My Top 10 Demotivators for Office Survival

I noticed that many organisations have motivational posters put up around the office to encourage their staff to go the extra mile. But I'm wondering exactly how many people actually stop midway in their work to look at these posters and ponder on their messages.

Maybe I'm alone on this but I'm pretty desensitised to these posters as I've been exposed to them since national service. However, what I do find interesting and amusing to read in-between work are demotivational posters . For the new and uninitiated, here's an example:

Of course your HR department would never put these up around the office but hey, I seriously think it has a better effect since humor's a good way to help unwind while you're working on your deadlines.

And here's my favourite list of demotivational messages:

1. Apathy: If we don't take care of the customer,maybe they'll stop bugging us.
2. Blame: The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.
3. Cluelessness: There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
4. Consulting: If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.
5. Demotivation: Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.
6. Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
7. Power: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.
8. Pressure: It can turn a lump of coal into a flawless diamond, or an average person into a perfect basketcase.
9. Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
10. Worth: Just because you're necessary doesn't mean you're important.