Stuff that I have to suffer at work:
1) Listening to two moaning women who spend their whole day whinging about how busy they are and that their workload is getting bigger and bigger, not realising that if they actually did some work and didn't continuously moan about it, they wouldn't have this problem.
2) Listening to the same two women being more obsessed about what work other people are doing rather than concentrating on what they should be doing.
3) Computer illiteracy. I don't expect everyone to be Bill Gates in the office, but wish they'd understand that if they can't get Word to load, but everything else works, they don't need to check whether their internet cable has fallen out. And constantly forgetting their passwords. Or thinking that pressing the zoom button on the screen makes things print out larger on the printer.
4) The tea-making rota. And figuring out whose turn it is to buy milk.
It's not as bad as it was 12 months ago thankfully but during my time there I've been spat at, scratched, he's threatened to "batter" my children and get his mum to "batter" me (she's the type too as well!). Generally he just speaks to me like crap, it's a constant battle. There are good days though, when I'm reminded he's just a messed up 9 year old who needs someone to care about him. Despite everything I love my job so I feel bad moaning here about it.
No thanks, I don't want to put that on my radar, think outside the box, go to a blue sky presentation, and please do not call me colleague!
Ah yes, management speak. On my radar makes me think of The Saturdays' last album (it was called On Your Radar) or that Britney song Radar. The worst piece of management speak ever is "reach out", as in "You should reach out to them" Why can't they just say talk to or contact? Argh! :mad:
I have a colleague who cannot keep her nose out of other people's business. Constantly butting in to other people's work conversations. She seems to have an answer for everything,:rolleyes:
Emails announcing that someone I've never heard of, and is usually American, has been appointed to a position that will never affect me.
LOL! This ^ and similar emails announcing someone else I've never heard of is leaving the group to pursue other interests.
Progress reports and updates. Whenever the business is doing well its down to the great work by the senior executives. Whenever its doing badly its down to uncontrollable market forces. :rolleyes:
Oh, and last but not least, Performance Management. :mad:
How hot it is! Like a f---ing oven, sometimes I come home so thirsty I feel like I've got a hangover. Seems to be a common problem with offices, by the sound of this thread. :rolleyes:
Where the hell do you work?! :eek:
Where the hell do you work?! :eek:
Where on hell do you work!? (although I presume this one's in a hospital) :eek:
Same again. :eek:
I work in front line security, am guessing Courtney is a paramedic.
Same here! I often get e-mails, sent to the whole company, saying things like "Please welcome Ranjit, our new IT support technician" etc.
We get overly personal emails from our CEOs. The last one told us all about his week's holiday in Spain, he burnt his back in the sun and the whole family enjoyed a day at the waterpark. Only downside was their flight home was delayed by three hours.
It's not as bad as it was 12 months ago thankfully but during my time there I've been spat at, scratched, he's threatened to "batter" my children and get his mum to "batter" me (she's the type too as well!). Generally he just speaks to me like crap, it's a constant battle. There are good days though, when I'm reminded he's just a messed up 9 year old who needs someone to care about him. Despite everything I love my job so I feel bad moaning here about it.
makes me wonder what the TA assigned to my son with ADHD and autism has to say about him, to be honest.
Years ago when I was a student working in retail in Bluewater, I worked with a girl who had the most repulsive body odour I had ever encountered. She was a lovely and very pretty girl. She didn't look dirty at all. But the smell was really rancid.
Really stupid customers.And I don't say this lightly.Since working in retail I've lost faith in the British public.I have,on a daily basis, questions like, "Whats the difference between the black and transparent glass ?".
My job is OK, nothing to hard or demanding but one thing I have to suffer and find very irritating is listening to Radio One all day long. It has pathetic music, DJ's who think they are the be all and end all.
What do you have to suffer at work?
