Geico’s Cavemen Have Nothing on CareerBuilder’s Jungle Office Warfare
ABC plans to make a half hour sitcom based on Geico’s ”cavemen in the modern world” commercials. Which at first seems like a good idea, but I predict it will end up sucking, as that kind of shtick is best in a 30-second format.Â
On the other hand, CareerBuilder which brought us the classic “I work with a bunch of monkey’s” and “That’s okay I work with a bunch of jackasses” commercial have stumbled on an even better campaign with their “The office is a jungle,” which if you’ve ever worked in an office, you know is the truth. Nothing sucks you into pointless meetings like donuts and icecream cake.Â
Back when I was allowed to work around other people, (gag orders, ongoing legal issues, blah blah blah) it was the classic lure.Â
 You’d be sitting at your desk, looking at porn, sometimes sleeping and suddenly the waft of jelly filled donuts and onion bagels would tantalize your senses and you would find yourself face to face with co-workers, which always led to awkward chit chat like “Hey did you get that memo about Johnson?” and they would say “Yeah, I always thought that guy was a Nazi” and I’d say, “A Nazi? I thought it was corporate espionage?” and they’d say “No seriously, he had a swastika for a screensaver and some sort of WWII era grenades in his desk.”Â
And then my day would be totally ruined, all because of some sweet confections and the fact that I made out with that Nazi once at happy hour. Luckily, now I get to work at home, and I barely notice this ankle bracelet anymore.
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“Did you get that memo about Paris?”
“Oh, about how she’s a total bitch?”
Comment by Matthew T. "Matt" Sussman — March 5, 2007 @ 12:11 am
Dude, that Nazi story? Totally true. Except the part about the grenades. We were never able to confirm or deny.
I have had some really “interesting” jobs in my life.
Comment by dmdo1016 — March 5, 2007 @ 9:16 am