scottsdad Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 I told my boss I would only communicate using Tom Petty song titles. "That's unacceptable" he said. "I won't back down," I replied. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 35 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I told my boss I would only communicate using Tom Petty song titles. "That's unacceptable" he said. "I won't back down," I replied. "It's the end of the line for you" he said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 SD: "Yer so bad" Boss: "Time to move on" SD: *Free Fallin'* SD: "Crawlin' back to you" SD: *American Dream Plan B* (I don't think I've heard any of these songs, but it's impressive how you can build a whole story. Don't think it'd work with Napalm Death) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 34 minutes ago, BFTD said: SD: "Yer so bad" Boss: "Time to move on" SD: *Free Fallin'* SD: "Crawlin' back to you" SD: *American Dream Plan B* (I don't think I've heard any of these songs, but it's impressive how you can build a whole story. Don't think it'd work with Napalm Death) You say that, but as a staffer for the Conservative Party I find 'Amoral', '(The Public Get) What the Public Doesn't Want', 'Contemptous' and, obvs, 'Scum' do the job pretty well. (I'm not really a staffer for the Conservative Party) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Killington Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 I may have posted similar before but never , ever tell a collegue you can do anything other than sums on Excel. I used a keyboard shortcut in Excel and I am now the "Excel guy" at work. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 56 minutes ago, Buzz Killington said: I may have posted similar before but never , ever tell a collegue you can do anything other than sums on Excel. I used a keyboard shortcut in Excel and I am now the "Excel guy" at work. This annoys me no end, lassie I work with has been with us nearly 2 years and still goes “oh I’m hopeless with excel” well learn then ffs! I can do a fair bit in excel but most of the time it’s not pretty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Excel is a piece of piss, but then again I’m in a job that relies on it. It’s really not hard to pick up the basics though, and a good bit more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 3 hours ago, Buzz Killington said: I may have posted similar before but never , ever tell a collegue you can do anything FTFY 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 See Teams messages like this: ”Hi eez-eh” *end of message* *no follow up message* Just tell me what the f**k it is you want. For f**k’s sake. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 4 hours ago, Buzz Killington said: I may have posted similar before but never , ever tell a collegue you can do anything other than sums on Excel. I used a keyboard shortcut in Excel and I am now the "Excel guy" at work. The Excel Incel? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) 3 hours ago, Central Belt Caley said: This annoys me no end, lassie I work with has been with us nearly 2 years and still goes “oh I’m hopeless with excel” well learn then ffs! I can do a fair bit in excel but most of the time it’s not pretty Worked with a lassie who applied for a gig in the infosec team, moving from external contractor to a staff role ,clearly said needed to be good with Excel. She bombed her probation, her idea of proficient was she could colour various cells in. One at a time, not even conditional formatting. Edited June 10 by Peil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doctor Manhattan Posted June 10 Popular Post Share Posted June 10 20 minutes ago, tamthebam said: The Excel Incel? 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 09/05/2024 at 19:08, Peil said: Same at my old place. Brother died in the Monday, my manager was on at me the Thursday saying I needed to come back Monday. "His hands were tied" Turned out the handbook said " recommend a week but open to interpretation depending on circumstances" My wife is in hospital and i have had to use 2 days holiday and 3 days unpaid dependance leave to look after the kids,i offered to come in after i drop the wee one off at 9pm but then i had to be home by 3pm to pick her so so they said no point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 10 hours ago, eez-eh said: See Teams messages like this: ”Hi eez-eh” *end of message* *no follow up message* Just tell me what the f**k it is you want. For f**k’s sake. 100% this. Get them almost daily (not addressed to eez-eh though oddly enough). They are the absolute worst. And when they do get back to you their request is suddenly urgent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 9 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said: My wife is in hospital and i have had to use 2 days holiday and 3 days unpaid dependance leave to look after the kids,i offered to come in after i drop the wee one off at 9pm but then i had to be home by 3pm to pick her so so they said no point. Best wishes to you and the family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 10 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said: My wife is in hospital and i have had to use 2 days holiday and 3 days unpaid dependance leave to look after the kids,i offered to come in after i drop the wee one off at 9pm but then i had to be home by 3pm to pick her so so they said no point. That's not very helpful, not eveyone can afford to drop a few days wage there. You'd hope they can meet you somewhere in the middle. Hope she gets better soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 10 hours ago, eez-eh said: See Teams messages like this: ”Hi eez-eh” *end of message* *no follow up message* Just tell me what the f**k it is you want. For f**k’s sake. This is a growling trend in the old corporate world IMO. Surely the standard opening gambit should go along the lines of - 'Hi eez-eh, have you got 5 minutes, I have a question regarding x/y/z you might be able to help me with?' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 1 minute ago, TheScarf said: This is a growling trend in the old corporate world IMO. Surely the standard opening gambit should go along the lines of - 'Hi eez-eh, have you got 5 minutes, I have a question regarding x/y/z you might be able to help me with?' Aye, ask yer question. I find Indian's are murder for the "Hi... (5 minutes) I have a doubt...." patter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Just now, Peil said: Aye, ask yer question. I find Indian's are murder for the "Hi... (5 minutes) I have a doubt...." patter Yep, always ask your question in the first message IMO. It also gives me an opportunity to ignore it for longer too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) 7 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Yep, always ask your question in the first message IMO. It also gives me an opportunity to ignore it for longer too. That's my approach. If they don't follow up the initial "hello" message within 5-10 mins I'll ignore them until later in the day. Edit to add: that's just reminded me that a wifey messaged me last week "Hi can I ask you a question", I replied "yes sure" straight away, she still hasn't asked! Edited June 11 by Swarley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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