Comments for DANGER! Man Digging A Hole For Himself

Comment on About the author by Lihsa

Lihsa — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:52:07 +0000

Thanks for visiting our little blog–appreciate the feedback!

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by Silent Reader

Silent Reader — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:02:08 +0000

a. if you were accused of ill-doing, you must’ve deserved it somehow?!

b. the “nesting theory” while interestingly provocative, I don’t think has legs to it. I’ve seen many-a-men complain after ‘desk-moving’ time. I agree with karen from mentor…it’s a personality thing. Some people just don’t like their things ‘touched’.

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by Sherri - Corporate Fugitive

Sherri - Corporate Fugitive — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:05:18 +0000

I think it matters more to women than to men. I no longer work in an office, hence my title, but can tell you that the last one I worked in was a totally open concept which meant also that everything was considered community property. After 20 yrs of typical cube land I was used to my space! I found it very hard to adjust to this, and I think it is a nesting thing. My husband works in cube land still and he can relate to your jokes – he’s one of the masters. I think he would agree though, not to mess with the ladies’ turf! Good luck!

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by Jeremy Gillick

Jeremy Gillick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:38:32 +0000

Next time I see you guys, you’ll have to let me in on your pranks you cannot disclose here.

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by John Pruitt

John Pruitt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:30:28 +0000

Dude! Absolute amoral evil on that desktop screenshot joke

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by Jeremy Gillick

Jeremy Gillick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:10:15 +0000

Ah, the traditional office pranks — I love them. I’ve never rearranged somebodies desk, but here are a couple of the things I have done:

MY SINGING KEYBOARD PRANK
http://bit.ly/f3eyn
I basically hooked up the musical greeting card electronics to someone’s keyboard so when they hit the CAPs key it would sing. I got great reactions from that. One person even thought that there was a virus on their computer.

DESKTOP SCREENSHOT
This is a classic. Take a screenshot of the person’s desktop, move all the icons (apps, folders, etc) to a folder not on the desktop and set the desktop wallpaper to the screenshot. The unsuspecting victim will sit there for several minutes trying to click on the icons that aren’t really there. If you’re lucky they’ll even reboot their machine hoping that will fix it.

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by karen from mentor

karen from mentor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:29:29 +0000

First of all, LOVED the baby birds.

And I think it’s more of a personality thing than a male/female thing. Most people don’t like their world being shifted without their knowledge….

now making the earth move? That’s a whole nother topic…..

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:12:16 +0000

Hmmm. Let’s see if John fesses. Thanks, “Snowbirdhunter”.

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by snowbirdhunter

snowbirdhunter — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:14:01 +0000

I think in general, you may have hit the nail on the head with the “nesting thing”.

But I am not sure it applies to only women, because though I hate to admit it, I am very “territorial” when it comes to my desk space, and even more so over my laptop.

When my wife used my laptop once when hers was down, she accidentally changed a setting. I don’t remember the exact thing she did, but it was minor, and I fixed it in no time. Yet I was almost ballistic over it, and spent most of the rest of the day pouting over it.

Childish I know, but I never asked to grow up. And I did admit it and apologize …. eventually.

Comment on Yes we moved your desk, quit blubbering! by terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:58:00 +0000

Yeah, J(udy), he used to come onto my computer and re-arrange stuff. I am a creature of habit, I don’t look where I click (sometimes) my icons are where they are and I know it. So I would come to my computer and click and then be totally confused because something other than what I wanted opened up. What is up with that? Don’t be re-arranging my stuff. Rude!

But is this post about practical jokes or touching people’s stuff that you shouldn’t touch or saying that women are crazy possesive? Or is the hole so deep it is about it all?

And when, pray tell, were you (John) ever “on your nut”?