Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[petey_c]

You think we're headed toward that? I'm pretty sure we've hit 3rd or 4th gear on that on. Sadly, none of the newly formed p*ssies will understand a manual transmission comment either. Sad days ahead indeed. Sad sad.

Two points. One, there are some funny vids out there where someone tries to steal a car and doesn't drive a manual transmission. Two. "Educators" like this one... http://www.wlwt.com/news/child-pret...d-bow-and-arrow-suspended-for-3-days/36221592
Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled thread...
I have a coworker that can't have a brief discussion about anything. Yesterday for example, we had a tech at an airport who wanted to check his part of a newly installed "shout line." We still weren't sure where in my facility it was going to go. Why check it three times? Instead of those three sentences, I got a 15 minute explanation...

 

[Billy-Klubb]

maybe I already mentioned, maybe not. the coworkers that will try to make others look bad to make themselves look good. with our surge of new hires, we now have a few on my shift. one is particularly bad about it. i have to remind everyone around her that when she does that, she's just making herself look like an a-hole. our bosses already know that she does this. she's also the HR nightmare maker i have previously posted about.

 

[beernbourbon]

the coworkers that will try to make others look bad to make themselves look good. she's also the HR nightmare maker i have previously posted about.

What if this IS the HR person? Ours has no concept of discretion. Not a single member of my team will confide anything in her. Her supervisor has spoken to her several times, no change. She wants to be everyone's buddy, but the minute you email a few people the video of the screaming goats (including her, just because you've been lulled into a false sense of security), she calls you in to her office to chastise you about the inappropriate use of company email, which is then followed up by a company wide email reminding everyone of the proper uses of said company email.
Yes, I have talked to the owners, and they don't seem to think she is a problem. :smack: Y'all just WAITING for the lawsuit coming at you at 100mph that I am certain someone will file when she 'accidentally' spills confidential information about someone?

 

[dkwolf]

A master's certificate? Oh good lord, is this some new crap concocted by these for-profit diploma mills that seem to pop up everywhere like mushrooms? :smack:

Sadly, no. It's offered at some 4-year schools highly respected in the engineering world.

From what I can tell, it's the 2-yr degree of the post-graduate world, offered by schools that have enough of a program to do *something*, but not enough of a program to offer the full-blown masters degree.

 

[MaxStout]

Sadly, no. It's offered at some 4-year schools highly respected in the engineering world.

From what I can tell, it's the 2-yr degree of the post-graduate world, offered by schools that have enough of a program to do *something*, but not enough of a program to offer the full-blown masters degree.

That's unfortunate. I could see the utility of the cert. if it was a stand-alone curriculum to get people into positions that don't require a full engineering degree, like repair technicians, etc. But it's billed as a "masters," which implies that a bachelors degree is a prerequisite. That makes me think it's aimed at people with non-technical degrees who want to dip their toe in the tech side. It seems to me a true masters degree would better equip such a person to understand engineering principles.

In the past couple decades, I have noticed a sort of "watering down" of the term "engineer." There are so many people who hold themselves out as "engineer." Some with scarcely more than a couple night courses under their belts. Some of the schools are just as guilty--by offering these quickie programs designed to fill seats in their classrooms.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Got my entire work group pulled into the bosses office today for our second ultimatum in the past 3 months. Terms being basically if you miss anything, you will be escorted out of the building immediately. Unless you are one of our 2 special coworkers, then you only get something put in your file.

Its days like today that I wish I kept my resume up to date.

 

[n240sxguy]

Two points. One, there are some funny vids out there where someone tries to steal a car and doesn't drive a manual transmission. Two. "Educators" like this one... http://www.wlwt.com/news/child-pret...d-bow-and-arrow-suspended-for-3-days/36221592

Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled thread...

I have a coworker that can't have a brief discussion about anything. Yesterday for example, we had a tech at an airport who wanted to check his part of a newly installed "shout line." We still weren't sure where in my facility it was going to go. Why check it three times? Instead of those three sentences, I got a 15 minute explanation...

I'm pretty sure the punishment is less if you actually shoot an arrow at someone. This is so stupid.

 

[hunter_le five]

Actual conversation I just had with a coworker:

Her - "*blah blah blah*... and then I went to get in my car this morning, and there was a mice in the garage!"

Me - "Um, 'A mice'? Don't you mean 'a mouse'?"

Her - "No, it wasn't a mouse, it was a mice."

Me - "Huh?"

Her - "You know, kinda like a mouse, but larger. A mice."

Me - "'Mice' is just the plural form of 'mouse'..."

Her - "Oh, then what am I thinking of?"

Me - "A rat?"

Her - "Yeah! A rat!"



She's 60 years old, and English is the only language she speaks....

 

[wobrien]

She's 60 years old, and English is the only language she speaks....

She seems to be fluent in stupid...

 

[MaxStout]

Actual conversation I just had with a coworker:

Her - "*blah blah blah*... and then I went to get in my car this morning, and there was a mice in the garage!"

Me - "Um, 'A mice'? Don't you mean 'a mouse'?"

Her - "No, it wasn't a mouse, it was a mice."

