maybe where you work

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6/10/2013 5:39:08 PM

My office is across the hall from a conference room and I can clearly hear talking/laughing periodically through the day when meetings are held in there, even with the door closed. I'm thinking the sound carries over the wall and through the ceiling, because that's where the sound appears to be coming from. Thankfully I have a fan I can turn on to drown out talking, but I can still hear the loud laughing.

6/11/2013 10:04:59 AM

Sounds like they are having productive meetings.

6/11/2013 10:08:33 AM

Yep, I work for the state.

6/11/2013 10:11:16 AM

i keep a box of tissues in my cube for the time once a year or so i get a nosebleed.

my coworker uses them all and leaves 2 in the box, so now when i have a nosebleed, i have no tissues

6/11/2013 10:21:14 AM

I guess I'm not going to lunch today, even though I'm not doing shit on this call

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6/12/2013 4:06:28 PM

So they make us have a "teambuilding lunch" once every month or so, and they take votes on where we will eat.

The votes currently stand at:

Quote :

"Ale House 1 Golden Corral 1 Red Robin 1 "

6/13/2013 9:12:01 AM

go for Golden Corral. quality teambuilding right there. totes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X79e9vQ61ZA


Tho, this makes me a little bit sad, even though I also lol'd. So i guess it was a sad lol.

"Interviewer: Please describe a typical day as an employee.
Golden Corral Server: Typical work day for me is just looking forward to the end of my work schedule..."

http://www.job-applications.com/golden-corral-server/

6/13/2013 8:41:24 PM

I shared an office with a dude who had a shitty ass ring tone... That was on full fucking blast. It was extra annoying when you hit that afternoon lull where lunch kicked in and you get sleepy.

Also, we had a team lunch... Boss gave our team of 6 two options, because he knew he'd get six different votes if it was open ended. One fucking twit voted for something that wasn't a choice.

[Edited on June 13, 2013 at 11:40 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2013 11:38:18 PM

my email address at work is very similar to a lot of others people's and i often get emails meant for other people. typically these just get deleted.

but some group of (what i'm assuming are) elementary school PTA-type parents have been hitting "reply all" trying to organize a classroom tissue collection for 'graduation' or some shit, and are having drama over raising $15.00... so now they are going back and forth trying to figure out how to split it up so it's even... 3 dollars per person is what it's going to end up being, but they can't fucking decide if it's right that THEY have to contribute the 3 dollars instead of dividing up the cost over the entire class.

JESUS

6/14/2013 10:56:45 AM

The employees (i.e. those who get their paychecks from corporate) had a meeting all morning with lunch provided and then got to leave at 1 PM. The contractors (who do the same skill level of work but get our paychecks from other companies) worked a usual day, except it's hard to get shit done when all the employees are out of the office all day.

Second class treatment, as usual.

6/14/2013 11:02:02 AM

^this.

I fucking hate being a contractor.

6/14/2013 11:14:54 AM

People who put me on calls where I have to say "No our software doesn't do that" when they already know that's the answer.

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6/14/2013 11:15:45 AM

OMFG internship season.

6/14/2013 1:30:15 PM

I work for a disaster response company and I'm the lucky guy who is on call this week to take all the after-hours emergency calls. Yeah my phone blew up last night Storms aren't supposed to happen during my week of on-call

6/14/2013 6:40:01 PM

Guy next to me eats Thai food and then throws the plate in MY trash can.

6/14/2013 6:45:01 PM

^ if you don't empty it, it's not yours.

6/14/2013 7:11:59 PM

Just move it under your desk.

6/14/2013 9:16:23 PM

my boss assigns everyone their tasks by telling another person nearby (rather loudly) what the first person is going to do:

she looks at person A and says, "now, person B is going to put away skates at the ice rink, clean the mirrors, and carry out all the trash from the second floor."

perhaps a way of helping us keep each other accountable? nope. the person she's addressing doesn't have to be an employee. could be anyone who just happens to be in the area at the moment. even a 75 year old korean lady who doesn't understand most of what's being said and just smiles and nods in response. (i didn't make that up. it has happened before.)

6/14/2013 11:02:59 PM

There is an "I'm not going to be the first to get up and leave" competition going on and being the newest nigga in this bitch I don't like it.

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6/17/2013 5:59:55 PM

Pretty sure someone backed into me at work, though I can't be sure (could've been road damage). Front bumper is cracked and the lower grille is loose.

Don't know if I should make an insurance claim or not. Primarily because I'm not sure if it will be considered a comprehensive or collision claim, and as I understand it, collision claims jack up your premium. I can get the bumper repaired for 1/2 the cost of my deductible. But if I can make a comprehensive claim and have no impact on my premium, I would certainly do that and get a new bumper and have the grille repaired/replaced.

Oh insurance man, contact me back soon.

Well, that was quick. Definitely a collision claim.

I don't know why I posted this ITT.

v yes, there is. but it doesn't matter.

[Edited on June 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2013 1:22:55 PM

is there no deductible for a "comprehensive claim?"


i guess i don't understand why you would consider insurance when just paying to repair it would cost less than the deductible.

[Edited on June 18, 2013 at 1:37 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2013 1:29:38 PM

Coworkers who listen to loud music with shitty headphones. I sit all the way across the room and can still hear their music

6/18/2013 1:32:00 PM

^deaf coworkers.

6/18/2013 1:42:37 PM

It doesn't really annoy me but a guy here turns his headphones on blast and doesn't even put them on

I'm pretty surprised nobody else gets annoyed

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6/18/2013 1:43:51 PM

^^maybe I wasn't clear enough.

