# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/501 "2011-01-19T22:02:46Z")
GAAAAAAAAH! :throttles: ---
**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:** [January 19, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/502 "2011-01-19T22:11:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > She’s quite presentable. > > ww w.nouilles.info/sdpix/46543a.html > > Link broken because it’s a pic of her in the shower. Not bad, not bad. Unfortunately, the picture I have of her in my head is hunched over a keyboard, fingers furiously typing, face in a scowl because someone is wrong on the internet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/503 "2011-01-19T22:13:38Z")
Well, the other one is me rolling my eyes. So that’s kind of close. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/504 "2011-01-20T00:10:36Z")
To everyone outside my department: my lunch hour is from 12 PM to 1 PM. If I happen to be at my desk at 12:58, and I’m kicked back in my chair reading _Scientific American_, it’s best that you assume I’m still enjoying my lunch break. Unless something is going to explode, fall apart, or melt down in the next two minutes, you can fucking wait. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/505 "2011-01-20T03:48:33Z")
The same applies to starting the workday - until I have my coat off, my computer started, my lunch in the fridge, and my hot drink in my hand, I’m not on the clock yet. The crisis you’re babbling to me about can wait another two minutes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/506 "2011-01-20T04:53:47Z")
Got one! The buttmunches in HR have their panties in a knot over I9 forms. The have neglected to note that this is the fourth time they have demanded copies of said forms. Fracking morons. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/507 "2011-01-20T04:55:27Z")
And have the buttmunches already received three copies of them? ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/508 "2011-01-20T05:13:04Z")
Hey Boss, yeah, I understand that the r\*tard on my staff made _another_ $1000 error today, she does that a lot and she and I are working on a strategy for reducing the tard. But unless you’re going to let me fire her and replace her with one of those half priced PhDs out there looking for a job (any job) I don’t need you to spend 20 minutes in my office reviewing your concerns. She sucks at her job. She has always sucked at her job. We could replace her with someone better in 20 minutes and have them fully trained in an hour if only you weren’t so fearful of change. Shut up or let me dump her ok? ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/509 "2011-01-20T05:24:37Z")
[This.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593798) ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/510 "2011-01-20T05:40:51Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I’m quite sure I’ve bitched about this before, but: > > YOU FUCKING RETARDS, STOP REPLYING \*WITH \*THE ATTACHMENT _WE ALL ALREADY HAVE_. THE \*FIRST \*FUCKING OPTION ON REPLY IS “REPLY \*\*WITHOUT \*\*ATTACHMENTS” FOR FUCK’S SAKE. I HOPE YOU DIE OF STOMACH CANCER. Also, on a related note - when someone sends an email to a huge distribution list by mistake, please, do not “reply all” and say “Why am I getting this?” And if, per chance, you happen to see such a reply, please do not “reply all” and say “Please remove me from this email chain.” And upon seeing such a reply, do not “reply all” and say “Me too.” You all do realize that a company-wide distribution list has all our executives on it, right? Not sure about you, but I don’t want the VP of my business unit to think upon subesquently seeing my name, “well, that’s the right git who couldn’t figure out how to delete an email chain. Buh-bye.” We work for a global multi-billion dollar company, people - learn to use Outlook filters. It takes like 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/511 "2011-01-20T16:10:43Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > r\*tard What’s the purpose of the asterisk? If it’s something other than to make you look like a dumbass, it failed. > [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](#): > > [This.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593798) Wait. You made an entire Pit thread for that rant \*and \*linked it here, too? > [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](#): > > Also, on a related note - when someone sends an email to a huge distribution list by mistake, please, do not “reply all” and say “Why am I getting this?” If there are a string of people using “Reply All” inappropriately, it is acceptable for one (1) person to Reply All and politely but firmly request that people stop Replying All with responses. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/512 "2011-01-20T21:22:19Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Wait. You made an entire Pit thread for that rant \*and \*linked it here, too? For what it’s worth, I started that thread before I saw this one - otherwise I’d have just posted it here. But since it’s workplace related, I figured it was relevant. Does that offend you or something? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/513 "2011-01-20T22:00:22Z")
Yes. Mightily. Go make me some cupcakes and there’s a slight chance–_slight_–that I’ll forgive you. ---
**Author:** ![Nadir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nadir/32/7302_2.png) [@Nadir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadir)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/514 "2011-01-20T22:02:43Z")
I find it amusing that people seem to get offended and annoyed by things like email, forms and discourteous co-workers. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/515 "2011-01-20T22:05:36Z")
If nothing your coworkers do ever bothers you, you must be (a) perpetually high, (b) inhumanly patient, or © too stupid to realize how obnoxious they are. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/516 "2011-01-20T22:26:40Z")
It doesn’t have to be “or” - they could be any mix of the three! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/517 "2011-01-20T22:28:52Z")
You’re absolutely correct; I misspoke. The options \*are not \*mutually exclusive. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/518 "2011-01-21T00:11:15Z")
You made a mistake. Does that mean you’re high, or stupid? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nadir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nadir/32/7302_2.png) [@Nadir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/519 "2011-01-21T02:39:37Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > If nothing your coworkers do ever bothers you, … No, not really. I mean not in an annoying, frustrating way that incites me to rant about it on an Internet message board. If more of like a bemused, rolling eyes sort of way. Then yeah, all the time! :rolleyes: In fact, I often respond with laughter when that happens. I’m pretty sure they all hate me. Perpetually high? Never thought of that… 😃 ---
**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:** [January 21, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/520 "2011-01-21T05:49:55Z")
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