Oct 17 2008
Way Off Task, Your Home Away From Home (and Work)

There’s a new presence on the World Wide Web, and believe me, the place will never be quite the same again.
Be afraid; be very afraid…
Be afraid that you might miss one of our posts, in fact. We’re going to be more fun than, well, a barrel of monkeys. We’re going to show you all sorts of new and improved ways to stay permanently off-task and behind in your work. In your life, in fact. (Assuming you have one, of course. But since I don’t know you yet, let’s assume you don’t have one and work up from there.)
We’re going to show the latest toys for wasting time and distracting others. I mean, why not share the wealth? Besides, you can’t be the only one in your office who’s Way Off Task (WOT). Simply wouldn’t do, you see; you need to be sure all your co-workers are WOT as well, so you maybe have a chance to survive the next “rightsizing.” Who knows? Get really good at being WOT and you might even get the boss’s job. (Don’t hold your breath, though; he’s got the Peter Principle in his favor; that and garlic breath.)
We won’t be like other blogs and sites. We’ll actually listen to you, read your comments, maybe even respond. We won’t be a mockblog (we claim this word as TM for WOT, by the way); those guys only want to bask in the glow of positive comments and they don’t publish anything that’s critical. We won’t be a sneerblog (aw heck, let’s claim TM on this one too while we’re at it) either, unless sneering makes us feel good at that moment, of course.
We’ll even listen to your ideas about great ways to get and stay WOT, if we’re bored enough. So bring them on! I’m sure they can’t be any worse than some of the concepts my friends have…
Take Pride in Being WOT!
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