get one of your first lunch bros to snag you some cookies?

5/7/2014 11:05:42 AM

fucking lazy ass women always mashing the handicap plate to open the doors automatically

i mean, how slothful can one be?

5/7/2014 11:07:01 AM

How are cookies only available for 15 minutes? Are they taking the cookies back after that? Or do they just know that once the first group gets there, all the cookies will be gone in 15 minutes?

5/7/2014 11:09:02 AM

I don't always agree on the free craft beer choices in the drink fridge.

[Edited on May 7, 2014 at 11:10 AM. Reason : s]

5/7/2014 11:10:25 AM

^
please get me a job

5/7/2014 11:12:45 AM

For our chili cook off we had a keg of Titan IPA and a keg of Odell's 90 shilling. Those I both agreed with.

5/7/2014 11:15:07 AM

IPA and chili is not a good combination, imo. Strong flavors that don't really mesh.

Follow-up 2:

Quote :

"There are other potential sources of information, but it is a limited pool. "

5/7/2014 11:19:59 AM

Quote :

"fucking lazy ass women always mashing the handicap plate to open the doors automatically i mean, how slothful can one be?"

I do this. The entrance to our building has a set of inner and outer doors. By the time I've passed through one set, the others is now open to walk through. Also, I've usually got my arms full with bag, lunch, papers, coffee, etc..

5/7/2014 12:00:55 PM

Quote :

"IPA and chili is not a good combination, imo. Strong flavors that don't really mesh."

It's alright not everyone can handle chili and IPA.

5/7/2014 12:02:10 PM

Salesman sell equipment with install. Salesman gets equipment approved for fabrication by contacting purchaser (not maintenance who will oversee install). Engineer (me) is asked to review equipment and location AFTER construction on equipment is almost finished. Equipment does not match specs the customer wanted, nor will the equipment be able to be installed in location provided. Salesmen blames engineer, despite never consulting engineer on equipment/install.

5/7/2014 12:04:04 PM

i ended up getting a cookie but missed out on the cards for free chicken sandwiches

5/7/2014 1:27:17 PM

Quote :

"Salesman sell equipment with install. Salesman gets equipment approved for fabrication by contacting purchaser (not maintenance who will oversee install). Engineer (me) is asked to review equipment and location AFTER construction on equipment is almost finished. Equipment does not match specs the customer wanted, nor will the equipment be able to be installed in location provided. Salesmen blames engineer, despite never consulting engineer on equipment/install."

Are we talking huge process equipment or a single machine?

5/7/2014 1:38:44 PM

current annoyance: student hasn't shown up to class in weeks and is obviously going to fail the course. now, i'm getting incessant emails/excuses pleading and begging to pass. NOPE NOPE NOPE. quit blowing up my email, loser.

5/7/2014 4:26:01 PM

Quote :

"Are we talking huge process equipment or a single machine?"

Huge Equipment. Three machines valued at approximately $30,000 apiece.

Also, sorry for the wall of text for my prior post.

5/7/2014 4:44:52 PM

that ain't shit

5/7/2014 6:51:57 PM

Yes!! Finally the case is building against this woman. When you decide to fabricate data, make sure you're steps ahead. But too dumb...very dumb.

5/7/2014 6:58:15 PM

Lol 90 grand? Shit is cheap.

5/7/2014 8:17:10 PM

Quote :

"fucking lazy ass women always mashing the handicap plate to open the doors automatically i mean, how slothful can one be?"

I do this if someone is far enough behind me that I don't feel like holding the door open and waiting but don't want it closing in their face

5/7/2014 11:02:01 PM

lol motherfuckers up in here acting like a $90,000 fuckup isn't a $90,000 fuckup.

[Edited on May 8, 2014 at 2:50 AM. Reason : It's not huge equipment, but still]

5/8/2014 2:38:49 AM

Are we measuring dicks yet or do I need to come back later?

5/8/2014 10:14:44 AM

client wanting to make a change to save $1-1.5 million in construction costs, that will cost at least $500k-$750k in scope change, plus escalation and a 1 yr delay in design/construction, bringing the actual savings down to <$1 million, on a half-billion dollar project. After the client had already approved the design for construction. And did I say they still demand a FY15 start, even though the change will push them into FY16? Oh yeh, and the town won't approve the changes and the design commission sure as hell won't let this change fly.

5/8/2014 10:36:51 AM

siemens has terrible legacy support, i hate process projects that involve old siemens controls

5/8/2014 1:08:22 PM

coworker comes into my office, out of breath and talking to me.

he sits down in my guest chair, a good 5-ft from me, and I can still smell and FEEL his breath hitting my face as he talks.

5/15/2014 8:03:51 AM

bombs being dropped 5 weeks before 100% design submittal. SWEET! I've only had about 6 bombs dropped in the last 2 months, and now several more.

[Edited on May 16, 2014 at 2:06 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2014 2:06:30 PM

IT dude sends me an email at 3:59 pm that says to contact him between 7 am and 4 pm.

guess i get to wait til monday to get my shit working right

5/16/2014 4:06:44 PM

Coworker sends out presentation for us to review. I comment that his bar graphs HAVE NO LABELS, just numbers on the Y-axis, a giant pet peeve of mine. If you don't name the axis, some people won't know what the hell your chart is saying.

