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When co-workers forward their emails to you and don't tell you about it AND don't fill you in on ANYTHING going on.

When the boss tells us to do something and co-workers use the INTERNAL instant messenger to express their displeasure with the boss.

When co-workers are habitually late...then take a lunch...then leave early all while acting so busy and stressed all day long. Oh and sneak a few 5-10 minute personal phone calls in throughout the day as well.

By far my biggest annoyance is that one co-worker who acts like they know everything about everything...they get involved in EVERY conversation...always have a story that ups everyone else's experience by 10x. No matter what the situation/topic is...they have been there done that and are a subject matter expert and feel the need to educate everyone involved on it.
 
sablesurfer said:
I just closed out a three year project that required tracking over 70 different items that had no clear owners at start of project. Had to migrate every one of them differently, on different timelines, to different standards...without losing ANY of them..in that timeline.

And I get to watch other people get promoted or new job opportunities.
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Believe it or not this is by design. They promote out the idiots so that the workhorses can continue to be abused. Otherwise productivity would drop. It sucks having good work ethic.
 
The eating noises have gotten worse.

Also Friday I got the questions "how do I delete this line" "right-click, delete. you're in excel right?" The guy next to her started cracking up.

Later that day "I cant see whats in this box because I cont figure out how to open it..."
 
johnmac22 said:
By far my biggest annoyance is that one co-worker who acts like they know everything about everything...they get involved in EVERY conversation...always have a story that ups everyone else's experience by 10x. No matter what the situation/topic is...they have been there done that and are a subject matter expert and feel the need to educate everyone involved on it.
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We have two of them now.

CreamyGoodness said:
Later that day "I cant see whats in this box because I cont figure out how to open it..."
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My version of your reality is that this call came from the warehouse.
 
"I have a meeting with ...., if you would like to attend at 2pm."
"Can you make sure to set up a meeting, that person is working from home."

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
johnmac22 said:
When co-workers are habitually late...then take a lunch...then leave early all while acting so busy and stressed all day long. Oh and sneak a few 5-10 minute personal phone calls in throughout the day as well.
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Everyone I work with.

johnmac22 said:
By far my biggest annoyance is that one co-worker who acts like they know everything about everything...they get involved in EVERY conversation...always have a story that ups everyone else's experience by 10x. No matter what the situation/topic is...they have been there done that and are a subject matter expert and feel the need to educate everyone involved on it.
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Everyone I've met in the world in the past five years.
 
We have a fleet contract for all our company vehicles. If you need maintenance done on your car or truck, you first have to clear it with Fleet HQ. They usually cheap out and avoid doing anything until it actually ceases to run.

My truck has been having brake issues for months. The ABS and brake warning lights keep coming on, although everything seemed to work fine. I took it in once, but Fleet wouldn't authorize repairs because everything was still working. So, I had to put up with all the warning lights and dings for months.

Yesterday, the brakes finally went out. Thankfully I was pulled over and parked, so there was no harm done to myself or others, and there was a public parking lot 1/2 a block away that I was able to coast to. Of course, then they had to haul it away via tow truck, who promptly lost my keys and fleet credit card.

Obviously this is the more reasonable way to fix a problem, instead of--oh, I don't know--fixing it 4 months ago when I first mentioned there was a problem. Grr.
 
drainbamage said:
We have a fleet contract for all our company vehicles. If you need maintenance done on your car or truck, you first have to clear it with Fleet HQ. They usually cheap out and avoid doing anything until it actually ceases to run.

My truck has been having brake issues for months. The ABS and brake warning lights keep coming on, although everything seemed to work fine. I took it in once, but Fleet wouldn't authorize repairs because everything was still working. So, I had to put up with all the warning lights and dings for months.

Yesterday, the brakes finally went out. Thankfully I was pulled over and parked, so there was no harm done to myself or others, and there was a public parking lot 1/2 a block away that I was able to coast to. Of course, then they had to haul it away via tow truck, who promptly lost my keys and fleet credit card.

