A$$holes in the office?

[MeYatch]

I'm glad I don't really have to deal with dumbass bosses or coworkers. The only people that work at the company I work at are my boss, who's a nice guy. Me, and my brother who ranks below me, and another two guys that do the same thing me and my brother do who I almost never see.

Clients can be particularly annoying. For some reason people think its a good idea to watch me while I'm working. It seems like it would be mind numbingly boring to me.

Then there was a guy just yesterday that would not let me on his property and spent like 45 minutes telling me all his property troubles.

[Bag]

"I hear ya Bag,but don't forget all the assholes in four wheelers(and some big trucks). I drive for NES&L and been laid off all winter,can't wait to get back and deal w/ all the idiots on the highways!!"


Yeah, I'll probably be back to work here soon too. You are ABSO FUCKIN LUTELY right about the idiot drivers out there. In the truck, car, or on the bike, I don't trust anyone but me.

[onegunguitar]

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Yeah, I'll probably be back to work here soon too. You are ABSO FUCKIN LUTELY right about the idiot drivers out there. In the truck, car, or on the bike, I don't trust anyone but me.

Amen brother!!!

[DirtySanchez]

This is what you see as you walk into my workplace, it's called the FISH!philosophy, there is a book about it.


As you enter this place of work, CHOOSE to make
today a great day. Your customers, team members,
and you yourself will be thankful.

Find ways to PLAY. We can be serious about our work
without being too serious about ourselves.

Stay focused, in order to BE PRESENT when your
customers and team members need you.

And should you feel your energy lapsing,
try this remedy: Find someone who needs a
helping hand, a word of support, or a good ear-
and MAKE THEIR DAY!

[Baceman Spiff]

This is what you see as you walk into my workplace, it's called the FISH!philosophy, there is a book about it.


As you enter this place of work, CHOOSE to make
today a great day. Your customers, team members,
and you yourself will be thankful.

Find ways to PLAY. We can be serious about our work
without being too serious about ourselves.

Stay focused, in order to BE PRESENT when your
customers and team members need you.

And should you feel your energy lapsing,
try this remedy: Find someone who needs a
helping hand, a word of support, or a good ear-
and MAKE THEIR DAY!

Wow thats beautiful man. But whats it got to do with fish?

How you holding out Rob? Get them snickers in the freezer yet?

[f.sciarrillo]

This is a stupid question, but does anyone here at his or her day job work with anyone who can only be described as a complete and total jerkoff? Building on that, does anyone have to deal with this type of person in a supervisory position over you?

r:>)

The answer to both of your questions is YES. I go threw it everyday, one person thinks they are better than the other. My motto around where I work is: "Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians", everyone thinks they can tell the next what to do. And if you don't do what they say, even if a supervisor tells you not to because the person is not in charge, you get griped at by the said person doing the ordering. There are days where I don't know who is in charge, from all the order barking.

[Marsman365]

They don't grow them any smarter down here in NC. I miss working with some of the people that I used to work with/for in PA. I have a new found respect for the "work ethic" of the people from central PA!!! (Well, most people...)

My new favorite quote, and tagline for my corporate e-mail account:

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who
are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."

Mark Twain

[HarleyRo1]

TPS reports...HAHAHA Has anyone seen my red stapler?

[DirtySanchez]

What the hell were the consultants names? The Bobs?

[HarleyRo1]

Yes! The Bobs! Amazingly funny movie!

[trilogy]

I thought i would add my 2 pence worth to this ,i have had the good fortune to have worked. england and america and a few other places i don't want to mention(france)there i did it .I have a management back ground both countries ,in both countries there is the usual cat eat dog syndrome.Only in usa it's dog eat cat, i don't wish to appear rude but where does anyone think there going?.Everyday we have to work in the same place ,so there are rules to any proffesion.Ask yourself the question how many of your work buds would you drink with?.how many of us like what we do ?should we have a bad day at work because someone is out for your arse?.Have we suffered through lack of union interaction ,or do we trust our hr departments to get the job done for us?
I think not so where do we go from here ?
english .chris

[trilogy]

i told you it would be 2.....lol

[DirtySanchez]

Dude, your posts are painful to read, and I have no idea what you are talking about. You just asked like five questions about absolutely nothing and I don't know if they were rhetorical or what but they were definitely amazing. And what the hell are Cat eat dog and dog eat cat and please explain the difference. I'm having trouble believing there's that big of a language barrier between England and America,but I could be wrong.
Do you mean dog eat dog?
Are you really pondering why people work?
Or, why they would like to be happy at work?
Are you serious? Or are you drunk and High?
Do you understand what capital letters and punctuation are?

Sorry dude, I don't mean to pick on you or anything but your posting is sad. I thought I was bad.
If you have Downes Syndrome please tell me so I can finally understand how an adult could speak and type in such a way.

