he'd laugh.

8/27/2009 9:46:43 PM

^^^^NO!!! SAP is what companies use when they want to TORTURE their employees :hate: :hate: :hate:

^^hahah hang up your "flair"

[Edited on August 27, 2009 at 9:49 PM. Reason : ]

8/27/2009 9:47:11 PM

I don't usually get grossed out by foul smelling microwave meals, but today was some exception. Whatever nasty rotten fish/shit combo someone cooked today made me (and the rest of the office) nauseous, I could smell it in the stairwell coming back from lunch!

8/27/2009 10:36:31 PM

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"SAP (for those that don't know what this is.... it is an EVIL massive accounting program that does everything from accounts payable, timesheets, matls ordering, etc)"

bet it can't be any worse than Timberline. I hate that shit with a passion.

8/27/2009 10:38:41 PM

it can't be worse than Passport

8/27/2009 10:39:25 PM

people who won't bring their hot wives to pool parties

8/27/2009 10:59:55 PM

[Edited on August 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM. Reason : perhaps i should keep that to myself]

8/28/2009 9:03:39 AM

god dammit

8/28/2009 9:07:18 AM

Members of the public thinking that North Carolina State University = State of North Carolina

"What do you mean, you don't have a state government directory? No, I can google that just fine...and I'll have to, since you won't help me!"

8/28/2009 10:18:33 AM

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"- SAP (for those that don't know what this is.... it is an EVIL massive accounting program that does everything from accounts payable, timesheets, matls ordering, etc)"

Don't think I've ever dealt with SAP, but my annoyance is having 20 different apps to do everything - where each app has its own password that you're forced to change every 30 days. You have to have a strong password with capital letters and numbers, and you can't repeat old passwords. The result is you have to keep a separate spreadsheet file just to keep all your passwords straight.

I bet half of the service calls that go into our help desk involve resetting passwords.

8/28/2009 10:36:16 AM

What's timberline?

8/28/2009 11:03:16 AM

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"it can't be worse than Passport"

agree

8/28/2009 11:18:09 AM

Quote :

"it can't be worse than Passport"

8/28/2009 11:21:08 AM

actually, it can't be worse than Portal J

8/28/2009 11:59:30 AM

Well I just e-mailed my boss to tell him that I need the next 2 Saturdays off. (not tomorrow, but the 2 following). He sends me back this shitty e-mail talking about how I have been taking a lot of Saturdays off lately, and he "hopes this isn't becoming a trend".

To which I responded that I am currently the top sales rep in NC, and #12 in the country. I work 6 days a week, always come in early, always stay late, never call in sick. I add that he should expect employees to want a Saturday off every now and then, especially in the summer, and that it shouldn't be an issue considering I have a part-timer to cover my shifts.

No response yet. I will let you know.

8/28/2009 12:22:30 PM

I mention to my coworker (who sits 5 feet from me) that I'm getting chinese food for lunch.

Homegirl about 6 desks over hears me and says really loudly, "You gettin' chinese for lunch? I'ma have you get me some!"

Homegirl is so loud that one of the traders and the weather guy hear her, and immediately send me an email asking if I can pick them up some lunch when I go.

The girl sitting on the opposite side of the coworker I initially spoke to hears the exchange between myself and Homegirl, and pipes up that she too would like me to get her some lunch.

The girl I initially spoke to now chimes in with her order.

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And I spend 45 minutes at the fucking chinese place placing 8 lunch orders and bringing back 3 bags of chinese food BY MYSELF.

8/28/2009 12:26:01 PM

working on a saturday just fails in general.

8/28/2009 12:26:02 PM

no shit. and we have a part-timer that is available the whole weekend. but my boss feels that he needs "experienced sales people" here on saturdays, so he only uses the PTE for Sundays.

8/28/2009 12:26:57 PM

find a job you're better qualified for (because those jobs likely don't require saturdays)

8/28/2009 12:27:28 PM

you don't think I have been looking for a better job?

they aren't exactly growing on trees right now

8/28/2009 12:30:11 PM

shit, you obviously aren't looking hard enough. there's a few jobs hanging on the trees in my front yard.

8/28/2009 12:32:39 PM

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"And I spend 45 minutes at the fucking chinese place placing 8 lunch orders and bringing back 3 bags of chinese food BY MYSELF."

I wonder if cashiers at Sam's Club do this?

8/28/2009 12:33:31 PM

.....ya got me there. I hate being the nice person in the office.

8/28/2009 12:33:52 PM

^^ well played

8/28/2009 12:47:53 PM

haha i just went back and re-read my sam's club cashier thread. good times

8/28/2009 1:03:51 PM

new schedule: my Friday shift is 2-9

bye everyone!

8/28/2009 1:37:36 PM

Quote :

"What's timberline?"

a royal pain in the ass. It's basically an accounting(accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, etc), project managment and invoice routing software package. It's good when it works but shit 90% of the time .

