My Drawer at Work

[shmuppyLove]

Let's see em!



Cookies, Mr. Noodles and a Hori DOA4 stick; everything I need for a productive day at the office

[system11]

I would get fired for posting one - security.

[njiska]

Would also get fired for posting a picture, but here are the contents of my desk side cabinet:

- 3 Pony Figures
- 3DS plus Cable
- Nerf Pistol (forget the model)
- giant stack of business processes. Most several years out of date
- Manila Envelope with acceptance letters and bonus information
- Manila Envelope marked "Bullshit!" with negative company letters and PIP agreements
- Roadside emergency kit (given out by company)
- stationary stuff
- 6 bags of loose leaf tea
- Books
--- Top Gear - Where's Stig
--- Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt
--- How to Lose a Battle
--- The Ultimate History of Video Games
--- The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx
--- Clive Barker's Book of Blood 4-6
--- Cracked's You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News
--- A Practical Guide to Racism
--- The Oatmeal's 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Nose.
- Eminem - Recovery
- Plush curling stone from the 2011 Tim Horton's Brier
- 3 17" 4:3 Monitors and a bunch of cables.

[Skykid]

- 3 Pony Figures

Dude.

[Specineff]

^^^ Aaaaand cue the can of worms.

I can't take a pic since that would expose company documents, but I can tell you there are two cable box remotes, one disposable fork, a packet of ketchup, and some napkins.

[cools]

Some pens, 2 paperclips, and a notepad.

My one concession to life outside is an Opa-Opa figure that sits under my monitor.

[Skykid]

^^^ Aaaaand cue the can of worms.

Nah, there's a separate thread for making fun of Pony enthusiasts. I just thought having that shit on your work desk is like asking never to be considered for promotion.

Still, they're only second in horribleness to this:

Eminem - Recovery

[moh]

- Plush curling stone from the 2011 Tim Horton's Brier

oh fuck yeah. curling is the shit.

what other sport do you get to hear hot chicks yell "HARD!!!!" over and over again?

[StarCreator]

Likewise can't upload a photo, but my drawer contains several USB to PS/2 adapters for Microsoft USB mice, a USB wireless-G adapter, several SATA cables, some plastic eating utensils, installation CDs for HP workstations, and about 15 fortunes from fortune cookies (maybe 10 of them are actually unique).

[drboom]

My desk drawer contains about $2G worth of SRAM Red components, some ribbon cables from my Twin Cobra board and a pack of Orbit bubblemint. Maybe a Sleep 2011 tour patch as well.

[njiska]

^^^ Aaaaand cue the can of worms.

Nah, there's a separate thread for making fun of Pony enthusiasts. I just thought having that shit on your work desk is like asking never to be considered for promotion.

Still, they're only second in horribleness to this:

Eminem - Recovery

Meh. My odd personality has generally been quite helpful as far as promotions are concerned. The office seemed happy with my Pony hobby when it resulted in two dozen free muffins on March 1st. As for the Eminem cd, I really liked Recovery, as did a lot of people. That said I've not listened to it in some time. I love that these items are the ones that draw attention and not the book called A Practical Guide to Racism. Which is hilarious by the way.

- Plush curling stone from the 2011 Tim Horton's Brier

oh fuck yeah. curling is the shit.

what other sport do you get to hear hot chicks yell "HARD!!!!" over and over again?

The Brier was in London last year. Well worth the drive down and the $40 ticket for the Gold Medal game.

[CStarFlare]

I never know what's in my drawer, but today I noticed that I have a stack of audit confirmations that I received in December and finished last week but haven't put in the mail yet.

There's also some mint tea and pumpkin spice tea. I don't really like tea but it keeps me from running to the vending machine twice a day.

Oh, and a tuxedo print t-shirt that coworkers bought me to mock me for dressing up every day in a casual dress environment.

[drauch]

I'VE GOT:

-Hardees Coupons
-Plastic Bowl
-Plastic Praying Mantis
-Grid Paper
-Methuselah's Children - Robert Heinlein
-Solomon Kane- Robert E. Howard
-Newest issue of Retro Lamer
-And I had a picture of pornstar Sara Stone until some asshole invaded my privacy and covered it up with a sticker.

[UnscathedFlyingObject]

I don't got no drawer, but I has a bunch of junk, some pens, a notebook and some condoms on my desk. I tell ppl feel free take some.

[sven666]

i have one of those golden asian lucky cats thats waving its arm on my desk, other than that its all buisness im afraid.

