Have you ever wanted to do this at your office?

[lanky]

I wonder what sets him off?

[pianoman]

Hmm... I wouldn't be standing around like that if I were one of those people. He threw a damn monitor at someone else's desk and hit them!

Was that an axe or a sledgehammer? And kudos to the guy recording it on his phone camera, hahaha.

[spider]

This is actually a video of a little man who lives in my head.  He wants to smash his way free.  I keep him contained for now, but for how long?  

I wonder what sets him off?

If you watch carefully at the big guy in the white shirt before he hits him over the head, he bends over to give someone something and knocks some paper off the psycho guy's desk.  Psycho then asks him to pick it up, and while he's doing it, I'm guessing there was some kind of conversation.  My hypothesis is that the white shirt guy said something smarmy or sarcastic to the psycho pissed off guy and sent him into a raeg.  

I doubt it's real. In my office, someone would have tackled him way before his tantrum went that far - just after he threw a monitor at someone's head.

Hmm... I wouldn't be standing around like that if I were one of those people.

Pfft... I would be.   The worst that could happen is a CRT to the head and nice bit of Worker's Comp.  

[otter]

I definitely would have tackled him at the throwing monitor stage... but all the same - working in those TINY cubes?  Did you see how small they are?  all day every day?

I'd probably freak out after a few months too.

[felitoblanco]

He wouldn't have made it to the throwing monitor stage in most of the places i've worked.  Of course, half the people who work in retail have psychiatric histories.  Seriously.  The other half are college students or felons.

[Pam]

He's probably angry about the crappy monitors they seem to have.

[pianoman]

He's probably angry about the crappy monitors they seem to have.

lmao.

It did seem false... but I hope it was real.

[felitoblanco]

I had hoped it was real, til it cut out and cut back in with him holding... a sledge hammer?

[Superman]

Watch the women in the bottom corner "consoling" each other.  I love when she pulls out a tissue for the other woman.  The main action is really good acting and then these ladies fuck it up.

[spider]

Um, it's not a sledge hammer or axe.  It's some kind of stand, like a stand for a lamp or something.  Just a regular piece of office equipment.

Watch the women in the bottom corner "consoling" each other.  I love when she pulls out a tissue for the other woman.  The main action is really good acting and then these ladies fuck it up.

What time in the video?

Couldn't find it on snopes, but elsewhere on the web it's said this is viral marketing for that movie with Angelina Jolie - Wanted.  Which dates it back a couple of years.

Cell phone footage is here if you're interested.

[pianoman]

What the hell does this have to do with Wanted? I hate the world.

[felitoblanco]

When he flips out in the office I guess, though that scene was more interesting than this.

[Pam]

I guess that's what color, scripts, professional actors, and sound do for movies.

[lanky]

Even if it was staged that was a pretty good raeg out. He managed to destroy a fair bit before they tackled him.

[spider]

Yeah, I feel that along with the cell phone footage, this is some of the best viral marketing I've seen.  I liked it.

[lanky]

Yeah, I feel that along with the cell phone footage, this is some of the best viral marketing I've seen.  I liked it.

The only downside is I had no idea it was viral marketing as there is no hint of a product being pushed. It is only viral marketing if the viewer is being sold something.

[pianoman]

The only downside is I had no idea it was viral marketing...

Ditto.

[spider]

Well, the director reckons that it's marketing people's desire for escape that the movie Wanted then looks at or goes through the motions of or something something.  It's indirect marketing.  They're marketing an attitude, trying to get certain thoughts to the front of your mind so you'll relate to the movie.

[lanky]

I still call it a failure. If someone here hadn't of pointed out it was a viral ad I would have just assumed that some dude went nuts and I wouldn't have been bothered looking into it any further.

[spider]

I still call it a failure. If someone here hadn't of pointed out it was a viral ad I would have just assumed that some dude went nuts and I wouldn't have been bothered looking into it any further.

But isn't that the point?  To lull you into a false sense of credulity by not making it obvious that it's marketing?  It's just priming you for the movie so when you are exposed to their above ground marketing strategies you will go "hey that looks cool" or you'll relate better to the themes they associate with the movie.

[pianoman]

Spider's right - except that I had no idea that Wanted was about.. what? I thought it was some dude with superhuman assassinabilities. I didn't even empathise with the dude for psyching out. Hmmm. I call fail.

[Superman]

To succeed all they had to do was get people to sit around and talk about it.  For instance, if someone posted it to a website and people sat around and talked about it in a forum.

Oh wait.  Look at that.

We even took the initiative and connected it to the movie so they didn't have to.  Now this entire thread is a free advertisement for their movie.  Every time you make another post claiming their marketing didn't work, it heightens the chance that another person will come to this thread again and think about that movie.

