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guthmund · 06-30-2005, 09:20 AM

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.

Just goes to show that all the brains in the world...well, something... it's a bit hazy.

Redlemon · 06-30-2005, 09:56 AM

And that's different from TFP Nonsense.... how?

fresnelly · 07-03-2005, 02:09 PM

I dunno, maybe they have really high ceilings. Or, lashing out at the fly would violate some sort of strict harassment policy...

stevie667 · 07-03-2005, 02:15 PM

The fly was obviously claiming asylum, and therefor can stay and do what the hell it wants with the only course of action for everyone else is a beaurocratic ramble about how they can't really get rid of it.

*end metaphoric rant*

jimbob · 07-04-2005, 02:51 AM

so what happened to the fly? how can they leave us with half a story?

Janey · 07-04-2005, 06:33 AM

anyways, it's not like all people involved in the email exchange spend the entire 4 hours 'exchanging' another case of media blowing something innocent out of proportion.

streak_56 · 07-04-2005, 06:37 AM

That just sounds like a regular day around my office, discussing stupid things that would be easy to solve but too difficult to do easily.

rmarshall · 07-04-2005, 07:49 AM

Followup: The next day, "Lucy", fed up with the fly's incessent buzzing, brings to work her son's pellet gun. She is immediately nabbed and arrested by security on the way into the building. Her court hearing is next tuesday. Meanwhile, the fly is unavailable for comment.

vermin · 07-04-2005, 08:44 AM

To get rid of flies: frogs
to get rid of frogs: snakes
to get rid of snakes: mongooses
to get rid of mongooses: wolves
to get rid of wolves: send woodsmen to grandma's house with axes.

rmarshall · 07-04-2005, 09:18 AM

How do you get rid of woodsmen?

Call their wives to come get them?

stevie667 · 07-04-2005, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rmarshall

How do you get rid of woodsmen?

Call their wives to come get them?

Tell them somewhere far away needs some lumbering done, then bash him round the head with a metal pole while he's leaving.

06-30-2005, 09:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	And that's different from TFP Nonsense.... how? __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

07-03-2005, 02:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	I dunno, maybe they have really high ceilings. Or, lashing out at the fly would violate some sort of strict harassment policy... __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

07-03-2005, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	The fly was obviously claiming asylum, and therefor can stay and do what the hell it wants with the only course of action for everyone else is a beaurocratic ramble about how they can't really get rid of it. end metaphoric rant __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information.

07-04-2005, 08:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	To get rid of flies: frogs to get rid of frogs: snakes to get rid of snakes: mongooses to get rid of mongooses: wolves to get rid of wolves: send woodsmen to grandma's house with axes. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

07-04-2005, 02:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
jimbob Crazy Location: Liverpool UK	so what happened to the fly? how can they leave us with half a story?

07-04-2005, 06:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
Janey Junkie Location: Toronto	anyways, it's not like all people involved in the email exchange spend the entire 4 hours 'exchanging' another case of media blowing something innocent out of proportion.

07-04-2005, 06:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	That just sounds like a regular day around my office, discussing stupid things that would be easy to solve but too difficult to do easily.

07-04-2005, 07:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
rmarshall Addict Location: Kingston,Ontario	Followup: The next day, "Lucy", fed up with the fly's incessent buzzing, brings to work her son's pellet gun. She is immediately nabbed and arrested by security on the way into the building. Her court hearing is next tuesday. Meanwhile, the fly is unavailable for comment.

07-04-2005, 09:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
rmarshall Addict Location: Kingston,Ontario	How do you get rid of woodsmen? Call their wives to come get them?