# New and Unimproved Workplace Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638 "2015-10-14T15:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**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, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2241 "2020-01-12T08:15:40Z")
Missed the edit window: For several years my workplace had one that had no image, just a black square. The caption read: P \* R \* O \* C \* R \* A \* S \* T \* I \* N \* A \* T \* I \* O \* N I’ll find a picture for this later ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2242 "2020-01-12T17:33:11Z")
And now my supervisor’s headed out of town for a week…still no reviews for anyone as far as I know, and he also failed to tell anyone else in my department that he would be leaving. (I think it was a slip that he told me.) I’m also scheduled to go with another employee tomorrow to do some preliminary inspections on some components we’re having built by a local fabricator. I have no idea what time this visit will take place, or even how much work has been completed. It has been insinuated to me that the fabricator doesn’t understand – or hasn’t received – a critical drawing. Fun times. Back to ‘motivational’ posters, I’ve always been fond of [this one](https://images.app.goo.gl/wnz39CEHvhWjd763A). ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2243 "2020-01-12T21:04:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Missed the edit window: > > For several years my workplace had one that had no image, just a black square. The caption read: > > P \* R \* O \* C \* R \* A \* S \* T \* I \* N \* A \* T \* I \* O \* N > > I’ll find a picture for this later _snerk_ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2244 "2020-01-13T14:20:37Z")
Reminds me of the [“Loading Image”](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.9986653.0246/cposter,small,product,750x1000.2.jpg) posters I’ve seen. Apropos when you work for a web design company… ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2245 "2020-01-24T00:24:48Z")
Work is sending me to upstate New York in February. I am seriously not a fan of cold weather. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2246 "2020-01-24T00:49:23Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Work is sending me to upstate New York in February. I am seriously not a fan of cold weather. Where to? Hope it’s not “Northwest Upstate”. The lake effect dumps 17+ inches of snow on Buffalo, 21 inches on Rochester. And with the winds, those are often horizontal snowstorms. But once you get even a little ways away from Lakes Eire or Ontario, it’s down to less than ten (Ithaca’s less than 90 miles away, but gets half the snow of Rochester). But Rochester has [Dinosaur Bar-B-Q](https://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/rochester/gallery/), so I’d gladly go! [Uhh, no, I don’t have those stats memorized…](https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/New-York/snowfall-february.php) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2247 "2020-01-24T01:27:36Z")
Watertown. Just east of Lake Ontario. Might see if I can slip into Canada one weekend though. It’ll be tough because I’m already on their watch list. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2248 "2020-01-24T02:30:14Z")
> [@saje](#): > > _snerk_ Here’s an entire gallery of demotivational posters. I made a screensaver of these once a long time ago. > **[Demotivators® - The World’s Best Demotivational Posters](https://despair.com/collections/demotivators)** > > Demotivators® - The World’s Best Demotivational Posters ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2249 "2020-01-24T17:01:48Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Watertown. Just east of Lake Ontario. > > Might see if I can slip into Canada one weekend though. It’ll be tough because I’m already on their watch list. I once helped build a movie theatre in Watertown. The booth had a door that opened two floors up, and they had not put the outside stairs on yet, I asked the manager if that was the winter exit. I was told to shut up. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2250 "2020-01-27T16:55:41Z")
Monday. Ugh. Started out to day with a few protestors outside the building, with massive signs, letting all us employees know we are supporting the ransoming of children. I guess paying child support = paying ransom to see their children? I’ve heard that before, and I guess I can even sort of see it, but child support workers are the meter readers of family court. We have no say in what is ordered, how visitation is handled, nothing. A few weeks ago I made mention that I kind of enjoy the crazy that goes with SovCit / FotL / AMoors cases. Somehow that quickly evolved into “Send MissTake ALL your Sov Cit / FotL / AMoors cases!” I’ve received 5 cases in the past week of this sort. Lord love a duck, I am so looking to be sued personally. One received this morning will not accept mail as the person doesn’t recognize the ZIP Code system as being legal. They’re going to be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2251 "2020-01-27T18:18:33Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > …One received this morning will not accept mail as the person doesn’t recognize the ZIP Code system as being legal. They’re going to be fun. OK, I laughed at this. I too love these people. At least for a short time. ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2252 "2020-01-27T18:23:56Z")
