We're a Happy Family

I just received a tongue-in-cheek email from my sis that had "out of office" replies such as "I am currently out of the office at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position" and "I have run away to join a different circus."

It reminded me of a little gem that was actually distributed at my old company and was entitled, "99 Things to Say to Create a Happy Department." The quotes are so motivating that I thought I would share some of them in order to help those of you who may be facing employee morale issues of your own. Some golden nuggets that you might want to try on for size include:

• That's not half bad!
  
• You've got your brain in gear today
• Well look at you go
• That kind of work makes me happy
• You must have been practicing
  
• I knew you could do it
• You're really going to town
• You're moving at Internet speed
• You're doing that much better today
• You did it that time!
• You did a lot of work today
• Congratulations! You got it right!
  

And my favorite: "That's a good (boy/girl)" -- which, I think, should be immediately followed by "rollover," "who wants a biscuit?" or "wanna go walkies?"

Too farcical to be true? I wish. However, I just Googled the author, Arzella Dirksen, and found a copy online (sans comic illustrations of smiling people in business suits). Maybe I'll send Arzella my resume. I need some one to remind me of how super I am.