Ergotopographical Signs

**Pixie** · 15th May 2010, 09:48

This appeared in the New Scientist "Feedback" page:

THE powers that be at Guy Robinson's place of work insist that employees tell the office if they're "working from home". Human laziness being what it is - sorry, we meant to say "the employees being committed to maximising productivity in a forward-looking sense" - the welter of emails on Monday mornings got shortened to the three letters "WFH". Then someone was stuck working at an airport and sent the message "WFA".

Then, given the insistence by the virus that is language on mutating whenever possible, the changes poured in and escaped the limitations of the alphabet: "WFT" working on a train, "WF\__" working from a sunlounger (not being smug or anything) and "WF\_O__/" working from a plane (ditto).

Guy's colleagues suggest "WF#" for "working from prison", but they have not needed to use this, yet.

The best yet is: "WF/\(

)/\ working from the obstetric ward

Can KBers think of any new ones?

**Big Dave** · 15th May 2010, 10:19

WF69

I'll be in late.

**slofox** · 15th May 2010, 10:43

NWAA

not working at all...

**Pixie** · 15th May 2010, 11:35

Sorry folks the last two posts aren't ergotopographical.You missed the point.

eg WF* working from alpha centauri

**slofox** · 15th May 2010, 11:55

W F \_/

Working from me boat.

Better?

**mashman** · 15th May 2010, 12:17

WF ( . ) ( . )

working from the brothel?

**Big Dave** · 15th May 2010, 12:52

Originally Posted by Pixie

You missed the point.

Nice irony.
parody |ˈparədē|
noun ( pl. -dies)
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
• an imitation or a version of something that falls far short of the real thing; a travesty

WF404

means I can't find any others - in a similarly ineffectual manner.

It's a bit daft-like boyo.
:-P

**Ixion** · 15th May 2010, 13:09

WFO+O

Working from the ambulance.

**peasea** · 15th May 2010, 13:30

WF=/\

Working from the equal opportunity workshop

**Ixion** · 15th May 2010, 13:47

WF >--o)

Working from bed.

**peasea** · 15th May 2010, 13:53

WF lllllllloollllllllll

Working from behind the fence

**Big Dave** · 15th May 2010, 14:21

Originally Posted by peasea

WF lllllllloollllllllll

Working from behind the fence

You might get parole.

**Pixie** · 16th May 2010, 08:12

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Nice irony.
parody |ˈparədē|
noun ( pl. -dies)
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
• an imitation or a version of something that falls far short of the real thing; a travesty

WF404

means I can't find any others - in a similarly ineffectual manner.

It's a bit daft-like boyo.
:-P

Ok ok BD I'll give you that it is graphical but it's only worth 2 points and a "try harder"