Department of Doing Nothing — office comedy with a real personal fundraiser

Most launch announcements promise big things. Our spokesperson would like to sit down.

I run the Department of Doing Nothing, a fictional one-person comedy department. The first productivity meeting was cancelled, the founder is also Employee of the Month, and our five-year plan is a very comfortable cushion.

The project uses short office memos and videos to turn deliberate laziness into a running joke. You can see the material on the brand's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/departmentofdoingnothing/

The latest short is a job interview where doing absolutely nothing makes the candidate overqualified:

https://www.instagram.com/departmentofdoingnothing/reel/DekjbqmsYoV/

There is a real personal fundraiser behind the fictional department, with a wildly optimistic $100,000 goal. Voluntary contributions support my personal living expenses, leisure and savings. This is a personal fundraiser, with no products, investments, prizes, rewards or promises of future content.

Optional support:

https://www.givesendgo.com/department-of-doing-nothing

Enjoying the jokes is free. Sharing them is appreciated, although it does sound suspiciously like work. Please only contribute if you can comfortably afford it.

I am the person behind this project. The department is fictional; the request for money is real.