any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?

[bijou]

Callie McAllie  (329 posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 11:47 AM
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any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?
 Advertisements [?]I'm back after two weeks off, and it just feels oppressive here. It's a big, closed, block of a grey building with grey cubicles and flourescent lighting. It seems someone is always dying of cancer. Our secretary just had a stroke.

I think it must be a completely toxic place, both probably from the construction and the attitudes within. When I'm hip deep in it, it's not so noticeable, but after coming in clean after two weeks I just feel as if I'm wading upstream in a sewer. Yuck.

I will walk around the halls burning sage or whatever if that's what it takes. I don't care if people think I'm nuts. If it works, they can thank me later. Any advice?

 

itsjustme  (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 01:21 PM
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1. Yikes
 I love sage, but it can create some smoke, and some people might be sensitive. I think I would try some other techniques. I love using sacred geometry patterns. If you want something "physical", then some salt lamps could help. I actually use orgone devices to keep spaces cleared. You can usually find some on Ebay or you can make your own with steel wool and regular cotton. You could walk around saying a well intentioned "prayer" demanding, yes, demanding that any negative entities that have become attached to the place leave and go to the appropriate plane.

I would also make sure that you are grounded and that your aura is strong. I feel sure that the way people get cancer and other serious diseases is that bits of entities enter weak auras and then attack the body through the nervous system. If you can enlist the help of some coworkers as you go from room to room, doing a cleanse, that would be a good idea. If not, do it yourself. Just make sure you protect yourself, using an amulet, or some such thing.

SeattleGirl  (1000+ posts)       Mon Aug-04-08 01:59 PM
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2. Oh my!
 Way too much oppressive grey there! I know you can't do anything about that, though.

One thing I have done when in oppressive atmospheres is to start with myself, so surround myself with strong, white light to block out that oppression. Then I start working on projecting the light out from me, as I go about the building in the course of the day. You could take that idea and do it deliberately in a kind of walk-about.
 

Dover  (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 03:41 PM
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3. Fresh cut, vibrant colored flowers. Wonderful scents/aroma therapy.
 Edited on Mon Aug-04-08 04:08 PM by Dover
Music? Incandescent lamp lights. Soft fabric. Table fountains. Whatever stimulates the senses to counteract the bleakness. And be sure to give some flowers to others as well!

Think of the grey as a blank canvas prepared for you, upon which you will create a beautiful multi--dimensional experience.

And perhaps try to find some natural spot outside the building to go to during breaks to replenish yourself, meditate, breathing exercises, stretching

Shallah  (1000+ posts)     Mon Aug-04-08 06:10 PM
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5. If you are attuned to Reiki use CKR, if not try infinity symbols
 When you cleanse with sage and other techniques invite in beings of Light to assist and don't forget to cleanse the land. If you channel healing energy please offer it to the nature spirits in charge of the land the workplace is on to help them clear and heal the energies there as well. With so many serious illnesses they might be a negative leyline passing through there or some sort of deposit of harmful energy. In that case it probably will take repeated clearings and help from beings like Archangel Michael to clear it.

I always check a place for entities, stuck spirits and the like. If I find them I ask Archangel Michael to take the harmful ones to a place where they can do no further harm and be offered healing themselves. If I suspect a stuck spirit is there I ask their guardian angel or equivalent spirit guide to help them go where they need to go and offer Reiki to the guide to relay to the stuck person to help them come out of the turmoil that has them anchored there.

Do you have any crystals? You could do a crystal grid at home. Just sketch the building and property and put a crystal on each side with the intention that they will help clear, heal and protect all within from harmful energies.

MorningGlow  (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 08:17 PM
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8. Gracious, that sounds terrible!
 When I worked at a TV station and our inept VP finally was fired, my coworker (an avowed Christian, yet willing to do anything to remove the icky residue) stood guard while I sprinkled sea salt and powered iron around our perimeter, lit a stick of incense and drew banishing pentagrams and then invoking pentagrams once the area was clear. And we left a candle burning in the center of our suite for a while, IIRC.

So you might want to try some sea salt or sea water to cleanse the general area, leave a gift for the fairies outside the building, meditate to consolidate the icky energy and send it skyward for the Universe to take care of.

Be sure to put up your shield before going to work and brush yourself off after work each day.

And if you have a private area (office, cube, or even just a desktop), decorate it with items that you find soothing. At my last job I had stone mandalas, a piece of granite, a couple of crystals, a small Ganesha, colorful windchimes, etc. (My office was like an instant litmus test--the positive people would come in and say "Cool office!" and the negative people would come no closer than the doorway and either act uncomfortable or mutter, "You've got some weird stuff in here...")
 

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So, lots of great suggestions there.  I do hope she works with someone here, I'd love to see a pic of this cornucopia of artefacts. 

[jinxmchue]

My suggestion: strip naked, paint tribal symbols on your body (esp. your jahoobies) and dance around beating a bongo and chanting "ooga booga!" over and over.  It may not improve the atmosphere for you, Callie, but I bet your male coworkers will love it.

