company issues a nice pen to employees after they've been with the company for 1 year. Any time someone gets fired/quits, they leave it on their desk and I'm right there to pick it up. I have 5 of them (plus my own, which is sitting at home). It's kind of morbid, really. Almost like some type of hunting trophy/ears necklace. Can't say I'm proud of it, but gives me some strange joy.

 

[GTO]

That's... something.

Is it that bad? :spinny:

 

[bos]

I don't think it's tradition. When someone gets fired here, they don't give them a chance to clear their desk, they just escort them out of the building (regardless of whether they are manager, director, VP, etc).

Someone should wrestle and fight their way back to their desk and hold up that pen in defiance. They earned it.

 

[3TrueFans]

Best thing about those two chili awards? No beans in either of his entries. BOOM.

Well I can see why he got second then, I assume when he got first he was the only entrant?

 

[Doc]

I wasn't a fan of desk swag, but my gf got me some. I have:

- A Grumpy Cat Stuffed Animal
- 3 tennis balls to juggle once in a while for a break. Also doubles as something to throw at the local Aggie's nuts when he hangs around my desk too much.
-Little punching bag that sticks to the desk
-Whiteboard -- currently has some rough pinewood derby car drawings on it
-Baseball glove
-ISU mug

There are lots of work related things hanging up plus a printout of baseball park factors and list of left mashers for FanDuel purposes.

 

[ameslurker]

A small minion from Despicable Me, a Staple's Easy Button, and a baseball bat and cane underneathe my desk

 

[GTO]

Someone should wrestle and fight their way back to their desk and hold up that pen in defiance. They earned it.

No way. I'll help push them back out of the building. That is my pen, dammit! I'm like a Highlander, hoping to be the last one standing.

 

[cloneswereall]

Lot's of paper. I work at the base of an enormous paper glacier. Also lots of coffee cups. And more paper

This sounds like my desk. I'm not as bad as some people I've seen, but there are essays and papers everywhere, and it looks like I'm running a recycling center. From the months of September until the end of May, I have no idea what my desktop actually looks like.

 

[Angie]

Well I can see why he got second then, I assume when he got first he was the only entrant?

At least 12 entries each time, voted by the people. The public hates beans, man. What can I say?

 

[GTO]

At least 12 entries each time, voted by the people. The public hates beans, man. What can I say?

Chili with beans reminds me of that one scene from Blazing Saddles.

 

[Mr Janny]

This is an older pic.

Three questions.
1) Why should a church advertise?
2) How do you like your Cisco phone? We just went with all Cisco phones earlier this year, and so far they're a hit.
3) What are you planning to buy with your Camel Cash? Got your eye on anything special?

 

[Mr Janny]

Three questions.
1) Why should a church advertise?
2) How do you like your Cisco phone? We just went with all Cisco phones earlier this year, and so far they're a hit.
3) What are you planning to buy with your Camel Cash? Got your eye on anything special?

4th question.

Is that Chuck Norris?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

No way. I'll help push them back out of the building. That is my pen, dammit! I'm like a Highlander, hoping to be the last one standing.

It's always amusing when someone gets fired and their desk has to be boxed up. It's like chum for the office sharks. You'd swear it was the last pad of sticky notes left on earth.

 

[Angie]

4th question.

Is that Chuck Norris?

You've got nothing for the chipmunk wearing a Mr. T necklace, hunh? Just skating right by that one?

 

[GTO]

It's always amusing when someone gets fired and their desk has to be boxed up. It's like chum for the office sharks. You'd swear it was the last pad of sticky notes left on earth.

That's how I get all my pens. The ones we get from the supply cabinet are terrible.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

You've got nothing for the chipmunk wearing a Mr. T necklace, hunh? Just skating right by that one?

At least he has one screen devoted to CF