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The Rat Race Blues - You know you're in the Rat Race when...

You know you're in the rat race when...

  1. You have a LOVE/HATE relationship with your job
  2. You come home to share office gossip with your significant other
  3. The politics you follow most closely is OFFICE POLITICS
  4. You LOL when watching "THE OFFICE" (British or American version)
  5. You have cut-out comic strips of Dilbert
  6. You feel like you are Dilbert
  7. You have mastered the art of looking busy without being busy
  8. You wish there was a show called "PIMP MY CUBICLE"
  9. You spend more than you make every month
  10. You have more credit cards than fingers
  11. You think people making a living without going to into the office must sell drugs
  12. You one day aspire to become middle management
  13. You hate it when people park in your spot
  14. You take your laptop to bed with you
  15. You say things like "Is it Friday yet?" on Mondays.
  16. You wish the weekend could be Monday to Friday, and the work week Saturday and Sunday.
  17. You know your boss' birthday and favorite color
  18. You have a series of ready-made excuses for lateness
  19. Vacations are like February 29th. If you blink, you might miss it.
  20. You live for those e-mails that say: "Free food in the break room".
  21. You roam the office at lunch time, looking for left overs.
  22. You spend more time on conference calls than you do getting things done.
  23. Your management changes every six months.
  24. You loathe getting out of bed in the morning.
  25. Meaningless paperwork is the norm.
  26. You bought the movie "OFFICE SPACE".
  27. You have fantasized about beating your office copier to a pulp.
  28. You have been burned by "REPLY ALL" before.

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