AMoors? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2253 "2020-01-27T18:27:12Z")
I now with a person who criticizes the tiniest mistake, always phrasing it with “So-and-so said.” When I had the nerve ask ask so-and-so if she had really said that, she denied it. Then the original person asked me why I had talked to so-and-so. Cause I think you’re a lying bitch, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2254 "2020-01-27T19:08:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > AMoors? [Aboriginal Moorish / Moors](https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2011/%E2%80%98sovereigns%E2%80%99-black). Not as wingnutty as SovCits or FotL, but also do not recognize the court system. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2255 "2020-01-27T19:30:59Z")
I have been assigned to a team called the Rapid Response Team. The idea is that we meet every day and go over what happened during the previous day and what we can do to help make production more productive. I am the project engineering representative. Now, this isn’t all bad. We are bringing to light some things that we’ve really had to look at. But how we are meeting right now really sucks. This is a 45 minute standing meeting, on the production floor. We spend the whole time yelling at each other to be heard over all the equipment. I’ve mentioned and suggested that maybe we meet somewhere else so we can actually hear each other but I was overruled. I just got done with that meeting and it was particularly bad today. But mostly because I broke my pinky toe and standing in my steel toed shoes is deeply uncomfortable right now. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2256 "2020-01-28T00:37:14Z")
Customer Service Asshat: “The fabricator was supposed to call you today, right?” Me: “Yep.” CSA: “They didn’t call you, did they.” Me: “Nope.” CSA: “Aren’t they supposed to call and let you know when we can witness testing?” Me: “They are.” CSA: “They really didn’t call you?” Gee asshat, I’ve been sitting at my desk practically all day, and my phone gives me a big message on its screen when I miss a call (along with a big red light if the missed caller leaves a message). And, in the event someone loses my direct number, the lady who answers the main line knows my extension, and also knows what’s going on with this fabricator. I would know if I had missed a fucking call. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2257 "2020-01-28T23:58:51Z")
Mini-rant: my high-maintenance co-worker decided to throw away the half-melted bag of ice that was sitting in the sink. The garbage can is across the kitchen, and had a nice path of water leading to it that I (barely) caught myself from slipping in. I looked in the can, found the ice. :smack: Mopped the floor, took the ice back to the sink and dumped it _like any civilized person would,_ and threw away the empty bag. Seriously. Who throws away liquid in a garbage can? Yes, I know a lot of it was solid. Smartass ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2258 "2020-01-30T16:19:56Z")
Ugh, it’s annual review time. Now I get to waste untold hours writing up meaningless bullshit that will be forgotten the second it’s submitted. I fucking hate this time of year. I’m literally sitting here wishing that some enormous stressful emergency would crop up and give me the excuse not to do this, because that honestly sounds like a better time. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2259 "2020-01-30T18:17:21Z")
The place I left in September is still sending me their meeting minutes (despite me having written to the team leader to take me off the list) AND they are still looking for my replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/2260 "2020-01-30T19:41:53Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Ugh, it’s annual review time. Now I get to waste untold hours writing up meaningless bullshit that will be forgotten the second it’s submitted. I fucking hate this time of year. I’m literally sitting here wishing that some enormous stressful emergency would crop up and give me the excuse not to do this, because that honestly sounds like a better time. Since nobody bothers to read those, they don’t have to be original. write up several versions (Good, Very Good, Excellent, Needs Improvement, etc.) and just re-use the appropriate one for each employee. Make minor wording & emphasis changes as needed, but don’t bother re-writing them from scratch. A great time-saver for you; it gets submitted on time for your employees; and you can use the time for an actual discussion with the employee about the job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638.md?page=114)