# To the Wailing Banshee in our office. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728 "2003-05-07T18:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/21 "2003-05-07T22:03:24Z")
Could you get Herbert Kornfield after her? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/22 "2003-05-07T22:14:09Z")
BD, BD, BD…Your mistake was not in asking her why she was whispering, but in not asking her why she didn’t whisper all the time. After all, every dog in the county would most likely appreciate not having her voice grating on their end of the auditory spectrum, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/23 "2003-05-07T23:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*5. I can hear you screaming around the whole office all day long. Why are you whispering when you come in my office? Do you think there is a magical auditory barrier at my office door? \*\* At least _your_ screamer tones it down at your door. _Our_ Queen of Volume stays at the same peak decibel level even when stopping by to drop off inane requests. I swear there’s an invisible auditorium behind me that’s hanging on every word. Very excellent rant. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/24 "2003-05-07T23:15:01Z")
Adopt the same tone you would use in talking to a very small child, and explain that “we use our INSIDE voice in the office, punkin!” ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/25 "2003-05-07T23:55:41Z")
Carol Burnette/ Mrs Wiggens Oh, Mrs Wiggens /Carol Burnette skit ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/26 "2003-05-08T01:08:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*She is wearing a golden rooster necklace? > What is that? Provincial chic? No, no it’s provincial _chicken_! Mmmm, provincial chicken ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/27 "2003-05-08T03:40:26Z")
Holy Christ, BD! Except for the accent, that sounds like my co-worker from hell! The running around like an idiot in an effort to look busy. The inner monologue that is never actually “inner”. The constant yelling, but when she’s right next to you, she’ll whisper like it’s the most goddamned important thing ever to have been spoken in the English language. The spookiest parts? The business casual pajama-like outfits that consist of matching shirt and pants made of _t-shirt material_ and slipper-like clogs. The jelly beans. She’s eating them all day and everytime she grabs another handful, she laments about her huge ass. AND…we have a David in our office, too!! Oh, and don’t forget…The date of the attack: 9/11 - 9 + 1 + 1 = 11, September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11. Mm-hm. Just saying is all. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/28 "2003-05-08T06:21:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Could you get Herbert Kornfield after her? \*\* The Onion has already written [an article about her](http://www.theonion.com/onion3636/counterpoint_technology.html). Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/29 "2003-05-08T13:22:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*The Onion has already written [an article about her](http://www.theonion.com/onion3636/counterpoint_technology.html). Sorry. \*\* You’re not going to believe this. (Or maybe you will.) Her name is Vicky. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/30 "2003-05-08T13:37:11Z")
Hehehe… Seriously, when I tried to shut down the computer before going to bed last night, the blue screen came up. I immediately thought of this thread! “I got the blue screen of day-uth!” I think that’s going to be up there with “Gotcha ya”, “Og Smash!” and “asshats” ---
**Author:** ![evilhomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@evilhomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhomer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/31 "2003-05-08T14:54:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*Exact same cadence, increase 3 octaves. And at least Gomer was speaking TO somebody instead of just talking to hear the sound of his own “voice”. \*\* You poor, poor man. And **JuanitaTech** , I’m glad someone besides me thought of it. I’d be worried otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/32 "2003-05-08T17:25:55Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Announcing that you’re eating the jelly beans does not keep them off your ass. May I take this as my sig? Your entire OP cracked me up…I say sit back and have fun with her. She sounds too stupid to know that you’re messing with her head. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/33 "2003-05-08T18:32:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*May I take this as my sig? Your entire OP cracked me up…I say sit back and have fun with her. She sounds too stupid to know that you’re messing with her head. \*\* I would be honored. Just don’t quote me, it will screw up my vanity searches 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cleosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cleosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleosia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/34 "2003-05-08T18:56:46Z")
> [@](#): > > And at least Gomer was speaking TO somebody instead of just talking to hear the sound of his own “voice”. Are you sure she’s not talking to the voice in her head? ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/35 "2003-05-08T19:00:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*So what are you so afraid of? \*\* I’d say she’s afraid that she’s not sure of a love there is no cure for. p.s., great rant! Does she also refer to “Access Databases”? I may claw my own eyes out if I here that one more time at this job. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/36 "2003-05-08T20:18:51Z")
If I have to pick a favorite part, I have to go with > [@](#): > > 1. I know you leave 10 seconds after I do. It’s just so…_sinister._ ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/37 "2003-05-09T19:27:08Z")
Lordy, I hope I’m not anywhere near this annoying, as I’m an admin. :eek: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/38 "2003-05-09T20:55:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*4. Lose the accent. I might be calling the kettle black, but your 12 octaves above middle C do not mesh with the horrible redneck accent. I wish I could represent this to you in written form but I would have to dig up Mr. Twain himself to accurately represent the knitting needles in my ears. Ok, I’ll try. “DAY-VID!!! THAY-ERS A CAWL FAUOUR YEWWWW!!!” ugh. \*\* You could have summed that up in five words: Whitley on “A Different World”. ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/39 "2003-05-09T21:02:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rosebud \* > \*\* > > p.s., great rant! Does she also refer to “Access Databases”? I may claw my own eyes out if I here that one more time at this job. \*\* May I show yet another time the vast expanse of my ignorance? What’s wrong with the term “Access Databases”? I’ve used Access a lot to create little apps with Access backends. We call them…Access databases. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728/40 "2003-05-09T21:29:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*You could have summed that up in five words: > Whitley on “A Different World”. \*\* Damn you. To the darkest pit of the innermost circle of hell do I damn thee, for all eternity do I damn thee. I’ve been trying to eliminate any memory I’ve had of that character because of the high annoyance levels. must…kill…brain… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wailing-banshee-in-our-office/173728.md?page=3)