[drunkninja24]

Got njiska beat in the pony figs count everyone where I work has some odd quirk about them, so nobody gives me any shit for it really. And damn njiska, I didn't even think about the muffin thing, I could've done that myself

Anyways:

Aforementioned pony figs
Copy of "Boneshaker" (good read btw)
Saitek miniature computerized chess table (great for slow days)
T-Rex head grabby arm thingy
Random assorted candies I'll probably rarely eat due to diabeetus

[Vexorg]

My current desk drawer at work is subject to NDA, but at the previous place I worked my drawer usually had a number of Featurephones and/or Smartphones depending on what I happened to be testing on at the time, then beyond that it was mostly office supplies, a couple of boxes of cereal (the place had a drink fridge with milk in it, so it makes for an easy breakfast,) a couple of Cup o' Noodles, some sort of disaster kit the company gave out at one point and some miscellaneous stuff like a Magnetic Poetry set. I also had a framed Sorcerer's Apprentice character sketch I got on my last trip to Disneyland above the drawer, but that was about the only "fun" item I really had.

[Leader Bee]

Well I think i'd be looked at funny should I start taking details pictures of my work drawer like a forensics team so I think i'll just list the contents like everyone else.

- A can of sure for men
- A roll on stick of sure for men
- one of those rolly things for removing hair and dust or whatever from your clothes
- An SD card to USB adapter
- Books
---- A half read copy of Children of Dune ( I suppose it wasn't a great idea to try read my way through the series in one sitting)
---- Warhammer: Mark of Chaos (free with the game, i've never read it)
---- Mein Kampf (difficult read, only at chapter 3)
- A Castlevania DS game holder, I think this was part of the collectors edition of portrait of ruin.
- A tub of vaseline
- An 8 bit Tie.... we don't have to wear ties anymore so it doesnt get used
- VO5 Hair putty
- Other useless work related shit I don't want to deal with and so leave it in my drawer to forget about.

I generally don't keep shit like figurines on my desk because they attract unwanted attention and funny looks. I've had them before and besides, it clutters the place up. I just keep these at home now.

[MX7]

I generally don't keep shit like figurines on my desk because they attract unwanted attention and funny looks.

Uh, I'm pretty sure that copy of Mein Kampf you have in your draw will attract far more looks...

[Leader Bee]

I'm perfectly ok with explaining why i'm reading Mein Kampf but it's a little more difficult explaining why you have a scantily clad doll that's representative of a 14 year old girl on your desk; That and most ill informed people correlate anime with Japanese tentacle rape.

[njiska]

I'm perfectly ok with explaining why i'm reading Mein Kampf but it's a little more difficult explaining why you have a scantily clad doll that's representative of a 14 year old girl on your desk; That and most ill informed people correlate anime with Japanese tentacle rape.

Well let's be fair, most informed people also correlate anime with tentacle rape when it comes to giving someone shit in the office. I know I sure have. That said it's much easier to have something that draws less ire and oddly in my case I've gotten less questions about the Ponies then I had about the Strike Witches Nendoroids and Panty and Stocking figures that were there previously. I'm also kind of lucky to have monitor risers so they hold the figures without adding desk clutter.

As for reading Mein Kampf, I don't see what the big deal is. Yes it's a book dictated by Hitler, but it's also a very interesting, albeit difficult read and a look into his thought process and the Nazi propaganda machine. Giving someone hell for reading it is like giving someone hell for a toothbrush moustache. Stupid, but every peon still does it. Have you been enjoying the read at least?

[Leader Bee]

I'm perfectly ok with explaining why i'm reading Mein Kampf but it's a little more difficult explaining why you have a scantily clad doll that's representative of a 14 year old girl on your desk; That and most ill informed people correlate anime with Japanese tentacle rape.

Have you been enjoying the read at least?

Oh yes, i'm not much of a reader anymore so it's taking me months to get through it. The main reason I picked it up is because I like to see things from both perspectives and quite frankly everything you hear about Hitler has a negative allied spin. While not to dismiss the atrocities that happened under his regime I certainly think it's worthwhile to analyze his motives from his own point of view and i'm finding that from his writing he was a well educated individual.

I can't see me finishing it but this isn't at all due to my dismissal of the source of the material but rather my own growing disinterest in reading as a whole.

[Skykid]

While not to dismiss the atrocities that happened under his regime I certainly think it's worthwhile to analyze his motives from his own point of view and i'm finding that from his writing he was a well educated individual.

