'Let's NOT touch base': Sweeten the break room coffee with 29 cubicle chuckles

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jul 29, 2025 10:00 PM EDT

These emails! They keep finding me! 

Why is it, fellow working folks, that the spinning hamster wheel of employment keeps turning so fast? Like Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill, it seems that no matter how hard you work or how late you stay in the office on a Friday evening, not only are you unappreciated and underpaid, but management hardly ever notices. It's like going above and beyond is the new standard, and anything less exposes a subpar work ethic. Perhaps there are other ways to feel fulfilled in the workplace…

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    When you get a 'Let's touch base' email from your manager at 4:59 PM on a Friday
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    Company: Can you fill this anonymous employee engagement survey? Me: NO
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    One of those days when even coffee can't get me ready for work
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    When your coworker brings in smelly food to eat at their desk
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    When you're totally burnt out but your work bestie needs emotional support
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  • Alas, for those of us who will happily clock in and (most importantly) clock out at the end of a work day, we recognize the impossibility of those standards. Happily swapping a last-minute Teams meeting for a break room coffee break, we'll simply scroll memes until our manager is blue in the face. Because, at the end of the day, what would this company do without me? Cornerstone employees have a bit of leverage when it comes to their employment. So wield it! Like the power of a mighty sword stuck in some stone, seize the day and enjoy yourself while you're on the clock. 

    You've earned it.

  • 06
    Me watching someone else getting fired for something that I did
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    Manager thinking how to make me feel like a part of the family Me having already agreed the terms and conditions to join another family
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    Others going above and beyond hoping that management will reward their efforts "Me doing the bare minimum at work
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    My reaction when someone at work starts talking about the growth mindset
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    Manager: Should we organise a team building event this weekend? Me: How about no
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    Recruiters Someone who changed their LinkedIn profile to "Open to Work"
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    Me on my first day at the company Me on my tenth year at the company
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    My manager announcing my yearly bonus I hope you're hungry for nothing.
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  • 14
    Me sleeping while working from home The sound of a call from MS Teams
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    When the young intern has had enough of taking coffee orders
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    My level of excitement when leaving for work on a Monday morning
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    Me, feeling accomplished after working only for 1 hour on Friday It ain't much, but it's honest work
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    Me enjoying my morning coffee while deliberately ignoring the 100 tasks waiting for me at work
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    When the company party includes only one free drink, so you make it count
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    When I see my former toxic company going bankrupt
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    Team building event Cost of Management living crisis
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  • 22
    Me showing up at work with only 2 hours of sleep
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    "I hope this email finds you well" How the email found me:
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    When you return from your lunch break and realize you still have four hours of work left
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    New project Me Current project with an approaching deadline
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  • 26
    When you accidentally hit 'Reply All' on the company-wide email again Oops, I did it again
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    When your work bestie has taken a sick day and you have to socialize with the other coworkers
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  • 28
    When you fill an anonymous survey at work and you get a call from HR the day after Shouldn't have said that. I should NOT have said that.
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    How the company acts when they give you a 2% raise
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