# 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:** 157
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3122 "2022-04-04T21:51:07Z")
Holy donkey balls. This may be a chaotic post; I’m coming off the tail end of a string of very long irk shifts that seemed to involve … ya know what? Murphy’s Law. Doubled. (For background, I work at a BBQ joint, which includes smoker _pits_ so the irony is … more delicious than our food, sometimes. It’s a corporate chain, not a mom’n’pop store.) One of the worst parts is, a lot of the B.S. today didn’t - or shouldn’t - impact me directly. Circus; monkeys, yanno? But it threw so many people off their game, and effed up so much physically around the store, that _my_ ability to do my job(s) was tanked. Plus everyone was stressed, so extra pissy drama, yadda yadda. Okay, so, I’m trying to climb up from hourly whatever slave to someone who’s at least somewhat in charge. (In a retail, customer service environment. Yeah, I know … 🙄) I started the day so excited (they gave me keys! imma open all by myself and prove my worth!) and as soon as I pulled up my heart already sank. Then I walked in, and _woah!_ W.T.F and it went downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3123 "2022-04-04T21:53:57Z")
Sorry I gotta do this in parts. I’m processing, and don’t wanna lose too much as I go. I’m being given more & more responsibility (good!) but zero additional money (bad!). I want to prove myself, but I feel like - since upper management knows I work my tail off - I’m being taken advantage of & it’s starting to affect my attitude. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3124 "2022-04-04T21:55:03Z")
You know what? Imma just go have a good, long cry in the shower. Maybe that’ll help. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3125 "2022-04-05T00:13:47Z")
Dan Brown could take lessons from you. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3126 "2022-04-05T15:32:55Z")
Big update to all computers this week. IT is way understaffed, so response time for help tickets is going to be long. That’s fine, I can get by in the meantime. But the drivers for multiple monitors are gone, and I have to work with a single screen. I tell you these are inhumane work conditions. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3127 "2022-04-05T16:57:53Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > . But the drivers for multiple monitors are gone, and I have to work with a single screen. This just happened to us too. Well it didn’t actually happen to me because my computer isn’t on the update schedule anymore because it’s too old. My replacement is still pending, going on 7 months of waiting. But at least there’s one bright side for me. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3128 "2022-04-05T22:59:17Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > It’s not right to feel like you have to lock your supplies up so they won’t disappear. Just keep your hands off my red swingline stapler. [![](https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/cd/cd5891b1ed57913f81877ec0be952df3.jpeg) ](https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/cd/cd5891b1ed57913f81877ec0be952df3.jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3129 "2022-04-05T23:15:14Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I used to be a draftsman. You get attached to your tools, and that would really piss me off. Pretty much all of our drafting is computer based now, but we have a handful of drawings that are still updated by hand for reasons that have never been explained to me. I always practice before revising one of these drawings, and it was nice not having to spend half the morning tracking down supplies. > [@MagicEyes](#): > > It’s not right to feel like you have to lock your supplies up so they won’t disappear. Agreed! And I thought things were bad when the previous cleaning crew would bring in their kids and let them run loose in the building… > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Just keep your hands off my red swingline stapler. This is pretty much where I’ve been this week. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3130 "2022-04-06T00:36:27Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > It’s not right to feel like you have to lock your supplies up so they won’t disappear. Yes, yes it is… [![](https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/04noaanreport/noaanprime2.jpg) ](https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/04noaanreport/noaanprime2.jpg) \*_NASA satellite being built at Lockheed Martin fell over because someone took the screws that were holding it in the stand._ ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3131 "2022-04-06T05:23:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Just keep your hands off my red swingline stapler. Yes! In the current thread in IMHO about lost-lasting reliable products, [Brand names that have a reputation for long lasting goods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-names-that-have-a-reputation-for-long-lasting-goods/961047) , at least three people have posted about their 50+ year-old Tot Swingline staplers! (Maybe you were one of them?) ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3132 "2022-04-06T13:29:45Z")
> [@Kelevra](#): > > He said he appreciated the point of pay vs responsibilities and he’d talk with the higher ups. We’ll see. So the response I got was that raises this year are going to be good (like 5% range). And they are working on a new level for people like me which if approved will go into effect July 1 2023. Which really boils down to nothing. I am eligible for the raise whether or not I do management work so that is meaningless to the pay vs responsibility issue. The second half is a rousing “Keep at it! Maybe next year!” I’m not done with this issue. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3133 "2022-04-06T13:30:44Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Pretty much all of our drafting is computer based now, but we have a handful of drawings that are still updated by hand for reasons that have never been explained to me. I always practice before revising one of these drawings, and it was nice not having to spend half the morning tracking down supplies. Can I ask what field you are in? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3134 "2022-04-06T15:37:17Z")
I’m a mechanical engineer working in Dedication Engineering – we create procedures for testing and inspecting commercial parts for use in backup diesel generators in nuclear plants. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3135 "2022-04-06T16:01:00Z")
Very interesting. I’m in GIS. Property lines, roads and such get updated a lot. And it’s available on the internet to anyone. Everything is digital for me except very old records that we don’t update. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3136 "2022-04-07T00:18:50Z")
Dammit! I need to do some things tomorrow, and I finally figured out how to make it all work around a meeting that’s at a very inconvenient time. And then this afternoon I found out that we’re doing a department bonding activity, so my plans are all ruined. There is no way to do lunch. I’m not mad that we’re doing a nice department thing, but I really would like to have some actual food for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3137 "2022-04-07T03:32:11Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > They got their shit together Well, of course they did. They had the good shit! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3138 "2022-04-07T08:07:24Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > we create procedures for testing and inspecting commercial parts for use in backup diesel generators in nuclear plants. Where were you in 1986 when Chernobyl needed you? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3139 "2022-04-07T23:12:34Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And it’s available on the internet to anyone. Nice! Most of our stuff is proprietary, but some of the engine lines we build/support are really souped-up versions of what you might see in certain locomotives. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Where were you in 1986 when Chernobyl needed you? 🤣 We have surprisingly few foreign customers. Fukushima Daiichi wasn’t one of ours either (it’s my understanding that they had great generators, just not in the best location). ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3140 "2022-04-08T03:28:28Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Too late for you, but I’m pretty sure you could lay it out in InDesign, then export it as an “Editable PDF”. How do you do that? It would make my life easier. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638/3141 "2022-04-08T04:51:28Z")
First, I’d google it… heehee. But it’s too late, I’m too tired to do it now. You might have to export a pdf in InDesign, then open that in Acrobat. I do know you can specify “Save As Editable PDF” in Adobe Illustrator, but that probably doesn’t help. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638.md?page=158)