The Break Room
(Issue 1, 2004)
8
Years Later
by an Anonymous Employee
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When
a memo was delivered into my “in-box” requesting
office humor for the premiere edition of Automation Notebook,
numerous events immediately entered my mind. I thought about
an unsuspecting team member’s SUV that was filled with
three lawn size garbage bags of paper confetti as retribution
for a recent prank he had planned. The paper filled the top
of the vehicle from front to back. I also recall that
day when a few fellows used a leaf-blower attached to a box
of shredded paper to “decorate” the office of our
human resources director – once again an opportunity
to recycle all that shredded paper.
The funniest and least-known prank, however, involves the men’s locker
room in our company gym. During Karate class a rather bright and outspoken fellow
decided to poke fun at the tumbling ability of a few of us, I mean – others – in
the class. Women in general are better at tumbling, and we were no exception.
We were outperforming the fellows five to one on this one exercise. Although
I do not recall all of the words exchanged during that week, I do recall that
we decided to play a prank on our outspoken co-worker and to this day, I’m
not sure who even knows that we succeeded. Well, sort of succeeded, that is.
This nameless fellow always showered after the class, which gave us an idea.
The next morning (early) we entered the empty men’s locker room and proceeded
to remove the shower head from the bath stall. I quickly packed it with Beef
Bouillon cubes and carefully reconnected the shower head while the others stood
watch. We could hardly wait until lunch for our class. Afterwards, we anxiously
awaited the response and odor that we expected to emit from the locker room.
Well, let’s just say that the odor of beef-stew was “simmering” throughout
the gym area. We laughed to ourselves in silence because we knew he had to be
in there, showering as he usually did, and I began to recite in my mind what
fun I could have with this one today. Multiple comments crossed my mind and we
started laughing as we began to share them with each other. The next moment though
I felt my body temperature drop, as he emerged from the door – DRY! He
didn’t shower that day! “He didn’t shower today?” I said
it aloud to the others. I felt my heart quiver a bit - “Who else could
it be, and who IS in the shower?”
After eight years, we must apologize to our company president for that less-than-enjoyable
shower he took
that day. The beef-bath wasn’t intended for you Mr. Hohmann, but I hope
it’s safe to admit it now. By the way – we love the bottled water
that we’ve had ever since, but I imagine that the tap water is not as bad
as it once was thought to be.
Brain
Teasers
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1. Which rectangular area is larger?
A line is drawn from the top left corner to bottom right corner of the outermost
rectangle. Area A and B are two rectangles. Which area is larger?
2.
Logic box with letters
Place the letters A to I into the 3 x 3 box. E is to the right
of C. A is to the right of G which is above B, which is to the
left of F. I is above D
which is to the left of G.
3.
What numbers are A and C?
A x C x
AC = CCC
A and C are single digit numbers. To make the equation as shown,
what numbers should A and C be?
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