A grey Volvo 360 GL hatchback is parked on the side of a road. White text laid over the bottom left reads, “Anyone in the building own a Volvo? Just need to take a photo of it. Thanks.”

Web: Ace blog celebrates the bizarre world of "all staff" emails

Words: Rob Alderson
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Date: 28 June 2013; Work

This is the kind of Tumblr that really floats my boat. Devastatingly I can’t find the genius behind it to give him/her due credit, but there may be a reason why they want to remain anonymous. In essence they have taken some of the ridiculous emails that are sent to all the staff in their company and collated them on a blog with appropriate visual representation. We all know how strange people can be, and this can be accentuated in the workplace; this blog is a celebration of our bizarre at-work behaviours.

A black and white illustration of a medieval banquet. A group of people in period dress stand beside a long table laden with food, while a caption below reads, “We have booked a Christmas Medieval themed banquet for 27 people for lunchtime today but the Client has pulled out at the last minute. We can’t cancel it so let’s make the most of the opportunity and use it for us.” — Above
All Staff. All Day.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people in a cinema, all wearing white 3D glasses. White text laid over the image reads, “Hi all, I’m trying to locate approx 10 premium 3D glasses. Catch is I need them today.” — Above
All Staff. All Day.

A painting of a distorted figure sitting in a yellow chair, mouth open in a scream. The figure is draped in dark purple fabric against a backdrop of vertical brown and gold streaks. Text to the right reads, “Does anyone know any famous artists that have a similar style to Francis Bacon?” — Above
All Staff. All Day.

A small pink pig is partially hidden in tall green grass, with only its ear and back visible. Text in the top left reads, “If anyone has borrowed a pig from the bookcase by the men’s loos on the first floor... please can you return them by the end of the day tomorrow”. — Above
All Staff. All Day.

A noose hangs from a dark tree branch against a black background. Text in the bottom left reads “String / rope Hi - has anyone got any? Thanks.” — Above
All Staff. All Day.

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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