Work colleagues

[Michael W]

34 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

I get this a lot too. That or 'URGENTTTTT!!!!!' in the subject.

I'll decide what's fucking urgent, m8.

I work on the basis that if something really is urgent, they'll phone me. Or, if we both happen  to be in the office, they'll come over and talk about it. 

If I'm sent an email that clearly isn't urgent and has no date/time by which something must be done,  I'll reply when I have time to do so and have done the more important stuff. 

32 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

2 hours ago, Michael W said:

I have had multiple emails from someone, all accompanied with the "high importance' marking on them. 
None of them are highly important. In fact, I would say they are all highly routine. Really pisses me off when people do this.
Hope they enjoy their 4.59pm response. 

I find active aggressive works much better than passive aggressive in these situations.

Tempting, tbh. 

[Florentine_Pogen]

2 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

I get this all the time. 

Yesterday was my last day at work before taking a few days off. One student emailed me 5 times in the space of 2 minutes, all full of words like 'Urgent'.  All to do with the fact he has to resit a course in April 2023.

That isn't urgent to me. 

 

Pass it on to The Fvckin' Prof....................

[Aufc]

4 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

A simpering milktoast ?

I cant seem to multi quote to all the replies. Tbf i did tell them to f**k off but they kept annoying me. But now i genuinely hope i win so i can get it right up them all. 

However, any slagging is fair and just. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Pass it on to The Fvckin' Prof....................

It was from the Prof.

[scottsdad]

The Prof has a permanent out of office reply going stating that for student queries, he will get back to them within 5 working days unless on holiday. I get this whenever I email him. 

Students get these then move on to someone else. 

[Florentine_Pogen]

5 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

The Prof has a permanent out of office reply going stating that for student queries, he will get back to them within 5 working days unless on holiday. I get this whenever I email him. 

Students get these then move on to someone else. 

Given his apparent miniscule working output, 5 of The Prof's workdays probably equates to 4 weeks.

The Billings of Stirling Uni.

[scottsdad]

10 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Given his apparent miniscule working output, 5 of The Prof's workdays probably equates to 4 weeks.

The Billings of Stirling Uni.

Billings is the perfect analogy... I never said I worked at Stirling though. I did my degree there however. 

[DiegoDiego]

Billings is the perfect analogy... I never said I worked at Stirling though. I did my degree there however. 

You also never said you didn't work there...

[tamthebam]

4 hours ago, scottsdad said:

I get this all the time. 

Yesterday was my last day at work before taking a few days off. One student emailed me 5 times in the space of 2 minutes, all full of words like 'Urgent'.  All to do with the fact he has to resit a course in April 2023.

That isn't urgent to me. 

 

Reply "please ignore last e-mail" and then 5 minutes later send another that says "please ignore last e-mail".

Hours of fun*

 

 

*this is a lie

[hk blues]

14 hours ago, scottsdad said:

The Prof has a permanent out of office reply going stating that for student queries, he will get back to them within 5 working days unless on holiday. I get this whenever I email him. 

Students get these then move on to someone else. 

The Prof. is playing an absolute blinder here, and not for the 1st time.

 

[strichener]

18 hours ago, scottsdad said:

The Prof has a permanent out of office reply going stating that for student queries, he will get back to them within 5 working days unless on holiday. I get this whenever I email him. 

Students get these then move on to someone else. 

 

4 hours ago, hk blues said:

The Prof. is playing an absolute blinder here, and not for the 1st time.

 

Agreed.  Surely the way to fix this is to put your own out of office on stating 10 working days.

[steelmen]

or have your out of office saying 'please contact The Prof'

[jimbaxters]

Just got grossed out for the 112th time by a colleague who opens their mouth widely every time a forkful of food is shovelled into their mouth, showing the remnants of the previous mouthful. Normally try to sit on same side of the table but today was unavoidable.

[coprolite]

Left it til the last minute to go for a shit. Just about to open the toilet door and a colleague goes "i've been meaning to catch up with you on something...." 5 minutes and a about a dozen requests to put it in an email later, grimacing like f**k due to the turtle's heid "JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL!". 

I made it though, and the extra 5 mins bake added to the quality. 

[Nkomo-A-Gogo]

A boy in work got both his ankles crushed by a fork-lift.

The third and worst serious injury in the last four years and one forklift driver has done two of them.

Our place is just too busy for the size of it. Might get a bigger place sooner now though. Or close down altogether.

[Florentine_Pogen]

30 minutes ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said:

A boy in work got both his ankles crushed by a fork-lift.

The third and worst serious injury in the last four years and one forklift driver has done two of them.

Our place is just too busy for the size of it. Might get a bigger place sooner now though. Or close down altogether.

Harry Clarke working at your place ?

[Fullerene]

On 19/10/2022 at 12:29, Michael W said:

I have had multiple emails from someone, all accompanied with the "high importance' marking on them. 

None of them are highly important. In fact, I would say they are all highly routine. Really pisses me off when people do this.

Hope they enjoy their 4.59pm response. 

IIRC, depending on your email software, High Priority means the email will be sent immediately (equivalent to a dispatch rider ready to take it from you) whereas Normal Priority means it will wait to the next cycle (equivalent to a postbox collection). Very useful for sending attachments to somebody who needs them immediately.  Not the same as Urgent.

The word Urgent should be used sparingly.  If everything is Urgent then nothing is Urgent.

[welshbairn]

1 hour ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said:

Or close down altogether.

Sounds like there might not be a choice.

[TheScarf]

 

9 hours ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said:

A boy in work got both his ankles crushed by a fork-lift.

The third and worst serious injury in the last four years and one forklift driver has done two of them.

Our place is just too busy for the size of it. Might get a bigger place sooner now though. Or close down altogether.

Has he done his test? I'm thinking

[scottsdad]

9 hours ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said:

A boy in work got both his ankles crushed by a fork-lift.

The third and worst serious injury in the last four years and one forklift driver has done two of them.

Our place is just too busy for the size of it. Might get a bigger place sooner now though. Or close down altogether.

When I was a teenager a mate of mine had something similar happen.

We worked at Somerfield in Alloa, and the practice in the warehouse then was to get a young guy to stand on a pallet, get the forklift to raise it up high, and have the guy stack the pallet from the stock lining the walls whilst standing on it. Completely against health and safety regs (they were supposed to use this massive, moving staircase).

My mate stood on a pallet, was hoisted up, and the driver drove forward into the metal shelving. Crushed my mate's pelvis, fracturing it. @TheScarf - he hadn't passed his test. Just been told by the supervisor to get in the truck and start driving.

In the end, the shop[ was fined £20k (the maximum fine they could receive) and the manager resigned.