This keeps happening in my office. They’d either get someone who messes up the announcement–wrong grammar, completely incorrect words or as exemplified here, someone who’s probably all strung up and seething.

We wonder why don’t they just write the announcement on an index card for people to read or just record the damned thing. We keep getting false alarms anyway.

Based on a friend’s highly exaggerated true story.

Those with nostalgia glasses won’t stop whining about this if this happens…

Those who have children who watch Dora the Explorer, you better start preparing them for the ensuing anguish.

Yup; still on vacation so you’ll have to settle with these strips until I come back. I hope you have a new year ahead.

They did this at work. And oh, boy, do things get awkward at times.

Well, somebody’s not happy…

When companies try to get creative, they usually end up with unintended consequences.

NOTE: There is an actual Great Nicobar Island. Our company also asked us for names for our new meeting room.

I felt the same way when I heard it with my own ears from the big, BIG boss…

It’s actually cute, if you think about it

With the recent earthquake, tsunami AND nuclear reactor explosions in Fukushima, Japan, people had this knee-jerk reaction to send money to the first group to claim to be a charity for Japan.

DON’T DONATE TO JAPAN….yet.

Why? First of all, we don’t know if all these charities are actually gonna get your money to Japan. Case in point, given the ease the Internet gives people put up fronts, fraudsters have little trouble taking advantage of your sympathy (via MacWorld).

What if these people are really sincere in helping out? They may actually do more harm than good without proper coordination or a system (via Main Street).

So, what are you supposed to do? Well, short of going to Fukushima yourself and using proper training and skills, help out in rescue and reconstruction efforts, you could give your money to the proper agencies. You could give to Doctors Without Borders or the Red Cross. You know these people do good work and even if they don’t get your money to Japan, you know they could use your money for places where they still need it regardless of media coverage or exposure (via Reuters Blog).

If you want your checkbooks to good use, please consider channeling your donations through the following channels:

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Doctors Without Borders

Back to the strip.

If you don’t know what Jon is talking about (or what David is capable of), perhaps Hostile Takeover might clear some things up.