Quote :

"when a bunch of euros come over and dont change their default paper size and cause all the print queues to take a dump"

Ah, the A4 crowd.

Related: When a new printer, ordered and shipped in the USA, has some goofy-ass European paper size (like A4!) as its initial default. WTF?

[Edited on August 5, 2008 at 11:28 AM. Reason : d]

8/5/2008 11:28:11 AM

stuck playing secretary until 5

I wanted to go home and take a nap before headed to Knightdale

8/6/2008 3:58:27 PM

Quote :

"it is impossible to buy cigarettes with food stamps in NC."

"Hey buddy, you have what..? $100 in groceries there?"
"Yes"
"Okay cool. I'll pay for all of it if you buy me 3 cartons of marlboros. That's like $20 off"
"Good deal."

8/6/2008 4:17:30 PM

coworkers that want you to "acknowledge" them (i picture Andy on the office when he got a new ringtone)

i think one of my coworkers gets emotionally damaged when i don't acknowledge what lame mp3 he is playing or if i don't praise him on his lunch choice

8/6/2008 5:06:32 PM

Quote :

"Related: When a new printer, ordered and shipped in the USA, has some goofy-ass European paper size (like A4!) as its initial default. WTF?"

I figured it had to do with all of the programs that have A4 as an option (for instance, AutoCad)...

8/6/2008 11:23:31 PM

My cube is near the offices of 2 team supervisors and the departmental supervisor. They are always busy so I am always forced to acknowledge folks waiting for them to open their office doors to have meetings.

I also hate being the youngest one in a group.

8/6/2008 11:35:41 PM

I don't care what bruises I may have on my arms, stop calling me out in front of my boss...

8/6/2008 11:36:13 PM

The dude that decides to come in at 4:50 and talk to for 15 minutes about nothing.. All I can think about is the traffic stacking up with each passing second.

8/7/2008 3:49:22 PM

It's quiet... too quiet

8/8/2008 9:05:50 AM

eheh

the calm before the storm cliche

8/8/2008 9:07:55 AM

I switched my Outlook editor to HTML from Word because it was fucking up all the time, but now it just kind of ignores it when I click insert file. I guess I just can't win.

8/8/2008 3:08:12 PM

i was going to leave at 2:30 but here i am


there are 7 of 25 people in the office today

8/8/2008 3:32:27 PM

Would you like a little whine with your cheese?

This is the type of company I work for.

8/12/2008 6:20:27 AM

I had a lady ask if she could take her full tower PC on the plane with her to watch movies during a flight.


Is it 5pm yet?

8/12/2008 4:14:12 PM

Did you say yes?

8/12/2008 4:14:42 PM

^ what kind of crazy tech support center do you work at?

8/12/2008 4:16:46 PM

When my boss decides he want to not do a damn bit of work on our busiest night of the week

Sits around and socializes with people instead

Which means I lose 15-20 dollars for that shift

8/12/2008 4:20:59 PM

I work for a religion based non-profit.

I told her that she couldn't take her work PC because it wasn't a work related flight and she said "OOOHHHHH" and hung up after that.

8/12/2008 4:24:10 PM

not putting shit back up where
a, you found it
b, it goes

8/12/2008 4:38:18 PM

not working

8/12/2008 4:44:41 PM

both phone lines being busy

8/13/2008 9:31:49 AM

It annoys me that I have to be here in the first place. I should be walking on High Street in Edinburgh right now, not sitting here designing an ad using the shitty clipart supplied by the client.

8/13/2008 10:25:17 AM

Low flow toilets that waste more water b/c you have to flush them 100 times to get TP down!

8/13/2008 10:56:31 AM

^^can I have your job?

I have a design degree but I can't find a job using it

8/13/2008 10:59:46 AM

No shock there.

8/13/2008 11:05:40 AM

haha burn

8/13/2008 11:08:06 AM

Quote :

"Low flow toilets that waste more water b/c you have to flush them 100 times to get TP down"

they save water in the long run because you flush it even when you just piss

8/13/2008 11:08:43 AM

Someone keeps turning off the color printer. Which is a big, old Xerox that takes about 15 minutes to warm up. This is Not Good if you want to print a color job and don't want to wait 15 minutes for the damn thing to warm up.

