Feeling hot, hot, hot

Summer is approaching like a big, yellow, sweaty monkey, and with summer usually comes lots of fainting in the Happy eLearning office. This is the only part of the company with no air-conditioning, so we have to either stick several fans up our t-shirts, or commandeer an empty training room for the day. It can get quite busy during the summer though, so there aren't always empty rooms. On those days, we generally tend to lie on the floor, gasping for air, and blinking a lot. Much like fish. Talking fish. Talking fish wearing clothes, who write computer courses. So not really like fish.

Interestingly, there is no legal, upper temperature limit for workplaces - but there is a 30 degree Celsius upper limit for livestock. And why not? After all, sheep are lovely and friendly, and shouldn't be mistreated. But the Happy eLearning staff are also lovely and friendly, and definitely shouldn't be mistreated. Our cunning plan? Buy a sheep, a cow, and a pig, and put them in the corner with some food. That way, the company will be forced to give us air-conditioning, and everything will work out perfectly. Obviously there are slight flaws in the plan - the smell, the noise, having livestock in an office in London - but nothing we can't work out. Watch this space... Although we'll probably never mention it again.

A sheep, yesterday:

Wikipedia

With our Happy fingers firmly on the technology pulse, we felt it was time we had a Wikipedia prescence. Y'know, to let the unsuspecting public know what we're all about. We've had a squiz at some other lovely company examples such as Innocent Drinks and the Body Shop.

Why do it? Well, it's a great way to describe what Happy's all about: our business, ethics, company culture and charity work. Wikipedia is also incredibly popular and increasingly becoming the information seeker's tool of choice.

But what makes Wikipedia unique is its collaborative quality. It is a free and open resource that can be edited by anybody. True, it has to be fair and neutral but it's a far cry from a company's carefully controlled web site with the polished image they choose to project. Your Wiki page may contain scandals or controversies, such as Innocent's exploding smoothie scandal and any dodgy dealings you'd rather forget.

Perhaps it's the closest you'll get to the truth (or to real comedy if you stumble across some unchecked vandalised pages).