[trilogy]

the way i speak is the way i write sorry to offend ,i get this all the time .i did mean dog eat cat meaning ..............boss=dog cat =me/you

[Mistress_DB]

Hell Rob you just described 98% of first shift at my job. (I work second but had to do a stint on first at the beg of the year) We just got a new plant manager though so some of us are thinking the days of 1st shift getting babied and laying all the blame for their fuck ups on 2nd is running out. There's only 7 of us on 2nd counting the supervisor and we always either match or surpass 1st shifts production and they have 3 times the people on 1st.

[songsmith]

Oh, the old inter-shift rivalry. I worked first shift... second shift thought we had it easy. Trouble is, WE had all the brass there all the time, while other shift almost never saw anyone above their own little department's shift supervisor. On the odd evenings I had to work over, second shift was comprised mostly of moms whose kids were being watched by their father-figures or grandparents... second shift was far mellower and lower key. If it weren't for not having any kind of life, I'd have worked second shift in a minute. Third shift was largely comprised of junkies and retards, and I'd have wound up in jail, so I won't go there.
I'm so glad that place shut down... it was so easy to file in like cattle, sit down, work until the bell rang, shuffle out like cattle, etc. You get comfortable with the routine, but every day I got a little more empty inside. I quit playing music. My marriage was within days of ending (my wife worked there, too, NEVER work in a place like that with a spouse). I was depressed and utterly hopeless. Then, we shuffled in, the bell rang and they said, "We're closing. Go home. Here's money to re-educate yourself." Within 2 weeks I had a new, rewarding, fun job that paid nearly double the C-Cor wage. A few months later I was back playing out, and the dark, corporate chapter of Songy's life was over.
Everything after that's been gravy. I giggle when people squabble at the office.--------->JMS

[todd17063]

you guys want to know whats really bad? try working in healthcare as i do. management where i work is making working there a total nightmare. staff there, is in constant fear of getting written up, or being fired. I'm not talking about getting written up for big things i'm talking about getting it for real minor things. Its making for a real stressful enviroment and i know if it doesn't atleast slow down staff is gonna be just up and quitting. i know i have been looking elsewhere, and i'm actually thinking of getting away from the healthcare bullshit all together. atleast in a factory job you don't have the petty bullshit you get in healthcare. i am supervised by all women and i can tell you a female boss is the most devious and backstabbing kind of boss. i know the day i finally do get out of that hell hole i wanna walk up to my boss and just tell her to go F**k herself. just venting here... it might save me from a stroke or just goin plain POSTAL....... lol

[old Skool]

Maybe Rob if your boss allowed you to listen to your radio at a reasonable volume things wouldn't be so bad. Works for me!

[Klamachpin]

About 15 years ago, I worked in an office in county gov't that was a divided camp. One half of the office hated the other half. It was a living hell & I ended up quitting. I tried so hard to stay neutral for as long as I could but eventually I found myself choosing sides. In retrospect, it was inevitable. I let the situation defeat me at the point where I was being told that I was being assigned the absolute shittest job available there. It was a humiliating experience. The "boss" played the radio station that only he liked & someone always changed the station when he left. Assholes are everywhere it seems there's no escape & everybody's got one. Yet as bad as this job was, it did have good points. So I should've toughed it out but oh well.

[ToonaRockGuy]

I worked at a radio station where the Corporate Program Director (the guy ultimately responsible for every song on the airwaves) had the gall to tell me that The Eagles were a (and I quote) "Hard Rock Band".

Fucking Moron.

[RobTheDrummer]

I worked at a radio station where the Corporate Program Director (the guy ultimately responsible for every song on the airwaves) had the gall to tell me that The Eagles were a (and I quote) "Hard Rock Band".

Fucking Moron.

Yea, that Hotel California song just rocks hard!

[Mistress_DB]

oh geesh. The Eagles were alot of things... but hard rock isn't one of them.

[sPiKe]

I think that "House of Cain" is a talented country band.

You can now request "667" on froggy!

[f.sciarrillo]

I worked at a radio station where the Corporate Program Director (the guy ultimately responsible for every song on the airwaves) had the gall to tell me that The Eagles were a (and I quote) "Hard Rock Band".

Fucking Moron.

I noticed this on Big Hair Saturday night lately; they been playing a lot of things that are not big hair music. I called and questioned how Ugly Kid Joe is big hair, the dude wouldn't answer me lol ...

[lonewolf]

Seven more 4-day weeks and I'm done.

No more alarm clock in the middle of the night (well, if its dark outside, it may as well be).

No more explaining the difference between wholesale and retail to the Vice President of Foreign Sales (i.e. Owner's Son-In-Law).

No more "my email attachment won't open. What's a codec and can you download one for me?"

No more "my PC screen went blank" -- after a long walk to check it out, I find that the power switch is turned off.

No more daily chuckles from the Poster Boys For The Peter Principle: supervisors who were so incompetent with the actual work that instead of being fired, they rose thru the ranks like so many carbonate bubbles in soda pop.

And NO... I do NOT have to learn the intimate details of Windows Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007, AutoCad 2007, Office 2007 or any other rendition of anything refering to the present or upcoming year.

Seven more 4-day weeks and I'm done.