I want to choke my coworker

Rapunzel64

I feel for you. I had a boss who would do nothing but speak to her relatives all day in a foreign language. When she wasn't doing this, she would shop on E-Bay until they banned her for not paying for anything she won.

To top it off, she would beg the people who worked for her to go shopping with her in the store next door during work hours. Then she would return everything the next day and buy more stuff.

She did no work during the week and saved everything until the weekend so that she could require all of us to work so that she could get overtime and free food. She finally got canned for stealing from the company.

It does feel good to vent!

Good luck, Lou. I am sure that you can find a way to remedy this!

libragirl

It sounds like what goes on at my job. People can't waste enough time.

norm

Reading this thread makes me glad I don't work in corporate environment anymore.

Thorns2010

Damn man, I worked in an office for 4 months and I couldn't handle it. I didn't really come across any problems like this...but still.....why the fuck do you people do jobs like this???

culot4

I could never work in an enviornment like that. Meetings about meetings and shit and nothing ever gets done...fuck that. I would never survive at a job that wouldn't let me be independent. I feel sorry for all of you slaves to the grind. Don't say the money is worth it either, it isn't.

enharmonic

bostonlou wrote:

all she wants to do is put together meetings or conference calls to discuss problems instead of just solving them and letting everyone know the solution

there could be a problem with a 2 minute solution but she'll schedule a hour long meeting during which we'll solve nothing and just go off on random tangents

it's gotten to the point where I just say I don't know anything about the issues and refuse to go to the meetings

she also does less work than I do all day... which is hard to do as my post count shows

she spends most of her time gossiping or talking about inane shit like britney spears or 24.

sometimes when she's in the cube next to mine for too long I call her desk so that she'll stop talking and run to see who's on the phone. i hang up before she gets there. I do this probably 3-4 times a day

but this sometimes backfires as she then proceeds to call her mom (she's 44 with a 4 year old that the mother watches)... and they talk about nothing for long periods

thankfully she's stopped talking to the kid on the phone... but for a while all I would hear every few hours is "ARE YOU BEING A GOOD BOY FOR GRANDMA???" "YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD"


i don't bother anyone during the work day... why can't she be more like me?


oh she also makes it a point to tell her stories in either an awful high pitch squealing voice... or she'll make fun of another person if they're not american... she tries to imitate indians, irish, and asian people... but the voice always sounds the same



thanks for listening

Welcome to my world, bostonlou. now, multiply that by 4 managers who do the exact same thing, and expect that i can still complete my assigned work.

Last week, I sent out a broadcast e-mail advising that my dance card was full, and that I have no interest in supporting a dog and pony show when I know what needs to be done. I also said that I need another fancy power point presentation like I need another hole in the head, and that nothing these so-called "strategic meetings" have set out to do has been accomplished...failing to result in earned value for our sector.

I received "counseling" for being too "abrasive".

I'd like to throatfuck 'em all with a donkey cock.

Penny453

there's a few people I'd like to choke at work.

bostonlou

lol

forgot i started this thread... the drinks must of blurred the memory of it


her boss doesn't sit in our area anymore...

and my boss... who was her old boss... really doesn't care... and was out of the office anyway


and yes we have more than 1 of her... it's just that she's the closest to my cube


oh and she loves me... i'm good at playing the game and smiling along

although when she tries to gossip with me I usually just go back to my computer and start typing

usually she takes the hint

ReleasH

I'm not in the corporate world, but there are days when I feel like I am being slowly powerpointed to death at school. Then they have a meeting to discuss "student wellness" ... I just want to scream that if they really cared about "wellness" they'd give us the day off from classes rather than subject us to another meeting about ways to reduce stress.

Pearl Jam and toast

sapperskunk wrote:

1. Chloroform coworker

2. Open skull

3. Scoop out brain

4. Replace skull

5. Work in peace

plan b: revolver.

Riot_Rain

Wow, I feel for you.

I've got a colleague who also phones home several times a day. Apart from that, she goes to the loo twice an hour and makes tea more times than can be healthy for the human body, even if it is herbal tea. I think she works up to 60 minutes less a day than the rest of us. When she does work, she makes mistakes.

The first year, I didn't let it bother me. The second year, it drove me insane. This year, I laugh a lot. It's better for me

bostonlou

she's on the phone again

she just told someone to not use such "gobbledygook" and just be straight forward

bostonlou

in the last 10 minutes she's made 4 phone calls to find out about a magic show

and if it is really free or not


i guarantee if it's not free then she won't be going... and she makes 95k a year

this thread may help me


although if someone finds it that could be a bad thing

Ms. Haiku

bostonlou wrote:

in the last 10 minutes she's made 4 phone calls to find out about a magic show

and if it is really free or not


i guarantee if it's not free then she won't be going... and she makes 95k a year

this thread may help me


although if someone finds it that could be a bad thing

You're spying. You need to talk to her supervisor, right? Or better yet, talk to her, let her know you can hear her.

norm

bostonlou wrote:

in the last 10 minutes she's made 4 phone calls to find out about a magic show

and if it is really free or not


i guarantee if it's not free then she won't be going... and she makes 95k a year

this thread may help me


although if someone finds it that could be a bad thing

Who the hell goes to magic shows? And for free?

You're right, she is annoying.

nowayimfaithfull

I have to say I am suprised to hear Lou isnt getting along with someone at work.
It just seems with someone who is as sweet as him, that people are not waitng in line to serve him.

lol

just kidding

choke her

FnCircus

enharmonic wrote:

I'd like to throatfuck 'em all with a donkey cock.

that's a visual............and a half

bostonlou

Ms. Haiku wrote:

You're spying. You need to talk to her supervisor, right? Or better yet, talk to her, let her know you can hear her.

i'm not going to snitch on her about it... it's just annoying and i would prefer it to stop


and just as i'm typing this she gets a call from mommy... seems wonderchild at his whole lunch today... so that was reason for a call

and now my friend is regaling us all with quite a great story of how he requested his brown pants this morning... as he does every morning

he got these pants for xmas... and they were his absolute favorite gift... he's 4 and brown pants were the highlight

poor fckin kid

nowayimfaithfull wrote:

I have to say I am suprised to hear Lou isnt getting along with someone at work.
It just seems with someone who is as sweet as him, that people are not waitng in line to serve him.

lol

just kidding

choke her

the funny part is that everyone does love me at work... i'm not sugary sweet but i'm far from the asshole that i play online

TrixieCat

Seriously? To everything you have said about the co worker?
You should send this into the writers of the Office. You had me laughing so hard.
Sorry you have to deal with that.

Ms. Haiku

So, why haven't you told her to keep her voice down? Could you tell her it's breaking your concentration? If her work quality/quantity is down, her supervisor should be able to notice that. However, if it affects your work quality/quantity then you need to ask her to keep it down.