Posted by Rio S.

Back when I was still living the hell that was Corpo, I learned a couple of stuff that helped me live through all the bull crap in the office. Of course, corpo’s not all bull crap but you know what I mean. So anyway, here are the things I learned in Corpo:

Thou shalt not shit where you eat.
This is something I learned late in my stay in corpo and let’s just say it’s something that still comes rearing its ugly head and biting me in the ass. Sure, it was good to have something to look forward to as you can see your (in)significant other at the workplace you fantasize burning to the ground. But those kinds of things rarely ever go smoothly and so in the long run, you might find yourself left holding a bag of shit. It becomes especially nightmarish right after the break up since people you work with might have a tendency of (mis)interpreting everything you do as an effect of the said break up. Read: Everything you do is because of HIM. That’s annoying, unless you ARE doing things because of HIM.

It can get ugly too. Imagine crying scenes at the office and – let’s not go there. Plus, the “motivation” you previously had would turn into a great glob of the opposite. Don’t shit where you eat. It’s not only disgusting, it’s unsanitary.

Thou shall keep your friends close, enemies closer.
That’s a general rule anywhere (coming from either Sun Tzu’s Art of War or Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince) but it is useful in corpo for obvious reasons. Also, one of the not-so-apparent reasons is that you might find that you can actually get along with some people who appear to be dickwads inside the office. I think the lesson is, most people just find themselves displaying different characteristics in the workplace. I say most because some are just plain dickwads. more…