Who or What is The Friday Flakker?
The
Friday Flakker, affectionately called "The Flakker" by
those who like shorter names, is the result of a puerile need on my
part to share my thoughts with people whether they want them or not.
Like
many office workers I found that there were too many interruptions
and distractions in the office, such as water coolers and lunch
rooms. In an effort to get some of that pestilent paperwork done I
started working from home on Fridays. In our environment, if you were
working from somewhere other than the office it was considered polite
to send a “I'm not in the office” note telling co-workers where
you were and how to contact you. Not being content to send the usual
“I'm at home you can phone me at 151-555-5678” I figured it would
be more entertaining for the recipients if I were to add a thought of
the day. Being an unnecessarily wordy kind of guy, these soon became
weekly diatribes instead of short notes.
Strangely,
my office was populated by an unusually large number of very polite
people who insisted on inflating my ego by saying they actually
enjoyed my weekly blurb and the next thing you know the Friday
Flakker had grown into whatever it is today.
Mission Statement
To
provide you, the reader, with enough entertainment value that you
come back on a regular basis.
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