April 06, 2004
Monkeybashi at work.
Monkeys get everywhere, you know. Is this Beloved Leader's day job?
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That 'monkeys on the backs of management' is pretty repulsive. In my experience it has generally been the reverse order.
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In my experience, management's attempts to be cute always go horribly wrong.
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Some managers need to be bitch-slapped.
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'Kay, I don't really know what bitch-slapped means, but it sounds totally appropriate.
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Dawson: A bitch-slap is usually a backhanded slap across the mouth. At least that's how I usually slap my bitches.
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I don't own a pair of fairy wings, but I admit I wore some once. For a minute. Then threw them on the ground and stomped on them. Not really, but I'm not a fairy type. Or a working for the Inland Revenue type either, although I considered it briefly also. And if I had a manager pranced around in fairy wings, I'd probably be concerned about her sanity. Moreso if she was a he.
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I am even now checking the IRD for vacancies. At my interview I shall ask if there would be any problem with pairing fairy wings with my motorcycle leathers.
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I think I would be, somehow, more ok with the fairy wings if the manager was male. But with a female, well, it would push me to the brink of violence. What does that say about me?
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This is a great tongue-in-cheek story; the reporter must have had a blast. Inland Revenue confirmed there was a team leader who "chooses to wear fairy wings some days". "It's just the way that she expresses her dress sense," a spokeswoman said. In a statement, the department denied that the monkey pictures were punishment, describing them as part of the "innovative ways" used by managers to understand staff concerns. The team was offered monkey pictures "as a technique for creating discussion and generating feedback". The spokeswoman refused to clarify how this was achieved with the monkey pictures. I'd love to have heard the Q&A...