Engineer-Poet's Journal: Tweaking the system

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I work for a division of a massive company with some truly moronic policies. One of these policies relates to labelling. Drawers, shelves and equipment are supposed to be labelled, outlines of equipment put on surfaces so they can be located "properly", etc.

This makes a certain amount of sense on a production line. It's sheer lunacy to impose it on engineering workstations, but the policy implementation is one-size-fits-all. Worst, compliance is part of employee evaluations.

(I understand that I do not have to wish death upon the originator of this policy, because he's dead. At this point this atheist is hoping that providence created an afterlife and a Hell just so that he could get what he deserves.)

My move to new office space created an opportunity for snarky labelling. Our office does a certain amount of ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) work, and some areas and items are labelled ITAR. Accordingly, I labelled my bookshelves and drawers with the following:

ITAR
UTAR
WETAR
LaBreaTAR
TARNATION
REINTARNATION
ISHTAR
TARBABY
TARFU

Let them put that in their pipe and smoke it.

Pretty funny

[Cujo]

Except that now I'm going to spen the next day or so trying to come up with new "tar" puns.

Around here, ITAR is a synonym for "Royal Pain in the Ass."

Yep, go overboard

[nacturation]

Get some fluorescent orange spray paint and paint an outline of your ass on the chair. I leave the appropriate TAR pun up to you.
 

That's where they'd throw me, all right

[Engineer-Poet]

I think they'd take a dim view of me painting their upholstery, even if it is cheapass.

And for the life of me, I can't seem to reconstruct the pun you're hinting at. I must be reTARded today.

Re:

[nacturation]

Actually, I didn't have a particular pun in mind... but afterwards, I was thinking perhaps in your seat is where you're inTARned for eight hours a day. Pretty lame, but that's all I can think of.

Other ones that came to mind: LCD MonITAR, winTAR of your discontent, guITAR hero, etc. :)