The Hump Day Humor-Gram, October 25, 2006     Issue Number 193

1. How to Get Voted Off Your Island 
2. Mike’s Fun at Work Tip 
3. Quote of the Week 
4. It’s a Wacky, Wacky World 
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1. How to Get Voted Off Your Island

If you want to create a truly inspiring, fun workplace, then 
it helps to identify some behaviors that may be contributing to 
a less-than-oh-so-happy workplace. A poll conducted by 72 Point 
found that these were the most annoying office personalities: 
29% voted for the Brown Noser, 18% for “The No. 1” (the person 
who always has done something better than you), 15% for the 
Corporate Speaker (“Mr./Ms. Buzzword”), 13.5% for the Blagger 
(a serial sick-day taker), 8% for the Clock Watcher, 6% for 
the Social Secretary, 3% for the Office Letch (only 3%??).

And if you combine any three or more of the above-mentioned 
traits, you pretty much get voted off the island. 
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2. Mike's Fun at Work Tip 

October 27th is “Cranky Co-Worker” Day, a day designed to, um,
I don’t actually know. But here’s a thought, why not combine
“Cranky Co-Worker Day” with a Halloween related theme, and do 
what a bank in the U.S. does once a year: have a “dress your 
co-worker day.” That’s right, you get to dress a randomly
drawn co-worker however you wish (within some agreed upon
limits) for the day. 
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3. Quote of the Week 

“Comedy is a way of thinking about the world. When you stop 
laughing, comedy really does make you think.” Ejner Jensen
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4. It's a Wacky, Wacky World 

According to a survey, 88% of women said there is at least one
quality they see in their dog that they’d also like to see in
their men. And 34% said that if their dog were actually were a 
man, then he would be their boyfriend! This also ties nicely
into a survey that suggested that 50% of employees would rather 
work for their dog than for their boss. (I’m not even sure what 
that means.)  

Happy Hump Day everyone. Keep laughing. 
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Copyright Michael Kerr, 2006  mailto:mike@mikekerr.com     
Reach Michael at 1-866-609-2640, http://www.MikeKerr.com.