Friday Funny

A look at the lighter side of business, either directly or indirectly, as it relates to facility management and commercial real estate. Issues of morale, Friday memes, workplace humor, and comic relief are highlighted here.



work

Friday Funny: Is Snow White A Bad Influence?

The authors of a new study believe the influence of Disney films likely shapes the way children view the working world long before they enter the workforce.
job interview Darth Vader

Friday Funny: 12 Mind-Blowing Interview Moves

Whether it’s due to desperation, lack of preparation, or just not having a clue, people do some crazy things during job interviews.
dogs

Friday Funny: It’s A Dog’s Life (And Year)

Just in time for the Year of the Dog, a new survey shows 71 percent of millennial pet owners would take a pay cut if they could bring their pet to work.
facial recognition technology

Friday Funny: Bessie, Is That You?

Farmers around the world can now make use of facial recognition technology to monitor their cows’ health and wellbeing.
Valentine's Day office romance

Friday Funny: Office Love On The Rocks?

Office romance has hit a 10-year low, according to CareerBuilder's Annual Valentine's Day Survey.
Super Bowl LII

Friday Funny: A Post-Super Bowl National Holiday?

According to 72 percent of human resources managers, the day after the big game should be a paid day off from work. That number might have been higher if they had known about the much-anticipated episode of “This Is Us” airing after Super Bowl LII.
New York's Hotel Pennsylvania is ready to welcome its VIP (Very Important Pooch) guests for the 2018 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Friday Funny: This Hotel Is Going To The Dogs

New York's Hotel Pennsylvania is ready to welcome its VIP (Very Important Pooch) guests for the 2018 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Longaberger headquarters building Newark, OH

Friday Funny: A Tisket, A Tasket, They Finally Sold That Basket

After three years on the market, the iconic former Longaberger headquarters building in Newark, OH has landed a buyer.
calling in sick excuse

Friday Funny: The Dog Ate My Car Keys

More workers are calling in sick when they’re not ill. Some feel the need to concoct an unbelievable excuse, according to CareerBuilder’s annual survey.
Rose Bowl

Friday Funny: 18,000 Hot Dogs. 65,000 Beers. 1,000 Volunteers.

When the #2-ranked Oklahoma Sooners take the #3-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the 2018 Rose Bowl on January 1, what will it take to tackle 90,000 hungry, thirsty college football fans’ cravings?
facility management

Friday Funny: These Are A Few Of My Least Favorite Things

From burnt popcorn to bad budgets, Charles C. Carpenter, CFM gifts us with a holiday musical parody that highlights his least favorite things, facility management style.

Friday Funny: The Facility’s Looking A Lot Like Christmas

Riffing on many of the sights to be seen in the workplace during the holiday season, Charles C. Carpenter, CFM shares a musical parody from the facility management perspective.
embarrassing moments at work

Friday Funny: 25 Cringe-Worthy Work Moments

From wayward toilet paper to falling asleep in a meeting, here are 25 embarrassing moments at work that will make you glad they didn’t happen to you.
OdySea Aquarium Cintas America’s Best Restroom

Friday Funny: No Otter Restroom Comes Close

It’s official: The otters—along with all the other aquatic critters at Scottsdale's OdySea Aquarium—can now brag that their home has hooked America’s Best Restroom® Title.

Friday Funny: Gimme Cat Shelter

A far cry from the cardboard boxes most cats settle for—and into—here's a look at the inspired arCATecture designers came up with for this year’s Architects for Animals® “Giving Shelter” exhibit.

Friday Funny: Office Party City

The holiday season is just around the corner, and that means company parties. Find out which cities have the best—and worst—office celebrations.
Carlo Ratti Associati chocolate maker Venchi

Friday Funny: This Exhibit’s Good Enough To Eat

In the ultimate effort to make an exhibition sustainable, CRA used more than 30,000 pralines to build an Artificial Intelligence-run pavilion for high-end chocolate maker Venchi.
China glass walkway

Friday Funny: China’s Sadistic Scenic Skywalk

Glass-bottomed bridges have become popular tourist destinations in China. This one has taken an interesting approach to promoting itself.
Halloween trick or treat

Friday Funny: Sweet Stats To Improve Your Halloween Haul

The West Coast has it in the bag when it comes to the best places in the U.S. to go trick or treating.
Halloween

Friday Funny: The Most Horrible Of Haunted Houses

If you’re ready to start celebrating Halloween by getting your scare on, here are this year’s scariest haunted houses across the U.S.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

Join Our Webinar! Maximizing Value For Facility Capital Improvements

A panel of Facility Management leaders will discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) webinar

Did You Miss Our “Building Analytics, Skilled Labor Shortages & Decarbonization” Webinar?

View this free video webinar to learn how fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) has become a critical part of the resilient facility team’s tech stack.

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