Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[TheCADJockey]

Ki-YAAAAAI!

Turrible.

 

[Psylocide]

Turrible.

Jenga bitch! That's for giving me a ****ing tie for Christmas, again.

 

[LAHammer]

Turrible.

How can that ever end well?

Oh, I see...
Maybe it did end well

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

This happens in martial arts all the time.

'My last instructor told us to do XYZ this way...'

Well **** you, he's not here. You were told to do it this way. GTFO if you don't like it.

Ki-YAAAAAI! How you like that head strike noob-ass?

Where is your god now?

Boot to the head!

(Nyah nyah!)

https://youtu.be/97iqWyXobUU

 

[gratus fermentatio]

People who come to work when they're sick; sick enough to take sick day & stay home; where they can't infect their coworkers. But no, they have to come to work & share their disease. They might as well just take the mayo out of the fridge & put it in the sun for a few hours, then put it back in the fridge & wait to see who gets sick from it; it's basically the same thing.
If you're sick, STAY HOME!!!
End rant.
Regards, GF.

 

[Zuljin]

But I'm a hero if I come to work sick. Look how tough and dedicated I am.
/rolleyes

 

[Billy-Klubb]

People who come to work when they're sick; sick enough to take sick day & stay home; where they can't infect their coworkers. But no, they have to come to work & share their disease. They might as well just take the mayo out of the fridge & put it in the sun for a few hours, then put it back in the fridge & wait to see who gets sick from it; it's basically the same thing.
If you're sick, STAY HOME!!!
End rant.
Regards, GF.

But I'm a hero if I come to work sick. Look how tough and dedicated I am.
/rolleyes

we have a problem at my work right now with that. if people use their vacation time for vacation and have no PTO left and get sick, they come in otherwise they get written up. it's become a sort of protest thing. I just hope they remember that when someone else comes in and gets them sick.

 

[Zepth]

People who come to work when they're sick; sick enough to take sick day & stay home; where they can't infect their coworkers. But no, they have to come to work & share their disease. They might as well just take the mayo out of the fridge & put it in the sun for a few hours, then put it back in the fridge & wait to see who gets sick from it; it's basically the same thing.
If you're sick, STAY HOME!!!
End rant.
Regards, GF.

That would be fantastic. If companies gave sick time. Mine doesn't. Well it might now that I'm salaried, long story on that one. Perhaps I should look into it. But most of the people don't get paid sick time, and are always strapped for cash. They just can't afford to take the time off work. Which looking at their "disposable income" spending, they could afford the time off unpaid, if they didn't squander their entire paycheck. Another story for a different day.

Reading through previous posts, it has likely been mentioned that some people can't be trusted with sick days. Sick day becomes "Instant 3 day weekend" day, then when they're actually sick there are none left. Repeat problem A.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Apparently we have an office hoarder or maybe one of my coworkers is a cat that is trying to show its affection for me.

Background: I work on a computer help desk. Unfortunately, this means that we work in an open cube plan office where desks are shared between shifts. This in turn means that we have very little personal stuff storage space (lockers in the office as well as 3 drawers per desk). As a result I have taken one small drawer for my personal stuff (emergency food for when i have to pull a double because my coworkers suck, my coffee maker, notepads, etc). Over the past several weeks/months I have on occasion noticed that someone else's notepad, phone charger, etc will occasionally be dropped in my drawer. No big deal, I will relocate it to the drawer used by that person. This morning I come into the office, open the drawer to make my morning coffee and find... A dirty paper plate with plastic fork sitting on top of my stuff. Who the F puts dirty plateware in drawers? Do they want it to stink in here? Do they want to attract more bugs and rodents? Are they really cats that are saying "look what I found/killed for you"?

 

[Hamaki]

Apparently we have an office hoarder or maybe one of my coworkers is a cat that is trying to show its affection for me.

Background: I work on a computer help desk. Unfortunately, this means that we work in an open cube plan office where desks are shared between shifts. This in turn means that we have very little personal stuff storage space (lockers in the office as well as 3 drawers per desk). As a result I have taken one small drawer for my personal stuff (emergency food for when i have to pull a double because my coworkers suck, my coffee maker, notepads, etc). Over the past several weeks/months I have on occasion noticed that someone else's notepad, phone charger, etc will occasionally be dropped in my drawer. No big deal, I will relocate it to the drawer used by that person. This morning I come into the office, open the drawer to make my morning coffee and find... A dirty paper plate with plastic fork sitting on top of my stuff. Who the F puts dirty plateware in drawers? Do they want it to stink in here? Do they want to attract more bugs and rodents? Are they really cats that are saying "look what I found/killed for you"?

