# 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:** 77
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1521 "2011-06-28T16:34:52Z")
Manager Guy, I’m only pointing this out one more time: \*\* YOU ARE NOT AN ENGINEER \*\*. When you come over here and start trying to tell the new, inexperienced engineers how to write procedures, you’re just causing problems. Your inability to comprehend a step doesn’t automatically make it wrong; hell, just come over and ask. By the way, it was extremely unprofessional of you to loudly inform one of my colleagues that my procedure contained “inconsistencies”. Had you actually bothered to read the damn thing, you would see that these supposed “inconsistencies” are simply a way of verifying that the part will function under both normal and extreme conditions. Jackass. (This document had actually been approved by several other engineers, and has been used many times.) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1522 "2011-06-28T17:06:11Z")
Gawd dammit State of Minnesota, get your shit together. I _REALLY_ do not want to find a lay off notice in my mailbox tomorrow. And dear coworkers, yes it is very stressful to not know whether we will be working come Friday. It sucks rancid monkey dick. Here’s an idea: Rather than running around like headless chickens, maybe focus some of your attention on cleaning up stuff that NEEDS to be done in case of an empty office. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1523 "2011-06-28T17:07:28Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Two, count 'em, two rants: > > \*\*1.) \*\*I’m sure I’ve stated this here before, but Lotus Notes, you are fucking _terrible_. Seriously, this thing has “features” so horribly designed that they should be nailed to the head of every graduate of any CS program in the nation with the words appended “don’t fucking do this, **ever**.” Two of my favorites: > . There’s a utility called ‘killnotes’ that you can download for free that will kill all that garbage still out there when Notes crashes. My favorite Notes aggravation / retardo feature, is that unlike most everything else in the Windows 95/XP/Vista/7 world, where F5 refreshes the current screen, in Notes, F5 is the hotkey for exit. So with some frequency, I still go on autopilot when I’m weary, and hit F5 to refresh my inbox, and shut the entire thing down. Makes me want to choke the bonehead at Lotus who made that decision. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1524 "2011-06-28T17:21:06Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > At this point, I would just start obsessively checking the freezer, and any time I found a soda there, I’d move it to the fridge. Don’t try to talk to her about it; don’t tell her you’ve done it; just move the soda, every time you find it there. I think this is one of those situations where passive aggression is absolutely justified.\ I dunno; I think I’m gonna stick with bouncing the next frozen can off her forehead. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1525 "2011-06-29T00:37:09Z")
Reminded again today that if you’re not being punished for being smart or ignored then you’re being set up to fail. I feel like Goldilocks in Goldilocks and the Three Ways to Demoralize Your Employee. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1526 "2011-06-29T10:24:25Z")
I feel like I have to retract some of the mental swearing I do about my boss. He set a sales target this month that was approximately three times our monthly average. And it had to be of services that generate recurring charges, not one-time setup fees or hardware sales. When the target was reached, he came into the office Monday with an iPad2 for everyone. The man is socially inept howler monkey at times, but at other times he’s not so bad. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1527 "2011-06-29T14:40:02Z")
> [@Daerlyn](#): > > I\ > When the target was reached, he came into the office Monday with an iPad2 for everyone. > \ My face actually did this - :eek: - when I read that. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1528 "2011-06-29T15:24:16Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Why, **Guns** , I have to say, I’m a little bit surprised at you, my dear. Feeling extra charitable this morning? No, just realistic. I’d \*like \*to suggest that \*\*Cat \*\*just go with her first instinct to hurl the can at the idiot and give her a mouth full of teeth, but that kind of thing tends to get you fired. My suggestion, on the other hand, potentially solves the problem \*and \*the woman can’t bitch about it because she’s demonstrated herself categorically incapable of keeping track of her own fucking soda. > [@bump](#): > > There’s a utility called ‘killnotes’ that you can download for free that will kill all that garbage still out there when Notes crashes. Does it require installation? If so, I can’t use it, like many other things that would make my life easier. My company deals with a lot of highly confidential information from our clients, so our machines are locked down tighter than a nun’s asshole. Even our IT people don’t always have automatic administrator access anymore. > [@](#): > > My favorite Notes aggravation / retardo feature, is that unlike most everything else in the Windows 95/XP/Vista/7 world, where F5 refreshes the current screen, in Notes, F5 is the hotkey for exit. OH GOD YES THIS THIS THIS. FUCK YOU, LOTUS NOTES DEVELOPER, **YOU ARE NOT A UNIQUE FUCKING SNOWFLAKE**. YOU DO NOT GET TO CREATE YOUR OWN SERIES OF KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS. > [@Daerlyn](#): > > When the target was reached, he came into the office Monday with an iPad2 for everyone. What. Somebody go find that jaw-dropped smiley from the 'Raffe. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1529 "2011-06-29T15:29:55Z")
