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Yahoos Are Surprisingly Polite!

As I mentioned earlier this month, our group just moved into a new building. One of my coworkers, who we'll call "Dave",[1] had a meeting right after the move-in. It struck him that all the whiteboards in the new conference room were completely pristine... and this situation could not stand!

So Dave drew a diagram on the whiteboard. It consisted of:

  • A cylinder, with an arrow pointing to...
  • a box, with an arrow pointing to...
  • a cloud labeled, "The Internet"
  • a stick figure person or two
  • several other boxes surrounding the diagram labeled, "Deliverables"
  • and finally, a big "DO NOT ERASE" message next to the diagram.

Lo and behold, the diagram is still there weeks later. Isn't it is amazing how respectful people are of the "DO NOT ERASE"? It really restores one's faith in humanity, doesn't it? Unless... well, the alternative theory is that nobody has had time to erase the diagram because they're too busy polishing up their resumes, pronto. ("My God, honey... did I tell you what I saw on a whiteboard today? I'm surrounded by total idiots!")

1. Because his name is "Dave".

Posted by Evan Goer on May. 26, 2006 at 5:55 PM | Comments (7)

Comments

  1. This thread is useless without pics.

    Posted by Mike Mariano on May. 26, 2006 at 9:38 PM

  2. Heh! I'll try and get a picture of it on Tuesday, if it's still there.

    Posted by Evan on May. 27, 2006 at 6:59 AM

  3. You guys actually call yourselves "Yahoos"!? Does that make the people at Google "Googles"?

    Posted by ??? on May. 27, 2006 at 3:03 PM

    1. Yes. 2. Probably not.

    Posted by Evan on May. 27, 2006 at 4:31 PM

  5. I believe they prefer "Googlers", actually.

    Posted by Jeremy Cole on May. 28, 2006 at 11:30 AM

  6. Yeah, "Googlers" is what I've heard Googlers call themselves. And their HQ is the GooglePlex.

    Posted by Auros on May. 28, 2006 at 4:52 PM

  7. So now that you are moved in, what happened to the indoor fish pond? Enquiring minds want to know.

    -- Mom

    P.S. If it is still there, I recommend the practical over the decorative: Forget the koi; stock it with trout.

    Posted by Henci on May. 30, 2006 at 11:01 PM

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