Irritating Office Behavior
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Pretty much - it's sitting there for 1-2 hour discussing why work isn't getting done...HughFreakingDillon said:
so glad it's rare for me to have meetings. I hear from most people that 98% of them are useless and run 300% longer than they should.frozenwithsalt said:When you're trying to get out of a late meeting and the same person won't shut up and keeps asking questions that are pointless - but they looove to hear themselves talk so we're all stuck.
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Once I was in a meeting in which everyone was asked how their department could complete project xyz faster. Since I was my department I suggested actually working on said project would probably prove more effective than sitting in a 3 hour meeting.frozenwithsalt said:
Pretty much - it's sitting there for 1-2 hour discussing why work isn't getting done...HughFreakingDillon said:
so glad it's rare for me to have meetings. I hear from most people that 98% of them are useless and run 300% longer than they should.frozenwithsalt said:When you're trying to get out of a late meeting and the same person won't shut up and keeps asking questions that are pointless - but they looove to hear themselves talk so we're all stuck.
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some people just seem to laugh a little too easily when a joke is being made by an exec. I shit you not. I thought that stuff died with the 80's. But it seems to happen to people you wouldn't even expect it to.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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Your post reminds me of that Sopranos episode, when Feech got out of prison and kept busting Tony's balls...at a card game one evening, Tony tells some stupid joke and the camera slowly pans around showing everyone laughing hysterically - except Feech.
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How about someone taking only the BASE of the kettle and stashing it in a cupboard no one uses, but leaving the kettle on the counter... so no one knows wtf is going on.
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That's why they're where they are.HughFreakingDillon said:some people just seem to laugh a little too easily when a joke is being made by an exec. I shit you not. I thought that stuff died with the 80's. But it seems to happen to people you wouldn't even expect it to.
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It's called keeping you on your toes.PJ_Soul said:How about someone taking only the BASE of the kettle and stashing it in a cupboard no one uses, but leaving the kettle on the counter... so no one knows wtf is going on.
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Speaking of this, there is this woman here that laughs at freakin' everything and her laugh is so annoying after a while...i honestly can't figure out what is so funny!HughFreakingDillon said:some people just seem to laugh a little too easily when a joke is being made by an exec. I shit you not. I thought that stuff died with the 80's. But it seems to happen to people you wouldn't even expect it to.
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i am the only male in my office that is not a surgeon. i work in an area with a bunch of female medical assistants. the one that sits closest to me is always talking to herself and "thinking out loud." it was so distracting that i asked to move my desk because her blabbering was breaking my concentration and slowing me down. they moved me one cubicle down, no change in the babbling or distraction...facepalm...."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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Then I would drive you nuts, because I do this...not constantly, but I do think outloud and talk to myself...lolgimmesometruth27 said:i am the only male in my office that is not a surgeon. i work in an area with a bunch of female medical assistants. the one that sits closest to me is always talking to herself and "thinking out loud." it was so distracting that i asked to move my desk because her blabbering was breaking my concentration and slowing me down. they moved me one cubicle down, no change in the babbling or distraction...facepalm....
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That's why they're where they are.HughFreakingDillon said:some people just seem to laugh a little too easily when a joke is being made by an exec. I shit you not. I thought that stuff died with the 80's. But it seems to happen to people you wouldn't even expect it to.
Who? The laughers, or the execs? Cause the laughers aten't any higher up than I am.
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Sorry...when I'm entering orders, I mumble the the order numbers out loud to myself so I can make sure I'm entering it correctly.PJSiren said:
Then I would drive you nuts, because I do this...not constantly, but I do think outloud and talk to myself...lolgimmesometruth27 said:i am the only male in my office that is not a surgeon. i work in an area with a bunch of female medical assistants. the one that sits closest to me is always talking to herself and "thinking out loud." it was so distracting that i asked to move my desk because her blabbering was breaking my concentration and slowing me down. they moved me one cubicle down, no change in the babbling or distraction...facepalm....
