I think I am living “Office Space”. I have to credit Troy for making me consider the similarities, but now that I have, they are pretty astounding.
1. I just don’t care. Much like Peter Gibbons, my jobs sucks. While it took Peter a trip to the hypnotherapist to come to this realization, it only took me months and months of constant disappointment.
2. We both have gone through “corporate restructuring”. Unfortunately, I did not have a meeting with the Bobs but several people were downsized.
3. We have company birthday gatherings. Because we are food agency, there is plenty of cake to go around . . . but our meetings are just as awkward.
4. The self-editing feature is turned off. Like Peter when he said, “To tell you the truth, I haven’t really been missing it,” the Bobs thought he was hilarious. When I told my boss we were pimping him, he thought I was hilarious.
5. I am a straight-shooter with upper management written all over me. Well, I might actually get promoted.
6. Both involve Y2K. Peter checked code to prevent it; today was Y2K. It was comical really. No one knew what time to be where. Two client conference calls were moved around and all the meeting notifications for the next month were resent; usually for the wrong time. All those people with stockpiles in their basement are saying, “I told you so!”