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Corporate Communications Thought of the Day

Wednesday, March 10th, 2004

Have they no shame? Urging us on to burnout to prove our greatness?

Or perhaps it’s just one of those trendy defiant bi-polar “I don’t need meds” statements. Though I’ve never felt that Corporate Communications followed the mental health care fashions that closely.

—–Original Message—–
From: Corporate Communications
Sent: March 8, 2004 10:11 AM

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
“Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.” -Napoleon Bonaparte

[originally transmitted by e-mail March 10, 2004]

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I think this is not very flattering but terribly characteristic.

Thursday, June 12th, 2003

I asked Pat from IT for a new monitor yesterday morning and he brought me one. I also whined about my filthy keyboard and asked what I was supposed to do about it: take two hours out of my day to pop the key caps and scrub them in the sink? Leave a note for Housekeeping?

Pat said that he’d never heard of Housekeeping doing it, but he could get me a new keyboard. Somewhat miffed, I wanted to know if I was the only person in the organisation who managed to make her keyboard so filthy?

No, said Pat. Certainly not. But I was the only one in the organisation who wanted someone else to clean it for her.

Oh.

He brought me a new keyboard.

[originally transmitted by e-mail June 12, 2003]

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