Obviously this is the more reasonable way to fix a problem, instead of--oh, I don't know--fixing it 4 months ago when I first mentioned there was a problem. Grr.
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brake issues on a company vehicle that they refuse to fix after repeated attempts.
that's a personal injury lawyers wet dream.
 
drainbamage said:
We have a fleet contract for all our company vehicles. If you need maintenance done on your car or truck, you first have to clear it with Fleet HQ. They usually cheap out and avoid doing anything until it actually ceases to run.
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That's unacceptable, I hope you have some kind of vehicle log or email trail to protect yourself in the future.

You get in an accident and they'll say you knew about the problem for months and did nothing to address it.

Also, BCC your personal email account on any emails dealing with this and forward any you get from them.
 
Grannyknot said:
brake issues on a company vehicle that they refuse to fix after repeated attempts.
that's a personal injury lawyers wet dream.
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I know. Annoying as it was, it could have gone down in about 100 other ways, all varying degrees of "worse". I was very fortunate.
 
drainbamage said:
We have a fleet contract for all our company vehicles. If you need maintenance done on your car or truck, you first have to clear it with Fleet HQ. They usually cheap out and avoid doing anything until it actually ceases to run.

Yesterday, the brakes finally went out. Thankfully I was pulled over and parked, so there was no harm done to myself or others, and there was a public parking lot 1/2 a block away that I was able to coast to.
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I would make a complaint about that one. A transmission starting to slip is one thing but no one should ignore brake issues. :mad:

A contractor I work with always calls me with 12hrs notice to meet me with XYZ from corporate while they are out from XYZ state. So now he always goes to voice mail with a call the next day unless it is an urgent issue. :cross:
 
drainbamage said:
We have a fleet contract for all our company vehicles. If you need maintenance done on your car or truck, you first have to clear it with Fleet HQ. They usually cheap out and avoid doing anything until it actually ceases to run.

My truck has been having brake issues for months. The ABS and brake warning lights keep coming on, although everything seemed to work fine. I took it in once, but Fleet wouldn't authorize repairs because everything was still working. So, I had to put up with all the warning lights and dings for months.

Yesterday, the brakes finally went out. Thankfully I was pulled over and parked, so there was no harm done to myself or others, and there was a public parking lot 1/2 a block away that I was able to coast to. Of course, then they had to haul it away via tow truck, who promptly lost my keys and fleet credit card.

Obviously this is the more reasonable way to fix a problem, instead of--oh, I don't know--fixing it 4 months ago when I first mentioned there was a problem. Grr.
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Next time they refuse to fix something, take the problem into your own hands. Let the truck coast to a stop against the building a few times and see how they feel about brake issues then.
 
TheCADJockey said:
I'm freakin out man! They give me a "huge" project.. I take my time, and I'm done in half hour.
I've already seen all of the internet.
There's nothing left.
It's over.
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Well,

If you are using autocad you can fill the gaps by downloading pics and tracing them to create vector art. The neat thing with that, as you already know, is the same file can be scaled up or down as much as you want without losing quality. The same graphic can be used for a bottle label, or a wall plaque.

...or at least that's what I've heard.
 
design labels for all the beers in your pipleline, and all the past ones, just in case you want to re-brew them.
 
phug said:
design labels for all the beers in your pipleline, and all the past ones, just in case you want to re-brew them.
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I did.
Multiples for some.

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This ones for your Everyday Simple Cider actually :D
 
TheCADJockey said:
I'm freakin out man! They give me a "huge" project.. I take my time, and I'm done in half hour.
I've already seen all of the internet.
There's nothing left.
It's over.
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Find me the perfect place to get away from my co-workers. No, I am serious. We are close enough that it would be time to get the land and start preparing it for when we want to run away.

List so far:
Michigan - cause it looks beautiful, scuba in lake, apples for cider and blueberries for jam
South Dakota - low taxes, used to live in Spearfish as a kid, LOVE mountains
Wyoming - because no people, some mountains and forests
 
sablesurfer said:
Find me the perfect place to get away from my co-workers. No, I am serious. We are close enough that it would be time to get the land and start preparing it for when we want to run away.

List so far:
Michigan - cause it looks beautiful, scuba in lake, apples for cider and blueberries for jam
South Dakota - low taxes, used to live in Spearfish as a kid, LOVE mountains
Wyoming - because no people, some mountains and forests
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ive recently fallen in love with Utah and Arizona, they're not all desert.

