People have the most interesting things pinned to the walls of their office cubicle. Dilbert cartoons aside, you will often see kid’s drawings, calendars and family pictures. Spirituality makes it into the workplace in subtle ways - a Pagan co-worker of mine has a work space that is distinctly different in character from the Independent Baptist who sits across the hallway from her. Someone has a nice quote written on his whiteboard -
A real leader creates new leaders, not followers
which I suppose is balanced by the quote that is eppitomizes the empty humanistic pop ’spirituality’ that orbits the vacuum without filling we have today
Know what you are and be that perfectly
I mean, where’s the nudge to strive for something better in that quote? How does that motivate? If I am a headcase now, does the spirituality that the quote represents say I should shoot to be as barking mad as possible … true spirituality would sy I shouldstrive for something higher than myself, for betterment.
Flags abound in the office. There are little flag pins stuck into cubicle walls and 8 inch high flagpoles with flags stuck in the crack between adjoining cubicle wall segments. One guy has an expensive looking American eagle statue on the corner of his desk. Im really surprised that it’s not been stolen: anything of any value that hasnt been bolted to the ground seems to walk. Loose change in a desk drawer will walk even. Perhaps patriotism protects it.
Then there are the toys. Our work area alone has a Dilbert candy dispenser and a Mr. Potato head. There’s candy in our work area, lots of candy. Someone has worked out that if you keep the caffeine and sugar levels high, you keep the geeks in a productive haze of productivity.
