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Vacations aren’t for everyone. Do you miss the tapping of keyboards, or the cozy comfort of your cubicle? Do you long for a bit of break room chatter? Lucky for you, a few websites offer the perfect virtual fixes. Here are a few staples every office junkie should bookmark right now.
Virtual Stapler has a gallery of the office essentials and three on-screen versions to choose from. Take a break from clicking and read some stapler poetry.
Pop as much bubble wrap as you want at Virtual Bubble Wrap. The site explains the anatomy of a sheet of bubble wrap, and for those with a competitive edge, you can time your popping performance.
Think your coworkers say the strangest things? Submit quotable moments and see what office workers everywhere are listening to at Overheard in the Office.
Before Ricky Gervais was clowning it up on The Office, comedian Rick Davis was already a professional office prankster. He swallows letter openers, sends endless faxes, creates rubber band illusions and more. Strange as it may be, he might actually get paid to do these tricks.
Do all the evil things to your desk you only dreamed of in the Cubicle Freakout game. Let all that frustration out, but be sure to turn the speakers down if you are in an actual office.
Cartoonist Shane Johnson illustrates his musings on life in a cubicle. The office humor and materials (post-it notes, envelopes, highlighters, etc.) are authentic.
Microsoft Excel facilitates number and list churning, but it has also been an artistic medium for Danielle Aubert. Let it inspire your own creativity (or procrastination) and maybe you too can exhibit your masterpieces.
virtual bubblewrap is actually very fun.
posted by forest on 7-31-2008 at 1:56 pm
Sydney - great article. Your readers might also get comfort at www.cubefigures.com/. Now even those of us who work at home can be fully and economically equipped with shredder, water cooler, sysadmin, the works. And check out Eve, the sensitivity consultant. From the legendary variety store Archie McPhee.
posted by Jo on 8-1-2008 at 5:21 pm
This post was really funny and creative. I’ll have to share this with some people at the office. I use excel for the staffing company that I work for in Boston, Hollister Staffing, (www.hollisterstaff.com) and I have never thought of it as an artistic medium! Thanks for some comic relief!
posted by Louisa on 9-2-2008 at 4:10 pm
Sydney–I had so much fun popping the bubble wrap and making the little man freak out. Give us more!
posted by Lara on 11-8-2008 at 10:02 am