doomed: the diary of an hourly partner

cubicle chic

for the first 3 or so hours of starting this job, i was intimidated. this was the 24th floor, this was a business and i was working on an account, there were cubicles and people dressed in business casual. i was nervous and i didn't know what i was doing. until i noticed something.

one woman had a picture hanging onher shelf. it was a dark background, and the people in it looked like they had been out in the sun all day. they all had huge smiles on their faces, some were holding plastic cups, and hardly any of them were looking at the camera. then i realized something: this girl was a person.

then i noticed it all over the place. every cubicle had pictures taped up. one girl had an "i heart texas" bumper sticker. tennis shoes were lying underneath some of the desks. my supervisor even has a little plant right next to her computer.

so now, whenever i walk through the office, i look into cubicles. one girl is always on myspace, some people are checking their personal emails. it's funny to me. these are just people shut up in a big space stuck looking at a computer for 35 hours out of their week. but they are all people with friends and lives outside of work. they don't disappear as soon as 5 o'clock rolls around.

it was refreshing.

posted by kate @ 5:02 PM