# Workplace griping, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401 "2010-11-12T06:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 126
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2502 "2011-11-11T16:27:16Z")
In our area, we already have not one but TWO stations playing Christmas music 24/7. I get why the stores do it (to encounrage us to buy more stuff) but I want my radio stations back damnit! If it is like last year, another one will go to Christmas music each week and I will be left with the oldies station on AM by the time Christmas gets here. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2503 "2011-11-11T16:30:08Z")
Workplace griping? Why fuckin’ bother. Get another job, ball bag. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2504 "2011-11-11T16:54:23Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > One of the stations here started playing Christmas music November 1st. I don’t really mind of they start slipping in a few Christmas songs here and there during November, it’s the stations that switch over to 24-hour-a-day Christmas music in November that bug me. Are there really that many people who want to listen to it non-stop for two months? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2505 "2011-11-11T17:06:23Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > Workplace griping? Why fuckin’ bother. > > Get another job, ball bag. … the fuck? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2506 "2011-11-11T17:15:56Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > … the fuck? 😕 Ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2507 "2011-11-11T17:50:35Z")
Or play with it - it’s just a troll. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2508 "2011-11-11T18:04:49Z")
Is “ball bag” like nutsack? My first thought was about those bags you carry bowling balls in, second thought was testicles, third thought was … well … the fuck? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2509 "2011-11-11T19:14:33Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > Workplace griping? Why fuckin’ bother. > > Get another job, ball bag. I can’t possibly imagine someone coming in and posting that after having read the thread. You probably skipped it. Your loss, bucko. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2510 "2011-11-11T19:19:12Z")
I think I’ve mentioned - can’t be arsed to search now - that NiceSweetCoworker has the sense of smell of a small granite rock. Here’s the newest gem: I returned from the breakroom with my lunch, and sat down to eat while working. Typing in silence ensues for a few minutes. Then, out of the blue: Her: “Roast beef.” (pause) Her: “Roast beef?” Me: “Umm … what?” Her: “Roast beef.”" Me: “Mailbox…? Are we just naming nouns? Need. Verb. To. Go. With. Noun.” Her: “Are you eating roast beef?” Me: (looks down at bowl of chicken soup) “Uhhh …” You’re sweet, and you’re good at your job, but you really need to stop playing Guess That Smell. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2511 "2011-11-11T19:46:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Or play with it - it’s just a troll. 🙂 Ha! 🙂 When people pop in to denigrate a thread about **“thing”** _for being about **“thing”** _, thus showing their superiority to us sad, pathetic, lowly **“thing”** posters, I feel like patting them on the head and saying “Well aren’t \*you \*a special snowflake! Who is special? You are, yes you!” I mean, that’s what they want, right? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I can’t possibly imagine someone coming in and posting that after having read the thread. You probably skipped it. > > Your loss, bucko. Seriously, this is my favorite thread on the Board (Ah, SG…) and I haven’t ever posted in it to complain. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2512 "2011-11-11T20:09:35Z")
Eat my shorts!!! All I do is sell shit. People buy, people don’t. I could spend fucking hours crying about shit. Fuck it. Hey! It’s my opinion! Don’t like it? Skip it. You know what else?! Shitload of fuckers in the country that can’t even bitch about that. Don’t have a damn job at all. Don’t get me wrong, hey, it’s a message board. FOR SAYING SHIT!!! You can share your most wonderful opinions and you’de care to censor mine? News Flash!!! Life is hard, then you die. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2513 "2011-11-11T20:20:01Z")
You are Shredder Guy and I claim my 5 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2514 "2011-11-11T20:24:19Z")
Aw, the poor ickle underbridge dweller got his pwecious feewings hurt. [Here.](http://www.avartica.com/entry/54/don-039-t-like-me-have-a-seat-with-the-rest-of-the-bitches-waiting-for-me-to-give-a-fuck) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2515 "2011-11-11T20:24:32Z")
I have a feeling you’ll get censored soon enough, **Omegaman** , without us doing anything. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2516 "2011-11-11T20:36:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have a feeling you’ll get censored soon enough, **Omegaman** , without us doing anything. 🙂 I got balls, Guess what they’re made for.Think Nancy Sinatra and the boot thing. You guys crack me the hell up! I shit you not. Words? Oh Noes! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2517 "2011-11-11T21:19:00Z")
I think someone’s having an episode. Roddy ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2518 "2011-11-11T21:30:15Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > Eat my shorts!!! Man, I haven’t heard that in _ages_. Takes me back, it does. > [@Omegaman](#): > > … You know what else?! Shitload of fuckers in the country that can’t even bitch about that. Don’t have a damn job at all… Actually, I believe we have a few un- and under-employed Dopers right here in this very thread, too. (Right? Stand up and be counted?) ETA: also, I’m a wee bit disappointed that nobody’s called me out yet for the stealth-brag I snuck in upthread. You people are off your game today. ---
**Author:** ![spotthegerbil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@spotthegerbil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spotthegerbil)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2519 "2011-11-11T21:53:56Z")
A small win. (the short version) Picture the scene. A multi floor office block with a central main staircase, along with a fire stair at the end of the wing. The boss is suspicious that we are slacking, despite us all meeting her targets. So a few days ago, the boss goes up the main stairs, through the office floor above us and on towards the fire stairs. Down the fire stairs she creeps, using her best secret agent skills, then slowly opens our fire door to stealthily reappear in our office at the back of the room. Her purpose? Probably to see who gets a book out when she’s not in the room. So one sneaky turn deserves another. Someone phoned the health and safety officer and asked them to circulate a reminder that the fire stairs are for emergency use only. No names were mentioned, however it has become apparent that H&S know exactly who the culprit was. The way the messages cascade means that sneaky boss is obliged to send an email round her team reminding us not to do the thing we caught her doing only the other day. Oh, how we laughed. (loving this thread. SG will never know how far his fame has reached) ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2520 "2011-11-11T21:56:39Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Man, I haven’t heard that in _ages_. Takes me back, it does. > > Actually, I believe we have a few un- and under-employed Dopers right here in this very thread, too. > > (Right? Stand up and be counted?) > > ETA: also, I’m a wee bit disappointed that nobody’s called me out yet for the stealth-brag I snuck in upthread. You people are off your game today. Don’t worry. Some whiney ball bag will be along shortly. And Roddy? You suck! Off my Christmas card list with you! I swear people! Be glad you got a damn job! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/2521 "2011-11-11T22:35:54Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > I swear people! Be glad you got a damn job! Being glad I’m not unemployed and desperate doesn’t immediately produce job satisfaction - not to mention adequate compensation, fair treatment, competent coworkers/managers, and so forth. I haven’t quite figured out why not, but I’m sure it might occur to me shortly. In the meantime, I would suggest you write a book peddling your “be glad you got a damn job!” motto as the latest hip update of “Who Moved My Cheese?” except that many managers seem to have stolen your idea already, and, well, you see the vicious circle we’re stuck in. It’s ironic, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401.md?page=127)