[Pam]

Every time you make another post claiming their marketing didn't work, it heightens the chance that another person will come to this thread again and think about that movie.

What movie am I supposed to think about?

[pianoman]

What movie am I supposed to think about?

Waterworld.

[Superman]

Arrgh!

[Pam]

What movie am I supposed to think about?

Waterworld.

 

[spider]

Ban him.

[lanky]

I almost went off like this today. As it is I am shaking with rage after a little "discussion" I had this morning at work... If it wasn't for the fact that I like the other Level 1 and 2 guys here I would have gone nuts.

[pianoman]

Shaking? What happened?

[lanky]

Petty office politics. I've calmed down a bit now but if anyone sees any places advertising any position, full/part time or even casual, let me know.

[pianoman]

What sort of job?

[lanky]

What sort of job?

Anything, even temp work will do me right now.

[spider]

I sure don't fucking want temp work, but can I look for jobs with you? 

They just made someone in my office redundant who I always thought of as the physical manifestation of the opposite of redundant.  My workload is going to become insane AND complicated, I'm taking on a public account so school holidays won't matter anymore, and I just got rejected for a credit card application based on income alone (they didn't even get to the credit checking part).  Oh yeah, and when my colleague is away my choice is either not take my unpaid lunch break (not get un-unpaid for it) or have customers scream at me for being on hold for an hour.

NEW JOB TIME!  weeeeeeeeeeeee... or just period of extreme disgruntledness capitulated by long anti-work rants.

[lanky]

Yes, join me in the job hunt

[pianoman]

I think you fit into a big corporation, lanky. Or small. I don't see you in a mid-sized company.
That sux, spider. But what exactly is the physical embodiment of the opposite of redundancy? A try-hard kiss-arse who goes home at 10pm on Fridays and is already there when you arrive on Monday?

There's always lots of work to do. Do you want physical work? Data entry? Phone jockey? Tech monkey?

[spider]

A try-hard kiss-arse who goes home at 10pm on Fridays and is already there when you arrive on Monday?

The opposite of redundant is "critical" or "crucial" I guess.  This guy, let's pretend his name is Thadeus.  When I ask manager's stuff, they're often like "Ask Thaddeus."   If I'm like "omg this school wants delivery tomorrow by 3pm or they'll complain but the order is still sitting in Shanghai"  they'll say "get Thaddeus to fix it".  And Thaddeus would often deliver.   Things that are meant to be impossible could often be achieved by Thaddeus. 

Then one day upper management realised that his job is to basically find hacks for the things everybody else should be doing on their own but didn't have the resources to do.  So they sacked him.  He's been here 11 years, and they gave him 5 days notice.  And now everyone is screwed. 

There's always lots of work to do. Do you want physical work? Data entry? Phone jockey? Tech monkey?

All of the above.

Really I just want to go to uni but I think I've given up even fantasising about it.

When can we join the army, lanky?

[lanky]

We can join at any time, the recruitment centre is out at Parramatta

[spider]

Can we have frozen yoghurt afterwards at Westfield?

OH... I just remembered the fitness test.  I can do all of it except the required number of push-ups.  I hate push-ups!!  Well... except the bra kind.  I've got no beef with them, nooooo sir-ree. 

[lanky]

Well... except the bra kind.  I've got no beef with them, nooooo sir-ree.

Heh, me either.

On the note of push-ups, women only have to do half as many and they are also ladies push-ups so you should be able to do it.

[spider]

Half of zero is zero so unless that's what the requirement is, we have a problem.  I can only do lady push-ups on a bench.  Floor push-ups of any kind doesn't happen.  Not even one.  I have been trying to for 6 months and the best I could do was lower the bench by a little bit.  They laugh at me at boxing for it. 

Also, I'm still trying to work out whether joining the army is as unethical as joining the police (from my perspective).   I don't know yet.  I suppose you get a better gun.   That might make up for it. 

[Superman]

I suppose you get a better gun.   That might make up for it. 

How do I put a stop to all of this?

[spider]

I suppose you get a better gun.   That might make up for it. 

How do I put a stop to all of this?

With a better gun, duh.

[pianoman]

Oh, lordy, lord lord.

So. Firing Thadeus actually doesn't sound very smart to me. Sure, you the employers might prefer to have independent-thinking and knowledgeable staff, but isn't his elimination kind of like stabbing your foot before preparing a walking stick?

I very much like the idea of uni.. I suppose if you fantasise enough about it, you'll need to make it come true or your balls will explode. Admit it, you have balls. Speaking of testicles, here's a nice story.

I don't think I could join the army. I wouldn't want to burn my fingers or break a nail.