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Office Shenanigans, part IV

You’ve seen in prior posts how unattended desks at the HostGator offices can become innocent victims to roaming gangs of hooligans armed with pads of post-it notes and bent upon the defacement of perfectly clean work areas.  Well, it’s happened once again.  And I’m taking it personally, mostly because it was my desk this time. It all began when I was summoned out of town for a week, on official HostGator business.  I received cryptic text messages throughout the week about a “surprise” that I would receive upon my return.  Multiple people from multiple departments, acting so innocent and saying how jealous they were about my surprise, and how great of a surprise it was.  Little did I know Continue reading

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May We See Your ID, Please? Part III

Welcome to the third offering of our ever-expanding collection of fake IDs.  Posting these blogs seems to have no effect in deterring people from continuing to send us hilariously fake IDs in an effort to fraudulently acquire web hosting.  It is unfortunate that our industry is so ripe with this type of activity, but we remain vigilant in the prevention of fraudulent sign-ups.  Please enjoy these recent additions to our collection. Continue reading

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Office Art, part V

Well, for better or worse, the fine art of modifying someone’s desk in their absence has escalated.  At this point, I’m not sure if this activity should be filed under our Office Shenanigans or if it’s become it’s own art form, therefore qualifying it as Office Art .  Let’s go ahead and call it art. Every picture from this post comes from our Houston offices.  Although Houston clearly lacks the Post-It note budget that Austin has, we do seem to have compensated for that fact by attaching random objects to computer screens, including snack food items.  Here we see a nice array of potato chips and crackers, also a granola bar.  Is that a high-heel shoe tape dispenser?  I’m not sure if that belongs to the owner of the desk or was also placed there as part of the joke:   Upon seeing this next picture, I was slightly confused. Continue reading

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Office Shenanigans, part III: Snappy Gets Kidnapped

The day began innocently enough, but things rapidly escalated.  See, Snappy most often hangs out in one particular spot in the Houston office, as shown below.  He seems to prefer this spot, it gives him a nice view of the fish tank to his right and he and Shelby can talk to each other all day; they keep each other entertained and they simply enjoy sharing their work day with each other.  See how happy they are together:   However, on this day something was different.  Snappy had found his way into the foyer of the Houston office, apparently in order to greet his colleagues on their way into work.  Nothing wrong with that, as Snappy is well liked and always visible around the office.  As the early morning faded towards lunch time, reports came in about how Snappy was now riding the elevators up and down, making small talk with everyone as they travelled between floors.  Nothing exceptionally wrong with this circumstance, either. Things began getting sketchy in the early afternoon, when no one had heard from or seen Snappy for a while.  There wasn’t any immediate cause for alarm, as Snappy is a grown up (as far as we know) and always tends to eventually turn up in one place or another. Then everything took a left turn.  The following ransom note was found taped to a monitor on the 4th floor: “If you want to see Snappy again bring 1,000 marshmallows to the 3rd floor.”   Now, it’s a fact that that gators love marshmallows (google it).  As such, we began to be concerned that this kidnapping may actually be an inside job.  Also, the fact that the note instructed us to bring the ransom to the 3rd floor.  These hooligans were right here in the building! How sad Shelby was that Snappy had been abducted:   As we began preliminary plans to execute a rescue mission, another email was received with the following image:   Things just got real Continue reading

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Office Art, part III

Sometimes, things around the office have a tendency to take on a life of their own.  Be it various decorations, or one particularly entertaining whiteboard that resides in the Migrations Department.  Not to let these artistic endeavors remain simply inside of the building, one of the cars in the parking lot recently got in on the action as well:   While we’re on the subject of pieces of glass that have become works of art, here is a rather nice etched glass Snappy that was created by a HostGator employee:   This next picture is of the stuffed lil guy who now makes a return appearance to our Office Art series.  Though it’s impossible to say whether or not the following is a direct result of him having appeared in the prior Office Art offering, his beanie has curiously been replaced by a Smurf and he seems to have earned a few more dollars as well.  I’m looking forward to his next evolution, but here is how he stands at this time:   No telling in what form or configuration that above fella may next manifest, but I wouldn’t rule out a three-peat appearance in this Office Art series.  When next we speak on this topic, I will introduce you to our beloved Lobby Gator. Continue reading

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