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Aggie Grad Attempts Using GroupMe with Coworkers

By 5K for Yell , in Local News , at April 18, 2016 Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

If there is one thing that students can take away from their Aggie Education, it is the art of GroupMe messaging. Countless hours poured into group projects, student organizations, and picking the perfect meme have culminated into exceptional GroupMe soft skills for a massive majority of students at A&M.

Recent graduate and former SKA (Seniors Kick-Ass) GroupMe member, Herbert Henry, has been able to utilize these fine-tuned skills out in the real world.

“In our team meetings at work, my manager kept bringing up communication and teambuilding,” Henry said. “From my experiences in the SKA ’16 GroupMe, I know there is nothing more unifying than sharing cat gifs and warning messages about where cops are located.”

The Aggie grad decided to start a GroupMe for his co-workers. Since then, productivity has decreased, face-to-face awkwardness has increased, and his 56 year old coworkers have grown even more fearful of the inevitability of robots taking over.

Henry’s coworker, Richard Lengel, has noticed the difference in his behavior.

“Herbert has been secretly taking pictures of his coworkers, turning them into memes, and posting them in the GroupMe,” Lengel told The Mugdown. “He started commentating our weekly team conference calls on the GroupMe…And then liking his own messages, which is just weird. I honestly don’t know how he gets any work done when he is constantly trying to make jokes on his phone.”

There’s a spirit that can ne’er be DM-ed.

—5K for Yell