Then I’m the aggressor. I already had enough issues from ‘touching’ the guy whose hand I grabbed while pushing him the fuck off of me while I was sitting on the floor. Being told repeatedly by management that I’m not allowed to touch people. :rolleyes:
And even this is pushing me into ‘Gosh Chimera, you seem to have issues with everyone here’ territory.
But I am going to push this issue, because I fucking got hurt. I made it quite clear to the store manager and the district manager that the next time (and every time) he walks into me, I’m leaving the area (meaning I will be refusing to work a cash register) until he’s gone. Not just out of the area, but fucking gone from the store. Because I’m not going to wait until he’s in another area, go back, and then have him return to the register area and do it again.
I have nothing personal against this person beyond this single issue.
Dude’s making me think of those tourists toting large backpacks on the subway, who move like they don’t realize that they’ve got a human-sized hunch sitting on their back. Except, at least the tourists’ bulk is short-term! That guy ought’a have noticed by now exactly how much space he occupies, but nope, apparently he hasn’t.
You’d think he’d notice that he’s pressing against someone and that there is continuous resistance too (when he’s shoving me into the counter), but again, no recognition, no apologies, no “excuse me”, no moving away from me. He just keeps doing it.
I still fucking hurt and I’m not looking forward to going to work tomorrow, even if he isn’t there. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I go in and see him there on Monday. If he bumps into me just once, I may just up and walk out, go see a doctor and then file for worker’s comp.
Can you ask him not to? Or did I miss that part? He may be so oblivious he has no idea (I know, hard to believe, but I’ve seen stuff like it).
Hmm, just looked back to see, read a bunch of your posts, and your workplace sounds horrible. Can you somehow parlay this into quitting or going on extended sick leave, and getting enough workers’ comp that you can make it til you find another job?
AFAICT, those people notice vaguely that they’re pressing against someTHING but don’t ever think it might be a someONE. I’ve seen or had backpackers push against someone, the someone simply rolled their eyes and offered continuous resistance (no push back, just keeping some breathing space) and the backpacker slammed back, then was surprised or even offended to get yelled at by both the person they’d slammed into and onlookers. Less aggressively, I’ve seen others who just keep pushing back, pushing back, pushing back until someone slaps the backpack, yells at them or pulls on their trousers (little kids who see their mom or grandma pushed back tend to have their priorities clear: protecting Mom is more important than not offending Large Unknown Guy). The main reason to avoid calling attention to “you’re pushing that person!” is that when someone does, the backpacker will then turn around and slam into several other people.
Sadly, I’m actually only gonna be there regularly for another few weeks, as I’m away for a bit, starting a new job in September, and then I’ll only be coming back as a casual for some school breaks. I’m pretty sure that’s why I’m being paired up with her every weekend lately, normally everyone gets a turn so no-one gets too much.
By the way, when I say she won’t share stuff she find, that’s not entirely true; she will occasionally hide random items in the bag in which I keep my lunch, wallet and phone, without telling me. Half a kitchen roll, a bruised pear and a single loose raw egg are all recent examples.
I’ve made repeated comments - to irritated looks and being ignored - about how uncomfortable I am with people invading my personal space, bumping into me and repeatedly making contact with my back. I have an assistant manager who irritated the fuck out of me one day by repeatedly reaching over my shoulder or past my ribs and twice opening a drawer into my hip.
I just got excuses about how we’re in a crowded space and I had to deal with it. :rolleyes: (No, our “'crowded space” is about 10’ by 8’.)
This led to the incident with the Kid where I was sitting on the floor feeding money into the safe when he came, leaned right over me, making contact with me and stuck his hand at the keypad on the safe. Oh, I know he meant it as a joke and my reaction was perhaps a bit strong, but I grabbed his hand, pushed him off of me and yelled “GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME!” Whereupon it was “reported” and I was told several times by different management people that we are “not allowed to touch other employees”. Great, then stay the fuck off of me and stop touching me from behind to reach past me, open drawers or bump into me.
I came in to pissed off co-workers today because I “didn’t call in” on Friday.
It seems the jackass who injured me, then answered my “I can’t come in to work because I hurt too fucking much” call simply told people that I had called, asked who I worked with (a lie, I never asked that question) and said I’d be in (another lie). He didn’t bother to tell anyone the rest of it.
