ken a.k.a OMK
Senior Associate
They killed Kenny, the bastards.
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 14:39:20 GMT -5
Posts: 14,240
Location: Maryland
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Sept 7, 2017 10:29:38 GMT -5
I was laid off once and luckily on good terms with my boss because I had desks in 2 buildings and had to come back the next day for things like my technical reference books and tools. When I retired many years later from the same company (called back) I spent weeks getting my stuff out.
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Tiny
Senior Associate
Joined: Dec 29, 2010 21:22:34 GMT -5
Posts: 13,494
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Post by Tiny on Sept 7, 2017 13:40:21 GMT -5
I got assorted mother boards and other computer bits from dozens of dissected PCs, laptops, printers, and harddrives decorating the "windows" of my cube.
I've got an outhouse calendar.
But the best thing is the Luck Shrine. Promenently displayed near my work monitor. I got poker chips and dice from Vegas, I got a glass 4 leaf clover, I got a omamari or two, I got a Turkish "evil eye" trinket, I got a gris gris that's been to Marie Laveau's tomb, I got a maneki neko, I got a glow in the dark "gaurdian angel", I got a handmade talisman (I think there's a chicken bone and some fur included in it.... ::shudder:, I got not one but 3 Luck Stones - found in various National Parks in the US, I got a carved scarab beetle, I got a wooden cicada (for luck and love), and there's a bunch of other odds and ends that are good luck charms. I use to have a Buddy Jesus (from the Movie Dogma) but I felt it was inappropriate so I took Buddy Jesus home.
I have no idea how the Shrine got started - but it keeps growing.
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tractor
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 4, 2011 15:19:30 GMT -5
Posts: 3,496
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Post by tractor on Sept 7, 2017 18:00:49 GMT -5
We moved into a new office last year, not supposed to have any personal stuff to clutter things up. I have one, two-inch high Mickey Mouse statue.
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nittanycheme
Established Member
Joined: Aug 8, 2011 14:26:36 GMT -5
Posts: 492
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Post by nittanycheme on Sept 7, 2017 20:19:10 GMT -5
I feel like I have tons of crap - then I realize that most of it is either magazines or reference documents (since my job is to create documents to justify our processes at work, and its easier for me to reference multiple old documents via paper). Stuff that is actually mine: - 2 magnetic holders to hold dry erase markers, etc. for my whiteboard. They are both kind of small, and I like to colorcode. - a tape/paper clip dispenser that looks like a guy on a toilet holding a roll of toilet paper (the tape). Considering what my work makes, I thought it was really appropriate. - a giant mug for my tea. - a water bottle - a lamp. I had to bring my own, or I wouldn't be able to really see to read at my desk. I just put in a cheap LED puck light, too. - a blanket - a sweater - a pair of sneakers - a decorative mug to keep my pens in - a stone block that says something to the effect of don't mess up my piles or you'll mess up my system. - my Perry's chemical engineering handbook - a sheet of paper detailing various engineering rules that I got in college. All of which get truer the longer I work, and even more funny.
I could fit all of it in a box, and be out of there quickly.
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dogmom
Well-Known Member
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 7:00:49 GMT -5
Posts: 1,094
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Post by dogmom on Sept 8, 2017 6:05:33 GMT -5
A sweater A radio A water glass A couple snacks in a drawer.
I've been with this company 22 years.
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