I was recently telling someone about that state of my office. The walls are …. gray..ish blue? The carpet is gray. Gray walls? Gray carpets? I work in a cement block. And no one voluntarily spends 8 hours in a cement block unless they’re forced. Do you know who is forced to spend all their time in cement blocks? PRISONERS. What kind of message is that sending US here in my office?!

And, to make matters worse, we’re all boxed into sad excuses for cubes. My coworker Amber (who you all may remember from Blogtoberfest) says it best:

“I remember first seeing my workspace/cubicle. I knew it was going to be a disaster and I literally cried! It’s not really a cubicle, it’s more like an afterthought, made up of a wall on one side and a bookcase to create the other wall.”

I posted that photo a couple of days ago of what our cubes look like, Amber’s in particular and do you know what? Boston.com took pity and chose Amber’s cube as one of the 9 finalists in an office makeover contest.

PLEASE VOTE FOR AMBER and bring a tiny ray of light into our office? Vote Amber (#6) right here!

(More pics of the office here, here and here.)

Ps. Oh HAI people from the executive offices of my company who made it to my blog. So glad you could join me. Don’t fire me. K? Thnx.