8/13/2008 11:09:24 AM

This is for people that work in the restaurant industry:

Point of Sale systems. For the first three years of being a bartender I worked with an Aloha system that was sooo easy. Now I'm picking shifts up at a bar that has a Digital Dining system that I want to pull off the fucking bar and smash into a thousand pieces. To make it worse...whatever manager I have on duty has no idea what the fuck they are doing either. Something simple, like splitting a check 3 ways, is fucking impossible with this system (not impossible, but way more complicated than it should be). I was slammed last night and got completely set back by this retarded point of sale system.

I'm going in early tonight just so I can fuck with it on training mode....but damn I was pissed last night.

8/14/2008 9:58:15 AM

it has been cold as fuck in our office the past 2 days

8/14/2008 9:58:46 AM

i work in a female dominated office, its always like 75 degrees, and they are always still cold. talk about floor heaters/sweaters in july. and i am a person who is comfortable nude at 65 degrees. so i am pretty much sweating most of my work days.

8/14/2008 10:01:52 AM

Oh people stay cold up in here. I like the cold air so I'm good to go, but they are all the time asking me if I can get a maintenance person over here to change the thermostat.

8/14/2008 10:16:24 AM

i freeze at work, cause i work with an older lady who has hot flashes

8/14/2008 11:05:39 AM

plus you dont cover a lot of skin or its very loose clothing

8/14/2008 11:09:56 AM

^^ lucky ladies ^^^

got any open positions at your office!?

[Edited on August 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM. Reason : interception]

8/14/2008 11:10:02 AM

haha if you're talking to me and not DNL, sure we have openings, but I would never suggest someone work here! Well at least someone I like. I wouldn't want you to be miserable like everyone else.

You would be cool though! It's good and chilly. I'm just smart because I break out the summerweight cashmere cardi for when I'm a little chilly. This thing is great

8/14/2008 11:15:06 AM

^^haha @ interception

8/14/2008 11:16:22 AM

it's usually hot in our office. it's comfortable today though.

i don't really care cause after tomorrow i won't have to come back

8/14/2008 11:17:42 AM

My computer is acting weird today. I have some Word documents open, but clicking on them on the taskbar doesn't bring them to the front. I can only get to them by Alt+Tabbing to them or minimizing the other windows I have open. And for things other than Word, clicking on them brings them to the front, but only if I click a few times. This is annoying. Someone smarter than me tell me how to fix it please.

8/19/2008 2:57:20 PM

^i seriously had to show someone at my second job what alt+tab was the other day...made me quite sad

8/19/2008 2:57:54 PM

restart

or ctrl alt del, task manager, processes, end explorer, file, new task, type explorer, hit enter

8/19/2008 3:30:21 PM

dammit...i should have read past the alt tab part

8/19/2008 3:31:17 PM

Yay! I figured restarting would do it but didn't want to have to stop working and wait for it to restart. Thanks

8/19/2008 3:38:14 PM

the other way wouldn't have taken as long

8/19/2008 3:43:24 PM

It takes a while to restart. It took like 15 seconds to end explorer. Though it certainly took longer to read that method.

8/19/2008 3:44:47 PM

I should have posted here

message_topic.aspx?topic=537734

8/19/2008 3:45:35 PM

when ppl come up to my cube and try to get my attention WHEN I'M ON THE PHONE. it's not like i'm talking to a friend or making a personal call I'M FUCKING TALKING TO A CUSTOMER/CO-WORKER AND THEY NEED MY ATTENTION TOO!

and i don't think i project this "don't mess with me" attitude that others seem to be able to give off when they're really busy/stressed/etc...i need to work on that.

any advice?

8/19/2008 3:47:28 PM

just act pissed and busy all the time

make eye contact with no one

ppl will learn you're so busy they shouldn't bother you

hell it might even get you a raise

8/19/2008 3:49:46 PM

You could hang a sign to the effect of that on the outside of cube.

Several sheets of paper, laminated, punch holes, tie string loop, tack:

On phone, please do not disturb.
Come right in.
Out to lunch.
Et cetera.

8/19/2008 3:50:21 PM

but then they'll think i'm mean.

8/19/2008 3:50:40 PM