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You Know You Work in Aerospace When...: "

A little joke going around the office. This could be almost any place in the corporate world.




  1. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for eight different managers

  2. Your resume is on a jump drive, in your pocket

  3. When someone asks what you do for a living, you lie.

  4. You get real excited about a 3% pay raise

  5. Your biggest loss from a hard drive crash is that you lose your best jokes and Internet sites

  6. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.

  7. It's dark on your drive to and from work.

  8. Fun is when "projects" are assigned to someone else.

  9. Communication is something your Group is having problems with.

  10. You see a good-looking person and know immediately it is a visitor.

  11. Free food left over from meetings is your main staple.

  12. All art involves a white board.

  13. All real work is done prior to 9:00 AM or after 5:00 PM

  14. You're already late on the assignment you just received.

  15. Dilbert is your favorite carton.

  16. Your boss's favorite lines are: "When you get a few minutes," "In your spare time," or "I have an opportunity for you."

  17. 90% of the people in your company do not know what you do.

  18. 90% of the people in your company do not care what you do.

  19. Vacation is something you rollover to next year or a check you get each January

  20. Change is the norm.

  21. You read this entire list and understood all of it.

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