Landchark » Gilligan’s Island http://www.landchark.com Dispensing unwanted and crappy advice for over 20 minutes Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 How to reduce cubicle chatter http://www.landchark.com/cubicle-etiquette/how-to-reduce-cubicle-chatter/ http://www.landchark.com/cubicle-etiquette/how-to-reduce-cubicle-chatter/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:03:42 +0000 Mark http://www.landchark.com/?p=258 Today I was working diligently at a task assigned to me by my supervisor. It was a true challenge, one that required me to be extremely focused. Sadly, my co-workers did not share my need for focus. They were babbling on and on about their “little buddies” and “coconuts” and “buxom movie stars”.

Finally, I could take no more.

“YOU GOTTA STOP TALKING ABOUT GILLIGAN’S ISLAND!” I blurted.

Their confused, blank stares were evidence that they had never witnessed such an urgent need for concentration before.

So, after several minutes of akward silence I exclaimed “and don’t think of drumming up a conversation about The Ropers either.”

That shut ‘em up.

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