Renewal The office series
A calm llama manager, a chameleon who can't hide a single feeling, and the everyday chaos of running an office. There's enough to figure out at work without worrying about the lease too.
The personal space person
Every office has one. He guards his desk with tape and camouflage, while nobody is watching the lease.
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- Staff:
- People ask why I come in five days a week.
- Staff:
- It's not the coffee. It's not the culture. It's personal space.
- Staff:
- Step one. Claim your space.
- Staff:
- Step two. Arm's length. Minimum.
- Staff:
- Step three. Guard personal space.
- Staff:
- Step four. The bubble.
- Manager:
- Is that tape?
- Staff:
- It's my bubble.
- Staff:
- Step five. Become the cubicle.
- Staff:
- Undefeated. Two hundred and forty days.
- Manager:
- Oh, by the way. We missed the renewal deadline on the office lease. Landlord's giving the whole floor to a new tenant.
- Staff:
- I guess no one respects personal space anymore.
- Manager:
- You can't really guard personal space at work. Not if nobody's watching the lease.
Flexible desks
The manager announces flexible desks. The staff member argues himself into coming in every day.
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- Manager:
- Starting Monday, desks are flexible.
- Staff:
- Okay. So where do I put my stuff?
- Manager:
- You take it home.
- Staff:
- Every day? I pack it up, bring it home, bring it back and unpack it?
- Manager:
- Or you work from home. You love working from home.
- Staff:
- I do love working from home.
- Manager:
- Great. Then you don't need a desk.
- Staff:
- No, I need a desk. I just don't need to be at it.
- Manager:
- So someone else can use it.
- Staff:
- Who?
- Manager:
- Whoever comes in.
- Staff:
- Have you seen whoever comes in? Have you seen how they leave the kitchen? One of them had a cough last week.
- Manager:
- Then come in and sit at it yourself.
- Staff:
- Every day?
- Manager:
- It's flexible.
- Staff:
- So if I'm not there Monday, somebody's at my desk. With the cough.
- Manager:
- It's not your desk.
- Staff:
- It will be if I'm there at seven.
- Manager:
- See you Monday.
- Staff:
- See you Monday. Wait.
The email
When your manager doesn't read your emails. She wants a meeting about the email that cancelled the meeting.
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- Manager:
- Can we have a quick meeting about this? In person?
- Staff:
- It's in the email.
- Manager:
- Which email?
- Staff:
- The one I sent Monday.
- Manager:
- I get a lot of emails.
- Staff:
- It's four lines.
- Manager:
- I just think some things are better face to face.
- Staff:
- It's four lines about the meeting.
- Manager:
- Perfect. So we're having one.
- Staff:
- No. The email says it's cancelled.
- Manager:
- See, this is why we need to meet. I didn't know that.
- Staff:
- Because you didn't read the email.
- Manager:
- Because nobody told me in person.
- Staff:
- I'm telling you in person. Right now. This is in person.
- Manager:
- Great. Good meeting.
- Manager:
- Can you send me a summary?
- Staff:
- By email?
- Manager:
- Yeah. I'll read it later.
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