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Please do not write below the line

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duxup ◴[] No.41908169[source]
I worked for an old company that had a lot of old processes and paperwork. Many bits of paperwork had a "do not write below the line" type areas. I always wrote something ... nothing ever happened.

I once hand delivered some paperwork (I was running late) to HR rather than using the inter office mail service. I asked them about it, they told me "Oh you must be Mathew..." I was HR famous. They didn't actually mind, the company was so process driven that having to visually double check my paperwork was just how things were.

Later on they decided to repaint the entire office because we had slightly changed the colors of our logo.

Not long after painting I jokingly put up a piece of paper on a huge white wall that read "This space intentionally left blank." The movers who took down the art put up the art on that wall again, and spaced it evenly ... around my note.

It stayed there for at least 4 years before we left for a new building.

Process...

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1. reaperducer ◴[] No.41909395[source]
Many bits of paperwork had a "do not write below the line" type areas. I always wrote something

My favorite is those company get-to-know-you questions written or oral that ask you to yourself in one word.

"Does not follow directions."

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2. Loughla ◴[] No.41910418[source]
Oh sweet Lord one of my proudest moments at a college that I used to work for was the getting to know you thing. The last question was always a "fun" question. Mine was why don't they make planes out of the black box material.

I wrote seven pages with diagrams, charts, and explanation of the weights and air resistances of various metal alloys that most planes are made of. There were foot notes and an additional two pages of citations.

And on the tenth page was just one line, "I made all of that up. I hope you enjoyed reading this."

I got so much hate mail from the physics department. It was amazing.