Real life story. My boss have been testing Microsoft Outlook. This neat, but hefty application, that brings tons of spam in your inbox and helps you to do all sorts of things, other then work. The testing was not work-related…well, in a sense it was. But mainly just fooling around, trying to confuse the clever piece of software. And that proved to be successful. About a month or so ago he set up a reminder to tell him when it’ll be his 100 year birthday…(I must point out, that he is currently well below a half of this term) Also I must mention that by default Outlook reminders set up at 15 min to the event. All went well and outlook let him configure that and we all forgot about it ever since (new ideas not that interesting if they not breaking things with immediate effect)…all was well until latest Windows updates earlier this week. Something pricked Outlook and as of a sudden he decided on awakening that now is a good time to remind my boss that …in 3386 weeks he’ll be celebrating his 100th birthday!!! Now is that something you really want to know?..Do you wish to be reminded daily that your time is ticking away?...but at least we all had a good laugh…
On a festive news of the day…A new addition to our office decoration – a mirrored disco ball. It is bright and is spinning around, powered by the battery, hanged to the light bulb by the office paperclip…hmmmmm…time for bringing in that Christmas Songs CD to annoy colleagues even more
And as found on the Internet, useful advice on what not to do over holiday period. Warnings based on previous years statistics for United Kingdom (you might easily find that all of this could happened internationally):
Were you silly enough to be counted in any of the following...
• 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
• 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the Christmas lights were plugged in.
• 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirts 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
• 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
• British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
• 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
• 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.
• A massive 543 Brits were admitted to hospital in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
• In 2000, eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the loo.
On a festive news of the day…A new addition to our office decoration – a mirrored disco ball. It is bright and is spinning around, powered by the battery, hanged to the light bulb by the office paperclip…hmmmmm…time for bringing in that Christmas Songs CD to annoy colleagues even more
And as found on the Internet, useful advice on what not to do over holiday period. Warnings based on previous years statistics for United Kingdom (you might easily find that all of this could happened internationally):
Were you silly enough to be counted in any of the following...
• 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
• 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the Christmas lights were plugged in.
• 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirts 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
• 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
• British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
• 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
• 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.
• A massive 543 Brits were admitted to hospital in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
• In 2000, eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the loo.