Ok we do all work in the same cube hell. The real person that should be strung up is the one that marketed cubicles to every exec out there. Wtf! We are not rats!
In the book you go!Not only do I use the speaker phone, I use the direct connect on the cell phone and talk to one or two other people in the room, all separate conversations, at the same time, while playing music too loud. It's a madhouse some days.![]()
In the book you go!
Ok we do all work in the same cube hell.
I reside in cubeville but my boss has an office 100 feet away. He leaves his door open and always answers the phone on speaker. When the person in the cube next to me calls him (and she does several times a day) I have to hear their conversation in a bizarre stereophonic setting. It's very annoying. All he has to do is close his door.
I have an office. I used to close my door, but when I did all the employees would freak out because they assumed something big was going on - like layoffs. Now I leave the door open 99% of the time.
It's a PC world we live in.
There is that side of the coin, too. My boss is one of the VP's of the company, so he handles a lot of business that doesn't need to be overheard - like the merger we went through two years ago; for a good year leading up to it, his door was closed almost as much as it was open.
Now, the merger has gone through, and some of the 'changes' haven't exactly been good - half of our original staff let go, etc. so sometimes when that door gets closed, there is an element of "oh crap..."
I miss the book....too bad it was moved to the debate forum.
Launch one of those from your toes sneezes, the kind that make your arms numb, in his cube in passing....and "oh bless me" and keep walkin..
My same cat sound lady "Crap dusts" the office, my term for walking about farting, saying.....oh excuse me, oh excuse me, oh my, oh what have you done...then returns to her own desk so she doesn't have to sit in her own funk., but rather spread the joy...that's nasty....but my cue to go for a smoke....and I don't smoke.
Hilarious to find this thread today. It's November 15th and they started playing christmas music at work already!?!? The majority of coworkers agree it's way too early, but the boss' wife and daughter-in-law want it on so guess who wins there? We did come to an agreement, Christmas music every other day?!?!?! From now until Christmas!?!?!? Someone is seriously gonna get punched in the throat if I have to listen to the same Christmas songs over and over again for the next month and a half.
Hilarious to find this thread today. It's November 15th and they started playing christmas music at work already!?!? The majority of coworkers agree it's way too early, but the boss' wife and daughter-in-law want it on so guess who wins there? We did come to an agreement, Christmas music every other day?!?!?! From now until Christmas!?!?!? Someone is seriously gonna get punched in the throat if I have to listen to the same Christmas songs over and over again for the next month and a half.
Yeah, but I guess my point is maybe the majority should have a say what music is played . The minority should listen to Christmas music through headphones. But really, there should be a law. No Christmas music until Black Friday. I think that's more than fair.