Let’s face it. Your job might be the worst office job in the history of the corporate world. Then again, with the scarcity of jobs today, thanks to what economists might call The Great Recession, you ought to be thankful that you still have a desk job, much less a job!

Keep in mind, however, that even the table accessories seen on your desk can be the catalyst for that pink slip coming your way. Before that happens, throw these things out pronto!

Weird Desk Accessories

There are office-appropriate accessories that can get you hired for a higher job and then there are weirdaccessories that can get you fired and out into the streets. Of course, you will preferthe former if you want to stay in your job. And if you insist on your weird desk clocks, say, the kama sutra, farting and crap clocks, think of your numbered days in the office and you will probably change your mind quick!

Weird accessories also include those that insultthe sense and sensibilities of clients, officemates and bosses. I once found desk business card holdersthat prominently displayed the swastika! Unless you are willing to stand up for your beliefs in neo-Nazism and get fired for it, you ought to place said offending items somewhere else. You have a home, after all! Place them there.

Personal Pictures and Souvenirs

Your office table is neither a glorified temple to your sizable ego nor a place of worship to your family, alive anddead. If you think it is, then you are in the wrong job, in the wrong building, and in the wrong industry. You will, however, fit into the narcissistic industry called Hollywood!

But since becoming a celebrity is not for everybody, you are well advised to clear your desk of the digital photo frame showing your body in the nude. If you really must moon over your beautiful self every now and then, why not hide your pictures under your desk pad? At least, you won’t inflict emotional torment on your hapless officemates!

This also goes for personal mementos of your lives and loves, past, present and future. Sure, you might want to brag that you have been to Mexico at the height of the swine flu scare and survived to tell the tale but must you declare it to all and sundry? Probably not!

What I’m trying to say is that as much as you avoid unsuitable attire (read: leggings, shorts, flip-flops, micro minis and backless dresses), you must avoid decorating your office desk with accessories that border on the obscene, offensive, and outrageous! You will appreciate this suggestion when you still have your office job.