Let’s face it. Your work might be the crappiest office job in the history of the corporate world. Then again, with the scarcity of jobs today, thanks to what pundits might label The Great Recession, you ought to be grateful that you still have a desk job, much less a job!
Keep in mind, however, that even the desk accessories seen on your table can be the catalyst for that pink slip coming your way. Before that occurs, throw these things out now!
Weird Desk Accessories
There are office-appropriate accessories that can get you hired for a higher position and then there are weirdaccessories that can get you fired and out into the streets. Of course, you will choosethe former if you want to stay in your job. And if you insist on your weird desk clocks, say, the kama sutra, farting and crap clocks, think of your numbered days in the office and you will probably change your mind fast!
Bizarre accessories also include those that insultthe sense and sensibilities of clients, officemates and bosses. I once found desk business card holdersthat prominently flaunted the swastika! Unless you are willing to stand up for your beliefs in neo-Nazism and get fired for it, you ought to place said offending items somewhere else. You have a home, after all! Place them there.
Personal Pictures and Souvenirs
Your office desk is neither a glorified shrine to your sizable ego nor a place of worship to your family, alive anddead. If you think it is, then you are in the wrong job, in the wrong building, and in the wrong industry. You will, however, fit into the narcissistic world called Hollywood!
But since becoming a star is not for everyone, you are well advised to clear your desk of the digital photo frame showing your body in the buff. If you really must moon over your beautiful self every now and then, why not hide your pictures under your desk pad? At least, you won’t inflict emotional torture on your hapless officemates!
This also goes for personal mementos of your lives and loves, past, present and future. Sure, you might want to brag that you have been to Mexico at the peak of the swine flu scare and survived to tell the tale but must you declare it to all and sundry? Probably not!
What I’m trying to say is that as much as you avoid improper attire (read: leggings, shorts, flip-flops, micro minis and backless dresses), you must avoid adorning your office table with accessories that border on the obscene, offensive, and outrageous! You will appreciate this advice when you still have your office job.
