# How fucking lazy/stupid are you? Wtf? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972 "2004-07-07T17:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/41 "2004-07-08T15:16:33Z")
> [@Yakkette](#): > > You say you “assist editors and other members of our TEAM.” If Non-Copy Making gal is part of said team, well, it seems to me that it is part of your job description and you’re S.O.L. I’m not quite sure what the difference if between making 4 copies or 50 for someone that asks for help–sure, the constant interruptions are annoying, but it sounds to me that because this woman isn’t an “important” type (VP, CEO, whatever) it is above you to make copies for her–unless I am misunderstanding what the real issues are in your working environment. The thing is, I don’t mind helping her if it’s something she genuinely needs help with. Yesterday she came over with four books, and needed one copy from each book. Come on now!! Had she needed a variety of copies, or something that would have been time consuming, I would understand. But, if it’s something that she could have done in less time than it took to ask me, I think it’s ridiculous. I don’t feel I’m above doing anything. It’s my job to assist, and I do it well. But, I don’t appreciate having my time wasted. Just because there is a copy to be made doesn’t mean _I_ have to do it no matter what. I have more pressing things to do than be her gofer. It’s really an issue of respect, and she has none for me. It’s that simple. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/42 "2004-07-08T15:26:24Z")
> [@ThatDuckIsEvil](#): > > Ok, no. Cleaning up spills is not in my JOB DESCRIPTION. However, I do work in an office, not on a factory floor. Something is spilled on a carpeted office floor, something that is wet, sticky and will stain like the dickens. Where is the maintenance/janitorial staff? Or isn’t there one? ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/43 "2004-07-08T15:26:31Z")
Our fax machine and copier are right in the middle of the office. Boss’s office is on one end, mine is on the other. Sometimes, he will walk all the way through the office, past the copier and fax machine, and ask me to fax something. Thankfully he does use the copier. He will also walk all the way to my office to tell me that he has just sent me an email. By that time I’m already reading the thing. And he will ask me to print out a copy of a document he has access to via the network. And ask again the next day when he’s lost the first copy. The filename and path is on the bottom of every document I give him. What has begun to irk me lately though is the project manager, upset with receiving so much spam, has asked me to filter his Outlook software to put the offending emails in his trash, then empty the trash every day upon closing the program. That is not remotely anywhere near my job. Yes, I do set up email accounts for new employees. But for crying out loud, it’s your spam and your inbox. Fix it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![ThatDuckIsEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/44 "2004-07-08T16:04:26Z")
**Scarlett67** : No janitorial staff. (only 22 employees here) Cleaning person comes only once a week. If left for 7 days, that slushie would likely draw ants and turn into a disgusting brown glob. Yum! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/45 "2004-07-08T18:18:35Z")
Heh, a little while ago I had someone in my cube asking for something, a pile of folders sitting here, and some work up on my screen. Ms. Annoying comes up and just stands there while I’m talking to this other co-worker. I said, “Yeah, so what do you need?” She says, “Well, this fax didn’t go through yesterday, can you do it again?” Obviously, I was in the middle of about three things so I said, “Oh, if you don’t know how to use the fax machine, I’d be glad to show you once I’m done with this other stuff.” Haha, she then went and did it her damn self. The woman standing in my cube said, “I can’t believe she’s asking you for faxing!!! Even management does their own faxing!!” So, I wasn’t the only one who thought it was absurd. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/46 "2004-07-08T20:32:32Z")
> [@ThatDuckIsEvil](#): > > Holy Crap. Where do they grow these people? Unbelievable. > > I know whereof you speak,\*\* Indy\*\*. I was just about to start my own thread with the same title and relate this little tidbit: > > Sales rep spills his slushie on the floor, throws **A** papertowel on it, then leaves for an “appointment.” No one else in the room bothers to get up and remedy the mess. Why should they when I, the Sales Assistant/“skirt”/AssWiper, am present? I had to use an entire pack of folded paper towels from the bathroom to sop up the mess. It’s a RED slushie, so I also got the soap and scrubbie out and tried my best to work at the stain. On my frickin KNEES. Other reps remark on my cleaning ability and make jokes about what a slob The Spiller is. Spiller returns (with his lunch - nice appointment) when I was in the bathroom cleaning myself up, and no one says anything to him about his mess and how I was the one to take care of it, because, well, it’s gone now. What mess? :rolleyes: :mad: I’d have left the used paper towels on top of his desk. Or in his chair. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972/47 "2004-07-08T21:09:56Z")
I just have to say that “How fucking lazy/stupid are you?” would be a _great_ idea for an IMHO thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fucking-lazy-stupid-are-you-wtf/253972.md?page=2)