Cubicle Rage Will Get You A Monitor To The Face
Jeebus this video is scary. I am not entirely sure where this took place, but from the close quarters, the Asian sounding language and the general crazaziness, I’d say Japan.
I once worked in a cubicle infested hell-hole. Actually all my former jobs have been cubicle hell, but this particular job fostered this kind of attitude and there were the occasional “flare-ups” to put it mildly. I remember once when the company was heading in the sh*tter we had a “department-wide” meeting, but when we looked around the room, several of our co-workers were missing. During the meeting, after much hemming and hawing, it was announced a major restructuring was taking place, and they sequestered us while the unlucky members of our team were escorted like common thieves from the premises.
This was the same company which had to hire security after they “dismissed” a guy who, after the Columbine incident, muttered something to the effect of “those kids had the right idea.”
This must be how livestock feel in captivity. All living creatures need some damn space, sheesh.
That said, had one of my co-workers thrown a monitor at me I would have kicked his f*cking ass down the damn stairs. For reals. I will cut you for tossing company issued equipment at me. RUDE!
Same incident, different angle and with sound — did they taz that guy?! Damn!
Via the always excellent Dlisted.
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As my son would say, DUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAANG!
I think they did taze him, judging by the way he was holding his neck and the way the guys were darting in and out there at the end. They’d have to…the guy went berzerk!
Put that man in a cradle and don’t let go till the popo get there!
Comment by k — June 5, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
The friendly folks at Magic Junk Radio would like to dedicate Cubicle Song, to that man and his co-workers. We hope he gets the help he obviously needs.
Comment by S.Rod — June 5, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
It’s not in Japan. I think they’re speaking Hungarian or something. Seems very European, so maybe New Jersey? I dunno…
Comment by Jordan Richardson — June 5, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
I just listened to it with sound. DUUUAAAAANG!
My guess is somewhere in a Baltic country, or perhaps Hong Kong.
Comment by k — June 5, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Yeah, I swear I heard some Russian words…
Comment by OT666 — June 5, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
I take my last comment back. I hear something like Mandarin, perhaps some English, and some others, no Japanese. So it most likely Singapore, then Taiwan, China, unlikely Hong Kong.
Comment by Tenyaka — June 5, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
Scientology can help that …
Kidding, kidding. I’m sure he is A-J or something (not qualified for their “special” variety of so-called help).
Comment by Chip Gallo — June 5, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
1. i would have gotten my butt outta there.
2. was he wielding an axe at the end?
3. people can be the scariest force on the planet.
4. this is reminiscent of the monkey cage at the zoo.
Comment by toldya — June 5, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
“from… the general crazaziness, I’d say Japan.”
Hooray for xenophobia!
Anyway, nope, it’s not Japan. I worked in Japan for five years, and not only is the language wrong, but the cube farm is not a typical Japanese office style. Japanese offices tend to be open clusters of desks, and lately, notebook computers dominate (that many desktop computers would definitely be unusual in Japan). My first guess was also somewhere in Europe, but I can’t be sure.
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Not Japanese– I don’t even think it’s Asian, but I could be wrong.
I actually happen to work in a cubicle in Japan (where I’m seated now, actually… slow day at work!) and the environment is cozy enough. I think I must be fortunate because I work in a smaller office where uniforms aren’t mandatory for women.
That is pretty outrageous behavior. It’s one thing to get mad, throw something at your computer, and storm off somewhere, but to actually ATTACK people is just scary.
Although I’m pretty sure I could take my co-workers if any one of them got any similar ideas. There’s this one guy who talks to himself… I’ve got my eye on him.
Comment by Brooke — June 6, 2008 @ 3:48 am
Holy Jeebus! What is wrong with those people standing around. I’d get the h e double hockey stick out of there pronto. Looks like that first guy in the white shirt was rooting for something at wack job’s desk when it all broke out. Some supervisor? Poor girl who got the monitor in the head, that must have hurt!
Comment by Mitsu Too — June 6, 2008 @ 6:36 am
This happened in Moscow:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=386_1212628995
Comment by BabaYaga — June 6, 2008 @ 10:54 am
I was NOT impugning Japanese in any way, I love Japan and their people, it was more that if you ever watch their game shows or their TV shows, they like to do outrageous stunts and crazy stuff, and with that foreign language and the grainy film, the last gentlemen at the end looked like he was Japanese, so I made an inaccurate assumption, but calling me xenophobic is not only inaccurate, but slanderous. I know plenty of xenophobic folks in this world, but I am not one of them. Stop reading things into stuff that isn’t there.
It would seem it was taken in Moscow, so there you go. My apologies, but again, I didn’t say anything that would imply I am xenophobic or hateful towards any group of people.
Although I do despise the Chinese government.
Comment by D — June 6, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
I think its a hoax; monitors don’t usually break away from their cables that easy. Plus, the security camera is centered RIGHT ON the guy who loses it. Convenient-much?
Comment by Anonymous — June 6, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
I wonder how people think it sounds Asian. Any of you even heard Chinese or Japanese to name two examples? It’s either Russian or Italian.
Comment by WEEABOO — June 6, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
Xenophobic? Why, because she took a guess as to the ethnicity of the people?
Please.
Comment by k — June 6, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Wow. Goes to show, ya just don’t really know what’s up with your fellow coworkers. Hope that guy got some serious help. Some years ago, I worked in an office where a gal kinda went bonkers, but not to that degree. And she wasn’t at the office anymore after her little incident.
Comment by Ann — June 8, 2008 @ 11:33 am
I have seen this on a bunch of sites. I still think its all staged.
Comment by Ken Edwards — June 9, 2008 @ 1:15 am