Stupid Work Annoyances

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:52 pm

They're just not worth polluting the Fuck! thread. But I, for one, plan to keep whining about them.

Smart engineers:
Invite a whole bunch of high school kids to your office for the first time ever.
Then move the meeting offsite - far offsite - and don't tell everyone.
Don't leave a proper address to give to the lost and confused out of towners.

Smart. Real smart.
I know what i don't want to be when i grow up.

where do they hatch these people, anyway??

Furthermore, what is it with office buildings falling apart? Last week i thought i heard an elevator fall (they were testing... something... so they say...). I call maintenance every day. Just like in the old building (except there people got stuck in the elevators).

And yes, all of the maintenance guys - for HVAC and for general shit - expect me to entertain them. i am not a fuck!ing commedian.

why is it though, really, that all of the problems are in the men's restroom? maybe they're just making it up. (i haven't checked)

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:05 pm

Great thread, RJ. Thanks.

Ingrates...er, employees.

So, mine quit last weekend, right? Yeah. I call him today.

Sez Me [pleasant tone... I'm not angry anymore... I'm relieved] "I need you to come in and fill out some paperwork, turn in a formal letter of resignation, and turn in your key. I have your final paycheck".

Sez Ingrate "okay, I'll be there in an hour and a half"

two hours later, I'm on my lunch break, on the phone, in the back. He calls my other line. I figure he must be outside, since I locked the door and put a sign up that read "closed for lunch: back at 2.30 (this was at 2)". No worries, I figure he'll come back. Then the doorbell goes off... I haul ass out to the front (still on the phone... embarassingly) to find him USING HIS KEY TO LET HIMSELF IN. Um, yeah.

So, sez I (paraphrasing, I think) "Excuse me? You don't work here anymore, so you don't get to use your key to let yourself in"

Ingrate "yeah, well..."

Me "you need to go back out and wait for me"

Ingrate "yeah, but I have to turn in my key"

Me "you need to go back out and wait for me"

(sorry, phone listener, for having to hear that)

the funniest part is that you need to lock the door with a key from the outside... I'm not sure how he thought he could just leave everything for me on the desk and then somehow manage to lock the door behind him...

this is one of the (many) reasons why I am RELIEVED that he is gone...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:08 pm

Grinchie-pooh calls me at work ... on my desk phone at my office ...

She: Where are you?
Me: <blank stare>

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:09 pm

geekster wrote:Grinchie-pooh calls me at work ... on my desk phone at my office ...

She: Where are you?
Me: <blank stare>

ROLLING ON THE FLOOR OVER HERE....

tha's damn funny, baby...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:38 pm

Customer A walks in and says "Where's T-Mobile?"

Customer B walks in and says "Where's Sprint?"

Customer C walks in and says "Where's Verizon?"

Customer D walks in and says "Where's AT&T?"

Customer E walks in ans says "Where's Qwest?"

Can I just tear my hair out now???

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:46 pm

I went into a conference room to participate in a short meeting to make a couple of decisions 90 minutes ago. We got stuck in some sort of time loop where the same few sentences keep getting repeated over and over again, like a really annoying sci fi movie. Nothing has been decided, and little to no information has been transferred. Lots of talking, nothing being said. The other people in the room don't appear to realize we're in a loop. These anomalies seem to happen a lot on Tuesdays when the work-from-home engineers come into the office.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:47 pm

groundhog's day?

oh, we're still in January...

you got me...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:26 pm

Oh, another favorite.

customer F walks in at five minutes to close, and says "I hope you can help me, I'm really frustrated. I just spent an hour on hold..." and expects you to stay late to fix all their shit and listen to them bitch about how much they hate the mobile company and how they want ME to stop doing these awful things to them like charging them for calling overseas and for ME to stop putting tax on their bill and for ME to stop dropping their calls...

[sigh]

I need a drink.

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:29 pm

We have this new chocolate at work, and we keep it in the office. There's all these flavours, and I have to try them...so annoying.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:30 pm

*sticking thumbs in ears, making hands look like antlers, wiggling hands back and forth, and sticking tongue out*

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:34 pm

Would you like me to send you one GE?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:31 pm

tee hee!!

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:18 pm

geekster wrote:Grinchie-pooh calls me at work ... on my desk phone at my office ...

She: Where are you?
Me: <blank stare>

that kind of stupidity runs rampant.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:30 pm

I can never, ever leave my job at the office. It follows me home. Actually, it never leaves my home. *sigh*

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:01 pm

time for you to visit the forest and meet the merry band!

