Work is an inevitable part of life and takes up a significant chunk of our time. In fact, the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime, so it's important to like what you do. But whatever your profession, it's likely that you will go through the same feelings as everyone else over the course of your day. Here are the 13 stages of the workday told through relatable GIFS, that might make today a little brighter for you. At least you know you're not alone.
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When you spend 40+hours in an office behind a screen, chances are that your coworkers will get on your nerves. Everyone has a bad day, whether it's because of work or stuff going on in your personal life, but societal norms dictate that we have to keep it together in the workplace and not lose our shit. Instead, it has become socially acceptable to become passive-aggressive, which is usually seen best in work emails. These phrases are ones that we can all attest to having used at some point in our careers and show how petty, yet professional you can be while still getting your point across. But here's what they really mean...
Jimmy Fallon's Hashtags are a phenomenon that goes viral each time he puts another one out. Asking the public for their stories using one simple hashtag, with a chance to feature on his show, he always receives hilariously epic responses and this one was no different. He asked people to provide their stories using the hashtag #HowIGotFired and sure enough, the public delivered! Here is a selection of some of the funniest ones we found.
When you're done, and if you love Jimmy Fallon, check out the responses he got when he asked people to #RuinAMovieWithOneWord
Sitting in an office with your coworkers for the best part of eight hours a day means you're bound to become comfortable with each other. And when you're spending that much time with the same people day in and day out, it's easy to let your guard down and say some pretty stupid things. Whether it's gossip over lunch or small talk at the water cooler, workplace conversations can often be the furthest thing from intelligence.
Here are 20 tweets showing some of the dumbest and funniest conversation snippets people have overheard their coworkers say. We don't know about you, but they definitely make us feel a little better about ourselves – and our coworkers.
If you're an introvert, like me, you will understand that sometimes you really don't feel like seeing, talking or being around people. Family events, work people, strangers: it doesn't matter who it is, just as long as they're human. Sometimes, this feeling gets so strong that you'll do anything to avoid being around people. Here are 19 stories of Redditors who went to the extreme to avoid being around people - even if that meant doing some pretty crazy things. But it worked!
Every office needs a good boy. Who's going to gobble up the food that you drop on the floor while eating at your desk? Who's going to beg to sit on your lap while you're answering your morning emails? And office without a dog is barely an office at all.
If nobody is bringing dogs to your office, maybe you need to move your office to the dogs. There are tons of office good boys at WeWork, which has 300+ locations in over 70 cities! Try one today with up to 20% off at this link: https://we.co/cheez
Work Hard. Meme harder. Be best.
Or at least that should be a phrase if it isn't already, but I digress. Work is rarely a place of enjoyment and good vibes, and more often than not is little more than just a busier form of Chinese water torture.
But you can get yourself out of this funk, all you need to do is scroll through a huge list of good-mood inducing memes made just for you, or these workday memes made if all you need to do is make it to clock out time.
