Why Is It

Button fly: no problem at all, ever.

Zip fly: "does anyone else feel a draft?"


Rats.

Speakerphone

It is okay to use speakerphone when multiple people need to be involved in the same conversation, and you're not in an office where they can simply all be conferenced in on their own handsets.

It's not okay to:

1. Keep trying a number that's busy
2. Use it just because you're too lazy to actually reach down and pick up the phone
3. Pretend that the dialing sound is like music, and everyone will be happier if they can hear it
4. Share a fabulous "your call is very important to us..." on-hold message with the entire office

This is what triggers workplace violence; I just don't want to be the guy who illustrates the point.

I'm Having Trouble

The internet connection here won't let me make the posts I want, or send emails. I think it might be a Swedish conspiracy to shut me up. More to come, if I can get it working...

Another Sighting

I was at dinner last night with my boss and a couple of colleagues, and in walked the Hat Guy. No hat, but it was him. He was alone - maybe I misread him and the stewardess. Maybe she was just busy.

Or maybe he's trying to throw me off the scent.

It's not going to work, man.