TELL YOUR STORY ABOUT OFFICE SILLINESS

(WE BET THE TV SERIES HAS NOTHING ON IT!)

What’s your story of office craziness gone wrong? Here’s where you get to to vent and tell all – anonymously or not. We all need a good laugh… or cry.

Plus you stand to win a Ministry Of Common Sense Zoom screensaver! What fun.

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MINDNUMBING STORY OF THE DAY

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Complaint Manager

I work in a complaints department for an insurance company and when we receive a complaint online many customers ask…

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I was taken off a project for trying to save a client money…

Many years ago, I worked producing internal ads for a casino. The ads could be created at 48 different sizes…

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How to stop wasting time…

Once, while I was working at a large engineering firm (300+ employees), a company wide meeting was called. We all…

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In the analytics department doesn’t make sense

Hi Martin, I want to tell you a story about a company that is famous in our country, their stores…

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Production Supervisor

Perhaps maybe, maybe not have heard there is a government unmanned aerial vehicle competition going on. Kratos Defense is in…

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You can’t use the word,”can.”

At one large corporation collection department, management said team members were prohibited from using the word,”can” on their calls. It…

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Office Productivity

As IT specialists with qualifications in technology management and decades of experience,  colleagues and I once measured that if we…

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Marketing Manager

I was hired to develop a marketing strategy (amongst other things) and report directly to CEO. I have never had…

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Director

One of my designers sent me a presentation sized at the optimum size for meeting room ‘big screens’ something like…

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EPIC FAILS!

If your Story of the Day also wins the coveted Story of the Week you will receive a custom made, artisan crafted, hilarious Ministry of Common Sense Zoom screensaver.

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Chefsekretær, PA

Kære Martin Lindstrøm Tusind, tusind tak for ”Afdelingen for sund fornuft”. Det er længe siden, jeg har læst så rammende…

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Digital Marketing Agency Life

Hi Martin, Hope you are doing great, As you mentioned in the last webinar, I would like to share with…

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Silly socks

Dear Sensei Martin. Thank you again for the opportunity to read your first chapter. I am going to start by…

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MINDNUMBING STORY OF THE DAY

Some rules here. Most importantly…if your Story of the Day also wins the coveted Story of the Week you will be sent a Common Sense Zoom Screensaver.

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Ms

I have plenty of stories of lack of common sense leading to potential or actual losses from my time working…

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Permission to attend both grandparents’ funeral

Both of my grandparents died within months of each other. I had to travel to another country to attend the…

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Mobile Provider

I was trying to call my telco about an issue I was experiencing with my mobile, when I went online…

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The Smoker

In our office our boss removed the water cooler as he heard it is where a lot of people wasted…

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Wasted Job

While working for an electrical retailer, we had an online chat and we hired a young lady to call each…

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assistant

Why do I have to submit my sick leaves 2 days before I’m sick. It’s crazy.

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EPIC FAILS!

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