# Dear paper towel filler person....or non-Christmas mini-rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389 "2010-12-25T23:54:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/141 "2011-01-11T20:39:38Z")
Is she a secretary? That sort of behavior seems normal from a secretary, but not so normal from everyone else. Then again, I’ve always had very nice, normal coworkers and looney-tunes bosses. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/142 "2011-01-11T21:11:35Z")
An administrator of some sort. It doesn’t help that the housekeeping lady is also a bit nuts. When they work together, they can effectively make life no fun at all. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/143 "2011-01-11T22:18:05Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > An administrator of some sort. It doesn’t help that the housekeeping lady is also a bit nuts. When they work together, they can effectively make life no fun at all. That sounds like the same kind of woman who always makes trouble for me when I show up in their office because they’re threatened by _everything_. Jerks. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/144 "2011-01-12T00:02:07Z")
GodDAMN this was the most boring-est day at work ever. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/145 "2011-01-12T01:37:08Z")
I’m tired of socializing with people at work. I want to just shut the door to my office and just stay there the whole day. I’m tired of pretending to be happy for a coworker who just found out she’s pregnant. I’m tired of pretending to care about another coworker’s love life, with all the giggly TMI. Mind you, I don’t extract any information from these people. They just come into my office and their gums start flapping, like I’m Oprah Winfrey or something. But I just want to be left alone. I don’t know how to communicate my desire for isolation without everyone thinking I’ve lost my mind. Maybe I shouldn’t care about this? I’m just an evil bitch that needs to be thrown away.l ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/146 "2011-01-12T02:12:46Z")
No, you’re not - you’re just not a “people person.” I spend my days not talking to other people at work unless I go seek them out, and that is just fine with me. Can you tell the most egregious gum-flappers that you have some work to do that you need to concentrate on? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/147 "2011-01-12T09:30:53Z")
**monstro** , I think your coworkers are mistaking your desinterested-but-trying-to-be-polite “ahums” for “a good listener”. Which you are, inasmuch as you don’t interrupt them, but not because you give a shit about them, but because you give a shit about not ending in jail for coworkericide. I suggest describing these horrid boils your cat had when you were a teen… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/148 "2011-01-12T13:36:37Z")
**monstro** , I wish you sat by me. I can shut up real good. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/149 "2011-01-12T14:53:25Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I don’t know how to communicate my desire for isolation without everyone thinking I’ve lost my mind. Maybe I shouldn’t care about this? You should care about it, and you should welcome it. The day your coworkers think that you have lost your mind, is the day they stop bothering you. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/150 "2011-01-12T15:10:46Z")
Here’s the dumbass clinical diagnosis of the day (ripped from the online medical records at a certain local hospital): Subjective Tinnitus. What’s the alternative to tinnitus being subjective? Objective Tinnitus? “Why yes ma’am, I can hear the ringing in your ears too.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/151 "2011-01-12T15:28:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Here’s the dumbass clinical diagnosis of the day (ripped from the online medical records at a certain local hospital): Subjective Tinnitus. > > What’s the alternative to tinnitus being subjective? Objective Tinnitus? “Why yes ma’am, I can hear the ringing in your ears too.” :rolleyes: > **[Tinnitus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus)** > > Tinnitus is a condition when a person perceives hearing a ringing sound or a different variety of sound when no corresponding external sound is present and other people cannot hear it. The word tinnitus comes from the Latin tinnire, "to ring." > Tinnitus is usually associated with hearing loss and decreased comprehension of speech in noisy environments. It is common, affecting about 10–15% of people. Most tolerate it well, and it is a significant (severe) problem in only 1–2% of people. It can... ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/152 "2011-01-12T16:02:47Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > What’s the alternative to tinnitus being subjective? Objective Tinnitus? “Why yes ma’am, I can hear the ringing in your ears too.” :rolleyes: Man, is your face gonna be red if you ever bother to actually take the two seconds to check Wikipedia. ETA: Damn you, **fachverwirrt** , with your page-topping snipes! :fistshake: ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/153 "2011-01-12T16:20:16Z")
My middle name is actually Pagetoppingsniper. My parents were weird. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/154 "2011-01-12T19:33:36Z")
Hey, dumbasses in the vehicles with all the snow. You are required by law to remove that shit from your car before you go driving around. Reason being that no one can see around the snow storms you are dragging around with you. I know it was really unpleasant to brush 6 inches of powder off the car this morning because I did it. If I can do it, you can too! So let’s all get together and leave our snow at home or in the parking lot, mkay? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/155 "2011-01-12T20:54:47Z")
But how are they supposed to throw the Trackers off? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/156 "2011-01-12T23:08:56Z")
Hey, clients. You have an SUV. Why don’t you load up all this cardboard you’re so bent on recycling, take it to the dump and get cash for it? Instead of cramming as much as you can into your **one** recycling bin, **once** a week, along with your regular recycling? At this rate, it’ll be Valentine’s Day by the time it’s all gone (and Og help us all if V-Day produces more cardboard and junk). ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/157 "2011-01-12T23:47:39Z")
Oh god, new class started tonight and the instructor is an arrogant ass. We’ve just spent 10 mins on the definition of the word advanced. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/158 "2011-01-13T01:00:14Z")
Ah so it is a senior class. You will be doing very hard work in it and showing your skills off. . . blah, blah, blah . . . now on to talking about what you previously learned 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/159 "2011-01-13T01:15:04Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Here’s the dumbass clinical diagnosis of the day (ripped from the online medical records at a certain local hospital): Subjective Tinnitus. > > What’s the alternative to tinnitus being subjective? Objective Tinnitus? “Why yes ma’am, I can hear the ringing in your ears too.” :rolleyes: “Is somebody gonna answer that?!?” Dear cop - If you aren’t actually on a call, you can fucking well sit and wait in the long line waiting to turn left like all the rest of us, instead of sitting and blocking the driving lane with your turn signal on, expecting someone to let you in (which I did, because you’re a cop). You can jam your jaunty wave up your ass, too. Jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389/160 "2011-01-13T16:15:37Z")
Personally, I blame you, as the enabler. Manufacturer of some appliance or gadget in my office: I’m sure we really appreciate that you put some sort of warning beep on your device. However, it somewhat defeats the purpose when it only makes a single beep about once a minute. Instead of alerting me to which device needs my attention, it instead is just annoying the everloving shit out of me, because short of standing still and listening for approximately half an hour straight, there is no way that I can tell what fucking thing is beeping. ETA: I’d suspect it was actually one of those things that designed to be hidden and do nothing but beep and drive someone nuts if it weren’t for the fact that I’m sure there’s no way anyone in my office but me knows they even exist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-paper-towel-filler-person-or-non-christmas-mini-rants/565389.md?page=9)