And now, a little work story i've been saving up... Recently my employer announced a special "3 Year Plan for Growth". Amongst the forthcoming changes is a complete renovation of the office. This put me in a sour mood because I just relocated my cubicle last year, and I have a lot of shit, but whatever.  So we engaged an architecture firm specializing in office design to do the layout for us, select furniture and finishes, and so on.  So one of the senior guys that is interfacing with them send out a mass email asking us to send him any special requests or concerns, and I took it on myself to reply .  Didn't hear a peep, so I just figured I was disregarded, as usual. So Friday I am at the copy machine and a large group of people walk by, some of whom I have never seen before. I hear someone say,"that's the guy that wrote the email." Not sure what they're talking about I ignore it and return to my desk.  A few minutes later the head bridge guy comes over and said by way of explanation that they just finished the meeting with the architects - and he shared my email with them!  Oops. (That hadn't been my intent, or that the president of the firm would read it either.)  And now, for your enjoyment, here is the email in question:

     "Once upon a time, long long ago, in the halcyon days of yore, we had genuine, bona fide drafting tables, and they were awesome. Then some architects were given power, and they took them away. Sad!  While the days of actual drafting are gone, never to return, the reappearance of such tables, or components with approximately the same dimensions and height, would be appreciated as they allow two people to easily confer over a set of plans (without resorting to a conference area), permit the user to pore over a full size set of plans – even the extra large “E” size that is often used for architectural projects, and provide the option of standing while at work, which confers ergonomic benefits of which you are well aware.  Perhaps someone, somewhere on this planet manufactures such an item that could be incorporated into our future office arrangements.

   Also, we must remain vigilant – although the concept has lost some of its shine and been discredited by recent research, it’s possible that these architects might still fall into the deluded camp of “let’s take down all the cubicle walls so everyone can see each other so that the increased levels of distraction and scrutiny will somehow magically facilitate collaboration”.  Such people must be roundly shamed and shunned at every available opportunity."

I guess once my email was seen by all the bridge guys they immediately felt the need to pipe up and say, "yeah, don't take away our high cubicle walls!"  Because sure enough, once the architects showed photos of recent office projects, all of them had the low walls.  Fuckers.  I guess the point was made to them forcefully enough that they became somewhat uncomfortable, heh.  So I may have saved the working environment of many.  Furthermore, my outspoken wit has continued to become the stuff of legend. Good times.