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Dec. 15th, 2003 02:49 pmA post I read a few minutes ago reminded me of something I did a number of years ago, when I was working in an office with a bunch of other educators. One of my coworkers was really annoying, and I couldn't stand her. She was nit-picky--she would return my work with all sorts of little notes about how she thought it should be, and she wasn't even my boss.
She always kept her desk neat--nothing ever out of place, everything in symmetry. It drove me nuts.
One night, after everyone went home, I moved everything on her desk to the opposite side--everything was still in place, but in a mirror-image. When she came in the next day, she looked slightly rattled, but never picked up on the fact that things were different.
A week later I moved everything back to the way it was. I did this a couple of times. She never seemed to consciously connect to the fact that every monday her desk stuff had migrated.
I would have kept it up indefinitely, but they closed our department, and I ended up working here. I like everyone in my office now, and we are all big slobs, so I've never been able to try it again. It would make a cool psychology experiment.
She always kept her desk neat--nothing ever out of place, everything in symmetry. It drove me nuts.
One night, after everyone went home, I moved everything on her desk to the opposite side--everything was still in place, but in a mirror-image. When she came in the next day, she looked slightly rattled, but never picked up on the fact that things were different.
A week later I moved everything back to the way it was. I did this a couple of times. She never seemed to consciously connect to the fact that every monday her desk stuff had migrated.
I would have kept it up indefinitely, but they closed our department, and I ended up working here. I like everyone in my office now, and we are all big slobs, so I've never been able to try it again. It would make a cool psychology experiment.