Me - "Huh?"

Her - "You know, kinda like a mouse, but larger. A mice."

Me - "'Mice' is just the plural form of 'mouse'..."

Her - "Oh, then what am I thinking of?"

Me - "A rat?"

Her - "Yeah! A rat!"



She's 60 years old, and English is the only language she speaks....

Does she live in a house, or a hice?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Nah, she got that one right. she must live in a hat.

 

[MaxStout]

 

[n240sxguy]

She seems to be fluent in stupid...

Haha

 

[Firewalker11]

For the past two months, I have had no coworkers. I was walked out of the building when I disagreed with the HR director about one of my direct reports job description.

I was pissed off at first but after applying for a tax number, DBA paperwork and getting a bond and insurance, I am thrilled to be on my own once more!

So no more things about coworkers to annoy me but now I have the "stupid customer questions" to deal with now.

 

[ultravista]

good stuff, subscribing.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

For the past two months, I have had no coworkers. I was walked out of the building when I disagreed with the HR director about one of my direct reports job description.

I was pissed off at first but after applying for a tax number, DBA paperwork and getting a bond and insurance, I am thrilled to be on my own once more!

So no more things about coworkers to annoy me but now I have the "stupid customer questions" to deal with now.

soooo... you don't want to be a welder in Windom? we have a bunch of Paradox at the local shop... just sayin'...

 

[Rhumbline]

For the past two months, I have had no coworkers. I was walked out of the building when I disagreed with the HR director about one of my direct reports job description.

I was pissed off at first but after applying for a tax number, DBA paperwork and getting a bond and insurance, I am thrilled to be on my own once more!

So no more things about coworkers to annoy me but now I have the "stupid customer questions" to deal with now.

I was self employed once. My boss was a jerk and my employee was lazy as all get out.

I didn't know whether to quit or fire me.

 

[Firewalker11]

soooo... you don't want to be a welder in Windom? we have a bunch of Paradox at the local shop... just sayin'...

Any submerged arc welding? (SAW)

 

[Firewalker11]

I was self employed once. My boss was a jerk and my employee was lazy as all get out.

I didn't know whether to quit or fire me.

Dang! You have the same boss that I do! The worst part is that I have to work today instead of brewing like I want.

 

[drainbamage]

I've been at work less than an hour, and have already been thrown under the bus.

In a meeting with a client a couple weeks ago, some information was provided by someone above me on the chain of command. It would have had serious implications on the phasing of their project. I included the info afterward in the meeting minutes, but it turned out to be inaccurate. The client fires back, "well, we have it in writing from [drainbamage]."

Sure, shoot the messenger. Should've stayed in bed this morning.

 

[TheCADJockey]

The engineers are all streaming movies while I pick my way through some assembly drawings.
Go Monday.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

I've been at work less than an hour, and have already been thrown under the bus.

In a meeting with a client a couple weeks ago, some information was provided by someone above me on the chain of command. It would have had serious implications on the phasing of their project. I included the info afterward in the meeting minutes, but it turned out to be inaccurate. The client fires back, "well, we have it in writing from [drainbamage]."

Sure, shoot the messenger. Should've stayed in bed this morning.

Time to put a disclaimer on the minutes as a header- "information reported as described in meeting, contact process owner for verification"

Or something...

Issue with the same team member I usually complain about- waltz's in at 10AM. Complains about workload. Stares at phone for half the day.

 

[drainbamage]

Time to put a disclaimer on the minutes as a header- "information reported as described in meeting, contact process owner for verification"

Or something...

I was thinking more along the lines of, "information provided by upper management may or may not be consistent with reality."

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Any submerged arc welding? (SAW)

nope.

 

[smizak]

The engineers are all streaming movies while I pick my way through some assembly drawings.
Go Monday.

Hey, I spent the best years of my 20's in Capen library at UB North for that privilege.

Right now, coworker who's office is next door to mine has been screaming at his speakerphone for the last hour. Dude, they can hear you, you're approximately 10" from the microphone.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Hey, I spent the best years of my 20's in Capen library at UB North for that privilege.

I can't say I miss that place. I worked in the law library for a little while.

 

[smizak]

I can't say I miss that place. I worked in the law library for a little while.

I graduated in '02. Just drove around campus last weekend before the Sufjan show. Holy cow that university is a beast now.

 

[sablesurfer]

Her - "We need information on this and training."
Me - "I never use that and I don't have the information because I am filling in on this."
Her - "This email I am forwarding has a link to the information."

Soooo.....wtf do you want me to do???

 

[TheCADJockey]

Soooo.....wtf do you want me to do???

I feel for you man.. every funking day:

Sales: I need a drawing
Me: Of what..
Sales: A gauge
Me: Yes. I understand that is what we do.
Sales: What's the question again?

 

[Grannyknot]

wild goose chase

noun

noun: wild goose chase; plural noun: wild goose chases

a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.

What my workplace specializes in.
Here is something I'd like to teach them about, in regards to what we specialize in:

op·por·tu·ni·ty cost
noun
Economics

noun: opportunity cost; plural noun: opportunity costs

the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.