:dedhorse: Attention Whores that dont know when to give up and http://www.htmlgens.com/smileys/kissass.jpg

People that stand on the toilet instead of sit. Shoe prints on the seat, missed targets, etc.

(If this is not an issue at your workplace, then you must not work for a telecom company that employs lots of H1Bs. Lucky you.)

sqatting on the toilet is much better for elimination. but standing? that's just messy

Office Gossips

People that can't figure out I don't want to talk to them.

The people at the gym who are out to hurt themselves or someone else and the people who do exercises in a way that will offer no benefit whatsoever and the people that give absolutely incorrect fitness advice. Oh, lets not forget the fucker that monopolizes the only 40-degree incline leg-press machine for a god-damned hour. Also, the ass-munches that don't understand the concept of letting people "work-in" sets while they rest.

Another gym-related gripe: the old chicks with very obvious fake breasts that wear very tight, revealing clothing--I don't need to see the scar from your cesarean section. I'm glad they're proud of their bodies. But bitch, unless you want me to show you my scars and stretch marks, put some god-damned clothes on.

muahahah grumpy much today Grant????

I could make sour remarks about ageism and preoccupation with personal appearance . . .

but I won't.

Because I'm the new girl.

Signed,

an Old Chick

Male or female? #1 or #2?

On second thoughts, don't answer. The mental imagery I'm getting is really gross no matter how you combine those. Eww.

If you do find the identity of the perpetrator, call him or her "Bomber". :D

salesmen that WAAAAAAAY over sell for the application , I have to figuer out this complicated stuff, and dumb it down to do the job with out cornfusing every body !!!!!!!

Tech support geeks that don't know SHIT !!!!!!!

Customers that don't take ANY care of their equipment !!!!
"what do you meen the printer doesn't work , we just ran over it with a fork lift !!"

Can you tell I have had a bad few days ??

Salespeople who don't have the slightest bit of common sense.
If I walk into a store with headphones on, and the music is loud enough to hear it five feet away, why ask me a question?
My usual response is, "Do you see the headphones? Do you hear the music? It means that not only can't I hear you, I don't want to hear you. Now, be a good little asswipe, toddle off and play in traffic."

I'd like to make a comment on behalf of all the other salespeople here.

Not all of us are stupid, even if we do work in retail.

Thankyou for your time.

Too late! Male and both functions.

When the bombing target had been missed, it was usually evident by the janitor's cursing alone. Just in case, we made sure to let everyone know that the "Chinese embassy had been hit, again".

Sales people who are overly friendly on the phone when they call my office and then just hang up when I tell them we are a non-profit org.

Do they really think something called "Communities In Schools" is a fortune 500 company?!!!

People who say "people that" instead of "people who" or any other combination such as "a girl that..." instead of "a girl who..."

People are whos and things are thats.:p :rolleyes: :3eye:

Day-O

Day ay ay -O

Daylight come and me wanna go home...

whoops, wrong thread.
how'd that happen?

LMAO...:)

People who use "how are you?" as a greeting and then act confused when you answer their question.

"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

"How YOU doin'?" (sorry, couldn't resist, been watching too much of Friends lately)

Do they? I must bug the hell out of them then, I've always answered it as a genuine question!

Today I am mostly being annoyed by my own lunch. Or my own inability to make it, I'm not sure.

I tried to make myself California style sushi rolls today. No, I didn't need to look up a how-to site, it was obvious how to make them! Bamboo mat to roll them on? No, of course I didn't need one - I'd do it at my desk!

I had hoped that once I'd gone to the trouble of cooking the rice - 20 mins, opening the tuna & mixing with horseradish (no wasabi in town) - 5 mins, and then assembling - 5 mins, I'd be popping perfect little rounds into my mouth as I carried on working.

OH NO. Sushi wanted to play unwinding games...
So I ended up shovelling it in with a fork and chasing stray grains all over my desk like an anteater...
I might as well have eaten it all separately, would have been less time & effort.

I don't like it when my food misbehaves. Like when crackers & crispbreads snap in my hands and shed their precious cargo on my desk, or pizza topping slides off in one go and flaps burningly on my chin, or soup gives me hiccups. I feel it breaks some fundemental contract.

