Silvia Club of NSW

> > You know you're living in the 00's when: -
> >
> > 1. You try to enter your password on the microwave.
> >
> > 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
> >
> > 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
> >
> > 4. You e-mail your buddy who works at the desk next to you.
> >
> > 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not

> > have e-mail addresses.
> >
> > 6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone
> in
> a
> > business manner.
> >
> > 7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to

> get
> > an outside line.
> >
> > 8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three
> different
> > companies.
> >
> > 9. Your company's welcome sign is attached with Velcro.
> >
> > 10. Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
> >
> > 11. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.
> >
> > 12. Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your
> best
> > jokes.
> >
> > 13. Your supervisor doesn't have the ability to do your job.
> >
> > 14. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get
> > long-service awards.
> >
> > 15. Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries

> > annual budgets combined.
> >
> > 16. Interviewees, despite not having relevant knowledge or experience,
> > terminate the interview when told of the starting
> > salary.
> >
> > 17. Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet.
> >
> > 18. Your supervisor gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all
> the
> > latest features, while you have time to go for
> > lunch while yours boots up.
> >
> > 19. Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital.
> >
> > 20. There's no money in the budget for the five permanent
> > staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford
> > four full-time management consultants advising your boss's
> > boss on strategy.
> >
> > 21. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works
> > with computers".
> >
> > AND THE CLINCHERS ARE..
> >
> > 22. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
> >
> > 23. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to
> > your "friends".
> >
> > 24. It crosses your mind that your jokes group may have seen
> > this list already, but you don't have time to check so you
> > forward it anyway.
> >
> > 25. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you
> > anymore, except to send you jokes from the net.
> >
> > 26. This email has 20 different disclaimer notes at the
> > bottom, telling you that the information is confidential,
> > but you forward anyway.