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Vent Through Haiku!

POSTED 05/02/2007 UNDER Being Positive

I was following up on Twitter friend Corrie Haffly and came across her Bad Day? Vent with Haiku post. The idea is that when you're having a bad day, express your pain through the soothing verbal tea that is Haiku. It combines just the right blend of tension with authentic expression, tinged with a responsible amount of subversiveness. And yet...venting through haiku is somehow not mean. Incredible!

Here is a haiku-ization of a client's email, from her former workplace:

I am quite upset
At your stupid, sucky, lame
Mickey Mouse product.

It's just one of several examples. Check it out!


Comments

1. Emily said on 05/05/2007 12:48AM...

Brilliant! It definitely can defuse the timebomb of crankiness. :)

Here are some of mine based on the last couple of days at work:

What is wrong with you?
It is called a “Ladies’ Room”
And not a Pig Sty

No report for you
Since the network is still down
Ask the I.T. guys

Well, obviously
You did not read the memo
Hahahahaha!

2. Dave Seah said on 05/05/2007 09:38AM...

Em: I laughed so hard that the cat fell off my lap. I love the last one :-)

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