I'm in Prescott, az right now on business and I think I could move here tomorrow
 
sablesurfer said:
Find me the perfect place to get away from my co-workers. No, I am serious. We are close enough that it would be time to get the land and start preparing it for when we want to run away.

List so far:
Michigan - cause it looks beautiful, scuba in lake, apples for cider and blueberries for jam
South Dakota - low taxes, used to live in Spearfish as a kid, LOVE mountains
Wyoming - because no people, some mountains and forests
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Depending on your tolerance for heat or cold, pick a place with cheap land and low taxes, then find out where farming no longer makes money or where rednecks were the only residents. Southwestern Missouri, most of Arkansas, Smokeys in North Carolina, Southern Indiana, most of Iowa, most of Oregon not Portland or Salem,etc.

Unless you plan the hard road of "self sufficient" the utilities availability and stability is the second most important after the privacy.

Edit: Forgot to include probably one of the best deals right now, West Texas...if you can handle the heat.
 
Supervisor just walked into my office and asked, "do you know if Tony has completed xyz task?"
Me: "I'm really not sure" (It wasn't a task related to anything I do)
Supervisor: ok.
Walks out of my office and passes Tony in the hallway. Doesn't ask him.

This place is crazy I tell you.
 
sablesurfer said:
I just closed out a three year project that required tracking over 70 different items that had no clear owners at start of project. Had to migrate every one of them differently, on different timelines, to different standards...without losing ANY of them..in that timeline.

And I get to watch other people get promoted or new job opportunities.
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So...my three year project had one last dependency. The last couple months I had to take it on myself to make sure that person's dependency stayed on track, I set up the weekly status to make sure I got an answer. One out of something like 75 items over three years, and I had to monitor her for last four months to make sure....

....guess who just got 50% of the recognition in the 'yay we are done' email.
 
Grannyknot said:
Supervisor just walked into my office and asked, "do you know if Tony has completed xyz task?"
Me: "I'm really not sure" (It wasn't a task related to anything I do)
Supervisor: ok.
Walks out of my office and passes Tony in the hallway. Doesn't ask him.

This place is crazy I tell you.
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Sounds like he doesn't want Tony to know that he's onto him... If Tony has a nicer office than you, you might want to get ready to make your play.
 
Grannyknot said:
Supervisor just walked into my office and asked, "do you know if Tony has completed xyz task?"
Me: "I'm really not sure" (It wasn't a task related to anything I do)
Supervisor: ok.
Walks out of my office and passes Tony in the hallway. Doesn't ask him.

This place is crazy I tell you.
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"I don't know, but I think I heard Tony saying something about 'that sonuvabitch can shove xyz up his ass!'"
 
sablesurfer said:
So...my three year project had one last dependency. The last couple months I had to take it on myself to make sure that person's dependency stayed on track, I set up the weekly status to make sure I got an answer. One out of something like 75 items over three years, and I had to monitor her for last four months to make sure....

....guess who just got 50% of the recognition in the 'yay we are done' email.
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Your Boss or the last person you had to track for 4 months. :confused:
 
sablesurfer said:
So...my three year project had one last dependency. The last couple months I had to take it on myself to make sure that person's dependency stayed on track, I set up the weekly status to make sure I got an answer. One out of something like 75 items over three years, and I had to monitor her for last four months to make sure....

....guess who just got 50% of the recognition in the 'yay we are done' email.
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Everybody's a wiener!
 
The woman that just found a "video I just had to see" that has been around forever.
Glad you found something funny on the internet.
Stop shoving your phone in my face.
I don't care.
 
TheCADJockey said:
The woman that just found a "video I just had to see" that has been around forever.
Glad you found something funny on the internet.
Stop shoving your phone in my face.
I don't care.
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Woman, I've been on the internet since age 13. I'm 37. I've seen things you can't even imagine. And you want to show me a cat video?!
 
bwarbiany said:
Woman, I've been on the internet since age 13. I'm 37. I've seen things you can't even imagine. And you want to show me a cat video?!
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Yea I remember when all the net was text and small photos. Only websites were a couple chat rooms and a bunch of news sites with a few porn site mixed in.
 
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