[BannedFromDU]

Callie McAllie  (329 posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 11:47 AM
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any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?
 Advertisements [?]I'm back after two weeks off, and it just feels oppressive here. It's a big, closed, block of a grey building with grey cubicles and flourescent lighting. It seems someone is always dying of cancer. Our secretary just had a stroke.

I think it must be a completely toxic place, both probably from the construction and the attitudes within. When I'm hip deep in it, it's not so noticeable, but after coming in clean after two weeks I just feel as if I'm wading upstream in a sewer. Yuck.

I will walk around the halls burning sage or whatever if that's what it takes. I don't care if people think I'm nuts. If it works, they can thank me later. Any advice?

 

I know he can GET the job, but can he DO the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

 

[Bondai]

 

[Chris_]

I know he can GET the job, but can he DO the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

 

I love that movie. 

[TheSarge]

Callie McAllie  (329 posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 11:47 AM
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any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?

You could quit.  I'm sure your co-workers would see an instant improvement in the workplace atmosphere if that happened.

[Chris_]

Sounds like either a Bush or a Rove problem. I'm not sure sage will work.

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

Callie McAllie  (329 posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 11:47 AM
Original message
any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?
 Advertisements [?]I'm back after two weeks off, and it just feels oppressive here. It's a big, closed, block of a grey building with grey cubicles and flourescent lighting. It seems someone is always dying of cancer. Our secretary just had a stroke.

I think it must be a completely toxic place, both probably from the construction and the attitudes within. When I'm hip deep in it, it's not so noticeable, but after coming in clean after two weeks I just feel as if I'm wading upstream in a sewer. Yuck.

I will walk around the halls burning sage or whatever if that's what it takes. I don't care if people think I'm nuts. If it works, they can thank me later. Any advice?

 

I know he can GET the job, but can he DO the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only person who loves that movie! I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that!

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

Callie McAllie  (329 posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 11:47 AM
Original message
any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?
 Advertisements [?]I'm back after two weeks off, and it just feels oppressive here. It's a big, closed, block of a grey building with grey cubicles and flourescent lighting. It seems someone is always dying of cancer. Our secretary just had a stroke.

I think it must be a completely toxic place, both probably from the construction and the attitudes within. When I'm hip deep in it, it's not so noticeable, but after coming in clean after two weeks I just feel as if I'm wading upstream in a sewer. Yuck.

I will walk around the halls burning sage or whatever if that's what it takes. I don't care if people think I'm nuts. If it works, they can thank me later. Any advice?

 

I know he can GET the job, but can he DO the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?

I'm not arguing that with you.

If I said that, I would have been wrong.

 

Maybe she has a "brain cloud"

[Texacon]

And these folks are out there working around some of you.  I really feel sorry for the sane folks who have to work around this kind of stuff.

KC

[jtyangel]

I swear some of these folks see themselves as some new age superhero don't they...gathering the winds to blow out the evil spirits or bad guys and then their office will 'thank them later'.

Someone's been watching too much Charmed or X-men me thinks.

[Chris_]

Smoking is evil and verboten, but burning a handful of dried twigs in the office is okay? 

We had somebody sneaking smokes in the men's bathroom at work (there were only a couple of us, and I don't smoke).  There was a vauge thread of termination if it continued.  If her boss is anything like mine was, DUmmy better watch out.

[bijou]

Sounds like either a Bush or a Rove problem. I'm not sure sage will work.

I agree, I think the salt lamp/table fountain combo is the way to go.

[Chris_]

Maybe she has a "brain cloud"

[JohnnyReb]

I don't know how it might work out for her but powder burns to the roof of her mouth would probably work wonders for the others at work.

[DixieBelle]

Stellablue is that you???

[Chris_]

Callie McAllie  (329 posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 11:47 AM
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any suggestions for how to improve the atmosphere at my workplace?

You could quit.  I'm sure your co-workers would see an instant improvement in the workplace atmosphere if that happened.

Yes -- atmosphere is from PEOPLE, not wall drawings and aroma therapy.  If people like what they do, enjoy each others' company, appreciate and respect each other then even gray Dilbert cubicle cities can be great.

I know of what I speak -- I am a consultant and have worked in probably 12 or 13 locations in the last 10 years.  I see how shit rolls downhill.

I suspect the biggest fart in the atmosphere is the Primitive herself, sitting in her cubicle with mental Tourette's muttering about stolen elections, 9/11 conspiracies and teh Rove's missing perp walk.

[Chris_]

It must really suck to be a DUmmie.




 

[Ree]

Fabreeze....works wonders....I used to spray my cubie with it every nite..

[Miss Mia]

Fabreeze....works wonders....I used to spray my cubie with it every nite..

I'd never thought of that.  I need something to help with the gag inducing perfume the lady next to me wears.  I swear to god she bathes in that old lady smelling perfume. 

[Ree]

Fabreeze....works wonders....I used to spray my cubie with it every nite..

