Thought

[Al Coholic]

Is there anything more depressing than a fake plant in an office? It's supposed to be there to liven up an otherwise dull and monotonous atmosphere. But instead it just collects dust, a reminder that if anything real was there instead it would just die in your miserable square. Makes you want to quit the whole career path, go outside to just lie down in some real, dirty grass. Ants, mud, sandspers and everything.










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[SweetTatyana]

Well, my boyfriend threw out a cactus today off his desk because it was dying so it may be concluded that his office is less hospitable than a desert, but I'm assuming this is a step to the point where people start buying fake plants

[Al Coholic]

Somehow, a picture of a fake plant would be better than a fake plant.

[SweetTatyana]

I thought the purpose of have plants in the office was to increase oxygen circulating in the air so it didnt get stuffy and have people fall asleep. Since greenery plans aren't necessarily pretty, I don't see why anyone would imitate a fake version of one

[T-6005]

The whole corporate environment has two underlying smells - the sharp stench of the driven, hard-working worker's gloriously ambitious sweat and the stagnating odour of the depressed and desperate roped into the professional world due to an inability to find a way around it.

[Al Coholic]

I'm a mix of both. Maybe I'll figure out which half to go with after I have a stroke or something.

[Lizardus]

Is there anything more depressing than a fake plant in an office? It's supposed to be there to liven up an otherwise dull and monotonous atmosphere. But instead it just collects dust, a reminder that if anything real was there instead it would just die in your miserable square. Makes you want to quit the whole career path, go outside to just lie down in some real, dirty grass. Ants, mud, sandspers and everything.

But it's pretty funny if you work with Mark Wahlberg.

[Llamas]

Fake plants bother me in general, mostly for the reasons given. They collect dust, they're not alive so they don't "liven" anything up... they're always way obviously fake, so it's not even enjoyable. Plus most of the time, fake plants just seem like someone is too lazy to take care of a real plant.

I've actually always kind of despised fake plants, haha. They're just so ridiculous to me. I used to work in a garden center, and it was always the 80 year old women who'd come through the aisles with the fake plants... I can sort of understand really old people who can't really take care of much. But otherwise? No.

[Paint_It_Black]

they're always way obviously fake

I've actually seen some amazing ones, but I suppose that's not really the point of this thread.

Is there anything more depressing than a fake plant in an office?

Yes. Me in an office.

[Llamas]

I've actually seen some amazing ones, but I suppose that's not really the point of this thread.

Yeah, fairly rarely, but like you said, not really the point. :-P

Yes. Me in an office.

This was good.