I know some of you have already read this, but it has to be one of the strangest articles I have read for a while

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"French Labour Minister Xavier Darcos is to meet the head of the country's main telecommunications company to discuss a number of suicides among its staff.
Twenty-three employees of France Telecom have killed themselves since the beginning of 2008.Unions blame tough management methods at the multinational, which was privatised in 1998.But France Telecom says the rate of suicides is statistically not unusual for a company with a 100,000 workforce."

What did management do!!! 23 people!! Imagine the same happening here?? And they have a suicide rate per company!!! I wonder what the suicide rate is for our companies??

That being said, I have always been curious why we never get the angry shooters, you know those people who get frustrated from their job and go back and shoot people, how do we release our tensions??

This whole thing is just Bizzare.

And here is a song to make you think about it.



And for those who prefer a remix



Purgatorian Post #1439

We, me and some guys at work, have a game going on, which is betting on who will leave the company. I started this by predicting that a certain number of people will leave within a few months, and that happened, now others have joined, and each time a new guy joins, we bet how long he lasts and we wait. We each play our tricks to either encourage him to stay, or force him to leave. Its a fun game, with prize being food :)

Now we have two newbies, and the bets have been placed, will they leave?

Why don't you start such a game at work? or, do you have another game you play at work?

Disclaimer: the term game does not imply we do not work, we actually work hard, but release stress this way, and its fun ;p

Purgatorian Post #1428

I knew it! I knew it! Now this study proves it! :)



From BBC

" Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested.
Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning.

Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats. "
...
"Research by the University of Arizona last year found the average office desktop harboured 400 times more bacteria than the average office toilet seat. They also found that, compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area. "

THERE! PROOF! Just because women use creams and other stuff does not make them cleaner, it is in their genes, that is why women need men to disinfect them ;p

For the full article, here is the link and also here
Purgatorian Post #1263

Today I am at my desk and I have been whistling several things

- " My milkshake brings boys to the yard.."

- Old Iraqi National Anthem

- " Santa is coming to Town"

- " Final countdown"

- " B I N G O, B I N G O, B I N G O and Bingo was its name-Ooooooooo"

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