Ignoring emails and phone calls. If they'd bug my calls, at least I'd know they were listening!

That reminds me. Hopeful vendors who call me to sell me crap I don't want and then expect me to pick up the phone and talk to them. Or return their voice mail. Or e-mail. Please take a hint. I have never returned your call. I won't be buying anything from you. Stop wasting your time and my time.

I've said before, I pre-screen my calls with caller ID. It's beyond me why they keep it up--maybe they get paid per phone call. I can give you the names of three or four companies that just keep calling and calling at least once or twice a month in spite of the fact that I never answer and never return their calls. I've never been a sales droid, but I always thought part of the required tool set was knowing when you have a cold lead so you don't waste time on a hopeless situation.


The one time I did, against my better judgement, talk to somebody who came by selling something I needed to buy, it ended up ugly. (short version: me: "I need A and B." him: "Pshaw. Why would you want that? Nobody does that. That's silly. [wait 1 week] Hey, are you going to buy it?" "No." "Oh, OK, can I ask why not?" "Because you don't want to do A and B." "OH OH NO NO WAIT I changed my mind!!! We'll do it!")

Now, that reminds me of one:

Coca-Cola Corporation and their "reward" points program. But that's another thread I will start some day, if they continue to refuse to answer my questions more like humans and less like robots.

Big corporations are the anti-christ.

stories on news sites that are only in video format.

Doubled and redoubled! And in spades!

teenagers.

I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids.

Misogynistic guys who are willing to start an argument with Pete, but won't bring it when I'm there.

Posts that use words that I have to look up to understand.



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Me To.



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Wal-Mart greeters that neither smile nor "greet."

Isn't that what they get paid to do? "Welcome to WalMart, hello, kiss my ass" something, anything!

And at this moment, I am annoyed that the death of Anna Nicole Smith is the big news story everywhere I go.

I KNOW...they have big old sign on their vests that say "how may I help you" but if you walk around looking lost they don't ask if they can help you!

I was going to reply that I was so sick of seeing her on everything about the baby and stuff, then reread your post that she is dead. Strange strange situations surrounding that girl and her life.

I disapprove of misbehaving foodstuffs as well. Where can one go to get a nice, polite slice of pizza?


:D

Reminds me of another one: Customers who conduct an entire transaction with a retail salesperson, while talking on a cell phone or with loud headphones on. :p Sure, we are more than happy to take your money...but we are not vending machines!

What annoys me about that is how several news sites say that she was "found dead" in the hotel room, and then in the first paragraph or two the story reveals that he was really found unconscious in the hotel room and later died.

It bugs me when reputable news organizations screw up like this.

I don't serve those customers. Just give the next person in line a nod.

My defense? If they're on the phone, how're they going to conduct a speedy transaction with their hands full? ;)

you

You too! <finger>

Year before last I had a trick-or-treater who was on her cellphone the whole time and just opened her pillowcase for me to drop the goodies in. I refused to give her candy and she got all huffy and said "but it's my sister!" Oh, that's OK then. :rolleyes: (I refused one smoking too, but other than that I give them all candy -even the adults not in costume. If you're that desperate for candy, have at it....)

Hey! Rotate that finger!

I have not yet summoned up the nerve to offer the adults accompanying trick-or-treaters either disposable razors or candy in a razor blade box.

I'm thinking about handing out cards for my dentist this year :D

:rant:
Warning - this is very detailed and very petty

REALLY annoying me today is some people's attitude toward admin staff. They seem to think "and other other duties that may be required blahblahblah" on our contracts mean we can be dicked around in a way they would never think of with staff on the same grade as themselves.

Case in point.

When our new CEO decided to move into the office with the best view in the building (previously occupied by my Manager) he decreed that the furniture in the lobby on this floor should also go.

My department had a long, low cabinet which was in the lobby because there was no room for it in the open plan office. There is another grumble about moving the team into a space which will only fit the people and not the paperwork but I'll leave it out. This was a smart piece of furniture in exactly the same bland design as the round table and chairs that were allowed to remain. It also gave people somewhere to sort the printing/ photocopying from the machine opposite.

