On Friday November 18, 2011, IBMers around the world engaged in the worlds first group therapy session held entirely in Twitter!
(well maybe not the first, and not really group therapy, but it sounds more dramatic when I put it like that).
It focused entirely on tweeting classic lines heard in day to day life at IBM, using the hashtag #stuffibmerssay. The result was an amusing out-pouring that kept growing as the day went on (and has not stopped). Karl Roche did a great summary write-up here where he captured some of the more classic stuff. Holly Neilson also wrote a nice blog post on the subject here.
You will notice many of the tweets focus on phone conferences, which are without a doubt the greatest contributor to and destroyer of, productivity in IBM. Classics such as this one came up again and again (and it’s a common problem for me):
Sorry I was on mute, could you repeat the question? #stuffibmerssay—
Carol Sormilic (@carolsormilic) November 18, 2011
Nicely counter-balanced by failures to mute like these:
Would the person eating the crunchy salad please go on mute? #stuffIBMerssay—
(@James_Mathewson) November 17, 2011
Would whoever is loading the dishwasher PLEASE go on mute? #stuffIBMerssay—
Sera Lewis (@seralewis) November 17, 2011
Whoever has that dog barking, can you go on mute, please? #stuffibmerssay—
Bill Chamberlin (@horizonwatching) November 18, 2011
Enjoy…. and if you’re an IBMer, please feel free to contribute, it’s all in good fun.
Anthony, my novel opens with a teleconference. You have alerted me to some nuggets that I can insert…Thank you.
Beep, who just joined, beep beep, two people just joined.. beep… silence… appears a silent lurker just joined.
I could go on for hours #;-)
Thanks for the mention, Anthony. It’s been great fun, hasn’t it? :-)
Sure has… and as a bonus it led me to your blog!