Week 1:
I have arrived in cubonia today in order to closely study a dwindling tribe of cube monkeys in their shrinking and endangered habitat.
I have been assigned a guide by the tribe, the lovely Zena, whom they call "Reesepchuness". I am told that, loosely translated this term means both "polite guard" and "getter of things". Apparently cube monkeys operate on a caste system, or at least, a pecking order, and the "Reesepchuness" caste are low in the pecking order, taking orders from many others. However, they are esteemed as guards to the entrance to the tribal lands, possessing a polite ferocity not known in the civilized world, refusing to let any trespassers pass, sounding the alarm to large and hairy tribe members known as “Sekuretee’s” if anyone presses to pass to their hunting grounds beyond, without their consent.
Welcome to Cubonia: A page dedicated to cubicle monkeys trapped in the corporate jungle
Cube Monkeys are disapparing at an alarming rate. Corporate mergers, downsizing, higher "productivity", mandatory overtime and a lack of vacation time or chances for advancement are slowly eroding their environment, often leaving them with nowhere to go. Their plight is heartbreaking.
They no longer play merry pranks on one another, and barely respond when poked or prodded with provoking emails. Sometimes they pace, prowling back and forth in deserted conference rooms, nervously growling into cellphones. But mostly, they stare, blindly and disheartened, at small screens, for hours on end, rarely shifting position or noticing their surroundings. It doesn't even matter if the screens are on.
Remember, only you can free Cubonia. Only you can stop the devastation of cubicles everywhere, and turn the work place into a fun place to be again.
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
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