# "Team Friendly"? Blow me. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882 "2001-04-13T22:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/1 "2001-04-13T22:07:42Z")
At my recent review, you guys told me to rearrange the room that my office mate and I share. You said that our present arrangement wasn’t “team friendly”. In other words, it was hard for someone to stand behind me and watch what I do. Well, no fuckin’ duh! This is a creative job. I hate, HATE, **HATE** having people behind me when I work- it’s like someone staring at the back of my neck, ya know? And yeah, I occasionally do stuff non-work related, and I occasionally look at possibly “controversial” websites… what’s it matter, though, if I get the fuckin’ job done? Look, everyone likes a bit of privacy. Even you guys- with your FUCKING DOORS YOU CAN CLOSE. That’s right- _my_ “office” doesn’t even have a door- we’re just a blister on a hallway. Two of us, crammed into a room just slightly too small, _and_ a hell of a lot of art reference materials. Do any of you “higher ups” want to room with someone else? I’ll gladly switch with you. Now, though, since we had to rearrange to make the room more “team friendly”, people can sneak up behind me while I listen to my mandatory headphones (necessary, 'cause remember- I’m sharing the “room”. Now we’ve got a lot of wasted space in the middle of the room, 'cause we had to rearrange. Never mind the fact that roomie and I were _comfortable_ with the previous arrangement. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the ac vent that blows straight down on top of me now… There wasn’t a lot keeping me at this job. A comfortable working environment _was_ one of those things. Not any more. ---
**Author:** ![Mothra\_s\_Pilot\_Car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mothra\_s\_Pilot\_Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothra_s_Pilot_Car)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/2 "2001-04-13T23:56:38Z")
:: peeks over **Lightnin** ’s shoulder :: Wow; think she’s actually 18? ---
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/3 "2001-04-14T02:19:45Z")
I HATE those stupid phrases like “team player” and “team friendly”! No I am not a team player you little cock sucker, FUCK OFF!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/4 "2001-04-14T02:35:47Z")
Yeah, I always thought my job wasn’t so bad. Until we got told that we had to **think outside of the box** about a week ago. Fuck you bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/5 "2001-04-14T02:37:24Z")
[sub]The above comment was not meant to belittle differently ideas. I’m all for different ideas. I just hate that fucking phrase. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/6 "2001-04-14T03:17:01Z")
**Lsura** , you need to work smarter, not harder. ---
**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/7 "2001-04-14T03:36:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JeffB \* > \*\ ***Lsura** , you need to work smarter, not harder. \*\* If you can do that and be proactive you’ll get synergy. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/8 "2001-04-14T03:52:32Z")
I suggest everyone check out [http://www.demotivators.com](http://www.demotivators.com) I had the poster of the sinking ship (I don’t want to give it away) on my wall at one job for about 6 months, and not one person who read it, **got it** They would just look at me and say something like,“that’s nice” Fucking idiots cracked me up every time ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/9 "2001-04-14T04:19:24Z")
By the way, this isn’t just some fad idea – it’s a new way of doing business and we’re fully committed to it! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/10 "2001-04-14T06:44:27Z")
Isn’t “Team Friendly” the next expansion pack for Quake 3? ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/11 "2001-04-14T08:28:39Z")
To survive in this fast-paced environment, one must proactively embrace outside-the-box thinking. By synergizing and becoming a team player, the fast track to results-driven empowerment creates a win-win situation for everyone. Providing the necessary bandwidth to interface effectively is key to leveraging one’s mindset and promotes client focused communication. So push the envelope, streamline goal-setting opportunities, but remember that Profit = Income - Costs. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/12 "2001-04-14T22:46:19Z")
I hear corporate crap like this and it makes me glad I work in a truck stop. Thanks, guys! ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/13 "2001-04-14T23:23:26Z")
I always thought that ‘team friendly’ meant not telling your fellow co-workers to fuck off and die. I’m glad I escaped from the Dilbertesque hell that is the Large Corporation. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/14 "2001-04-14T23:52:50Z")
Yeah, let me proactively synthesize a half-ounce of something white n creamy for you. Perhaps then we can communicate in a meaningful fashion and discuss an efficient process set for you to lick the sweat off my balls. I’d like to be a team player, but it’s difficult for me to prioritize my long term goals while sniffing the asshole of middle management fucks like you. I would think outside the box if you stop keeping me in the dark and feeding me shit. I’d happily fall into your arms as a trust building exercise, if I didn’t know you’d catch me with your cock. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/15 "2001-04-15T17:47:59Z")
any team friendly stuff has to be counterstrike, in honor of the school shootings. (I am just mad that someone happened to walk by and give us that reason to stop playing counterstrike. Now we have to use banana bombs instead of concussion grenades:) ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/16 "2001-04-15T18:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marlitharn \* > \*\*I hear corporate crap like this and it makes me glad I work in a truck stop. > > Thanks, guys! \*\* Oh, man, have I got some bad news for you! [Petro Stopping Centers](http://www.petrotruckstops.com/) and [TravelCenters of America](http://www.tatravelcenters.com/ta/display_page.phtml?page_id=20) are consolidating the professional-drivers niche of the burgeoning highway travel services industry. Soon, their value-added services and quality customer-care initiatives will revolutionize the industry, deliving cost savings through purchasing and management synergies, integrated ERP programs and national scope. So you’re pretty much fucked. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/17 "2001-04-16T00:34:54Z")
I’ll spearhead that initiative. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/18 "2001-04-16T00:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by occ \* > \*\*I’ll spearhead that initiative. \*\* Yes, but is it value-added? [sub]does anyone know what the fuck that means?[/sub] Robin ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/19 "2001-04-16T01:12:07Z")
I’m thinking we just need a new paradigm shift. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-friendly-blow-me/61882/20 "2001-04-16T01:27:18Z")
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