Maybe it's just a game - your turn to leave a little gift in their drawer.

 

[Saboral]

My coworker believes every single posting he sees on Facebook. Last week we spent 2 hours arguing about whether a town in Michigan had formally declared sharia law....

 

[drainbamage]

My coworker believes every single posting he sees on Facebook. Last week we spent 2 hours arguing about whether a town in Michigan had formally declared sharia law....

I like to have fun with those people. One of our young engineers barely follows current events, unless you count whatever/whomever the Kardashians are doing as news. She comes in occasionally and asks us to explain to her what's going on in the world, because she sees half a headline and doesn't feel like taking the time to actually read the story.

My old boss and I like to use the opportunity to spread a little misinformation. My favorite was when we convinced her that NASA sent a lone astronaut on a one-way research mission to Mars. This was before The Martian came out, otherwise we could've promoted it as a documentary.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Maybe it's just a game - your turn to leave a little gift in their drawer.

If only I could figure out who it is I would. And I know I am coming off as a bit of an EAC expecting my own drawer for personal stuff, but being one of the 4 longest employed people here I feel I should be able to expect something.

I really need to find a new job.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

My coworker believes every single posting he sees on Facebook. Last week we spent 2 hours arguing about whether a town in Michigan had formally declared sharia law....

Show him/her this, it's a hoax, but they might not have seen it yet.


THE AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans with No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. “We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.”

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

Finally, the Americans with No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?”

“As a non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. “This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Sen. Dick Durbin: “As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”

Robert Carlson

 

[Melana]

Show him/her this, it's a hoax, but they might not have seen it yet.


THE AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans with No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. “We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.”

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

Finally, the Americans with No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?”

“As a non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. “This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Sen. Dick Durbin: “As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”

Robert Carlson

awesome.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

A dirty paper plate with plastic fork sitting on top of my stuff. Who the F puts dirty plateware in drawers? Do they want it to stink in here? Do they want to attract more bugs and rodents? Are they really cats that are saying "look what I found/killed for you"?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Apparently we have an office hoarder or maybe one of my coworkers is a cat that is trying to show its affection for me.

Background: I work on a computer help desk. Unfortunately, this means that we work in an open cube plan office where desks are shared between shifts. This in turn means that we have very little personal stuff storage space (lockers in the office as well as 3 drawers per desk). As a result I have taken one small drawer for my personal stuff (emergency food for when i have to pull a double because my coworkers suck, my coffee maker, notepads, etc). Over the past several weeks/months I have on occasion noticed that someone else's notepad, phone charger, etc will occasionally be dropped in my drawer. No big deal, I will relocate it to the drawer used by that person. This morning I come into the office, open the drawer to make my morning coffee and find... A dirty paper plate with plastic fork sitting on top of my stuff. Who the F puts dirty plateware in drawers? Do they want it to stink in here? Do they want to attract more bugs and rodents? Are they really cats that are saying "look what I found/killed for you"?

I have to keep all my personal stuff in my locker or people will mess with it. I even bring all my own pens/highlighters/sharpies/etc...
Just so I don't have to use the same things everybody else does. We used to have a guy here who would chew on all the pens & steal all the sharpies.
Any way you could get a lock installed on your drawer?
Regards, GF.

 

[Grannyknot]

Employees not having basic math competency bothers me.
I've spent 45 minutes this morning trying to explain how a 5% upcharge on list price is different than a 5% upcharge on a discounted price.

Common response "5% is 5%, there shouldn't be a difference".

 

[TheCADJockey]

Maths is hard.

 

[soccerdad]

Dude - that's totally true !!

we spent 2 hours arguing about whether a town in Michigan had formally declared sharia law....

I read it on the interwebs

 

[fuzzy2133]

Maths is hard.

I had a high school math teacher that only allowed the cheap calculators in class (no graphing calculators unless necessary), it was great knowing all the equations starting next years math class.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Show him/her this, it's a hoax, but they might not have seen it yet.


THE AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans with No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. “We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.”

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

Finally, the Americans with No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?”

