My department is doing a mighty desk shuffle, and I’m one of the few people not moving. All that’s happening to me is I’m losing a bookcase and a cabinet, and someone else is moving in to share my cube.
Logic says: I do not need to pack. I just have to stay put.
Movers say: I have to pack up all my personal items since movers will be in my cube, and they don’t want to break anything.
Logic says: If I pack up my personal items, the movers will move them someplace safe.
Movers say: The movers only move items from cube A to cube B. If an item is moving from cube A to cube A, they will not “move” it.
Logic says: I do not need to label my furniture, because I’m keeping all but two pieces.
Movers say: I need to label my furniture.
Logic says: I need to label the two pieces of furniture that are moving out.
Movers say: No, I need to label everything BUT the two pieces that are moving out.
Login says: Libby’s cube is 876333. Joy’s cube is 876332. Scott’s cube is 876331. Logic says my cube is 876330.
Movers say: Your cube is 231773. It has something to do with where your cube lands on an imaginary grid.
They admitted that one made no sense.
One response to “Work Shuffle”
The way it works: If you don’t pack up your personal items, then they might bump something and, like, break the glass in a picture frame. So you must pack everything in a box because the box will be bigger and more stable and if it gets bumped everything will get broken all at once.
Much neater and safer, since all the glass shards will be in the box.