Quote :

"people who speak in different languages when other people who dont speak that language are in the room."

Don't worry, they're talking about you

5/1/2008 7:54:55 PM

Today a coworker stood on my chair.

There was a step ladder in the room that she could have used, but nope... she had to make sure she stood on an unsafe office chair... my chair

I failed to retrieve pics . I might as well resign now.

5/1/2008 9:32:45 PM

having

1) Virus scans
2) defrag
3) patching

ALL run during working hours


is it THAT hard to have them run at night?

5/5/2008 8:54:43 AM

^i know right

this morning was rough

when i logged in i basically had to just walk away and stop using the computer

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 9:18 AM. Reason : but i take mine home every night so i dont know how else they'd handle updates]

5/5/2008 9:17:50 AM

ours usually runs during lunch so it's not a big deal

5/5/2008 9:22:05 AM

yeah the admin scans run during lunch usually

but patches and updates and silent software pushes run on boot

5/5/2008 9:37:37 AM

automatic reboot ftl

5/5/2008 9:50:09 AM

the light burnt out in the ceiling... i can't reach it to change it. working in the dark isn't easy.

5/5/2008 9:58:38 AM

A customer just sent me a screen shot and he can't remember how he got to that screen.

5/5/2008 3:36:05 PM

Been a bad day for workplace annoyances here.

This morning I got a typical email that my co-worker and I were copied on, not a minute after the email hits our inbox he says out loud, "Hey did you get that email?"

Already I am annoyed! Yes, sure is a neat thing that CC: field.

Anyway there was something in there that my dad needs to know about, so don't be a jumpstarter and contact that person with an answer! And sure as hell don't, CC me the reply and ask If got it too!

Agghh.

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 4:19 PM. Reason : ]

5/5/2008 4:18:49 PM

people making jokes about how their hardware doesn't need viagra to run.

people asking for my home number for private troubleshooting.

being ignored when i'm trying to help, and then being chatted up when I fix their fucking problem

5/5/2008 4:22:17 PM

15 minutes (i timed it) to restart a computer and open a file.

Because said computer likes to randomly become blind to the shared drive the files I need (for that particular computer), and refuse to recognize them until it's rebooted.

5/5/2008 4:38:50 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "people that constantly complain about it being cold, yet they only wear tank tops" They are wearing tank tops because it is warm outside. "

Well yeah...You dress for outside and then they make inside ridiculously cold. Layering ftw

5/5/2008 4:57:35 PM

haha jessiejepp would annoy the shit out of me if i worked with her....she is beyond that threshold of like distracting me at work

5/5/2008 4:59:11 PM

whattt? If we worked together, we'd probably not talk. I kinda get in the zone and stay that way when I work.

5/5/2008 5:01:54 PM

People who feel the need to say goodbye for the day in a whisper, after they've passed you, and then reach the door, turn around, and get offended because you didn't say anything to them.

It's because I couldn't hear you, asshole.

5/5/2008 5:06:52 PM

WHEN PEOPLE REPLY TO FUCKING EMAILS WITHOUT READING THE OTHER EMAILS IN THEIR INBOX

IF I SENT YOU TWO EMAILS BACK TO BACK, I PROBABLY FORGOT SOMETHING IN THE FIRST ONE AND IMMEDIATELY SENT YOU A SECOND ONE

PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME CALLING ME TO BITCH ABOUT ME NOT DOING X WHEN X IS IN THE OTHER FUCKING EMAIL YOU HAVEN'T OPENED

k that happens entirely too often and is driving me fucking crazy

5/6/2008 6:06:14 PM

maybe you need to calm them speedy triggers down on the send button

5/6/2008 6:14:07 PM

haha probably that too

but like this afternoon the ceo/owner sent out an email scheduling a meeting at x time early in the morning on friday

he doesnt use Outlook, everybody else does

so i sent out an Outlook appointment thing to everybody invited to the meeting so they could just click accept and it'd add it, just trying to be helpful (and I'm actually in charge of the meeting so it was right for me to do what I did)

not 5 minutes later my boss calls (obviously not the ceo..the guy directly under him) me asking why i scheduled a meeting at a time he couldn't be there, then he told me i didnt have the authorization to plan meetings for the whole company and to never do it again because i didnt know his schedule and now it was going to be a pain to reschedule and baby sitter for his kids, blah blah

obviously i didnt schedule the damn thing, i was just trying to make putting it into everyone's calendars a little easier and take a little iniative

gah

5/6/2008 6:18:59 PM

Initiative will get you nowhere, haha.

I just had a client sell a product of mine for June delivery after I specifically told him it would not be ready until late July at least three times. Basically, he sold a service that does not exist and is pissed because it won't be ready. He said he sold to his customer to "light a fire" so that production would speed up. I have had this release scheduled for late July for 18 months.

5/6/2008 6:24:01 PM

I'm not really sure how your story relates to initiative not getting me anywhere... the guy in your story was just an idiot that didn't listen

5/6/2008 6:28:31 PM

i don't think i've ever posted here
so fuck it

5/6/2008 6:28:35 PM

JESUS CHRIST!!!

CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR when you're having a phone conference!!

epecially if you feel the need to YELL!!

5/7/2008 9:02:51 AM

meh.

i do that daily.

