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Trivial things that annoy you part 479
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Aglomerado wrote: »This is true. Some years back in a former job I was given a promotion. I was told by the (horrible) manager that "You won't be able to leave at 5.30 any more."
Ok. My contracted hours were 9.00 to 5.30.
Within a week I had worked out my working day efficiently and happily waltzed out the door at 5.30 every day while my manager scowled and couldn't say anything; the day's work was done!!!
She was often there till 8pm! ha ha
<Aglo does German accent as in "Horst" from that Simpsons episode> Hmm. Perhaps you require further training, or perhaps zere iss somesink wrong vith you? </German accent> 0 -
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Aglomerado wrote: »This is true. Some years back in a former job I was given a promotion. I was told by the (horrible) manager that "You won't be able to leave at 5.30 any more."
Ok. My contracted hours were 9.00 to 5.30.
Within a week I had worked out my working day efficiently and happily waltzed out the door at 5.30 every day while my manager scowled and couldn't say anything; the day's work was done!!!
She was often there till 8pm! ha ha
Worked with a boss like that, and many of the others described upthread, the emails sent (for show) at unearthly hours, the look when others came in at normal times, and asking about the weather ... This was to imply she had been there since dawn, so the weather could have completely changed...
Going in at weekends, more emails sent on Sundays...
All complete BS. She was good at her job, but she most certainly was not working the long hours that she talked about constantly.0 -
OldNotWIse wrote: »Got up early (which was painful) and managed to take an early luas.... got a seat....headphones in.....playlist sorted.....
... Next of all someone from the office taps me on the shoulder. Had to abandon music and make small talk the rest of the journey. I actually felt a creeping rage...
I'm thinking of switching to the bus tbh. I know that might be a bit extreme but I am not a morning (or an evening) person and I am so tired from all the small talk. I just want to be left alone to listen to my music! How is it that if a luas comes every four minutes, that whether I get on at 07:45 or 08:00 or 08:10 - I still manage to bump into one of three people I am trying to avoid? If I was looking for them I wouldn't be able to find them!
I would hate that too. When I used to bus it to and from work, I just wanted down time, listening to music, texting, gazing out the window, I don't think I could sustain conversation for the duration.0 -
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The Dark Side wrote: »Similarly, people who say they have 'the flu'.
If you had the flu you wouldn't be able to get out of bed. Raising your head from the pillow becomes a herculean task.
You Sunshine, have a very mild case of the sniffles!
Or claim to be "a bit depressed" 0 -
I'm feeling real whingey today these are mostly work related!
So here goes
People who just CANNOT use a dishwasher! They throw everything into the sink and feck the dishwasher and leave it for someone else to do.
The fact that I cant have an actual conversation in work without one of the men making sexual references to EVERYTHING I say... It's so boring, unoriginal and unintelligent.
In canteen at lunch, how everyone is leering over my shoulder with their nostrils practically in my food questioning "is that ALL you're eating today?" Cheers... assh0le
Finding that there's no sugar/tea when I get to work
Non work related annoying things:
Going out with friends, "yeah we're going to head to town for 9pm" ............... midnight and we still haven't left.. INFURIATES ME!!
How intrusive people are these days, like when you say you cant make it to some minor, non life changing event and they want to know all the details why you cannot be there? Is there some rule nowadays that I have to divulge all my personal information to people who I wouldn't even consider to be close friends??
When other peoples cats come along and p!ss and poop in my garden, driving my dog mad and meaning I cant let my nephew out to play.. I really want to know who their owners are so they can come over and clean that sh!t up themselves... Honestly have been debating sending out letters to people on the road as it's REALLY getting to me now 0 -
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Worked with a boss like that, and many of the others described upthread, the emails sent (for show) at unearthly hours, the look when others came in at normal times, and asking about the weather ... This was to imply she had been there since dawn, so the weather could have completely changed...
Going in at weekends, more emails sent on Sundays...
All complete BS. She was good at her job, but she most certainly was not working the long hours that she talked about constantly.
Absolutely. If my wagon of a boss had spent more time doing her work instead of using the company phones to call her daughter in Spain or Israel or wherever the fcuk she was travelling, she'd be home at a normal time too! 0 -
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OldNotWIse wrote: »Or claim to be "a bit depressed"
I once had a relative (very attention seeking) tell me she had been to the doctor, and the doc suspected she may have a "touch of cancer". I asked was the doc going to send her to a specialist, and she said "Not at the moment, it may sort itself out"0 -
Aglomerado wrote: »Absolutely. If my wagon of a boss had spent more time doing her work instead of using the company phones to call her daughter in Spain or Israel or wherever the fcuk she was travelling, she'd be home at a normal time too!