I suggest he add labels to his data. He replies telling me the charts are in image form, so its difficult to edit. Really? OK man, its one of your major coverage areas and you're presenting to the executive team.

Within 3 minutes of his presentation: Exec #2 says, "What is this measuring? Your chart has no values."

Thus, one person's laziness influences everyone's opinion of our team. Thanks.

5/16/2014 4:18:24 PM

Being asked to set up meetings ASAP for people who have no availability. Literally every block of time from Monday at 7AM to Friday at 6PM is taken for the next two weeks. Wtf?

"Can you give me some times I can schedule your interviews?"
"Just look at my calendar"
"It's booked. Solid. For 2 weeks."
"It's really inconvenient that I have to spell out when I'm free for you."
"It's really inconvenient that you're booked solid for 2 weeks when I'm trying to hire 8 people for you."

5/16/2014 4:23:52 PM

^ Schedule that dick for 6:30pm interviews every day, then. When he comes back and bitches, just point to his calendar and say "where else should I fit them in?"

5/19/2014 12:32:19 AM

Quote :

"It's really inconvenient that I have to spell out when I'm free for you."

LOL, people shouldn't talk this way at work.

5/19/2014 2:33:03 AM

Co-workers want to hold an intervention for another co-worker over her drinking and refusal to deal with grief over her brothers' deaths. This woman has been clinically depressed for 10+ years, is basically agoraphobic, anxious in any all situations, and essentially lives her life through her television. In short, it will not work, but, of course, they want me to help because I'm closest to her.

[Edited on May 19, 2014 at 9:18 AM. Reason : .]

5/19/2014 9:18:12 AM

ugh

5/19/2014 9:23:39 AM

That strikes me as wrong on so many levels.

5/19/2014 9:27:52 AM

EXACTLY

5/19/2014 9:30:12 AM

That's what EAP is for

5/19/2014 9:30:37 AM

Can you give them a nosey mother fucker intervention?

5/19/2014 9:34:51 AM

I have my most annoying shift today. 1PM-8:30PM. And it never fails that someone walks in the door at 8:29 with some bullshit that keeps me there until at least 9:30.

5/19/2014 9:43:02 AM

if 5 of 6 people can see everyone's calendar, but the 6th person can only see their own, then person #6 shouldn't be the one to schedule a meeting that was requested by one of the 5.

and you need to actively try to stop that intervention, do you have an HR department or anyone that you can talk to about stopping it? (as a last resort if your coworkers don't listen to you)

[Edited on May 19, 2014 at 10:24 AM. Reason : .]

5/19/2014 10:22:24 AM

Quote :

"That's what EAP is for"

I think the biggest problem is that she doesn't really want to get better. She wants to keep grieving even though it's been years.

5/19/2014 10:28:01 AM

looking forward to our 2+ hour faculty meeting... half of which will be watching "how to be a test administrator" videos ugh.

5/19/2014 2:30:58 PM

^my favorite parts were when they showed you how to access it and what happens if you don't watch it

5/19/2014 2:34:55 PM

^^^ so intervention -> EAP

and it's not your problem anymore...

I personally don't see anything wrong with stepping out of your comfort zone to help a fellow employee.

5/19/2014 4:39:21 PM

because if you don't know what you are doing you can make it a lot worse

5/19/2014 4:40:08 PM

^This

There's a long history of this with her. Outside of committing someone, I don't know what you can do for someone that has no desire to get better. She knows that she has a problem, knows what she should do (therapy, breakup with her boyfriend, get her life together emotionally and financially), but but she's not interested in "getting better."

Talking only does so much. I agree with the sentiment of intervention, but I question whether it will ultimately be successful or just exacerbate the issue. I'm all for helping folks and I consider myself to be a compassionate, kind person. This seems like something destined to fail, though

5/19/2014 4:50:12 PM

it will alienate and embarrass her, do not let it happen

5/19/2014 6:15:06 PM

^^ makes sense.

Is she at any risk of being fired? Maybe hitting rock bottom will be good motivation for her.

5/19/2014 9:23:42 PM

wait she's still dealing with her brother's death 10+ years later?

5/19/2014 10:22:48 PM

Client 3 months ago: before making this decision i need these costs and items X,Y,Z broken out into a table
-send table, follow up about decision-
Client 3 weeks ago: before making this decision i need these costs and items X,Y,Z broken out into a table
-resend table with additional narrative description, follow up about decision-
Client this morning: before making this decision I need a bullet point list with these cost items and X,Y,Z broken out into bullet points

wtf?

5/20/2014 8:48:11 AM

If you had my boss he would claim you have a communication error and cant seem to get across your points to the customer. Unless it was him who told you what to say then the customer is a huge asshole who cant understand english and is probably foreign or black.

Moral of the story is someone else always has things worse than you haha

5/20/2014 8:53:33 AM

Coworker via IM: "Hey I temporarily stole your desk mouse and replaced it with another until Thursday. Thanks!"

Get back to my desk, brand new mouse plugged in...doesn't work

Coworker is gone for the day...

5/20/2014 2:26:48 PM

Work: Don't be afraid to take on this new and challenging type of assignment. We're here to answer any and all questions.
Me: Great. Here are a few questions ...
Work:

5/21/2014 3:07:35 PM