I found this on Fark today. To be honest it really doesn't surprise me, but I thought I'd post it as I've been examining my relationship with my co-workers this past week. I won't bore you with the small details.
Just read the story and thank your lucky stars for the co-workers you do have...even the barely functional. After all, you could be working here.
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Originally Posted by For the Link-a-phobic
Thu 30 Jun 2005
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Fly on the wall has firm's e-mail abuzz for four hours
JOHN INNES
IN THE latest embarrassing e-mail chain to leak out of the corporate world, it seems a team of London accountants spent more than four hours debating what to do about a fly buzzing around their office.
The exchange of e-mails, at the offices of KPMG, starts with one from "Lucy" - her surname has not been disclosed - about a fly in her office which had been there for several days.
Her message, sent to the "facilities service desk" at 11:32am one Wednesday earlier this month, reads: "We have a fly in our department and it has been here since last Thursday. I was wondering if you have anything that can get rid of him."
At 2:14pm, Susan on the service desk replies: "Due to health and safety regulations, aerosol fly killers are no longer permitted."
Someone then suggests calling in a cleaning company.
Susan helpfully adds in her e-mail to Lucy: "As I understand it, a fly's lifespan is less than a week, so a natural death may soon occur."
The exchange continues to 3:43pm.
The e-mails were leaked to Personnel Today magazine, where a spokesman said: "It's hard to believe such a minor issue has troubled the brains of one of the most successful firms in the world."
A spokeswoman for KPMG admitted that the e-mails were genuine and that the exchange lacked common sense.
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Just goes to show that all the brains in the world...well, something... it's a bit hazy.