Workaholic
These people love to work, duh. We all know one and our bosses are usually one. Especially in the arts because, you have to love what you're doing to be able to have it as your career. They usually have a routine schedule, they don't take lunches and they just seem to be doing three times as much work as everyone else. They maybe doing more work and they probably are but, what makes them unique is that they really care. They have this mixture of a Friends cast member/Darth Vaderesque style to them in the work place that makes you feel comfortable to ask them questions but, then sometimes scared when they say your name in the copy room. These people are also sugar freaks and chain smokers. It's a really powerful office personality to have. Like a really awesome deck of MAGIC cards. . .

BSers
These office peps are very laid back but, surprisingly get a lot of their work done. They tend to not freak out about things and seem to always be at their desk doing lots of work and constantly getting up and going to the copier. They tend to always show up and leave on time. In actuality they probably work about 2 hrs. a day and spend the rest of the time on the internet. They always get things done and only occasionally forget about an important item or do something in error. Because, of their tremendous ability to get things organized and completed in a timely manner they usually receive praise for their undervalued contribution. This furthers the BSers cause in the work place and you will find that a majority of office employees are BSers. If you're reading this then you must be a BSer. The Google image search connecting with these individuals with a business/party lifestyle is "Keytar" or "Mullet" This images contains both.

Cows
These are the most annoying people to work with ever. They are a hybrid of the two other office personality types. They have tendencies to slack off and also become over involved in their job. Here are two examples to distinguish them. Will often take 2 hour lunch breaks but, not tell anyone. Instead they leave their desk in a state that it looks like they're in the office somewhere. Shuffled papers, Excel document open, and other assorted details. They will be gone for what feels like forever and then finally show back up to work. What then happens which is very mysterious is that these people become really dedicated to their jobs and emotionally invested. After hanging out at "The Grove" they'll begin to go off on someone who has forgotten to fill in some calendar correctly or asks for some help. You will usually hear two cows speaking together in either very low whispers or high pitched squealing with lots of "I knows .. ." and "Can you believe it?" Sometimes it becomes so heated the cows need to hide out in the closet to continue the discussion.
These people remind me of the participants in those stupid theme days from middle and high school. These days usually occurred during "Sprit Week." Each day would be a different themed day to come to school dressed up like an idiot. Days included: Twin day, Pajama Day, Hippie Day. . . You can just Goggle any day you can think of to find images of these lame followers before they make their way to the workforce. Below "Nerd Day"
These people remind me of the participants in those stupid theme days from middle and high school. These days usually occurred during "Sprit Week." Each day would be a different themed day to come to school dressed up like an idiot. Days included: Twin day, Pajama Day, Hippie Day. . . You can just Goggle any day you can think of to find images of these lame followers before they make their way to the workforce. Below "Nerd Day"

2 comments:
You are truly the funniest man alive. I thought so before, but this just confirms it.
I'd add one more personality type: Cowzilla.
This person is a Cow on steroids, a control-freak Cow, a Cow with a past that must have involved a nasty, painful incident with a milking machine. Cowzilla wants to get back at the world by controlling the destinies of the people Cow works with. Cow is not content to simply be miserable, slack off, do a shot of work here and there for brownie points, gossip with the Cow nextdoor, and call it a day. No, this Cow going to make sure someone pays. Preferably, the boss. Through manipulation, the Cow will ensure that the boss's boss finds out about the little things the other Cows gossip about in the closet. If the boss is perfect, Cowzilla will just have to take down one of the neighboring cubicle denizens. So build yourself a roof and a door.
Thanks for the props Margaret and the new personality type of Cowzilla. All of these personalities have a way of ebbing and flowing into one another so it's rather interesting to see how others view their coworkers. I'm working on another personality type. Exemplified by Pauly Shore. The old Pauly Shore when he said "Bbbbuuuuddddddyyyyyyyyy" alot. I'm working on that roof for my cubicle to ward off any Cowzilla attacks.
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