“As a non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. “This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Sen. Dick Durbin: “As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”

Robert Carlson

Sounds legit to me

I have to keep all my personal stuff in my locker or people will mess with it. I even bring all my own pens/highlighters/sharpies/etc...
Just so I don't have to use the same things everybody else does. We used to have a guy here who would chew on all the pens & steal all the sharpies.
Any way you could get a lock installed on your drawer?
Regards, GF.

If I used the lock on it, then I would lock the others out of their drawers. Hmmm... The idea has merit. Now where is that key?

 

[beernbourbon]

Employees not having basic math competency bothers me.
I've spent 45 minutes this morning trying to explain how a 5% upcharge on list price is different than a 5% upcharge on a discounted price.

Common response "5% is 5%, there shouldn't be a difference".

wow.
Just......wow.
I mean, I get the concept....5% is 5%. But to not realize that you are starting with a different number? Even my dumba$$ dog isn't THAT dumb.
smh....

 

[dkwolf]

The women (specifically, two of the four) in this office.

All summer long, I have heard nothing but bitching about it being "too cold" in the office. The thermostat was set at 72°, which was apparently cold enough to hang beef. But 73° was "okay". They would have preferred 75-76°, but I told them over my dead body - if it got set above 73, I'd come to work in a speedo and hang out in their offices all day. (I'm 6'0, 320 lbs, and part sasquatch.)

The past two weeks, I've been hearing "It's 40° outside, you do not need the air on inside" Biotch, please. I don't give a hang what the outside temperature is. We've got 30 computers running 24/7, plus two dozen bodies in the office. Did you notice the A/C just kicked on? That's because we're generating enough heat that it is needed to maintain our agreed-upon 73°.

Today, it was in the upper 30's this morning, so someone turned the heat on. It's set at (guess what...) 72°. And it's perfectly okay with the whining women.

 

[Genghis]

The women (specifically, two of the four) in this office.

All summer long, I have heard nothing but bitching about it being "too cold" in the office. The thermostat was set at 72°, which was apparently cold enough to hang beef. But 73° was "okay". They would have preferred 75-76°, but I told them over my dead body - if it got set above 73, I'd come to work in a speedo and hang out in their offices all day. (I'm 6'0, 320 lbs, and part sasquatch.)

The past two weeks, I've been hearing "It's 40° outside, you do not need the air on inside" Biotch, please. I don't give a hang what the outside temperature is. We've got 30 computers running 24/7, plus two dozen bodies in the office. Did you notice the A/C just kicked on? That's because we're generating enough heat that it is needed to maintain our agreed-upon 73°.

Today, it was in the upper 30's this morning, so someone turned the heat on. It's set at (guess what...) 72°. And it's perfectly okay with the whining women.

When people complain about the office temperature here, I always remind them that while they can put more on, there's a limit to what I can take off.

To shut up some of the more chronic complainers, HR bought them little electric space heaters. I'm shocked that we haven't blown the breakers out of the place yet.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Perception = Reality. Sad but true.

They do not allow space heaters in my office. Too many fires caused by them. Doesn't stop people from bringing them in though. And you should see the nests of powerstrips below the desks. Scary.

 

[murphyslaw]

my coworker hung up his brewing shoes. I need to find a new home-brewing friend!

 

[drainbamage]

There was a study that came out recently that said something along the lines of what we have historically considered comfortable office temperatures are based on male physiology, hence why the women in the building are always cold. So, male privilege FTW!

But really, it does come down to this:

When people complain about the office temperature here, I always remind them that while they can put more on, there's a limit to what I can take off.

 

[Renegades_Brew]

I took AutoCad in High School 20 years ago and I know this. Wow.

Oh.. I thought he was talking about lineweights by hand. At least that is a challenge. If we had one imperfect penciled line or smudge, they would tear up our drawing and make us start over.

Actually I was talking about both... Granted now I experience more of the people not assigning line weights to computer drafted items. Which is worse.

 

[Grannyknot]

Employees not having basic math competency bothers me.
I've spent 45 minutes this morning trying to explain how a 5% upcharge on list price is different than a 5% upcharge on a discounted price.

Common response "5% is 5%, there shouldn't be a difference".

Still going round and round with this.
Just got an email from someone chiming in with their opinion, all caps "5% IS JUST 5% ITS THE SAME DIFFERENTS".

Differents.

I replied with an example:
59,000 list x 5% = $2,950
35,400 net x 5% = $1,770
The response I get:
"No, you just aren't getting what we are saying"

Worst thing is, this entire debate is holding up my work because I have to get one of the idiots to see my point and then do something on his end.
Might kill myself today.