Christ everyone back the fuck off lemme take a shit
in peace Can I do that
If truer words have ever been
spokenlemme hear em
Lemme take a shit in peace
hands down there werent any
better
some brainiac at corporate got a
bug up their ass and saw fit to suggest to management that speakers be
installed in the mens and womens restrooms to share breaking information or notify
someone if they were sought
they were a real fuckin genius
clown used the same Suggestion
Box he did that was located in the employee kitchen
every month he probably made two
three a half-a-dozen suggestions he
recirculated some added new ones when they didnt see the light of day at the
all-employee meeting at the end of the month
the meetings typically concluded
with Is there any other business?
Yes hed say hed stand so he could be seen and heard Anything in the suggestion box this month notably he didnt ask if there was
anything worth discussing he wasnt going
to give them that out
Nothing.
Excuse me Nothing
Nothing worthwhile to air at this
meeting.
Werent suggestions meant to be
aired now I believe the notification
above the box says thats when theyd be discussed
If they’re worthwhile they’d be
discussed.
Who deems if submissions are
worthwhile discussing
at that point the executive stood
up on the dais beside the financial officer and said I’m who decides if a
suggestion is worthwhile.
And as the decider if I submitted a suggestion you feel isnt
worth discussing and I do what is my recourse
I’ve decided. You have no
recourse.
Ah
Do you understand?
If I made a suggestion I might
not
three monthly meeting concluded
with that abject unhelpful terseness
he made his submissions
anonymously typed on a company
typewriter
the following first of the month
the suggestion box was taken down from the employee mess
which led him then to ask at the
conclusion of the fourth meeting why the box was gone and if it might be
expected to be restored
the executive concluded that
meeting
abruptly he said No. then Any
other business?
later that week the executive
showed up in the call center a
rare event he walked up to his cubicle
he looked about it
he saw his personal itemshis
framed family pictures his small
collection of Indian handcarved buffaloes
I see you’re disregarding the
directive that was posted late last month regarding employee personal items on
display in office cubicles.
he rolled back on the chair he
removed the arms from because he didnt liked that they didnt fit under the edge
of the workspace surface Im sorry Mr
Brandt are you asking me a question or making an observation
Joe. Are you disregarding the
posted directive?
What directive . .
. . The directive posted in the kitchen
I do not utilise the kitchen
The suggestion box was in the
kitchen.
It was removed last month I
understand
the executives look was perturbedquickly
becoming a glare
Sir I think we can amicably settle this
conversation he stood If youd follow me please
he stepped around Mr Brandt and
walked up the hall that exited the call center
he went past the reception desk
in the lobby mounted the semicircular steps that wound to the second floor
crossed an abbreviated balcony and entered Mr Brandts glass-walled office that
overlooked the business entry
during the whole procession he
didnt look to see if Mr Brandt followed him
which was okay
he was on company time
Mr Brandt was tall impeccably dressed he looked commiserate to his position
entering his office Mr Brandt
walked behind his desk and looked over at him
he stood to one side of the entry perhaps three steps in respectful of the mans office
he extended his handmotioning to
the top of the credenza to the desk top to several photographs on the shelves on
the wall behind Mr Brandts desk
Respectfully sir when you remove your personal effects from
the business office I will follow in kind This may be an office a work environment but we are people working inside it and our personal effects poignantly
remind us why we work hard for the companys success
I would also suggest they
incentivise us
I appreciate your time sir I
really do
he began to leave but stopped
framed in the glass doorway And if I may if I can speak freely a suggestion might the speakers in the bathrooms please be disabled Id like to take a shit in peace Thank you sir
he left the doorway crossed the
balcony and descended the staircase
apparently suggestions didnt need
to be written after all
his won out
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