Ugh, I’d forgotten Summerfest was starting until I stepped into an office just now for a conference call. Yay, now we get 10 days of half-heard shitty music. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1530 "2011-06-29T16:36:55Z")
Ma’am, while I truly appreciate that you dressed up for court, I’m thinking that slinky dress was not exactly court appropriate. Everyone now knows you are a natural woman. A seemingly wildly overgrown woman. _shudder_ ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1531 "2011-06-29T16:39:55Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Everyone now knows you are a natural woman. A seemingly wildly overgrown woman. Wait, are we talking, like, pubedreads? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1532 "2011-06-29T17:35:58Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Wait, are we talking, like, pubedreads? Below 'fro from hell. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1533 "2011-06-29T18:23:46Z")
Dayum. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1534 "2011-06-29T21:16:37Z")
This is not about my work, but someone else’s. What the fuck kind of filter automatically rejects \*any \*email with the word “sex” in it? I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why it kept bouncing back, but fortunately another woman from my company who was copied in had the bright idea to replace the word with “gender” throughout, and bingo, that worked. Your IT department should fucking shoot themselves in the head for creating such terrible spam rules. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1535 "2011-06-29T21:32:37Z")
Rant 1: Despite having an updated calendar in Outlook and having clearly stated in several meetings _I’m busy_, I have somehow been scheduled for a speaking engagement somewhere in Florida, an expo in LA and a networking event in Houston. On the same fucking day. And there’s the employee event someone asked me to help manage, to which I said, “Hey, I’ll be out of town.” Jesus Christ on a Cracker. It’s not like you had no idea I’d be gone. Since you booked me even after I told you I was busy, don’t bitch at me for, you know, being busy. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1536 "2011-06-29T21:40:22Z")
Our local manager was terminated recently and we’ve had fill-ins. The fill-ins have been teaching us lots a new and cool things - which is good! Whats bad is that there are a few employees that are too worried about looking good and saving their own butts that they are causing waves. I hate it when people are like that at work. I keep my head down and mind my own business. When asked my opinion on another worker, I do my best to stay out of it and only answer direct questions (and let them know that the rumor mill is not always accurate and to make their own call based on what they observe). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1537 "2011-06-30T03:29:53Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Rant 1: > Despite having an updated calendar in Outlook and having clearly stated in several meetings _I’m busy_, I have somehow been scheduled for a speaking engagement somewhere in Florida, an expo in LA and a networking event in Houston. On the same fucking day. And there’s the employee event someone asked me to help manage, to which I said, “Hey, I’ll be out of town.” > > Jesus Christ on a Cracker. It’s not like you had no idea I’d be gone. Since you booked me even after I told you I was busy, don’t bitch at me for, you know, being busy. **overly** , stop being so good at your job, they think you’re God and can trilocate! ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1538 "2011-06-30T04:17:00Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Ugh, I’d forgotten Summerfest was starting until I stepped into an office just now for a conference call. Yay, now we get 10 days of half-heard shitty music. In a little over a week, it’s going to be 10 days of country music everywhere here. I win, you lose. And by “win,” I mean not winning at all, because it’s frigging country music. > [@MissTake](#): > > Below 'fro from hell. Like the lady in the [bathing suit?](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6353841456120412455) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1539 "2011-06-30T05:02:35Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Ugh, I’d forgotten Summerfest was starting until I stepped into an office just now for a conference call. Yay, now we get 10 days of half-heard shitty music. YOU TAKE THAT BACK! I’m getting desperate, because my week’s getting filled up with crap\*, and I’ve GOT to get to Milwaukee! I’ve been going to Summerfest since the second real one (no, the first year of Aryan Oom-Pah music doesn’t count). \*I’m finding that a key designer is suddenly “Up North” and we need to meet with a client, and it looks like I’ll have to do it… grr… and meanwhile the Goo Goo Dolls and Flaming Lips and Josh Harty and Michelle Branch are all playing for free… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1540 "2011-06-30T11:21:35Z")
One of the building’s A/C units is apparently in the throes of death, because it is making this NOISE, this terrible awful noise that I believe might be audible from space. It doesn’t appear to be the unit that handles my part of the building, because it’s still about 40° in my cube, but SWEET LORD, that noise. And the “facility manager” doesn’t come in until 10:00. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401.md?page=78)