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vicarzCultural differences in the office:
My new temp-boss was just asking my cubicle-gopher-mate for scissors so she could open a box of paper. I said "Oh wait, let me show you the trick to that!" I picked up the box of paper, flipped it over, and showed her how the plastic binding has a weak point at the seam where you can flip it, lift it, and peel the ribbon back to easily break it. She laughed and said "Well that would be great, if I could only lift the box." Only then did I realize the tiny little box of paper probably weighed 45 lbs. Oh. The problem was different when "lifting the box and flipping it over" were not options.
It just never occurred.
My new temp-boss was just asking my cubicle-gopher-mate for scissors so she could open a box of paper. I said "Oh wait, let me show you the trick to that!" I picked up the box of paper, flipped it over, and showed her how the plastic binding has a weak point at the seam where you can flip it, lift it, and peel the ribbon back to easily break it. She laughed and said "Well that would be great, if I could only lift the box." Only then did I realize the tiny little box of paper probably weighed 45 lbs. Oh. The problem was different when "lifting the box and flipping it over" were not options.
It just never occurred.
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Date: 2005-09-24 11:20 pm (UTC)