The Office Jester… every office needs one to catch entitled corporate employees out
Corporate employees are the whipping boys of the service class today. They are under the cosh wherever they are. The reason for this is their general personality. The foremost character trait of corporate employees that irritates people the most is their sense of entitlement. For one reason or another, entitled corporate employees are very common and they are very commonly the butt of the jokes too.
There’s just something about individuals who think they’re god’s gift to mankind. They just seem to invite ridicule and mockery. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you’re well aware that we like to pick on “corporate grunts” too. So, it was never going to take us that long to find a video that revolves around entitled corporate employees.
Entitled Corporate Employees or Corporate Seals, the Annoyance Is the Same
The entire video works at conveying how entitled corporate employees get out of doing hard work. You get it, right? Since corporate employees feel they’re special, they feel they’re entitled to everything. Since they feel they’re entitled to everything they feel that they shouldn’t work hard. As a result, they develop unique skills that allow them to “fly under the radar” so well that life’s a “win-win” for them.
There are little giblets of gold all through the video revolving around the special skill set of corporate seals or entitled corporate employees. Consider.
- They “work hard at hardly working”. Doesn’t this remind you of teenagers?
- They “strategically” leave just enough coffee in the pot so someone else has to make the next one. Simple yet effective.
- Sneak “work-issued” laptop into the bathroom without anyone knowing. If you’re asking why; don’t. The safest assumption will be to play an online game.
- Create excuses for being late out of thin air. Meh, this isn’t anything special. All of us can do that.
- Political small talk at the water cooler. Another common skill. Although, the “political” bit may throw off many entertainment and gossip junkies.
- Print concert tickets without being noticed. Yeah, baby!!!!!
- The “participate in conference calls without actually participating”. This one’s actually all about timing. You need to pitch in with something generic at just the right time. Even if it is a series of mundane things such as “yes”, “I agree”, “let’s do it”, “we can manage it”, and “excuse me, I need to use the lavatory”.
- They manage to take 90-minute lunch breaks. We don’t understand how the “loosies” automatically lead to 90 minutes of eating. Is there any corporate seal with this particular experience in life? Care to share?
- Get secretary to do personal errands. All entitled bosses do this. It isn’t just limited to entitled corporate employees.
- Use passive aggression. This makes your opponent defensive without you having to be aggressive. Passive aggression is also useful in marriages, particularly in the US.
Entitled corporate employees or corporate seals, if you will, aren’t all about dodging work and getting benefits. Sometimes, in the process of said dodges, they actually end up doing some work. This “work”, though is very basic and generic in nature such as fix paper jams, leave the wittiest messages in birthday cards, and get around the firewall. Finally, the biggest skill of entitled corporate employees is the lingo. But, this is something that we’ve spoken about so often in the past that we don’t have the patience to go through it all again. Besides, we’re also aspiring entitled corporate employees and we need to practice. See ya!
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