8/28/2009 4:37:13 PM

Bosses that just won't fucking LEAVE on a Friday afternoon

8/28/2009 4:39:10 PM

So further proof of the bitch that is Timberline. Moved it to the new exchange server and tried to install Document Management which is an invoice routing and approval plugin. Well it completely destroyed IIS so now now emails can be received outside of the office. doh

8/28/2009 7:16:15 PM

^ take that moon man stuff on over to tech talk.

8/29/2009 12:32:05 AM

I like how management, office staff, my own employer, and the mechanical team all agree the wait staff stomp all over me, bully me, and put me down. But watching me cross a moving train a dozen times with heavy, delicate, pricey equipment on an empty run ("Dead Head Move") while sitting around chatting is beyond me.

8/29/2009 12:49:37 AM

the fortysomethings & their tales of mafia wars on facespace

8/29/2009 12:52:45 AM

my GOD i hate mafia wars. i block that and every other facebook app. but i dont think it's just 40 somethings. seems like everyone is playing that stupid game.

8/29/2009 12:55:20 AM

this new IT guy has got to go. he is constantly looking for ways to have a conversation. as in, a conversation totally unrelated to work. he is way too chatty. a question about one of our shared drives turned into a 10min conversation about how he wants to come up with a manual so he can better track the things my group uses on a daily basis, thus making him better able to help us out...blah blah blah STOP TALKING TO ME blah blah

8/31/2009 7:58:58 AM

Found out via an HR insider that all of the administrative assistants at my company start out making $42k per year. This seems very high for a job that requires no education.

8/31/2009 12:12:51 PM

okayyyy... so, like.. you still haven't told me if I got the job or not

8/31/2009 12:14:54 PM

^^Buck told me the same thing this weekend about his admin people making bank. Which is nuts, since the Administrative Assistant in my office (who has been doing this kind of work her whole life) is like mid-to-late 50s right now and making around $33k - and that's after being with the company almost 4 years.

Oh, hey Lucy....get me a job as an admin and I'll force Buck to move us down to FL and he can go work for OUC.

8/31/2009 12:17:22 PM

^^ You're hired!

^ I'll see what I can do. Please note, however, that my company has another round of layoffs in October. I'm currently refreshing my resume.

Perhaps ours are compensated more because they're technically executive assistants who also support the executive's entire department.

8/31/2009 12:21:08 PM

Yikes, I thought you were safe for awhile once you dodged the last Layoff Bullet. This kinda throws a wrench in Law School if you get laid off huh?

8/31/2009 12:22:27 PM

I'll get you laid if you dodge the Layoff bullet

8/31/2009 12:24:22 PM

^^ Worst case scenario, I have a lot of free time in which to finish my novel.

^ And we could be bums together. And con rich couples into letting us freeload and house sit.

[Edited on August 31, 2009 at 12:25 PM. Reason : .]

8/31/2009 12:25:02 PM

That girl that comes in to work at 8:30, unprepared to begin working. I believe if you are supposed to work starting at 8:30am, you show up early enough to get your shit together so you can START WORKING AT 8 FUCKING THIRTY. And stop going to the damn restroom every 30 minutes. NO YOU DON'T HAVE A URINARY DISFUNCTION, YOU DRINK LIKE AT LEAST 8 CUPS OF FUCKING COFFEE A DAY. GET SOME REST YOU GRUMPY BITCH.

[Edited on August 31, 2009 at 12:25 PM. Reason : .]

8/31/2009 12:25:19 PM

I think most people that go to work that early (say 8 or 8:30) do not actually begin their work the minute they step in. I know I don't. I check my gmail, or read the news for a little bit and then read my work email, and slowly get into the groove of work. I thought lots of people operated this way. Maybe not?!

8/31/2009 12:27:27 PM

FREELOADING HOUSESITTING BUMS FTW!

8/31/2009 12:27:30 PM

Hot bums, gettin' laid and gettin' paid!

8/31/2009 12:27:50 PM

WE BE PAID, GETTIN LAID, IN DA SHADE

8/31/2009 12:28:53 PM

yes you do make mistakes and mis-speak sometimes, im not going to say you said something wrong just to say it, and its not that big of a deal to me that you wont admit it until you wont shut up about it

8/31/2009 12:30:52 PM

My "work" schedule is 8:30-5:30. I get in usually between 8:00 and 8:15, usually because it's just me an my DM and we just chill, him reading his paper and me checking email, t-dub, and stuff. If there's some work I can get ahead in, I'll go ahead an do it. It's nice to get my head into the atmosphere and into the groove. I actually look forward to getting to work early every morning because it is the most peaceful time of the entire day... :/

8/31/2009 12:31:54 PM

too much office traffic when im trying to wolfweb

8/31/2009 12:32:08 PM

Quote :

"I think most people that go to work that early (say 8 or 8:30) do not actually begin their work the minute they step in. I know I don't. I check my gmail, or read the news for a little bit and then read my work email, and slowly get into the groove of work. I thought lots of people operated this way. Maybe not?! "

i agree and think the same, i work at 8:30 as long as im there by then there should be no problem

8/31/2009 12:34:09 PM