Office politics
Idiots
Bad management
Low pay
Unsocial hours
Idiots
Lack of career progression
How hot it is! Like a f---ing oven, sometimes I come home so thirsty I feel like I've got a hangover. Seems to be a common problem with offices, by the sound of this thread. :rolleyes:
Where the hell do you work?! :eek:
Where the hell do you work?! :eek:
Where on hell do you work!? (although I presume this one's in a hospital) :eek:
Students who wait until you've explained what today's tasks are going to be, and how to do them, then immediately stick up their hands and ask "what are we doing today?"
Certain people in the department working on the pet projects of senior staff, who get all the funding and support, even when they are doing work about things and concepts that don't actually exist. They can just talk the BS in the favoured way.
Woman who sits a few desks away going on about her "fur babies" all day. I never mention my children at work so she can shut the f**k up about her dogs. Woman on the same project but different team as me who is not affectionately called "Dungbeatle" behind her back as she stinks. She is absolutely useless at her job but for reasons none of the rest of us can fathom management love her. Still redundancy is looming so I won't have to put up with either of them for much longer.
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1) Listening to two moaning women who spend their whole day whinging about how busy they are and that their workload is getting bigger and bigger, not realising that if they actually did some work and didn't continuously moan about it, they wouldn't have this problem.
2) Listening to the same two women being more obsessed about what work other people are doing rather than concentrating on what they should be doing.
3) Computer illiteracy. I don't expect everyone to be Bill Gates in the office, but wish they'd understand that if they can't get Word to load, but everything else works, they don't need to check whether their internet cable has fallen out. And constantly forgetting their passwords. Or thinking that pressing the zoom button on the screen makes things print out larger on the printer.
4) The tea-making rota. And figuring out whose turn it is to buy milk.
It's not as bad as it was 12 months ago thankfully but during my time there I've been spat at, scratched, he's threatened to "batter" my children and get his mum to "batter" me (she's the type too as well!). Generally he just speaks to me like crap, it's a constant battle. There are good days though, when I'm reminded he's just a messed up 9 year old who needs someone to care about him. Despite everything I love my job so I feel bad moaning here about it.
OMG where do I start, it's always the woman's fault.:mad:
This!! :mad:
Thats smart thing to do imo, providing you have the sort of boss who's gullable enough to lap it up.
Whoahhh!!:eek:
Did you complain?
Is it filtering software or what does it do?
Ah yes, management speak. On my radar makes me think of The Saturdays' last album (it was called On Your Radar) or that Britney song Radar. The worst piece of management speak ever is "reach out", as in "You should reach out to them" Why can't they just say talk to or contact? Argh! :mad:
Call her Ms Nosey when you talk to her next time
As if anyone needs to know the most boring details of a shopping trip...
A pet hate of mine. I don't need to hear someone's nose composing a bloody symphony!
LOL! This ^ and similar emails announcing someone else I've never heard of is leaving the group to pursue other interests.
Progress reports and updates. Whenever the business is doing well its down to the great work by the senior executives. Whenever its doing badly its down to uncontrollable market forces. :rolleyes:
Oh, and last but not least, Performance Management. :mad:
I work in front line security, am guessing Courtney is a paramedic.
We get overly personal emails from our CEOs. The last one told us all about his week's holiday in Spain, he burnt his back in the sun and the whole family enjoyed a day at the waterpark. Only downside was their flight home was delayed by three hours.
Who actually gives a fcuk??
makes me wonder what the TA assigned to my son with ADHD and autism has to say about him, to be honest.
Office politics
Idiots
Bad management
Low pay
Unsocial hours
Idiots
Lack of career progression
Have I said idiots yet?
Unfortunately she loves a yes person. I'm not, she likes me but I'll never be her fave.
Yes, it blocks iPlayer & youtube (and most radio sites), Makes for a very boring nightshift.
Haha Accident and Emergency for me.
Certain people in the department working on the pet projects of senior staff, who get all the funding and support, even when they are doing work about things and concepts that don't actually exist. They can just talk the BS in the favoured way.