The weird workplace

Popular window dressing; Different emergencies; Express yourself... strategically; Heist halted; Not so black and white

Popular window dressing
NEW YORK — In the concrete jungle, employees are often stuck at their desks, with little to brighten their day. But some Manhattan office workers have enjoyed a change of pace — and view — lately thanks to Post-it notes. It all started when one firm on Canal Street used several of the notes to write “Hi” in its windows. In response, the employer across the street put up the ubiquitous “Sup” — and it snowballed from there. Now, the windows are filled with “Post-it window war,” according to the New York Times, with images of Marge and Maggie Simpson, Spider-Man, Marilyn Monroe and phrases like “5 pm yet?” The activity has generated lots of attention on social media and workers are enjoying the change. “It’s definitely surprising,” said Kristina Bostley, editorial manager for Biolumina, a pharmaceutical advertising agency. “We never really know what they’re planning, and they don’t know what we’re planning.”

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