You know you live in 2003 when...
>1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
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>2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
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>3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
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> 4. You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you.
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>5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not
>have e-mail addresses.
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>6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in
>a business manner.
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> 7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally do "9" to get an
>outside line.
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> 8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three
>different companies.
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> 10. Your CV is on a disk in your pocket.
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>11. Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your
>best jokes.
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>12. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
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>13. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get
>long-service awards.
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> 14. Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries'
>annual budgets combined.
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> 15. Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or
>experience, terminate the interview when told of the starting salary.
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> 16. Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet.
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> 17. Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all the
>latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up.
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> 18. Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital.
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> 20. There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your
>department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time
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>management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy.
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>21. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers".
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>AND THE CLINCHERS ARE...
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> 22. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
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> 23. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your
>"friends"
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> 24. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you any more,
>except to send you jokes from the net.
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>25. You are too busy to notice there was no 9 & 19
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>26. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a No.9"
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>1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
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>2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
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>3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
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> 4. You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you.
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>5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not
>have e-mail addresses.
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>6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in
>a business manner.
>
>
>
> 7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally do "9" to get an
>outside line.
>
>
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> 8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three
>different companies.
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> 10. Your CV is on a disk in your pocket.
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>11. Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your
>best jokes.
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>12. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
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>13. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get
>long-service awards.
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>
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> 14. Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries'
>annual budgets combined.
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> 15. Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or
>experience, terminate the interview when told of the starting salary.
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> 16. Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet.
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> 17. Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all the
>latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up.
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> 18. Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital.
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> 20. There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your
>department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time
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>management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy.
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>21. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers".
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>AND THE CLINCHERS ARE...
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> 22. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
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> 23. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your
>"friends"
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> 24. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you any more,
>except to send you jokes from the net.
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>25. You are too busy to notice there was no 9 & 19
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>26. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a No.9"
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