2/12/09: Thursday Syndrome
Let me preface this by saying I am one of only 3 females in an office with 10 males. Thursday syndrome is a common problem in the workplace today, but especially prevalent in my office. Especially today. The symptoms of Thursday Syndrome is as follows: Disorientation I just had a guy come up to my desk, look around, and stand there for a moment because he was lost. This is the same guy that walked past my desk like 4 times in 5 minutes this morning and was going to wear a path in the new carpet. Increased appetite awareness I went into the break room to heat up my lunch and within 10 minutes, there was what seamed like just short of half the office all in there at the same time. Lack of patience We have 1 main printer in the office it serves as a printer, copy machine and scanner for the 13 people in the office and the occasional 2 or 3 guys from the shop. When someone tries to print off a drawing, it plugs up the printer by taking a while to process the print request and everyone else...