And a genocidal lunatic.

[Leader Bee]

While not to dismiss the atrocities that happened under his regime I certainly think it's worthwhile to analyze his motives from his own point of view and i'm finding that from his writing he was a well educated individual.

And a genocidal lunatic.

And it's comments like that that give rise to comments like these:

The main reason I picked it up is because I like to see things from both perspectives and quite frankly everything you hear about Hitler has a negative allied spin.

[njiska]

While not to dismiss the atrocities that happened under his regime I certainly think it's worthwhile to analyze his motives from his own point of view and i'm finding that from his writing he was a well educated individual.

And a genocidal lunatic.

And people say the same thing of Genghis Khan, so stop being a sensationalist jackass. No one is disputing that the actions of the man are almost universally abhorred, but just because he perpetrated a major atrocity does not automatically make him a lunatic. Evil deeds do not mean that one is insane and frankly knowing that someone committed such acts with a clear mind is far more disturbing and offers a far darker glimpse into our raw humanity. This is why it's important to study him with an unbiased approach. One must also remember that eugenics was popular in the early 20th century amongst men of science and racial discrimination was a far more common and accepted practice around the world than it is now

[cools]

Oh yes, i'm not much of a reader anymore so it's taking me months to get through it. The main reason I picked it up is because I like to see things from both perspectives and quite frankly everything you hear about Hitler has a negative allied spin. While not to dismiss the atrocities that happened under his regime I certainly think it's worthwhile to analyze his motives from his own point of view and i'm finding that from his writing he was a well educated individual.

I can't see me finishing it but this isn't at all due to my dismissal of the source of the material but rather my own growing disinterest in reading as a whole.

Way off topic, but check out Dan Carlins Hardcore History podcasts. They're extremely good and every effort is made to be unbiased, no matter how uncomfortable the topic is.

[Skykid]

While not to dismiss the atrocities that happened under his regime I certainly think it's worthwhile to analyze his motives from his own point of view and i'm finding that from his writing he was a well educated individual.

And a genocidal lunatic.

And people say the same thing of Genghis Khan, so stop being a sensationalist jackass. No one is disputing that the actions of the man are almost universally abhorred, but just because he perpetrated a major atrocity does not automatically make him a lunatic.

Nice, I'm being called a sensationalist jackass by a guy proposing Hitler had all his dogs barking.

Wtf are you guys smoking?

[njiska]

And a genocidal lunatic.

And people say the same thing of Genghis Khan, so stop being a sensationalist jackass. No one is disputing that the actions of the man are almost universally abhorred, but just because he perpetrated a major atrocity does not automatically make him a lunatic.

Nice, I'm being called a sensationalist jackass by a guy proposing Hitler had all his dogs barking.

Wtf are you guys smoking?

Intelligent, thought out, non-emotional responses?

I should point out that I'm not saying the man didn't suffer from health issues. It's pretty clear that he was suffering from Parkinson's by the end and possibly or diseases, but it's generally assumed he was in a fairly clear state at the writing of Mein Kampf and the early years of Nazi rule.

[Skykid]

Intelligent, thought out, non-emotional responses?

I think you're giving yourself too much credit.

You come across as one of those people who attempts to appear intellectual by steadfastly pushing a minority counter-argument to obviously controversial subject matter, and then start pattering on about other folk being jackasses for not appreciating donkey figurines and Hitler's clarity of mind.

Hitler was intelligent, Mao was intelligent, Pol Pot was intelligent. It doesn't change the fact that they were unhinged fruitcakes.

[TLB]

EMOTIONS RUNNING WILD HERE ON SHMUPS FORUM

This just in! Humans acting predictably (i.e. emotionally)! Alert the presses!

Why don't we all quit wasting our time on inane shit like "what's in my desk drawer" and start discussing the design and layout of stage 3 in Mushihimesama in detail. Perhaps, since everyone seems to believe that Futari stage 3 is difficult, that stage could be discussed in detail. I'm waiting for you guys to make the thread. I'll give you all the information you want.

As for My Drawer at Work, it has some pennies in it. Sometimes there will be a nickel or a binder clip. Sometimes I put my car keys in there. Sometimes other people put their phones or wallets in there. One thing's for sure: this is retarded. I need a new job.

Since Skykid also just posted: You're not omniscient, and you probably know less about Hitler than warrants the way you speak. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know both sides of a story. It's very true that facts (E:) may come to light that were ignored before, and having an idea of a person's line of thinking leads to understanding, which can lead to

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