Don't Worry, Beef Happy
Recently eaten: meatloaf and mashed potatoes expertly prepared by LT
Recent annoyance: that dog, you know the one, that barks all morning
From the people that brought you efficiency, the Third Reich, Team Hasselhoff, kaiser helmets, and totally unfunny jokes, have now brought their peculiar brand of national identity to the office.
You vill be happy: Germans
A German IT company has banned grumpiness at work to try to promote a more congenial atmosphere after a female employee was caught wilfully breaking company rules about smiling in the office.
Employees at Nuzwerk, in the eastern German town of Leipzig, are required to sign a contract binding them to arriving at work in a good mood and leave at home the gripes about colleagues and work conditions.
"We made the ban on moaning and grumpiness at work official after one female employee refused to subscribe to the company's philosophy of always smiling," office manager Thomas Kuwatsch said.
"She used to moan so much that other employees complained about her complaining.
"Once it was part of the contract, however, our employees really started to think positively.
"Mood is an important factor in productivity and everyone here works hard and is happy."
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Does this sound rather "perfect society" to you? Who are known, stereotypically, as complainers, or kvetchers, as it were? Yeah, the Jews. Thomas Kuwatsch probably wears a little lightning bolt on his lapel. In the spirit of free speech, I will continue to be grumpy at work and complain liberally. If you don't, then they win. Think about that, they win.
1 comment:
I think what they really need is Terry Tate, the office linebacker, to take care of morale...
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