I do not work in an office and have not for going on two years. I don’t miss it. I love freelancing, but sometimes I miss things like healthcare. I am ok with the way things are becuase I enjoy writing and more than that I enjoy working in my pajamas so when I have things like hangovers I can just sit and stare at a wall for 7 hours or until I fall asleep. I like doing things my way, at my own speed and in my own space. I guess if that is all sort of shocking to you then you’re too dumb to keep reading my blog.
Anyways, Colin works in a pretty big office space that he shares with some people. One of his bosses shares that space with him and forces them to all listen to a Pandora station that she’s set up. There is always the option to put headphones on and do your own thing, but sometimes it is nice to spend part of your day without headphones on. Since Colin was working on a project with someone else, or for whatever reason his headphones were off and he was forced to listen to that station and techno started playing. Like crazy, raving techno from 1995. And inside Colin had a hate, which he expressed to me over IM. Inside I had an idea inspired by this video from Rathergood.com:
So I tell Colin that he should get into the computer with Pandora playing and fucking add some Slayer to the station. Oh man, I wasn’t sure he would do it, but he did. And the rest of the afternoon fucking Slayer would come on randomly and freak everyone in his office out. He had to act like he was really upset so he did not look like the guilty party. Plus, death metal apparently makes everyone he works with super pissed off, so since he did not annouce that he was behind the whole Slayer incident immediately someone would probably have tried to behead him had he admitted it later on. Anyways, I think they eventually blocked Slayer and all things like it. Next week, Colin is going to add Mexican Ranchero music to the mix and watch the chaos begin all over again. It’s pretty easy to see why I love him, huh?
