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2006-03-08 9:29 AM in reply to: #362111 |
Pro 4909 Hailey, ID | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Yeah the smoking thing is seriously dumb. When I worked for Dell they had a strict break policy. Only 2 15 min breaks per shift. But if you were a smoker, you could go smoke like every 30 mins and it's ok. They "have" to do it that often. What a load of crap, so if I don't smoke I can't take extra breaks. They even got a 'smoke building' built for them out back because they were to retarded to not smoke under the air induction vent and again too dumb to not put their cigs out on the building and make it all black. |
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2006-03-08 10:29 AM in reply to: #362111 |
Master 1292 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves More on the smoke thing - the lady in the cube next to me easily smokes a pack a day. I don't really care about the extra break time she gets. I work maybe 3 hours a day anyway. Pot. Kettle. Black. What does bug me is that she stinks to high heaven when she comes in, and the smell overtakes my cube. Probably the biggest reason I work from home 3 days a week. Male co-workers who strike up a conversation at the urinal. This is a strict violation of the Man Code. People who take the elevator one floor up or down. |
2006-03-08 11:39 AM in reply to: #362111 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves I am strict on the smokers - do it within your break, at the smoking area (out back, not in front of the business), keep that ash bucket tidy, and don't even think about smoking in my company's truck! I did notice more of the guys using chew or dip. I remember working in the restaurant business during college where I would be working to clean up at the end of the night and notice that all of my coworkers were not there with me but taking a smoke break. I would just sit down and wait. A manger once tried to write me up for that- he was one of the smokers and noticed me sitting when he came back from his smoke break. Go ahead, I told him. |
2006-03-08 12:08 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Master 1728 Pulaski TN | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Food pet pieves. Today is a great example. My company serves meals throughout the year to the employees on occasion. Today pizza. I am eating grilled chicken from last night but I will go down and get a diet coke and listen to the updates. Last time lasagna. Friday was 4 boxes of doughnuts for 10 people. I need fruit, grilled chicken, heck even a sandwich tray. Oh well! |
2006-03-08 12:17 PM in reply to: #364215 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves How about sexually explicit and open discussions? Junior partner questioning his subs about their dates, whether they got laid, what it was like, details, details, details. |
2006-03-08 12:37 PM in reply to: #364228 |
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2006-03-08 12:47 PM in reply to: #364253 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Zilla - 2006-03-08 10:37 AM People who do not perform appropriate "courteous measures" when they use our office bathroom. Hellooo people, it's one bathroom, one toilet for all 11 of us and it's in the middle of the office. Note the switch that says "fan"... turn it on. Also note the numerous cans of Cinnamin spray I have left on the sink counter.... see them? They are not just for show. This means that after you utilize the facilities for your post Starbucks constitution a little spray in the air would be nice before you open the door and unleash all that is unholy on the entire office. Thank you. Which gets to my pet peeve.... why are people so obsessed with smelly sprays. Great, now it smells like cinnamon and poop! Guess what I'm going to think about the next time I eat a red hot? The bathroom here always smells like some baby powder/janitorial supply stuff. It's horrible... I'm not a big fan of artificial smells. |
2006-03-08 12:57 PM in reply to: #364260 |
Champion 6786 Two seat rocket plane | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Which gets to my pet peeve.... why are people so obsessed with smelly sprays. Great, now it smells like cinnamon and poop! Guess what I'm going to think about the next time I eat a red hot? The bathroom here always smells like some baby powder/janitorial supply stuff. It's horrible... I'm not a big fan of artificial smells.
