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has no member title Member  |
My running commentary on the weird and wonderful place that is my office.
Today's installment: 1) IT sends us an e-mail. They want to give us new passwords and ask us to send in our old ones by MAIL. Half the office thinks this is illegal spam and throws away the message. 2) The new CEO is a German. This is made uncomfortably apparent by his most important concern: "The chairs in our conference room", he reprimands us, "MUST be pushed back to the table when we leave the room". Apparently, the messiness of chairs that stand around in just any old way offends his sensibilities. Never mind that this is the CEO who was hired to help us get back into the profit zone. CHAIRS is what he worries about. __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member  |
If the chair breaks when you hurl it across the room at CEO Doofy's head, do you push the mess under the table then?
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LOL!
Seems like the appropriate place to repost this here: http://www.doodie.com/boss_flash_animation.php __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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knows there is no spoon Member  |
You guys will probably appreciate this one if you haven't seen it already.
http://joecartoon.atomfilms.com/pages/theboss/ Note: I've found in the past that it tends to redirect you to the main site if you just click the link, but it worked when I tested it, so it might be ok. Otherwise just copy and paste it into the address bar. James Wandering, but not lost. "You are a Knight Errant. All of the fun of rescuing damsels, and none of the paperwork." |
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I'm alone at work, so I'm taking advantage of the opportunity to misbehave...
Onion, someone who has time to worry about conference room chairs doesn't have enough to do. Do everything you can to fly under this guy's radar because eventually he'll start picking at every little thing some unfortunate soul is doing to deflect attention away from the fact that he's not doing anything/incompetent. I had a boss like that. I know of what I speak. |
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Pirate/Zombie/Hero Member  |
Being half German, though, I have a sneaking suspiscion I understand where he's coming from. It bugs the CRAP out of me when my students don't push their chairs in. Why? Because it means they aren't paying attention (in this case, to manners and politeness and making things easier for the next person who comes along). Also, it means they don't care of things are chaotic and disorganized. If I were trying to get a company back in the profit zone, I JUST MIGHT start with something basic, like pushing in chairs, and see how organized and detail-oriented people are. Of course, at some point I'd probably explain myself too. To avoid looking like an idiot and all.
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BWAHAHAHAAA!!!!! My BIGGEST pet peeve at work is people who don't push in their fucking chairs. teehee. _____________________________________________________________ Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket. - Goonies |
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I'm the same way at work, which bothers people a lot. What's really OCD is that all the chairs have to be the same height when I leave a workspace area. I swear, if I weren't one of the fastest workers they have, they'd get me in therapy.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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You lot should worry. I am being personally developed by my company, to improve my self belief and help me maintain a positive attitude. They don't understand that I like my self doubt and my healthy negative attitude.
................................................... There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more. |
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Has no front teeth Member  |
The last time that happened to me, I ended up going through EST (now known as The Forum). We all went through EST.
 All I can say is.....run! ______________________ Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e. ~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy¦ooh ooh ooh the sky's the limit! |
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is in perfect karmic alignment Member  |
I just read a little of that.. sounds horrid.
~You are a *Taverner*. Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication, you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~ -Royko |
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What on earth is it, BeeZee?
What did you have to do? __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Has no front teeth Member |
The articles are mostly the most extreme end of EST.
This one is a little closer to the actual experience. Needless to say, with me it didn't stick. Heh, in EST speak, I never "got it". Good thing. ______________________ Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e. ~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy¦ooh ooh ooh the sky's the limit! |
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OMFG.
That is...horrible. That makes me so mad.  And you were sent there by your boss? Or did I misunderstand? __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
My workplace is JUST FRICKIN'-...
...hey, I don't work anymore! *walks away and whistles happily*  |
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Has no front teeth Member |
Let's just say we were "strongly encouraged" to take it.
Steven and Mark were really really into it, having taken the training from the man himself. In fact, they put up the money for me to go...and as I recall it was a heckuva lot more than $250.00 when I went. When I quit, Steven tried to make me pay back the money. I said "Uh-uh, it was your idea, and nowhere in it was there any mention of paying it back." See....that much I "got". ______________________ Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e. ~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy¦ooh ooh ooh the sky's the limit! |
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Lol!
I'm glad you "got" all the right stuff, then. Good for you. And Furious - everytime I read one of your enthusiastic "not working anymore" posts it makes me grin. How's the massages? Good? __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
*puts on his 'poor me' face*  It's just horrible. Free massages and whirlpools at someone else's expense...primo parking wherever I go...the guilt of not contributing to the taxbase... Seriously though, I'm making things out a little rosier than they really are. Almost went without heating oil thanks to my ex-company sitting on $7500 that they owed me.  It's a game, but I'm winning. |
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Yes, I can imagine.
But you seem Me, I'd probably just give up and cry. So, you rock! __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
Oh I've cried and screamed and burnt out and
 about this mess which began in 2003...ugh.RECORD EVERYTHING and hire the best legal gunslinger you can find! |
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