So I filled out a corporate Incident Report on the injury and said I’d be going to Urgent Care tomorrow to get it documented.
And left a message for the store manager letting him know what I’d said when I called in on Friday.
If I had an extra dime in the bank, I’d just stop showing up.
I’m contracted by an agency, which in this case is contracted by the end client. My notice period is 30 days.
I put in my notice period last week; at the time I didn’t even have the new contract, but I was having a slew of interviews and the thought of getting back to an end client which simply doesn’t have The Attitude* was… far from positive (I received and accepted an offer that same afternoon). My last few clients have been pretty horrid, but I’ve had both projects where most things and people were good and others where, while some person did provide rant material, the majority was good. I’d much rather spend my life with people who value my work than with those who see me and my coworkers as a bunch of busybodies or worse. At the time I gave my notice, I indicated that I was in town and could come in to work if the client so desired. The agent acknowledged receipt; we talked about the possibility of my replacement taking over my lease (it’s month by month, and if it’s convenient to them, hey, much easier than looking for something else).
The agency had not told the end client; I just had to do so during a meeting. The first reaction of the team lead was “I’m not going to pay you”. I explained that if they’re not paying me, I’m not working. She tried to tell me that the minimum notice period is 8 weeks; I said I’d fulfilled the period in my contract and was therefore in the clear legally speaking (we’ve had people leave with 4 weeks’ notice and several with no notice, as she receives people with insults and people do tend to dislike that). She said she didn’t care about legally, only contractually. I didn’t bother explain that one.
I don’t know how will this end, but if it was not going to end well now it looks like it’s going to end worse.
ERP is a type of company culture, not merely a type of software. ERP software is a collaboration and communication tool: in companies which have a collaborative attitude these programs can be absolutely great, in those where people hold onto any piece of data and any bit of power for dear life, they’re horrible because they simply don’t make any sense. This client is of the second kind.
My “main contact” is back at work today; she’s one of the very few reasonable people in this project. I told her I’m leaving; her reaction was, more or less in order:
“Your decision or the miniboss’s?”
“What is the plan for how to move forward?”
“Well, I’d told them that this could happen. If they’ve still managed to be surprised it’s not your fault, my fault, or the fault of the coffee machine, it does have caffeine versions.”
No. This did not cause you to be unable to access SharePoint.
What can I do about it?
Advise you to call the help desk and create a ticket to talk to someone who can actually do something about SharePoint. I am not a SharePoint admin. I don’t even have access to your SharePoint site myself.
sigh 90 min conference call for 5 people to review how their area does a certain procedure. 1st guy talks 30 minutes. 2nd guy talks 30 minutes. 3rd guy talks 20 minutes.
Um. We’re all middle-aged professionals. Certainly by now they should know enough to figure out bow much time they have to present and adjust their talk accordingly.
Fortunately, the last two of us were able to edit the information down to what was actually needed, and got through in 5 minutes each.
Really? What’s that you say?? Stainless steel parts are way more expensive than parts made of other materials??? And when I confirm that yes, I know this, and that the only reason I specified stainless steel is that the customer demanded it, did you accept this information and go back to your desk to figure out how you’re going to convince the customer to pay extra for us to build a fixture that you didn’t anticipate at the beginning of the job?
No, you made a beeline to my supervisor’s office to complain about my expensive material selection. And when I heard your bellowing and made a point of strolling in there to explain my material selection to my supervisor (since you had neglected to do this), you immediately began to lecture me on materials that are being purchased for use in the field versus materials that should be purchased for building up a test fixture.
:rolleyes:
Do I need to tell you what you can do with one of those $500-apiece stainless steel couplings, you mansplaining knob?
I’m a programmer at a huge company, and my boss has assured everyone that I’m going to accomplish the impossible. He’s dead wrong, but I’ve had some notable successes, so no one questions him.
I’ve told a few people (including my boss) that he’s dead wrong. But no one cares. It’s like talking to a wall.
Thankfully, this company has an excellent transfer policy, but I won’t be able to transfer until December. Just have to hold out…
Being told repeatedly by management that I’m not allowed to touch people. :rolleyes:
Sadly, I’m actually only gonna be there regularly for another few weeks, as I’m away for a bit, starting a new job in September, and then I’ll only be coming back as a casual for some school breaks. I’m pretty sure that’s why I’m being paired up with her every weekend lately, normally everyone gets a turn so no-one gets too much.