Office pet peeves... - Page 2

juju · 11-21-2003, 09:40 AM

What kind of work do you do, Kitsune?

Kitsune · 11-21-2003, 09:42 AM

juju -- the worst job in the world right now, IT. I'm not sure what American Dream does, as I've really never heard him speak of actual work. Its real nice to know he's getting a fat paycheck for it, too.

Beestie · 11-21-2003, 09:49 AM

Oh, and for lumberjim, I did find this the other day which has to do with a related thread you started a while back about office hijinks.

Good ideas or made to order office pranks!

wolf · 11-21-2003, 10:44 AM

I have some office annoyances that normal people don't. i mean I GET the regular ones ... people who turn the AC off in December, bad coffee making (or no coffee making), other shifts using up my goddamn coffee with my name on it and a note saying ask Wolf if you have a coffee emergency and need to borrow some, etc.

This week alone ...

Having to deal with a really crazy woman's purse. You know the ones, you've goggled at them in stores. Huge suitcases full of random pieces of paper, cigarette butts, and clumps of hair.

Being the only female on the shift and having your male coworker come to you and say ...

"The woman in restraints has to pee. Can you take her a bedpan?"

"There's someone on the phone that will only talk to a woman." This is inevitably a nasty suicide call. Incidentally, we have an unwritten policy ... you answer the phone, you deal with the situation. period. Which apparently does not hold for ONE of my coworkers. Just one.

Having a coworker say "I can't see one more person." Which means, incidentally, that I have to see that person. I have seen as many people (sometimes more) than the whiner.

wolf · 11-21-2003, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by april
I give up. I'm gone.

You posted this at 10:15 a EST.

You posted to another thread at 11:40 a EST.

Check a dictionary with respect to the word "gone."

I knew it was too good to be true.

hot_pastrami · 11-21-2003, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim
HEY! FnF!

Enough......!! just friggin ignore her. you're beating a dead horse. and you ruin every thread that you two post to. quit it quit it quit it!

fuckin hammer

Seconded heartily.

hot_pastrami · 11-21-2003, 11:24 AM

This one's for you, megmeg and ditto!

Actually, my job isn't too bad on a day-to-day basis. Boring, yes... but there are worse things.

One thing I dislike are long, windy meetings. Most one hour meetings could be replaced by a five minute conversation, and still communicate the same useful information, cutting out all of the pointless gum-flapping.

I also hate office-speak. Non-technical people here (*cough* management *cough*) get jargon envy, and start slinging fancy-sounding euphemisms for just about everything. For instance, to learn about a new product, we no longer go to a training, but to a "knowledge transfer." We don't do research, we have a "discovery phase." Gah! Shit like that makes me want to "inertially alter" people out the third-story window.

I could go on, but I know how you guys hate hearing me bitch about my job.

slang · 11-21-2003, 11:45 AM

Jargon envy? OMG that's funny HP!

Have you ever had a meeting on how to reduce the amount of meetings held?

hot_pastrami · 11-21-2003, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by slang
Have you ever had a meeting on how to reduce the amount of meetings held?

Dangerous prospect. Such a meeting would probably collapse into a meeting singularity where no useful information could escape.

September · 11-21-2003, 11:58 AM

H_P: ha!

The guy in the cubicle next to mine has really bad gas. I wish I were joking. I can't hear it, but I can smell it sometimes. And he's really loud about how he eats chili every day for lunch. I don't want to say anything because I just started working here. But, ewwww.

hot_pastrami · 11-21-2003, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by September
The guy in the cubicle next to mine has really bad gas.

Yeah, that's what I tell people, too. "It's the guy in the next cubicle!"

Just kidding. Probably.

Beestie · 11-21-2003, 12:05 PM

Originally posted by none other than hot_pastrami

Quote:

Such a meeting would probably collapse into a meeting singularity where no useful information could escape.

omg... that is the funniest thing I have read all day!!

September · 11-21-2003, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hot_pastrami

Yeah, that's what I tell people, too. "It's the guy in the next cubicle!"

Just kidding. Probably.

Does eating hot pastrami give you gas?

September · 11-21-2003, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beestie
Originally posted by none other than hot_pastrami

omg... that is the funniest thing I have read all day!!

He sounds like a philosophy major.

hot_pastrami · 11-21-2003, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by September
Does eating hot pastrami give you gas?

No, but it has been known to produce jewelry.

11-21-2003, 09:49 AM	#18
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Oh, and for lumberjim, I did find this the other day which has to do with a related thread you started a while back about office hijinks. Good ideas or made to order office pranks! __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

11-21-2003, 10:44 AM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have some office annoyances that normal people don't. i mean I GET the regular ones ... people who turn the AC off in December, bad coffee making (or no coffee making), other shifts using up my goddamn coffee with my name on it and a note saying ask Wolf if you have a coffee emergency and need to borrow some, etc. This week alone ... Having to deal with a really crazy woman's purse. You know the ones, you've goggled at them in stores. Huge suitcases full of random pieces of paper, cigarette butts, and clumps of hair. Being the only female on the shift and having your male coworker come to you and say ... "The woman in restraints has to pee. Can you take her a bedpan?" "There's someone on the phone that will only talk to a woman." This is inevitably a nasty suicide call. Incidentally, we have an unwritten policy ... you answer the phone, you deal with the situation. period. Which apparently does not hold for ONE of my coworkers. Just one. Having a coworker say "I can't see one more person." Which means, incidentally, that I have to see that person. I have seen as many people (sometimes more) than the whiner. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-21-2003, 11:24 AM	#22
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	This one's for you, megmeg and ditto! Actually, my job isn't too bad on a day-to-day basis. Boring, yes... but there are worse things. One thing I dislike are long, windy meetings. Most one hour meetings could be replaced by a five minute conversation, and still communicate the same useful information, cutting out all of the pointless gum-flapping. I also hate office-speak. Non-technical people here (cough management cough) get jargon envy, and start slinging fancy-sounding euphemisms for just about everything. For instance, to learn about a new product, we no longer go to a training, but to a "knowledge transfer." We don't do research, we have a "discovery phase." Gah! Shit like that makes me want to "inertially alter" people out the third-story window. I could go on, but I know how you guys hate hearing me bitch about my job. __________________ Hot Pastrami!

11-21-2003, 09:40 AM	#16
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	What kind of work do you do, Kitsune?

11-21-2003, 09:42 AM	#17
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	juju -- the worst job in the world right now, IT. I'm not sure what American Dream does, as I've really never heard him speak of actual work. Its real nice to know he's getting a fat paycheck for it, too.

11-21-2003, 11:45 AM	#23
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Jargon envy? OMG that's funny HP! Have you ever had a meeting on how to reduce the amount of meetings held?

11-21-2003, 11:58 AM	#25
September trigonomic identity Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: around town, baby Posts: 46	H_P: ha! The guy in the cubicle next to mine has really bad gas. I wish I were joking. I can't hear it, but I can smell it sometimes. And he's really loud about how he eats chili every day for lunch. I don't want to say anything because I just started working here. But, ewwww.

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