POST OF THE WEEK!@!!!!! BWAHHAHHAHHA! |
2006-03-08 1:04 PM in reply to: #364273 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves *takes a bow* Thanks, thank you very much. |
2006-03-08 1:29 PM in reply to: #364260 |
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2006-03-08 2:18 PM in reply to: #364215 |
Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves cbost2678 - 2006-03-08 1:08 PM Food pet pieves. Today is a great example. My company serves meals throughout the year to the employees on occasion. Today pizza. I am eating grilled chicken from last night but I will go down and get a diet coke and listen to the updates. Last time lasagna. Friday was 4 boxes of doughnuts for 10 people. I need fruit, grilled chicken, heck even a sandwich tray. Oh well! I once worked for a large health care organization that advertises itself as a "Top 100 Heart Hospital". Great! But good luck finding a vegetable in the employee cafeteria. I asked for them and got a blank look. They could change their slogan to "Good Heart Health Starts in the ER!" |
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2006-03-08 2:30 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Ok, brand new one. We just moved offices and my new cubicle neighbor a) talks to himself CONSTANTLY and loudly and b) plays quiet music all the time, so I have to listen to his Coldplay ("Know how I know you're gay?" and Angry White Boy Music at volumes that make them sound like a mosquito in my ear (not that I'd want it any higher). Got headphones, Mister? Thank God I have headphones and Radio Paradise. |
2006-03-08 3:36 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Veteran 465 Michigan | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves This is a hilarious thread - especially because I don't work in an office anymore! I work from home and only go in occasionally but this thread has reminded me just what I am missing! Have to add my list:
Something I do miss is my co-workers. There was one guy who was really fun. We would play little practicle jokes on each other and other co-workers. We filled our manager's office with those packing peanuts one time and another time we re-decorated a guy's cube in pink and flowers when we found out he was homophobic. Ahhh....those were the days! |
2006-03-08 3:41 PM in reply to: #364458 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves I tell perfect strangers (smoking outside the building) "I can't believe you are still doing that. It's going to kill you." During my marathon run, I told a couple of smoking spectators "That stuffs gonna kill ya!" |
2006-03-08 4:44 PM in reply to: #362627 |
Master 1249 Lexington, Kentucky | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Got a couple of new ones. People who don't include contact info in their e-mails and don't update the company directory. "Please give me blah blah blah info... - Joe Blow" Um, great, Joe, what's your number? Where's your office? Conference rooms with goofy names (There was a Dilbert on this recently) I can probably find rooms like 1510 or 3rd floor south, but I've got no clue where the "Excellence" room is. |
2006-03-08 4:49 PM in reply to: #364458 |
Master 1249 Lexington, Kentucky | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves kimta - 2006-03-08 3:36 PM
You're way more polite than me. If it is at all possible, I break wind as I pass by. |
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2006-03-08 4:57 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Extreme Veteran 438 | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Boss Pet Peeves, I worked for this guy for 2 years... He was an evil man, but I was only 21 at the time... turned 22... did not know better... he was a bit evil. 1- "Can I polish your toe nails" while at a conference in California. 2- "Let's go swimming and have a wrestling match" - see above conference. 3- The Christmas kiss... (nothing like being snuck up on from behind and turn around to face your boss and he plants a wet one just shy of ones lips). He fired me after I complained... he owned the company. 4- Burnt Popcorn 5- Too much perfume... "Come on lady, you are giving me a rash!" |
2006-03-08 5:05 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Elite 2458 Livingston, MT | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves PollyC - 2006-03-06 9:15 AM 4. Bosses who use the promise of money to entice someone to stay in their present position, and then when that person has decided to stay, forget all about the promised money. Quit and call a lawyer. |
2006-03-08 5:58 PM in reply to: #364469 |
Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Renee - 2006-03-08 4:41 PM I tell perfect strangers (smoking outside the building) "I can't believe you are still doing that. It's going to kill you." During my marathon run, I told a couple of smoking spectators "That stuffs gonna kill ya!" Heh, I remember that. This chick's got a lot of moxie!
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2006-03-08 6:02 PM in reply to: #364541 |
Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves tim_edwards - 2006-03-08 5:44 PM Conference rooms with goofy names (There was a Dilbert on this recently) I can probably find rooms like 1510 or 3rd floor south, but I've got no clue where the "Excellence" room is. We have one called "the Fishbowl" cuz it's all glass, and I guess the guppies (or suckers) inside look like fish. |
2006-03-08 6:13 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Expert 1160 Avon, CT | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves |
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2006-03-08 6:16 PM in reply to: #362111 |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves When people yell at me thru the bathroom door When there is a line of staff all waiting to ask me stupid questions Sticky patients...I mean really people take a bath or shower before you go to the doctor
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2006-03-08 6:24 PM in reply to: #364616 |
Veteran 274 Westminster, Colorado | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves When someone comes in every 30 minutes to tell me something that they did. I want to know because I am a manager, but dude, send me an email and quit interupting me. |
2006-03-08 6:39 PM in reply to: #364228 |
Master 1867 The real USC, in the ghetto of LA | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Renee - 2006-03-08 12:17 PM How about sexually explicit and open discussions? Junior partner questioning his subs about their dates, whether they got laid, what it was like, details, details, details. that reeks of HR issue |
2006-03-09 8:45 AM in reply to: #362111 |
Expert 1160 Avon, CT | Subject: RE: Office Pet Peeves Another favorite: When my partner and my boss have a meeting together and decide to give me a new responsibility because my partner doesn't want to do it anymore. And then they come back and announce it to me instead of asking if I have the capacity to take on another role. Love it! |
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