....coming back from vacation.

10/16/2012 4:17:12 PM

Bitches

10/16/2012 4:17:59 PM

So there is a piece of equipment at work that everyone uses, first-come-first-serve style. I swear to god every time I walk in there this one half asian bitch has it bogarted for half an hour at a time with some pedestrian bullshit, when she could just let me jump in for two minutes before my signal dies. She's all like "oh well! teehee" and I'm all like "whatever bitch go work on your lats"

10/16/2012 4:23:40 PM

ha I see what you did there

it's not an equipment where you can just jump in and out

10/16/2012 5:17:58 PM

What does it mean signal about to fade out?

10/16/2012 5:23:16 PM

^^we have something like that at work as well and it's reallllly annoying when people act annoyed/frustrated that they can't just "hop on and do something quick" during a slot I signed up for. It's a very slow and annoying process to log in so it's not easy to just hop off, let someone do something, and hop back on.

We have to log into the computer, wait to generate a security key, log into our remote computing system using this security key, VPN in to our client's computer (which takes forever and usually requires entering your password multiple times even if you enter it correctly), and then logging in to a filing system they have (which is slow over VPN and takes a good 30 seconds or so to log in to) before I can ever do anything I need to do on there. In all it takes several minutes to get it to the point where it is usable. Getting off requires doing the reverse properly so that their system doesn't lock the next user out for 30 minutes. None of it is HARD if you can follow instructions, it just makes it extremely inconsiderate for someone to ask you to commandeer the computer "quickly" when you've signed up and waited your turn.

[Edited on October 16, 2012 at 5:26 PM. Reason : ]

10/16/2012 5:26:25 PM

It's a luminescent (like glow in the dark) "signal" of protein bands transferred from a gel to a special membrane. You can't see it until you run it through a computerized imaging system. It's a sensitive process because the limiting factor of the luminescent system is also, time. The longer you wait, the less intense the luminol "signal" coming off the bands.

I was I was running the same thing she was waiting for. If time is the limiting factor, what makes you think I'm going to let her get in front of me when i already signed up?

She isn;t the first to do this either. If you know it's a popular equipment, then plan your experiment accordingly.

[Edited on October 16, 2012 at 5:41 PM. Reason : ...]

[Edited on October 16, 2012 at 5:42 PM. Reason : .]

10/16/2012 5:39:08 PM

there's this one guy here that goes through each story/link on reddit and proclaims it to everyone within earshot as if it's the greatest thing he's ever read

10/17/2012 10:30:04 AM

i'm so tired of folks sitting in meetings and thanking other folks for doing their job

10/19/2012 9:57:36 AM

yes, you should do your job and never get positive feedback.

10/19/2012 10:31:22 AM

Quote :

"....coming back from vacation."

true that

[Edited on October 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM. Reason : ]

10/19/2012 10:32:26 AM

^^no, this goes beyond "hey, i appreciate you taking care of that for me" or "you did a good job on that". this is just pure ass-kissing and dick-waving to impress the managers in the meeting.

there are a lot of folks in the meeting. not the place for that shit. tell them thanks some other time. most of the time the folks they're thanking aren't even in the meeting.

[Edited on October 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM. Reason : asdf]

10/19/2012 10:37:57 AM

that's kind of nice. i don't hear much unless i've done something wrong, and that usually has to do with miscommunication not on my part. other than that i don't do much wrong so i mostly just hear nothing.

10/19/2012 10:39:38 AM

someone just said "guestimate" to me in an email.

10/19/2012 11:58:12 AM

Reply back asking what it means.

10/19/2012 12:23:47 PM

guestimate, +/- 30% bid... what's the difference?

10/19/2012 12:30:31 PM

Today's annoyances:

People who piss on the toilet seats. Fucking animals. How fucking hard is to lift up the damn seat?

People who use the handicap door opener when they're fully capable of opening the door themselves. How fucking lazy are you that you can't exert the 3 calories to open the door?

10/19/2012 1:09:09 PM

Dude behind me talks nonstop

The other day he finally said, "wow, you're moody lately."

I responded, "WELL THEN STOP FUCKING TALKING TO ME."

10/19/2012 1:48:50 PM

If people would just start lifting the seat after they shit, pee on the seat would cease to be an issue.

10/19/2012 3:30:41 PM

coworker who usually works late, comes to my office and 'hovers' because I'm here after 5pm as he is walking out to leave... with the intention to offer assistance and ask me if everything is o.k.
...dude, just leave, I'm sending 3 emails.

Does anyone else have a coworker who has the 'super-hero complex'? where that individual insists:
- on taking more responsibility than they can handle, just to 'help someone else'
- that the company's day-to-day operation will crumble if he/she is on vacay for a week or more
- complains about 'working over' but stays late basically every day for some unnecessary reason or another
- offers to help on the most menial of tasks, then asks about it multiple times later in the day after the task was completed and forgotten about
- always accepts fault on coworkers' shenanigans
- etc.

10/22/2012 5:32:51 PM

Yeah, we had one guy who was always taking on too much work and then bitching about the fact he had so much work. The best/worst part was our job was easily quantifiable and even after taking on all that work he completed the least amount every month.

