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re: Things you can't stand in the workplace?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 5:16 pm to AllbyMyRelf
Posted on 7/9/18 at 5:16 pm to AllbyMyRelf
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I work in a law office. I can’t stand bad grammar in documents.
I had a job pulling security for a very wealthy neighborhood -- like a personal police department type of thing. Squad car, armed, all that jazz. Best job in the world because I got my 40 hours in 3 days and had 4 days off.
Really, there was only one person who did rounds (and only on the weekend) and the rest were women. We had just won the new contract from an old security company and the location agreed to everything but we had to keep the same "captain".
This lady was borderline illiterate, and we used to forward her notes to dispatch or HQ for laughs.
For instance, I used to relieve the guard before me (she was a single mom, and so she needed me to come in 15 minutes early) and I would clock her out when time came, and clock myself in. Well, Captain illiterate comes by 15 minutes before shift and asks where the other guard is, I tell her and she's promptly written up -- to this day I still think it's bullshite, but whatever.
She writes the next day: "If you leave your shift early you will be fine."
My other favorite one was "Coldsack" for cul-de-sac.
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Posted on 7/9/18 at 5:57 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Have a guy who puts Holla Day on his time card on holidays and he’s not trying to be funny. He’s good at what he does but needless to say he’s not in charge of writing anything up for the customer’s eyes.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 6:58 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
My employer is cutting benefits, comp time is gone, vacation can't roll over. On the plus side, our CEO just got a huge raise.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 10:18 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
The workplace smelling like popcorn
Posted on 7/10/18 at 6:16 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Rain
Uneducated Boaters.
So I have a engineering degree and did actually work in a office 14 years before I took my show outside and started my service industry job. I worked for two companies and both of them relocated so after the second one, I broke out my fishing rods and just quit working.
After the second place I worked relocated, I was building my guide service and was hired to do engineering work on contract by the manager of engineering from my second job at a new place. I basically did things from my home and went into their office a few days per month for a while to discuss the work.
I took a break from the contract work for a few years then got hired back to work on a relocation for that same company. When I started going back in to their office, I remembered then why I hated going to meetings.
IT only took about 5 mins of the first meeting to remind me.
In a meeting with 20 people and 15 of them are totally clueless. Just blabbing shite out not knowing what the hell they are talking about trying to make changes to things they are not even effected by. Holy shite. Its amazing how people will not learn things about their own industry or even their job.
frick that. Glad I dont do that anymore.
Uneducated Boaters.
So I have a engineering degree and did actually work in a office 14 years before I took my show outside and started my service industry job. I worked for two companies and both of them relocated so after the second one, I broke out my fishing rods and just quit working.
After the second place I worked relocated, I was building my guide service and was hired to do engineering work on contract by the manager of engineering from my second job at a new place. I basically did things from my home and went into their office a few days per month for a while to discuss the work.
I took a break from the contract work for a few years then got hired back to work on a relocation for that same company. When I started going back in to their office, I remembered then why I hated going to meetings.
IT only took about 5 mins of the first meeting to remind me. In a meeting with 20 people and 15 of them are totally clueless. Just blabbing shite out not knowing what the hell they are talking about trying to make changes to things they are not even effected by. Holy shite. Its amazing how people will not learn things about their own industry or even their job.
frick that. Glad I dont do that anymore.
Posted on 7/10/18 at 12:21 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
People who don't take their god damn k-cup out of the keurig when they're done
Posted on 7/10/18 at 5:48 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Grape jelly. Once its out of those little containers on the breakfast menus, there'no standing it up. It just spreads like a blob.
( I just saw this last week. It was a hoot. Steve McQueen's gf was Helen Crump! )
( I just saw this last week. It was a hoot. Steve McQueen's gf was Helen Crump! )
Posted on 7/11/18 at 12:05 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
For the people who understand less and talk much in the workplace,
I just can't tolerate this.
I just can't tolerate this.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 8:13 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
When people come into my office and want to chat while I’m trying to watch the second half of the France v. Belgium match.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 1:58 pm to LanierSpots
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I took a break from the contract work for a few years then got hired back to work on a relocation for that same company. When I started going back in to their office, I remembered then why I hated going to meetings. IT only took about 5 mins of the first meeting to remind me.
It's amazing how your tolerance goes from: I need this paycheck.
To: Yeah, I have money, frick this.
In the span of a few years. I'm 30, but I really just can't survive in the office after being in the wild for so long.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 11:58 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Work.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 8:45 am to InThroughTheOutDore
The phrase: "That isn't in my job description"
In contract IT work, this phrase is like a warm blanket on a cold night. If you do something that isn’t in the contract, they don’t have to pay you for it. If you do it, it becomes expected as a freebie, ie scope creep. I know contacting companies that would fire contractors for working outside the scope. It’s all about the money.
If you’re not working for money, you’re working for the wrong reason. I got very adept at assessing the toxicity of situations when bidding contracts. I’m fine if you’re a little two face whiny bitch, you’ll be paying substantially more for that privilege. And you will pay. The secret is to make them dependent on you for time sensitive mission critical objectives. It doesn’t matter how long they’ve been in business, they always screw up cost/time projections because they don’t listen to you in the first place. That’s not my problem.
That’s called opportunity.
So, you want me to push a broom or empty the trash? Sure. For the same amount you have to pay me to manage your enterprise. You want me to backfill for the week for the guy going on vacation, and perform my contract obligations? Sure. Just sign on the dotted line. If I do two jobs, I get paid for two jobs.
It brings remarkable clarity to the workplace. It’s nothing personal.
In contract IT work, this phrase is like a warm blanket on a cold night. If you do something that isn’t in the contract, they don’t have to pay you for it. If you do it, it becomes expected as a freebie, ie scope creep. I know contacting companies that would fire contractors for working outside the scope. It’s all about the money.
If you’re not working for money, you’re working for the wrong reason. I got very adept at assessing the toxicity of situations when bidding contracts. I’m fine if you’re a little two face whiny bitch, you’ll be paying substantially more for that privilege. And you will pay. The secret is to make them dependent on you for time sensitive mission critical objectives. It doesn’t matter how long they’ve been in business, they always screw up cost/time projections because they don’t listen to you in the first place. That’s not my problem.
That’s called opportunity.
So, you want me to push a broom or empty the trash? Sure. For the same amount you have to pay me to manage your enterprise. You want me to backfill for the week for the guy going on vacation, and perform my contract obligations? Sure. Just sign on the dotted line. If I do two jobs, I get paid for two jobs.
It brings remarkable clarity to the workplace. It’s nothing personal.
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