ProMiles.com: Office Humor & Quotes

Stressful days are often a way of life here at ProMiles.  Well, at least it seems that way sometimes.  The software business is a frantic one, and just because we offer the best trucking software on the market does not mean we are excluded from stress.  Put simply, our people seem to lose their minds every single week!  The following are some examples of what we do to relieve stress here at PSDC.  Enjoy....

~ Terry Bailey
(the stressmonkey)

• Ceremonial dance of the over-worked boss
  Ever had your boss run into the first available office, jump up on a desk and start yelling and dancing like a lunatic with absolutely no warning whatsoever?  Tony has been known to do just that, and it's one of the funniest things I've seen.  Needless to say, this gets the whole office cranked up!

• Intercom Tag
  Like many others, our office phone system has several different paging functions... One of which you can PAGE ALL handsets in the building.  It starts off innocent enough with someone making an announcement that everyone actually needs to hear, but sometimes things get out of hand.  Someone elsewhere in the building will have a smart-aleck comment to add, then another person, then another and on and on it goes.  Usually after about the 3rd comment is when it starts getting really funny when a tech support guy like Troyce jumps into things.  By the time it's over with, usually the entire building is rolling with laughter.

• Inter-office Air Mail
  When you've had all you can take with your workstation, sometimes firing off that non-crucial inter-office e-mail can be a blast.  Pardon the puns and the hyphens :)  Just jot down that memo on an office pad, fold it up to make it your favorite grade school flyer, and let 'er fly.  For some reason, when people look up and see a paper airplane casually gliding overhead, it just puts a smile on their face!  As a matter of fact, I pinged Chris with one just recently!

• Vending machine cursing and abuse
  More of a side effect than an actual pre-meditated activity, vending machine abuse luckily doesn't happen too often.  Especially lucky for Gil, since he stocks the snack machine!  If our soft drink guy is reading this,  Dude... we need a refill! Didn't you know that caffeine is mission critical when you work for a top software company?!?!

• Meditation & Office Harmony
  Lava lamps, rock gardens, lucky bamboo - hey whatever it takes to get you through the day!  Several PSDC employees (myself included) have "Lucky" bamboo plants in their offices to help with balancing karma. (I named mine Bob, btw) A couple of people have other such items on display.  In addition to Bob, I also have a Lava Lamp™ and a miniature Zen Rock Garden on my desk to help focus my Chi.  The good Lord knows I need all the help I can get :)

• Have the boss' toddler at work!
  There's something about having a toddler ("T-Mike") wander into your office while you're in the middle of making what seems to be a critical decision and talk gibberish to you.  For some reason, that just seems to make it all get back into perspective.  There's also the special look on his face when he breaks something that lets you know he didn't mean to do it.  We all need to get that look from time to time :)
• Live Guitar and Banjo music!
  It's impossible to be in a bad mood when someone cranks up 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown' on the banjo, or lets loose with an acoustical 'Stairway to Heaven' on a well-tuned guitar. (Banjos however, must be used only for extreme cases of office stress. A reverse effect can be observed when playing banjo music to programmers for extended periods of time.) - At any rate, it's extremely cool to have 8 (yes, EIGHT) musically inclined guys working for ProMiles! (Chris, Randall, Dennis, Randy, Troy, Eddie, & Tommy)
• Say what?
  "If banana's would learn that willow tree balancing would juggle aimlessly, then there would never usually have one when aardvark's monkey foot."  Talking gibberish like that makes people stop in their tracks and wonder with amazement at what just came out of your mouth.  Just the thought of you reading this is cracking me up!

"TODAY.... We take over the world!" - Eddie Moore, Sys. Admin.  - on hearing the feature list of ProMiles XF^® - Our ALL-NEW software package.

"Everyone's done gone postal ProMiles!" - Jeff Gotcher, Tech Support Representative - commenting on the usual state of mind of the tech support team.

"PRINT!! PRINT, YOU EVIL..." - Terry Bailey, Internet Services Director & Graphic Artist. - I am thoroughly convinced that my printer is possessed by the devil.

"And that...." - Don Stroncheck, V.P. Sales - If you've ever talked to Don on the phone, then I promise you have heard it!  Seems to be a favorite saying of his to sum things up and that.

"You want it when?" - everyone has said that at some point, right?!?!

"I'm just expelling evil spirits, that's all." - Originally by Eddie, in reference to yawning rather loudly one morning. Now, several other co-workers say the same.

"Dis is de VAY it vill BE, or it vill not BE at ALL!" - Eddie & Terry referring to server security policies

"Wheeeee!!!"

And the #1 most often heard thing at ProMiles:
"Thank you for calling ProMiles Software, my name is....."

 

Hey!

Have a great day!