I can get the bumper repaired for less than the deductible. If you aren't familiar with "plastic" bumper repair, it's a good money saver, but not perfect. I was hit in the same spot that was previously cracked and repaired. It's a very brittle material and doesn't always match that well.

However, this doesn't address the loose grille. A retainer piece (at least one) on the grille appears to be broken now... thus needs replacement. Which together with the bumper repair would be more than the deductible. Thus depending on one's insurance coverage, a claim may be worthwhile and in doing so you can get a new OEM bumper with OEM paint and repaired by the dealer for $deductible.

Now, I don't want a collision claim because it jacks up your premium. I was hoping I could go comprehensive, to avoid premium increases, and get a new grille and bumper. Since I can't, it's back to option A) bumper repair and no claim and hope the remaining grille retainers will hold up (the grille isn't very loose, but enough to notice when I was checking things out - I just prefer shit to not be broken).

[Edited on June 18, 2013 at 1:47 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2013 1:44:42 PM

tell the insurance company you hit a dog. this will fall on your comprehensive coverage.

[Edited on June 18, 2013 at 1:56 PM. Reason : why do you assume the collision claim will raise your rate?]

6/18/2013 1:55:16 PM

people who crowd the elevator and will not move to let the occupants out before entering / or trying to enter the elevator as people are trying to exit

you people should all be electrocuted

[Edited on June 18, 2013 at 1:58 PM. Reason : hate hate hate]

6/18/2013 1:57:59 PM

^^^ah, that makes sense.

6/18/2013 2:16:35 PM

^^^collision claims almost always cause your premium to go up. My agent said he thinks it certainly would in this case. If I was thinking at the time I called, I should have said I hit a dog or something. But I was so caught up in the idea of someone backing into me, that I let that idea fly. So too late now; they know I can't say exactly how it happened, thus it's a collision claim.


actual workplace annoyance, which I've likely already posted before:

hearing other peoples' phone conversations... in stereo. Just walk across the damn room.

[Edited on June 18, 2013 at 2:37 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2013 2:22:06 PM

if you someone bumped into you = collision

if you aren't sure and think it may have been a branch or animal = comp

therefore, no one at worked bumped into you

6/18/2013 2:40:05 PM

I was just told the opposite about the unknown cause part (was told it's collision)

6/18/2013 2:42:04 PM

opens unknown CAD file

AutoCAD crashes

reopens AutoCAD... all toolbars/etc. are gone.

6/18/2013 2:46:47 PM

^ha

6/18/2013 2:51:50 PM

7+ hours on gotomeeting to realize this rere skipped one of the instructions

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6/18/2013 4:52:55 PM

Being on a conference call with people who are in the same common workspace, therefore hearing what they say when they speak it as well as on a second or so delay on the call.

If our phones had speakerphone capability we could all gather around one desk, but no, that's disabled on any phone that isn't in a conference room or individual office.

6/19/2013 9:20:35 AM

[Edited on June 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM. Reason : asdf]

6/19/2013 9:42:34 AM

^^you just gotta turn them way up

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6/19/2013 9:44:29 AM

with speakerphone capabilities comes great responsibility

[Edited on June 19, 2013 at 9:45 AM. Reason : sda]

6/19/2013 9:45:31 AM

Nothing is better than someone on an unmuted speakerphone call who is talking shit

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6/19/2013 9:46:28 AM

burned popcorn in the microwave

6/19/2013 2:48:22 PM

^gotta hide the smell of chronic

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6/19/2013 3:58:23 PM

-shared office space left in disarray by one person. over and over.
-projects started and not even slightly complete before doing something else.
special projects started when normal work is required, and the attitude that special (read:optional) supersedes normal.
-new transfer purported to be awesome worker, stares into space and wanders as if lost all day.
-being criticized for not doing something that has never been my job, and was expressed recently as specifically NOT my job. you were at the meeting, too.
-having the company owners regal salaried managers that haven't seen a raise or a bonus in 18 months with stories about long hours, sacrificing for the company, etc. sounds great until you remember that my salary isn't magically going to get bigger because I work an extra 10-20 hrs a week, like theirs did, thus the entire meeting / story time was an exercise in futility, and further demoralizes us because we know* they think that storytime did the trick.
-people taking vacations 2 weeks after taking - a vacation. nigga, i need a day off!
-double standards that only apply when it suits.

6/19/2013 4:24:57 PM

Quote :

"-people taking vacations 2 weeks after taking - a vacation. nigga, i need a day off!"

I can't agree with you on this one unless they don't say shit until the last second

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6/19/2013 4:40:45 PM

we are moving offices and management is "requiring" everyone to work 8-5 saturday and sunday to help move. what the fuck is that noise? i don't get overtime son

6/19/2013 4:57:41 PM

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

LOL

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6/19/2013 5:00:03 PM

^^http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjJCdCXFslY

6/19/2013 5:06:46 PM

^

Quote :

"gareth cooney 1 week ago I only came here because of the memes on reddit and? I wanted to know what he real says"

this is reddit

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6/19/2013 5:09:18 PM

We had a meeting last week in which they said we should "make ourselves available" this weekend. So everyone assumed it would be half a day or something. Today (2 days before the weekend) we get an email saying 8-5 Saturday and Sunday. He also made sure to note that the building has been cleaned and we should take off our shoes before entering if our shoes are dirty. What the fuck is this dude on lol

People are not happy

6/19/2013 5:11:41 PM

If you don't mind me asking, in what industry do you work?

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6/19/2013 5:19:00 PM