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:01 am

this morning i got a full run-down on new heaitng units v. old heating units, where they are made and how long they last and all of this shit. i got to sit and listen to how the buildings are designed and how they aren't designed for 20 degree weather.

all while i'm shivering and trying to read Pearl's post.

hell, the maintenance guys are nice enough, and i like learning shit, but i would rather learn that i'll be warm tomorrow. and i don't WANT to tell you the details of my walk to work, or whatever.

i don't care what they say, i'm keeping my coat on.

why do these people think i'm so fuckin' fascinating? swear ta gawd, i'm not encouraging them.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:19 am

okay, so this isn't really an annoyance... just funny as hell to me... I figured this is the best place to share it:

so, this guy comes in to my store, and says in this really sarcastic shifty snotty voice "so, I hear that you guys are [he actually used air quotes] 'hiring' ".

me: "yes"

him: "interesting" [long long pause] "what do you get paid?"

me: "well, it's an hourly wage, plus commission"

him: "interesting, interesting" [long, long pause] "how much per hour"

me: "low. Like, 7.50 or something"

him: "interesting" [long long pause] "interesting"

then he turned really serious, almost scared.

him: "....um....are you the manager?"

me: "yes. I am." {smile}

him: "interesting" [long long pause] "okay, well, can I have an application?"

me: "we don't have applications here. We just accept resumes."

him: "what's that?"

uh, yeah....

some real winners out here...

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:21 am

Interesting...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:21 am

once again sam, don't call us, we'll call you...

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:25 am

I am sooooo fed up with work here. I'm trying to get stuff done, but in the back of my mind I keep hearing, "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You're only going to be here until the 31st, and things will never change, and there are going to be more people happy to see you leave than there will be people sorry to see you leave. What's the use?"

I hate that shit. It's like trying to run a race with a fully loaded backpack on your back. But, fuck it! I'm still in the fucking race... so I keep running...

And, Thanks, GE... but the commute would kill me... and what's a resume?

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:29 am

GuinivereElise wrote:okay, so this isn't really an annoyance... just funny as hell to me... I figured this is the best place to share it:

so, this guy comes in to my store, and says in this really sarcastic shifty snotty voice "so, I hear that you guys are [he actually used air quotes] 'hiring' ".

me: "yes"

him: "interesting" [long long pause] "what do you get paid?"

me: "well, it's an hourly wage, plus commission"

him: "interesting, interesting" [long, long pause] "how much per hour"

me: "low. Like, 7.50 or something"

him: "interesting" [long long pause] "interesting"

then he turned really serious, almost scared.

him: "....um....are you the manager?"

me: "yes. I am." {smile}

him: "interesting" [long long pause] "okay, well, can I have an application?"

me: "we don't have applications here. We just accept resumes."

him: "what's that?"

uh, yeah....

some real winners out here...

When I used to live in HUD housing areas, there was a dodge that welfare folks used to use. They got paid pretty good (compared to my minimum wage) and lived fairly well, but they had to look for work. My neighbor used to deliberately act crazy during job interviews in order to blow them off.

This MIGHT explain someone coming into a store, acting like an asshole to the hiring manager, and then looking just for the application (proof that they're looking). A resume wouldn't ever cross their mind as they haven't done any research into actually GETTING a job, they just checked to find out what they need to give the appearance.

The reason I mention this is the whole 'air quotes' thing. I can't see someone seriously looking to use them.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:36 am

I dont' think so, Rob... I think he thought he was trying to 'win over the desk girl'. you know, make a good impression on the front girl, so that when she talks to the manager guy about him, she'll put a good word in. It smacked of him trying to be charming but not knowing how...

yeah... he failed miserably.

Besides, if he just wanted an application for that purpose, he would have just asked for one first. I've seen those types in here, too. Walk in, not even a 'hello', just a 'can i get a application?'

our resume thing helps weed those types of folks. We're kind of near a crappy little section of downtown, and we get our fair share otherwise...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:15 am

cowboyangel wrote:time for you to visit the forest and meet the merry band!

the millionaire, the skipper too, the movie star and her wife. . .

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:34 am

Rumor has it the CEO might be getting around to giving out year-end bonuses this week.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:34 am

must be nice...

right, BHA?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:36 am

Well, I ain't holdin' my breath.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:41 am

Title of this thread--doubly redundant?

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:39 am

One day as a lowly office temp, I had to sit through NINE hours of the Titanic soundtrack on continuous repeat.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Even years later the memory burns.

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:34 pm

Friends, go rent "Office Space"

If you have seen it already, watch it again. The movie has a way of making me laugh when confronted with dumbass shit in real life situations.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:06 pm

seen it.

bull, that's so, like, 5 years ago.

The Office is also great... both first and second season...