Coming soon to iPhone & iPad
Pick a target. Pull back. Let go. Knock the mug off the desk, and don't let the manager see you.
Meet the office
Eleven people work here. Hit one and you get a warning. Hit the right one at the right time, and somebody else gets the blame.
How it plays
You sit at your desk and look out across the office. The targets are across the aisle.
Put your thumb where the band should catch.
Drag away from the target. The farther you pull, the harder it goes.
Hold the band, and slide your other thumb up or down to aim higher or lower.
The band flies. The mug falls. Things knock into other things.
Pull too far and the band snaps. Chain reactions count in your favor.
The rules
Finish the tasks on your sticky note. Everything else is your problem.
Hit a coworker, or fire while the manager is watching, and you get a warning. The third one comes on pink paper.
Your employment has been terminated effective immediately.
Please leave the stapler.
YOU'RE FIREDHit the manager while Dave from Accounting is standing close by, and Dave takes the fall. No warning for you, and a bonus on your review.
Every assignment ends with a performance review. Warnings, broken bands, collateral damage, shots fired. Then a rating, from Needs Improvement to Promotion Ready.
Career path
Earn good reviews and HR moves you up: a better desk, a better view, and more expensive things to knock over.
Some days you get sent somewhere else: a meeting in the conference room, cake in the break room, new stock in the supply closet. Then it's back to your desk.
Supply drawer
Every band is a trade. Heavy bands move heavy things but don't aim well. Precise bands go where you point them but snap easily. You get new ones as you climb.
The one from the drawer.
Moves what the others rattle.
Goes where you point it.
Pulls far. Reaches further.
Comes back off hard things.
Never snaps. Bursts water jugs.
Not approved for office use.
No coins. No loot boxes. Every band is earned on the job. If you can't wait, the Titanium Wrapped band can also be bought early in the Supply Catalog.
Internal communications
Between assignments, a memo may arrive. It reacts to what you've been doing. It changes nothing. It is entirely serious.
We've noticed an unusual increase in rubber band consumption.
Please use office supplies responsibly.
A significant increase in rubber band consumption has been noted.
No corresponding business justification has been identified.
Rubber bands are office supplies.
They are not considered disposable recreation equipment.
Corporate Confusion is coming to iPhone and iPad. The Manager is already waiting.