I'm the oldest person out here in blogland, I'm sure. My question today is "When, exactly, did work stop being kind of fun?" Everyone is so stressed out these days that they forget to drink Bailey's in their coffee around the holidays. Also, don't people ever leave their buildings for lunch anymore? Bad enough to work in a cubicle but to eat leftovers in the same cubicle. Ugh. It's no wonder everyone's on anti-depressants. I think people are depressed because their lives kind of suck. What needs to change is this, everyone should speak their mind. I don't mean they should shout at one another. I mean, if they think things should change in their workplace they should say so. Sometimes people look at me like I'm crazy because I say what I think at work. It's unheard of, these days, for anyone to ever express an opinion. Are things so futile that nothing can change? Ever?

So, tomorrow, go in to work and tell just one person what you really think. I'm not suggesting that you say something mean. I'm suggesting that you express your real opinion about something at work. For example, if you think the software you use could be better if just this one thing would work, tell someone who has the power to fix it. If you wish the woman in the next cube would lay off the perfume, nicely tell her. Let's all stop tiptoeing around each other and let's get involved in our jobs. Why should all the muckety mucks have all the fun?

Nobody likes a "Yes" man.