Comments on: DWS strikes heart of productivity http://tomandzoe.com/log/2005/09/and-now-for-something-completely-different/ tales of life from North Queensland, Australia Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: lock http://tomandzoe.com/log/2005/09/and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comment-2319 lock Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:50:30 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=283#comment-2319 Seeing as we are overpaid Architects, working in climate of luxury off the fat of our client's land, we have an office junior to wash up and clean our kitchen. Of course, I would happily see her fired and accept an extra few hundred dollars a year to put my mug in the dishwasher. Seeing as we are overpaid Architects, working in climate of luxury off the fat of our client’s land, we have an office junior to wash up and clean our kitchen. Of course, I would happily see her fired and accept an extra few hundred dollars a year to put my mug in the dishwasher.

]]> By: ves http://tomandzoe.com/log/2005/09/and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comment-2312 ves Sun, 04 Sep 2005 21:34:42 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=283#comment-2312 i feel your pain about dirty kitchens.... i like your straight-up note but my advice is to put some humour into the mix, that way you can trick people into thinking that they didn't just get blasted for being slobs, instead they had a good laugh while they (hopefully) washed their cup. maybe some kind of illustration will hold people's attention long enough for said cup to be washed too. although distinctly lacking in attention-grabbing hillarity, the 'do you dishes' note in our shared kitchen at the very least tries. it has a picture of a small, fat, sinister-looking man wearing a fairy suit and says: 'please do your dishes or the fairy will turn you into a frog'. now it hasn't ever been proven that this is the reason our kitchen is always spick and span. maybe it's the fear of having that ugly fairy turn up, or maybe we're all just really nice, conscientious people anyway, who knows? i feel your pain about dirty kitchens…. i like your straight-up note but my advice is to put some humour into the mix, that way you can trick people into thinking that they didn’t just get blasted for being slobs, instead they had a good laugh while they (hopefully) washed their cup. maybe some kind of illustration will hold people’s attention long enough for said cup to be washed too.

although distinctly lacking in attention-grabbing hillarity, the ‘do you dishes’ note in our shared kitchen at the very least tries. it has a picture of a small, fat, sinister-looking man wearing a fairy suit and says: ‘please do your dishes or the fairy will turn you into a frog’. now it hasn’t ever been proven that this is the reason our kitchen is always spick and span. maybe it’s the fear of having that ugly fairy turn up, or maybe we’re all just really nice, conscientious people anyway, who knows?

]]> By: Kath http://tomandzoe.com/log/2005/09/and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comment-2191 Kath Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:31:45 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=283#comment-2191 I was going to post a long comment but i just looked at the clock and it appears to be 4.29pm... only a minute to put my glass in the dishwasher, fill out my flex sheet and put my computer to sleep... next week maybe. Enough your afternoon at work all - i'm going home! I was going to post a long comment but i just looked at the clock and it appears to be 4.29pm… only a minute to put my glass in the dishwasher, fill out my flex sheet and put my computer to sleep… next week maybe. Enough your afternoon at work all - i’m going home!

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