5/7/2008 9:04:16 AM

well, i sit right next to a conference room and i think it's pretty rude for all these guys to gather 'round the conference call phone when it's on full volume and yell at it with both doors wide open.

plus, i'm pmsing

5/7/2008 9:09:28 AM

when you have meetings stacked 3 deep on your outlook calendar (i.e. they all overlap)

also

every wednesday is supposed to be a "meeting free morning" - my big boss sent us all an outlook appointment that takes up the time from 8am - 12pm... yet i have 4 meetings scheduled... ugh

MEETINGS FTL :\

5/7/2008 9:15:02 AM

^^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1nbUygXzo

Quote :

"Hold on to your fucking hat."

plz to embed, someone, plz.

5/7/2008 9:27:31 AM

Quote :

"not 5 minutes later my boss calls (obviously not the ceo..the guy directly under him) me asking why i scheduled a meeting at a time he couldn't be there, then he told me i didnt have the authorization to plan meetings for the whole company and to never do it again because i didnt know his schedule and now it was going to be a pain to reschedule and baby sitter for his kids, blah blah obviously i didnt schedule the damn thing, i was just trying to make putting it into everyone's calendars a little easier and take a little iniative "

outlook does allow you to share calendars so if you are scheduling meetings you can actually see what your coworkers week looks like (as long as they know how to use outlook correctly)

Quote :

"JESUS CHRIST!!! CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR when you're having a phone conference!! epecially if you feel the need to YELL!! "

i feel you . both of my bosses do this and im in the dreaded speaker phone triangle
i think that is so fucking rude

5/7/2008 9:30:39 AM

There are sign on some of our conf rooms telling people to close the door.

5/7/2008 9:54:29 AM

luckily people don't use the conference room on this side of the building very often..

the other day they blocked youtube and websense doesn't give a reason, it just says "blocked" a lot of us used it to set up playlists so we could listen to music.. but i guess someone thought we were spending too many hours on the internet, so they took away one of the last things that bring us joy

we're also on the head boss's shit list because a group of us got caught playing sudoku.. it's not fair that since we don't smoke we don't get a little break every now and then my immediate supervisor told us that we should take our sudoku and go sit downstairs in the smoking section haha

5/7/2008 9:57:08 AM

at 930, my supervisor comes over asking me what i'm doing

"i'm working on this thing i have to get to our manager by 10 or so."

"Cool. How's it going?"

"It's going well."

"Any issues with it?"

"No, just have to get it done."

"You think you'll be able to finish it by 10?"

"NOT IF YOU ASK ME A HUNDRED GODDAMNED QUESTIONS ABOUT IT NOW LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE."

(whimpers fading into the distance)

5/7/2008 10:08:06 AM

You have a supervisor and a manager?

5/7/2008 10:13:53 AM

^ That's pretty common in retail.

5/7/2008 10:15:45 AM

our conference rooms have complete isolation.

shut the door and this thing come down from inside the door and into the floor blocking sound from even escaping from the crack even.

5/7/2008 10:26:21 AM

Hope you never have a power failure.

5/7/2008 11:08:31 AM

mechanical, not electric

5/7/2008 11:18:13 AM

WTF? Do you have some elaborate pulley system in your conf rooms?

5/7/2008 11:21:42 AM

i actually work in financial management. the manager/specialist/analyst is the typical set up. the manager answers to the client executive.

i guess that could be another irritant, but it doesn't matter, i quit my job to play music full time which means i'll be signing my own paychecks, except that they'll be a shit ton smaller.

5/7/2008 11:23:41 AM

keep your political viewpoints to yourselves please

5/7/2008 11:25:18 AM

Quote :

"people asking for my home number for private troubleshooting."

if you ever do one thing for a person to fix their computer, you will become their bitch for that computer forever-- so never do this ever

I mean I try to be nice, but I really don't want to fix your shit for nothing, especially if I am not sure exactly how to. I'm 'that guy' at work who should be able to fix your problem with X because I know something about Y.

5/7/2008 11:25:25 AM

^ Man, my dad fell into that trap in our neighborhood. It's a slippery slope.

5/7/2008 11:51:44 AM

Quote :

"our conference rooms have complete isolation. shut the door and this thing come down from inside the door and into the floor blocking sound from even escaping from the crack even."

"I demand the Cone of Silence!"

5/7/2008 11:52:45 AM

I'm right outside a conference room too (the biggest in the building actually) and people constantly have after-meeting conversations right outside my cube. Or they will sneak out of their meeting and talk to people on their cell phone. Usually I just stare at them until they get the message and go somewhere else.

5/7/2008 12:00:38 PM

i need it finished now
i need it finished now
i need it finished now
i'm going to play golf now, i can't proof til tomorrow
why wasn't this done yesterday???

5/7/2008 12:01:08 PM

we FINALLY got a soda machine in the break room on our floor, but the problem is, it's pressed up against the door to the first aid kit... i hope no one needs pain killers or band aids!

5/15/2008 3:11:15 PM

Wireless broke. Time to pull out the other laptop.

5/15/2008 3:22:25 PM

this guy i work with makes this noise constantly like hes trying to use air/spit to get something out of his front teeth

5/15/2008 3:42:51 PM

Quit asking me what we are having for lunch on Fridays....I don't order it until like 4pm on a Thursday!!!

I'm sure David0603 will have something to say about my complaining

5/15/2008 3:45:49 PM

there's a belcher in our lunch group

everytime he speaks he has to belch

and he has to speak a lot

b/c he knows everything about everything




and im amazed at some of the people i work with, and how far they've progressed without realizing how gross/irritating/rude smacking your lips when you eat is

[Edited on May 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : ^dude, it's like 4pm on a thursday]

5/15/2008 3:47:01 PM

i work with a guy that likes to blow his nose at the table while we're having lunch...

5/15/2008 3:48:25 PM