Hooray, consonance!

Taking the time out from the 2007 Louisiana Civil Engineering Conference & Show to post this.

(The KIEpod arrived a day early, but this has nothing to do with it.)

Every office has its characters. Some are even stereotypable (as opposed to stereotypical).

Consider, for instance, a one Lewis. Lewis (his first name) is the office draftsman, and the original DEII employee. He's the only one who need never fear his employment during slow periods. However, his office is traditionally a bit...over-decorated shall we say. Okay, he has a bunch of collected items. A lot of collected items.

So many, that they started to spill over.

So much so, that it became an issue in the office in general.

To try to bring about a resolution, Tim (the IT guy and Lewis' supervisor) made a wager with him: if Lewis could clean up his workspace, Tim would quit smoking cigarettes.

To Lewis' credit, he removed a lot of stuff in January, and, in my opinion, it's a whole different enclave. Tim needs to hold up his end of the bargain.

Si (pronounced like 'cy' in 'cyan') has gone from a named partner in another firm (He was the 'C' in "BCG".) to one level above me in the food chain here at Digital. When he came over earlier this summer, he brought 25+ years of files, collected knicknacks, and wall graphics.

We think it's growing, and I'm fearful that my office will be used to store stuff because I'm only here in Kenner for half of the week.

Lewis has every right to be upset, and it's an existing undercurrent now. No, not about to be a shouting match or anything, but you can tell in tones of voice.

This is what awaits you on the other side of college.

This is the officescape.

-KIE