throbber Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Been there, it's horrible. Only response is to say something confusing but vaguely funny back, so they think they'll look an idiot if they don't laugh. Then hopefully they'll leave you alone, other than quietly asking for advice on life issues. It's just a joke and unavoidable for me and sucks the enthusiasm right out from me on a daily basis. It might be a blessing in disguise for me as I have said though.I'm not meaning to be a whinging c**t about it I'm just speaking my mind in an appropriate thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Just remember throbber, you're intellectually above these nuggets. Just let that sink in. Yeah I know. I won't have to work with them again anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 You should assign them all nicknames and theme songs based around their most annoying characteristics. That's how I used to survive working in environments filled with oafs and churls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Yeah I know. I won't have to work with them again anyway. ^^^ Signing on today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, LondonHMFC said: Used to work with a bloke who used to eat his in the toilet. Claimed it was the only place he could eat in peace. I used to go out to the smoking area (despite not being a smoker) so that people wouldn't bother me on my lunch break. In the winter I had to suck it up and eat in the kitchen area where people would constantly ask me questions while I was eating because it was better than eating a sandwich in -20 degree weather! Nowadays I live a 10 minute walk from my flat so I can just go home and eat, my cats don't ask me work related questions lol Edit: We could change the name of this topic to "c***s in offices". Edited August 25, 2017 by senorsoupe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Throbber, chuck a kettle over a pub. They'll not only stop picking on you but will look at you with a new respect 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 27 minutes ago, senorsoupe said: Edit: We could change the name of this topic to "c***s in offices". That would make throbber jealous. Manual workers have lunch and go to the toilet too, incidentally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 11 hours ago, senorsoupe said: Nowadays I live a 10 minute walk from my flat Bit weird. Why don't you just live in your flat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Bit weird. Why don't you just live in your flat? Oops, meant to say work a 10 minute walk from my flat! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 7 hours ago, senorsoupe said: Oops, meant to say work a 10 minute walk from my flat! Nooooooooooooooooooooo, surely not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Woman in my place is retiring. Senior manager is doing her speech right now.I didn't bother going to see her presentation or listen to the speech. In the 2.5 years I've been here I have had minimal dealings with her. Spent 2 months last summer covering for her manager.Am I wrong to give it a miss and ignore her leaving thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: Woman in my place is retiring. Senior manager is doing her speech right now. I didn't bother going to see her presentation or listen to the speech. In the 2.5 years I've been here I have had minimal dealings with her. Spent 2 months last summer covering for her manager. Am I wrong to give it a miss and ignore her leaving thing? ^^^^^^^^KB'd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I have so many stories about people at work that I think I will start to post more on this thread.I run a team (it's a call centre so don't read too much into that) and I try to manage people as I like to be managed - leave me alone, don't look for problems that aren't there and only give me feedback if I've done something wrong.Some of the other bosses are exactly as described by you lot in that they would actually rather make people feel uncomfortable and stressed out all day and seem to take some kind of enjoyment from that. I turn up because they pay me to do so and try to enjoy it best I can. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 36 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: Woman in my place is retiring. Senior manager is doing her speech right now. I didn't bother going to see her presentation or listen to the speech. In the 2.5 years I've been here I have had minimal dealings with her. Spent 2 months last summer covering for her manager. Am I wrong to give it a miss and ignore her leaving thing? Nope, I'd be giving it a wide berth too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 1 hour ago, BallochSonsFan said: Woman in my place is retiring. Senior manager is doing her speech right now. I didn't bother going to see her presentation or listen to the speech. In the 2.5 years I've been here I have had minimal dealings with her. Spent 2 months last summer covering for her manager. Am I wrong to give it a miss and ignore her leaving thing? Any time I've left a job or been kicked out I've just walked out the door at the end of my last day, sometimes with a half-hearted "Bye" to the rest of the office. I don't see the point of these tear-stained farewells. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 ^^^^^^^^KB'd She started in 1968. I wasn't born until 1979.My name isn't Harold and hers most definitely isn't Maude. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I'm at the stage now where I can do this job standing on my head. There's absolutely no room for advancement and we're not doing well enough as a company to get a pay rise. It's not a bad job but it's far too easy and really in a rut. Have been looking for a new gig for a while but nothing really more exciting out there at the moment. Plenty of folk in worse situations I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I'm at the stage now where I can do this job standing on my head. There's absolutely no room for advancement and we're not doing well enough as a company to get a pay rise. It's not a bad job but it's far too easy and really in a rut. Have been looking for a new gig for a while but nothing really more exciting out there at the moment. Plenty of folk in worse situations I guess. Including the driver of the lorry which killed 8 people in England last week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I'm at the stage now where I can do this job standing on my head. There's absolutely no room for advancement and we're not doing well enough as a company to get a pay rise. It's not a bad job but it's far too easy and really in a rut. Have been looking for a new gig for a while but nothing really more exciting out there at the moment. Plenty of folk in worse situations I guess. At least you don't have people slagging off your sandwiches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernJambo Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 c***s that copy you in to emails needlessly. Boy I know is particularly bad for this and it annoys me every time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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