I'd never thought of that.  I need something to help with the gag inducing perfume the lady next to me wears.  I swear to god she bathes in that old lady smelling perfume. 

Well I worked with all guys, some would take a bath in aftershave, and some didn't bathe....The fabreeze worked wonders..

[Miss Mia]

Fabreeze....works wonders....I used to spray my cubie with it every nite..

I'd never thought of that.  I need something to help with the gag inducing perfume the lady next to me wears.  I swear to god she bathes in that old lady smelling perfume. 

Well I worked with all guys, some would take a bath in aftershave, and some didn't bathe....The fabreeze worked wonders..

It's mostly guys, but upstairs in the office it's all women.  It's just this one that doesn't understand 2 pumps is enough. 

We used to have a sales guy that you could smell for 5 minutes after he walked away.  He didn't understand, just because it's expensive doesn't mean you smell good when you bathe in it. 

[Duke Nukum]

Fresh flowers are a good idea.

Potted plants are kind of bad because if you forget to water them they die and then that just reinforces the office oppression but if you get fresh cut flowers once a week it brightens up the place and you know you're going to throw them out at the end of the week.

An orgone accumulator is okay but then you get arrested and your books get banned and burned and even the office isn't as oppressive as that so I think fresh cut flowers are definitely the way to go.

[delilahmused]

itsjustme  (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 01:21 PM
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1. Yikes
 I love sage, but it can create some smoke, and some people might be sensitive. I think I would try some other techniques. I love using sacred geometry patterns. If you want something "physical", then some salt lamps could help. I actually use orgone devices to keep spaces cleared. You can usually find some on Ebay or you can make your own with steel wool and regular cotton. You could walk around saying a well intentioned "prayer" demanding, yes, demanding that any negative entities that have become attached to the place leave and go to the appropriate plane.

I would also make sure that you are grounded and that your aura is strong. I feel sure that the way people get cancer and other serious diseases is that bits of entities enter weak auras and then attack the body through the nervous system. If you can enlist the help of some coworkers as you go from room to room, doing a cleanse, that would be a good idea. If not, do it yourself. Just make sure you protect yourself, using an amulet, or some such thing.

OK, does anyone know which one of these devices would work best for clearing spaces: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=orgone&_sacat=See-All-Categories? I've got quite a bit of brush to clear and this would certainly beat the tractor/chainsaw/hedge trimmer/Crossbow method I have been using.

And what IS the appropriate plane? How can one find the appropriate plane and remain grounded? Should I use Priceline or call the airline directly?

Wouldn't a DUmmie have better luck employing a strong aroma rather than a strong aura? Didn't we cover all this esoteric bullshit at Woodstock or the last episode of Coast to Coast with George Noory? If one was going to do a cleanse wouldn't one start with oneself? What if my soap clashes with my aura? Would it be better to use Mr. Clean or crystals for my cleanse? I would think the crystal would tend to scratch my stainless steel sink but then I'm no expert. If I started dancing around the house with sage and crystals will I be able to convince my husband I'm really cleaning? I've got a couple roosters I need to kill, I'd be happy to perform some ritual and dance naked around a tree if that would help.

Cindie

[EastFacingNorth]

itsjustme  (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-04-08 01:21 PM
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1. Yikes
 I love sage, but it can create some smoke, and some people might be sensitive. I think I would try some other techniques. I love using sacred geometry patterns. If you want something "physical", then some salt lamps could help. I actually use orgone devices to keep spaces cleared. You can usually find some on Ebay or you can make your own with steel wool and regular cotton. You could walk around saying a well intentioned "prayer" demanding, yes, demanding that any negative entities that have become attached to the place leave and go to the appropriate plane.

I would also make sure that you are grounded and that your aura is strong. I feel sure that the way people get cancer and other serious diseases is that bits of entities enter weak auras and then attack the body through the nervous system. If you can enlist the help of some coworkers as you go from room to room, doing a cleanse, that would be a good idea. If not, do it yourself. Just make sure you protect yourself, using an amulet, or some such thing.

OK, does anyone know which one of these devices would work best for clearing spaces: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=orgone&_sacat=See-All-Categories? I've got quite a bit of brush to clear and this would certainly beat the tractor/chainsaw/hedge trimmer/Crossbow method I have been using.

And what IS the appropriate plane? How can one find the appropriate plane and remain grounded? Should I use Priceline or call the airline directly?

Wouldn't a DUmmie have better luck employing a strong aroma rather than a strong aura? Didn't we cover all this esoteric bullshit at Woodstock or the last episode of Coast to Coast with George Noory? If one was going to do a cleanse wouldn't one start with oneself? What if my soap clashes with my aura? Would it be better to use Mr. Clean or crystals for my cleanse? I would think the crystal would tend to scratch my stainless steel sink but then I'm no expert. If I started dancing around the house with sage and crystals will I be able to convince my husband I'm really cleaning? I've got a couple roosters I need to kill, I'd be happy to perform some ritual and dance naked around a tree if that would help.

Cindie

Well as far as staying grounded, you can get a wrist strap at Radio Shack for $10-$15.