February 26, 2010
-
Mr. Packing Police says, “Bunny Sex Is Not Allowed In Cubicals!”
This week we had to let go two employees for some email violation. Not sure the exact details, but it wasn’t for stealing client info, I think it was more along the lines of forwarding offensive jokes or an email trail of inappropriate comments on race, supervisors, etc. They were two ladies in their 50s, one had been with the company for seven years, another 15.
I went to help the IT guys pack up the cubes (my first time doing pack up duty) and holy smazzizle, this one lady had so much crap. I opened the top shelf in her cube space and it was a frickin’ bunny farm!
There were about 50 bunnies all lined up. Some standing, some sitting. Stuffed, ceramic, plaster, wooden, glass, candle… The shelf is four feet long and almost a foot and half deep. It’s a big shelf. I thought I had a lot of stuff, but if you takeaway my Lakers cookie jar, all my stuff could fit in one box. I just have cans of Chinese tea, food containers, food and candy, and a stack of pictures. I wrapped all her ceramic bunnies in paper before boxing.
The lady was also big so she brought her own big padded rolling chair from home. It took three carts to wheel all her stuff down, about nine big boxes full. Thank God she drove her van to work that day .
Her real work only required a few binders of reference info on her desk and the rest was done online and mostly paperless. The rest of her workspace she packed with food, bunnies, a million pictures and picture frames, licensing material from 20 years ago, a big fleece bunny blanket, 20 boxes of girl scout cookies. I can see someone who has an office having a few boxes of stuff, having to pack up all their awards and reference books on the bookshelf, but a customer service rep?
Anyhow, make it easy on yourself. Check your cube today and clump all your personal items together in a couple of places. Make sure all of it can fit in a couple of boxes. I know you’re not going to get fired or laid off, but save us packing police some work.
Post a Comment
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Comments (4)
i dont have a bunny farm, but my cubicle is quite messy also. i have random things like toothbrushes, toothpaste, makeup, heels…
ive never been one to accumulate too much. i dont like clutter.
@jillstarr - i think i can totally picture your cube and desk. what are you doing for work now that sends you everywhere?
@HushNowLuv - i have too much clutter in my life. but the problem is that it’s all valuable (most of everything i have is collectible). my cube looks swamped because my department isn’t paperless and everything i do requires paper (employee agreements, personel files, paychecks, bank statements). i envy those in my company that don’t have to keep locked files. how about old pictures… do you keep those? i know a guy who throws away all his old pictures. ex-GF’s, all in the trash. the only old pics he had were a few childhood ones.
@djcaptainzowie - my saying “never” might have been a bit hasty…when i was younger, i had a lot of sentiments in the form of trinkets, stuffed animals, letters, cards, dried flowers, etc. after i got married and moved out, i chucked a lot of things. ive come to accept that memories lies within my heart, and does not have to take up living space collecting dust. now i keep very little aside from books and music albums. i do have old pictures, but those do not take up too much room, and now all pictures are digital, so physical storage is even less of an issue.