Let’s face it. Your job might be the crappiest desk job in the history of the industrialized world. Then again, with the scarcity of jobs nowadays, thanks to what pundits may label The Great Recession, you ought to be thankful that you still have a desk job, much less a job!
Keep in mind, however, that even the desk accessories seen on your table can be the catalyst for that pink slip coming your way. Before that happens, throw these things out pronto!
Bizarre Desk Accessories
There are office-appropriate accessories that can get you hired for a higher position and then there are bizarreaccessories that can get you fired and out into the streets. Of course, you will preferthe former if you want to hold on to your job. And if you insist on your bizarre desk clocks, say, the kama sutra, farting and crap clocks, think of your numbered days in the office and you will probably change your mind quick!
Weird accessories also include those that insultthe sense and sensibilities of clients, officemates and bosses. I once found desk business card holdersthat prominently displayed the swastika! Unless you are willing to stand up for your beliefs in neo-Nazism and get fired for it, you ought to place said offending items somewhere else. You have a house, after all! Place them there.
Personal Pictures and Souvenirs
Your office desk is neither a glorified temple to your sizable ego nor a place of homage to your family, alive ordead. If you believe it is, then you are in the wrong job, in the wrong building, and in the wrong industry. You will, however, fit into the narcissistic world called Hollywood!
But since becoming a celebrity is not for everyone, you are well advised to clear your desk of the digital photo frame displaying your body in the buff. If you really must moon over your beautiful self every now and then, why not conceal your pictures under your desk pad? At least, you won’t inflict emotional torture on your hapless officemates!
This also goes for personal mementos of your lives and loves, past, present and future. Sure, you might want to brag that you have been to Mexico at the peak of the swine flu scare and survived to tell the tale but must you declare it to all and sundry? Probably not!
What I’m trying to say is that as much as you avoid unsuitable attire (read: leggings, shorts, flip-flops, micro minis and backless dresses), you must avoid decorating your office table with accessories that border on the obscene, offensive, and outrageous! You will appreciate this suggestion when you still have your desk job.