So, a very useful piece of furniture, and one that I only heard would be moved on the Friday because I was working late. I stuck my nose in, put my case and actually thought I'd won.

Nope.

Came in Monday, cabinet gone.

After about an hour I tracked down the person responsible for the move, who grumpily informed me that he'd been just about to call me (yeah right). My cabinet was on the 2nd floor (I work on the 6th). Broken. Dropped by the movers and now the sliding door was jammed shut. All my material had been stacked in the storage area behind Reception.

I was pretty mad at this, but decided in the bigger scheme of things I'd probably best just let it go. He was supposed to be contacting the movers for damages and in the mean time would look at it himself to see if it was something he could remedy. Two emails from me regarding the cabinet went unanswered.

FFward to today - I get a phone call from Reception. The office manager wants the storage area to be used only for stationery and not to be a dumping ground for various departments' miscellany. I am now tasked with finding somewhere to store my material - it has been suggested to me that if I clear out the cupboard on this floor (which was already full when we moved here because we were the last department to move) I might be able to fit it all in. :right:

Why am I expected to waste my time on this problem caused solely by other people?
Why should I have to find space? I had a perfectly good space before.
Why should I have to load up 2 trolleys worth of material and haul it round the building?

Exacerbating this is the fact I've already moved the boxes of leaflets we brought with us from the other building 3 times. Once because they were stacked around our desks and a member of another team wanted to hot-desk in our space (we are currently understaffed so have more space than people). They were then stacked against the wall but apprently the new CEO didn't want any boxes on the floor when he moved up. Then the storage area I co-opted was turned into a "quiet/ prayer room" (which is never used).

Just because I'm not a pharmacist or a technician doesn't mean I'm a bloody serf. I may work with paper but that doesn't mean I need to be the one to move it around.

I'm also sick & tired of having people come to me and say in a blase fashion, "Oh the copier has run out of paper..." or "I think the printer is jammed...." What? Oh sorry I forgot that I graduated from the Hewlett Packard Academy and are therefore more qualified than you to get toner down my top or fill up the paper drawer.

Stuck up, short sighted, grade-ist arseholes.
I will feast on their egg heads the day the revolution comes.

:rant:

This never bothered me because I know that nothing this person says has any value. They just saved me a lot of time.

People who choose not to listen. If I said it and you heard it, you have no excuse not to act on it.

People who play music in their vehicles VERY VERY LOUD waiting in line at the bank or drive in.

Very very loud and through rattly speakers. Always makes that expensive, powerful sound system sound cheap'n'cheesy, whether you're playing that dumbass hip hop "music" or not.

What do you do if you're related to them? :(

Bookstores who make a big display of the latest book in a series . . . but fail to restock the earlier books you haven't read

You can't choose who you're related to, but you have absolute power over who you associate with. ;)

People that "suck up" to the boss and get away with little or no production.

Bosses that fall for it.

and promote the shits!
am i bitter? no ... i left!.:D

People who refuse to answer a question posted on a forum because their answer would weaken their position.

Knowing what I need to do to be content but not being able to make myself do it.

Laundry-list job postings.

This job. This job. And..this job.

But mostly this job.

"Managerial" jobs that "require" a specific list of techie skills five miles long.

Stupid, drawn out staff meetings...which I have to go to right now. All hail the queen of the staff meeting. :cool:

Hark! The muse speaks of Hippikos and all his ilk! Beware! Beware!

People that appear to be orchestrating takeovers of third world countries via ATM machine- hurry the heck up!

People who wear clothes that are incredibly unflattering for their body type- "Just because it comes in your size, honey, doesn't mean you should wear it!"

People who say "like" every other word (my daughter)

People who get on a crowded elevator with last night's party still on their breath- gag!

Sales reps calling with Indian accents (obviously from Mumbai) claiming to be John Smith or Dave Jones

spit on the sidewalk

people who wear too much perfume/cologne

young ladies who come to work with their "tramp stamp" showing

the alarm clock at 5 a.m.

the 10 lbs I can't seem to get off my lard ass

With her, it was probably really hard to tell the difference.

As for my own list ... I don't think that the entire internet has sufficient server space.