W. Edwards Deming, a forward-thinking American who helped engineer the Japanese economic miracle and put forward the continuous quality improvement philosophy, wrote that 94% of issues in the workplace are systemic, while only 6% are attributable to individual-level, idiosyncratic factors. Therefore, improvements should mainly focus on systems—not individuals. However, progress is often not as fast as we’d like it to be. Just take a look at the social media meme magazine ‘Humorous Resources.’ Spanning across different platforms, it shares all the annoying problems that everyone who has been a part of the workforce knows all too well.
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#1 Guilty
#2 Yes Please
#3 Please And Thank You
#4 Fairly Coercive
#5 Asking For A Friend
#6 There Is A Dog
#7 Me
#8 My Goal Is To Not Work Here
#9 I Had An Old Boss Used To Say There Are No Hr Emergencies, Either Call The Police Of Ambulance. Everything Can Be Handled In The Morning
#10 Thanks But No Thanks
#11 I Just Kept Running
#12 20 Years On A Beach Is More My Speed
#13 Me Actually Taking My Lunch Today And Not Sitting At My Desk
#14 Documentation Queen
#15 That Last Part
#16 Using This
#17 Don’t Give Me Any Ideas
#18 10/10 Would Recommend
#19 I Mean Seriously
#20 This Is My Business Casual
#21 Low Effort. Maximum Value
#22 Inappropriate Giggles
#23 I’m Going To Try This Tactic In Corporate
#24 It’s Always Deborah
#25 Entry Level
#26 Might Even Cry A Little
#27 I’m So Mature. I’m So Mature
#28 An Okay Would Have Sufficed
#29 I’m Sorry. I’ll Try Harder
#30 Plant Did Not Survive Because It Didn’t Feel Like Family
#31 I Just Last Week Had To Explain What This Was To Someone
#32 Love All My Recruiters Friends
#33 Ain’t Wrong
#34 I Had Someone Check My Calendar Last Week I Was So Paranoid
#35 Very Sad. Now Good Day
#36 Orgasmic
#37 So Pay Me
#38 Whitest Whites
#39 Thanks Everyone
#40 Easier To Explain
#41 That Tracks
#42 I’m Dead Inside
#43 What She Said
#44 We All Do This Huh?
#45 Brain Full, Heart Not So Much
#46 Two Slice Limit. Thanks
#47 Very Much Me. Sunday Scarier Have Hit Early
#48 It’s 4, 6 And 9 For Me
#49 Guilty
#50 Leave Me Alone. I’m Comfy
