Articles Tagged “Friday Funny”

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Computers Are Our Friends

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Computers Are Our Friends

    For several decades, facility professionals have been told that technology will signal the dawning of a new age of efficiency and productivity. But anyone who has lost a presentation, a spreadsheet, a report, or an essential database due to a virus, worm, or other computer glitch would argue to the contrary…BIG time.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Potty Humor From Around The World

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Potty Humor From Around The World

    For facility professionals, restroom signs are pretty standard and straightforward. Or ARE they? Around the world, the universal language of biological necessity has a much more creative flair.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Computers Possessed By Evil Spirits

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Computers Possessed By Evil Spirits

    Now this prank has been knocking around online for more than a year, but I’m sure some people have never heard of it. It’s pretty funny and purely harmless.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Bed Bugs Invade America!

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Bed Bugs Invade America!

    A series of viral, campy animations has been hitting the Internet over the past few months. These timely snippets come from the Hong Kong-based company, Next Media Animation. The latest covers the recent outbreak of bed bug complaints.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Still Crying All The Way To The Bank?

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Still Crying All The Way To The Bank?

    This Friday Funny actually ends the week on a bittersweet note, particularly for those who consider themselves fans of the late great Liberace. After 31 years of operation, the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas will close its doors this Sunday, October 17, 2010.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: That Noise? Oh, That Was Just My Chair…

    FRIDAY FUNNY: That Noise? Oh, That Was Just My Chair…

    A German inventor has come up with the Intelli Chair—a chair that emits sounds from seatbacks and cushions to suggest when users should make posture adjustments or take breaks from sitting.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Going Up?

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Going Up?

    This past week, there were two interesting elevator related news items. The first was a piece examining elevator rider body posture. The second explained the safest way to survive a free fall in an elevator.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Employee Training With Extra Cheese

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Employee Training With Extra Cheese

    In the 80s, certain industries went a bit overboard with employee training videos in a desperate attempt to train the largest number of people in the shortest period of time (and at the lowest cost). The results were cringe worthy.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: Which Came First? The Dopey Question or the Incomprehensible Answer?

    FRIDAY FUNNY: Which Came First? The Dopey Question or the Incomprehensible Answer?

    Ever since computers became part of the workplace, users have struggled to keep their machines up and running. So what’s a user to do? Call tech support. Easier said than done, as illustrated by this collection of “real” tech support nightmares.

  • FRIDAY FUNNY: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Hotel????

    FRIDAY FUNNY: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Hotel????

    Guests at Treehotel, which offers rooms incorporated into their natural surroundings, may need more than the most accurate satellite system to find their rooms in the sky.