Wow, a proud 23 percenter just moved into the next row of cubicles

[NewJeffCT]

How do I know this new guy at work is a 23 percenter?

I saw a calendar at his desk with a picture of W* on it and I did a double-take. I looked to see if it was some sort of parody calendar, but it actual has a little elephant on it and says GOP.

Now, I work in a large corporation, so having Republican co-workers is not all that unusual. But, I have never, in my nearly 20 years of working in large corporations, seen somebody so proud of being Republican as to actually have an official GOP calendar hanging up in their cubicle. And, I would think that with Bush's popularity in the crapper, it would be even less likely...

Also, I think he is out today, or this week, because nobody is at the desk today, and nobody was there yesterday.

[IndianaJones]

1. time for welcome pranks. nt.

[MrScorpio]

2. Bingo

Think of his desk as "Prank Central"

[NewJeffCT]

3. I need to do something

maybe tape on a circle with a big red slash through it? (removeable, of course, I'm not a vandal)

[auburngrad82]

24. Make a note on 9/11

"Time to change parties"

[mzteris]

4. oooooooooo

Print out a bunch of bushisms on sticky labels and affix them to his calendar next to bush's pic.

only don't do this month's....

[MrScorpio]

7. Use actual quotes in word balloon form

Do the whole calender

[mzteris]

8. yup....

that's what I was thinking - take some time though.

And do they make removeable ones?

Maybe in the "scrapbook" aisle of the local craft store?

[NewJeffCT]

9. like

the one about doctors practicing their love on women?

or, the one about how the terrorists never stop thinking of ways to harm america, and neither do we?

[Connonym]

5. stop at the pharmacy after work

stock up on Tylenol, Tums and maybe something to prevent nausea. My sympathies!

[grace0418]

6. Yeah, even the guy we call "the 9/11 Guy" in my office has toned it down in

recent years. He used to have American flags and eagles and Dubya photos and "Let's Roll," etc. festooning his entire cube. I think he's down to just a couple flags.

[edbermac]

10. Hang this in your cube.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. Leave him alone.

If he's that clueless he won't understand the pranks.

[Hobarticus]

19. Or, you'll just feed his persecution complex

23-percenters never miss a chance to climb up on a cross.

[NewJeffCT]

20. starting after Thanksgiving

I'll make sure to wish him a "happy holiday"

odd story - I worked for a small retail store in high school that was owned by a Jewish family. So, I always made sure to say "Happy Holidays" back in the mid 80s when I worked there, just in case the person was Jewish or some other non Christian religion. (the owner was always too polite to correct people that wished him a Merry Christmas, or else didn't want to offend)

Anyhow, I continue that to today, over 20 years later.

I slipped one time. A year or two after getting out of college - so, around 1990 or 1991 - I met this very attractive young woman (facially, the spitting image of a young Geena Davis, only shorter) and slipped up and told her, "Merry Christmas" - and her immediate response was "I'm Jewish." The one time I forgot was probably one of the few times it really mattered!

[Hobarticus]

22. I still do, too....

Growing up, saying "Happy Holidays" simply meant that you were wishing another person a happy holiday season, encompassing everything from Thanksgiving to Hannukah to Kwanzaa to Christmas to the Equinox to Flying Spaghetti Monster Day. It was considered polite.

Now (horrors!) it's just another Attack on Christmas. Again, some folks never miss a chance to climb up on a cross.

If there is a Jesus, he's laughing his ass off, or miffed that he's not getting royalties from all the "Keep Christ in Christmas" bumper stickers.

"Beezlebub"-era Geena Davis....awww yeah.

[Pacifist Patriot]

30. I'd not only leave him alone. I'd steer well clear.

Goodness knows I'd never be able to trust his judgment on anything!

[skygazer]

12. Does your company give paid sick leave or vacation?

If so, find out if he was out on either one and explain why it is that he gets paid sick leave and vacation - because "pinko" Union workers (as my dad always referred to them :eyes: ) fought for it as well as things like the 40 hour work week, etc.

Do it casually and see if his head explodes. :)

[NewJeffCT]

13. yes

the company does have vacation time & sick time... well, it's actually lumped together as "Paid Time Off" these days.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

25. Explain about the Haymarket Riot in Chicago.

And the Ludlow Massacre, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

And FDR establishing labor laws, outlawing child labor, and all that good stuff.