I have coworkers who comment on what time I come in the office, but then proceed to talk about babies, cars, houses, and leave early.

10/22/2012 9:18:38 PM

my office is next to a door. motherfucker just held the door open for several minutes while he had a conversation with some other cat. hey man, it's loud as shit out there. shut the door.

10/24/2012 8:26:30 AM

Thank you for allowing me to make 140 copies of our exam only to point out afterwards that you'd given me a copy with the answers faintly marked on each page.

10/24/2012 8:46:59 AM

pulling together money to buy the boss a bottle of Aberfeldy 21 year old single malt whiskey and then not getting to try any

10/24/2012 8:51:45 AM

^^gotta proof before you copy man!

10/24/2012 9:25:49 AM

setting limits.....and then people ignore those limits. there's a reason for that, and you ignoring it basically undermines me and blows up in your face anyway.

10/24/2012 9:34:33 AM

I know, I know, but I'm just that 1) I didn't think to look it over and 2) I should even need to look it over

10/24/2012 9:50:38 AM

the solution of course is to go circle ALL of the answers on all of the copies.

10/24/2012 12:28:44 PM

coworkers who confirm a task/action with me, then re-confirm and talk about it 100x before executing the item. That's terribly annoying

10/24/2012 1:12:31 PM

The person who leaves just enough coffee in the bottom of the pot that you *think* will be a full cup, then it's only a half when you pour it. I know I'll be making a fresh pot either way, but now I have to stand around and wait for it to brew rather than simply walking away.

*In the afternoon, this would be a "throw away and rebrew" situation anyway, but not in the morning when the pot doesn't sit around.

10/24/2012 1:39:22 PM

^stfu and make another pot like a man.

I get pissed when people bitch about getting to the end of the pot, can't tell you how many times I have been in the break room when someone pitched a bitch... then i end up making the next pot.

10/24/2012 2:23:30 PM

I wish they still gave us coffee.

10/24/2012 2:52:47 PM

I hate when people ask for my help and then make me chase them to try and help them.

This lady has been freaking out because I wasn't returning her emails (she spelled my email address wrong). So I final get a correct email and answer her. Then she says, "Let me put you in touch with so-and-so." She doesn't copy this person or leave and contact info. I have no idea who this person is.

I refuse to hunt down this person's info for her or bring it to her attention that I am unable to contact this person due to her error.

10/25/2012 10:22:54 AM

YOU ARE SICK

GO HOME

FUCK YOU

10/25/2012 11:20:06 AM

Quote :

"^stfu and make another pot like a man. I get pissed when people bitch about getting to the end of the pot, can't tell you how many times I have been in the break room when someone pitched a bitch... then i end up making the next pot. "

Notice I said:

Quote :

"I know I'll be making a fresh pot either way, but now I have to stand around and wait for it to brew rather than simply walking away. "

I did make another pot. It just would have been nice if the person before me had done so rather than leaving a deceptively small amount behind.

10/25/2012 1:59:20 PM

^was jesting, btw.

our coffee maker takes <2mins to brew a pot... however you have to wait till its done because once you hit the gogo button, there's no turning back.

10/25/2012 2:06:03 PM

Ours takes closer to 4. Not the worst thing in the world, but annoying.


[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 2:39 PM. Reason : screwy pc]

10/25/2012 2:37:30 PM

i hate when people schedule me for meetings or volunteer me for some committee knowing I have booked vacation for the bulk of the times they will meet.

10/25/2012 2:39:03 PM

Amateurs. Put your cup under as soon as it starts to brew, then replace with pot.

10/25/2012 3:06:15 PM

our coffee machine freshly grinds the beans and makes a cup at a time

10/25/2012 3:16:19 PM

Baller. The new guy in our group has a $20,000 espresso bar at home.
He keeps his cheaper grinder and French presses here and makes coffee for us 1-2 times each week.

10/25/2012 3:18:50 PM

who the fuck does that

10/25/2012 3:21:59 PM

lol coffee drama is the reason my work ended up getting one of those K-cup things. But now people bitch and moan because people don't refill the water or don't throw away their coffee pod after brewing their cup of coffee.

10/25/2012 3:27:26 PM

^^ He compares his love for coffee to homebrewers.

10/25/2012 3:36:16 PM

i was more referring to the 20k home espresso setup

that's absurd

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM. Reason : i dont care who you are]

10/25/2012 3:39:14 PM

Unless you make espresso for 20 people at a time, you don't need a $20K espresso rig.

10/25/2012 3:45:21 PM

I think he got most of it at cost/free for reviews.
Claims to have the #2 amateur espresso website in the world.

10/25/2012 3:45:53 PM

our resident "tech" guy set up our new server with an intranet page for a calendar, etc

at the top he put "<company name> Interwebs" (as a joke)

now everybody is calling it the "interwebs" page (not as a joke)

10/25/2012 3:46:51 PM

#2 amateur espresso website in the world

10/25/2012 3:48:27 PM

there's no reason why tww can't be the #2 amateur espresso website in the world.

10/25/2012 3:52:39 PM