The Situation–Reminiscent of Office Life Generally?
Anne Sydenham has some cool comments on The Situation here. Honestly, the book is a surreal version of my office experiences over the years. In fact, the manager mentioned as Damager in The Situation has a real-world parallel to some extent. The letter Anne quotes from is an all-too-typical example of the strangeness of so-called reality. We’d like to think that businesses are rational, but the fact is…they aren’t.
April 9, 2008 at 12:30 am
Jeff dear, if you have managed to write something that portrays office life as more surreal and irrational than it actually is you may well be up for a Pulitzer. There are many reasons why I’m self-employed, but sanity preservation is one of them.
April 9, 2008 at 2:08 am
…you know I’m rather glad that I actually work in an office full of immature monkeys.
April 9, 2008 at 3:31 am
Cheryl:
I think I’ve come close!
JV
April 9, 2008 at 4:50 am
Heh. I’ve been reading it at work too. Some VP came to my desk yesterday and put his hand right on it… I hope the irony wasn’t as plain on my face as it felt! Just ten more years… If I don’t have an aneurism first.
April 9, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Is it “office life” in a fantasy setting or is it magic realism or what?
April 9, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I thought it was a given that it was the inspiration for much of modern-day horror.