[jobycom]

14. Hang a neon arrow over his desk, pointing him out.

He'll give the office something to laugh at, and maybe help prevent them from making the same mistakes.

[Downtown Hound]

15. What a dumb ass

An believe me, I understand the temptation to do pranks. But my own personal philosophy is that politics is best kept out of the workplace. When political tensions arise at work, it can really make for a crappy work environment. Best do it on your own time.

However, if I can't stop you, might I suggest doing something relatively harmless and kind of funny, like putting a picture of Hillary Clinton on his desktop while he's away?

[NewJeffCT]

17. I really don't bring politics into work

However, I have never seen anything as blatant as this, and I've worked with some people that are pretty RW over the years.

[JohnnyLib2]

16. Probably attending a prayer vigil for Bush today.

I think the 23 percenters are truly hopeless and the recent article on hard wiring of political orientation tends to back that up.

So, put a big poster supporting Hillary on his desk and stand back.

[unpossibles]

18. he's probably afraid we'll get attacked again today

what with the "OBL" tape and all. Of course, it would be Clinton's fault again if we did....

I would not do anything. I work with one too, and this one is a nice guy, just gets his information from a bad source (Drudge, FOX). garbage in, garbage out. The sad part (or from the other viewpoint: the brilliant part) is that he told me he doesn't trust any other media "because all they do is Bush bash" so the odds of him suddenly coming to his senses are between slim and nil.

We just don't discuss it at work, although he is outnumbered by us liberals in our department, or because of that rather. I have a feeling that were I in the minority, I would hear about it, but I digress....

[NewWaveChick1981]

21. At my previous job, I encountered one of the "faithful".

:rofl: :yoiks: I had to go to the home office for training, and a guy in our group (worked for a different territory but was a part of the same general group) had a GOP calendar, W bumper sticker, and a picture frame emblazoned with the GOP elephant with his family portrait in it. :puke: I nearly got sick looking at all that. The saving grace was the woman whose cubicle was next to his---she had anti-W stuff everywhere. She liked to torture him too---she'd "accidentally" leave goldang librul stuff in his chair. :rofl: :thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

23. what gets me is

I've worked at very large corporations before with many thousands of employees, and there has usually been sort of an unwritten rule that people do not put political things up in their offices or cubicles. I've been where I am for over a year now as well...

I've never seen anything this blatant.

The only thing I can remember political in recent years is a woman who kept a small picture of her brother posing with Rumsfeld, when Rummy had visited the troops in Afghanistan. And, it was a small wallet-sized picture that she normally kept inside her desk drawer.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. I also work at a large corporation with thousands of employees.

And the occupant of the cubicle next to mine proudly keeps a big plastic "BUSH/CHENEY" coffee mug on her desk (though I've never seen her drink out of it -- it never leaves the cubicle). She also has pinned on the cubicle wall a little pair of fetus feet from some anti-choice organization. I leave all that stuff alone and don't bring up politics with her. There isn't a lot of political commentary in peoples' work areas, but you do see a bit here and there -- including a couple of rather pointed cartoons on my own cube walls. But that's mainly as an antidote to my neighbor's decorations. Nobody seems to mind, though.

[Skittles]

26. f*** with him, my sweet

you know what to do

[NewJeffCT]

27. I liked somebody's suggestion above

putting a picture of that bane of Freepers everywhere - Hillary Clinton - over the pictures of *

[LibDemAlways]

28. I used to work part-time in a small office with two idiots who

listened to rw radio all day and kept framed pics of the chimp in their cubicles. It was more than I could stand. I had to bail.

[krispos42]

31. Time to start analysing him

Get some books on the authoritarian personality type, keep them on your desk, and ask him random questions at random times. Go "mmph hmph" when he answeres. Make notes on a legal pad. Document just how far down the delusional hole he is.

When he asks what you're doing, simply say "I'm testing somebody's hypothosis", then ask him another question.

One day, it will come to a head, and then you can just launch into an extremely detailed explanation of his personality and why he supports Bush and his enablers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_authoritarianism

That should blow his mind. And leave a copy of Bush on the Couch on his desk one day. Anonymously, of course...

[W2Hague]

32. The Dubya Years

Put this on his computer. It'll make his head explode.

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Peace
DLB
http://www.bruindesign.com

[NewJeffCT]

34. Unfortunately

Anything connected with youtube is blocked here at work.

[Fire Walk With Me]

33. Shall we add the 23% of Bush supporters to the 23 Enigma?