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my neighbour constantly talks to herself....loud enough that I often think she's trying to talk to me. I will just shout "you talking to someone other than yourself?", and she'll yell back "nope!". maybe it would bother me if I didn't like her. which I think a lot of this can boil down to.RKCNDY said:
Sorry...when I'm entering orders, I mumble the the order numbers out loud to myself so I can make sure I'm entering it correctly.PJSiren said:
Then I would drive you nuts, because I do this...not constantly, but I do think outloud and talk to myself...lolgimmesometruth27 said:i am the only male in my office that is not a surgeon. i work in an area with a bunch of female medical assistants. the one that sits closest to me is always talking to herself and "thinking out loud." it was so distracting that i asked to move my desk because her blabbering was breaking my concentration and slowing me down. they moved me one cubicle down, no change in the babbling or distraction...facepalm....
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I didn't read the whole article (ok I just scrolled through the pictures) but the headline reminded me of a few pages back when people were talking about the "young people" in their professional lives who don't know how to talk to people aka Millennials.
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When someone in another cube pulls the blinds down/closes them in my area! If you don't want or can't handle a window seat, move to the middle please. I have a great view of the Rocky Mountains and downtown Denver that I like to use to get me through the day. Also, when another Supervisor runs to a Manager rather than discussing the issue beforehand. It can get so Ghetto here sometimes!"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." Mark Twain0
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thanks...need to show this to Mr. RK, he manages some millenials, likes them, but just has a hard time getting it through their brain that deadlines are important.ldent42 said:I didn't read the whole article (ok I just scrolled through the pictures) but the headline reminded me of a few pages back when people were talking about the "young people" in their professional lives who don't know how to talk to people aka Millennials.
http://gothamist.com/2015/04/03/millennials_translated.phpThe joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
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What, you dont like getting emails with you spelled u? I went back to school in my early 30's and ended up in a top 10 business school. They required an extra English course on English for Business Students. The first thing the professor said was if you send me emails with u or r or other text abreviations I wont read it nor will I reply letting you know I didn't read it. I was shocked until I realized I was the oldest person in the room (beyond the professor of course).ldent42 said:I didn't read the whole article (ok I just scrolled through the pictures) but the headline reminded me of a few pages back when people were talking about the "young people" in their professional lives who don't know how to talk to people aka Millennials.
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I hate being the oldest kid in the room. I quit a class two years ago cuz I realized I was older than the professor. I even let him keep my book cuz he couldn't manage to get his hands on it in time for the start of the class. It was $12 on Amazon. smh.cdysinge said:
What, you dont like getting emails with you spelled u? I went back to school in my early 30's and ended up in a top 10 business school. They required an extra English course on English for Business Students. The first thing the professor said was if you send me emails with u or r or other text abreviations I wont read it nor will I reply letting you know I didn't read it. I was shocked until I realized I was the oldest person in the room (beyond the professor of course).ldent42 said:I didn't read the whole article (ok I just scrolled through the pictures) but the headline reminded me of a few pages back when people were talking about the "young people" in their professional lives who don't know how to talk to people aka Millennials.
http://gothamist.com/2015/04/03/millennials_translated.php
I'm gonna end up pursuing an IT/Business degree soon.
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^^^^^^^^^^^IT/Business is the way to go right now. I ended up at a top 5 software company doing operations and always helped do the final tests before releases on my offices software. I got so good at it after a few years they asked me to change to a Quality Engineer. I've been doing that for 3 years now and love it more than anything else I have done. I manage the quality on 3 different types of software run by a crap load of fortune 500 retailers like MIgros in Europe, Woolworths in Australia and many more. The main thing my area does is help them manage what items are put on promotions/discount to maximize overall profit. You put hot dogs on sale, buns sales will go up. Our software helps make relationships and forecasts when to promote when and at what price and how. I feel secure and safe from layoffs which is worth a lot right now as well.Tom Brady & Donald Trump, BFF's
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My wife has a very difficult time understanding the mentality of some of her staff just proclaiming they aren't working tomorrow, rather than having to ask for the day off. It's bizarre.RKCNDY said:
thanks...need to show this to Mr. RK, he manages some millenials, likes them, but just has a hard time getting it through their brain that deadlines are important.ldent42 said:I didn't read the whole article (ok I just scrolled through the pictures) but the headline reminded me of a few pages back when people were talking about the "young people" in their professional lives who don't know how to talk to people aka Millennials.
http://gothamist.com/2015/04/03/millennials_translated.php
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