They are twins...
She had two sons, grown up, and far away also.
And yes, her social life/ holidays etc - all organised during those long hours she was putting in...
She is retired now, and as far as I know, :rolleyes: the company she worked in, didn't collapse dramatically the day she walked out the door, no doubt on a Sunday 0 -
DeltaWhite wrote: »The fact that I cant have an actual conversation in work without one of the men making sexual references to EVERYTHING I say... It's so boring, unoriginal and unintelligent.
The Porn Star user name on your Boards account probably isn't helping :pac:
But yeah, even as a guy nowadays when another male makes a lame "work safe" type reference, even I cringe a bit.In canteen at lunch, how everyone is leering over my shoulder with their nostrils practically in my food questioning "is that ALL you're eating today?" Cheers... assh0le
I actually get quiet the opposite frequently in most jobs I've worked, usually a "oh I wish I could eat that" guilt trip, it's usually all in good humour but occasionally I just want to scream "I'm sorry I have high metabolism and/or some super active gland or something that let's me eat a Pizza at 1pm not a bother, I'm sorry", and then just sit back down and be like "phew, well, just had a bit of a mad moment there" 0 -
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Yea I get that to - get an email from someone at like 8pm saying can you send me X urgently, I have a meeting at 9am in the morning and I need to bring it with me. Firstly, you know I only work 8-4.30 and I don't have access at home and secondly this meeting wasn't sprung on you! its prob been in your diary for weeks but you wait till the very last minute to ask me for it - then blame me when you don't have it to bring to your meeting with you - I asked messrs to do it but she was to busy and didn't get it to me on time :mad::mad:
Confusing usernames! I thought your username was derived from -Messrs
abbreviation from French messieurs
used as a title to refer formally to more than one man simultaneously, or in names of companies.
How 'bout that...
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DeltaWhite wrote: »Yeah but they don't know that
They wouldn't know that is your Boards user name or they wouldn't recognise the names origins if they did?..... cause I bet they would recognise it, the duuuurrrtty feckers0 -
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More things to add on this whingey Wednesday
Hypochondriacs - my friend is one and I have zero patience for her. She has a migraine on a daily basis and can be caused by different things like: Dehydration migraine (but she wont drink water) Hunger migraine (she has the worst diet I've ever seen) WEATHER MIGRAINE??? (havent a breeze (:D) what this one is about) Everyday there is some new illness with her, she tries to get out of doing things and creates these mental ailments that I doubt exist just so she doesn't have to do it!
People who phone the job and after you've said the name of the company they ask "is this X?" I JUST SAID IT OMFG!!
I love summer but I hate the insects that erupt out of nowhere Crane flies, wasps, midges and they all seem to come indoors for the laugh like
I might need to whinge more later 0 -
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DeltaWhite wrote: »More things to add on this whingey Wednesday
Hypochondriacs - my friend is one and I have zero patience for her. She has a migraine on a daily basis and can be caused by different things like: Dehydration migraine (but she wont drink water) Hunger migraine (she has the worst diet I've ever seen) WEATHER MIGRAINE??? (havent a breeze (:D) what this one is about) Everyday there is some new illness with her, she tries to get out of doing things and creates these mental ailments that I doubt exist just so she doesn't have to do it!
People who phone the job and after you've said the name of the company they ask "is this X?" I JUST SAID IT OMFG!!
I love summer but I hate the insects that erupt out of nowhere Crane flies, wasps, midges and they all seem to come indoors for the laugh like
I might need to whinge more later
Tell her it might be kinder to have her PTS0 -
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One eyed Jack wrote: »Confusing usernames! I thought your username was derived from -
How 'bout that...
No sorry to disappoint - not like that at all, quiet boring really 0 -
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Agreed.
I wonder sometimes too, how people coped with shopping when they couldn't ring someone while in the supermarket, to ask the all important question of which brand of toilet paper, or whatever else, to buy.
You just reminded me of something. I was ill last week but still went and did the weekly shopping with Mr Pumpkinseeds. I was feeling all arsey and impatient and he said I should have relaxed at home and let him do it. Loosely interpreted as 'ffs, I wish you'd stayed home and stopped bitching at me about trivial crap':D Without thinking I told him that if he'd gone alone he'd be constantly ringing me to ask what brand of stuff we buy. So, thoughtless bitchiness is my trivial annoyance, also lack of tact.0 -
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OldNotWIse wrote: »I'm so bored. I feel bad because I am essentially being paid for being bored and doing nothing.
Could be worse, you might be bored, doing nothing and NOT getting paid for it. Oh, I think you should get one of those 'Leave me alone I'm only talking to my cat today' tops for commuting. 0 -
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