31 March 2003
“Together Everyone Accomplishes More!” Is it true? It says so on the poster down the hall at HR. Personally, I’m skeptical. “Everyone?” Unless you qualify it — everyone in class, everyone on the island, everyone at work — it means, “All human beings in the universe without a single exception.” Yeah, well, there ARE exceptions. Some jobs are just too small for too many. Lately I’ve taken to asking Drama Queen, “I think maybe we’d just get in each other’s way here, let me try it by myself first,” instead of, “Would you PLEASE back off for a second?!”
The nonsense continues.
“There’s no ‘I’ in TEAM!”
That’s right! Also no “I” in meat, mate, or tame.
Pick your favorite anagram!
For that matter, there’s also no “Y” in obedience, or follow, or march.
And if you believe that that’s significant, I’d also like to point out that there’s no “U” in imagination, originality, integrity, dignity, or intelligence.
But there IS a “dig it” in dignity!
Also, it is worth noting that you can’t spell “Humorless Robot” without HR.
Dig it!