Annoying/Cringeworthy things your co-workers do....

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Steve Championship, Jul 17, 2015.

  1. Tommy Jefferson

    Tommy Jefferson Well-Known Member
    Nebraska CornhuskersKansas JayhawksKansas City RoyalsKansas City Chiefs

    The manager’s response to his offer killed me. “I don’t even get paid that much. Why do you think you deserve this much?”
     
  2. Rick

    Rick You da man
    Donor
    Auburn Tigers

    This is amazing.
     
    OZ2, jrmy and Fabulousthundercock like this.
  3. DollarBillHokie

    DollarBillHokie Usher is the worst
    Donor
    Virginia Tech HokiesTiger Woods

    The boss literally details his exact value and he seems to be a good deal.
     
  4. hood b. goode

    hood b. goode with the mandem
    Donor
    Michigan WolverinesNew Orleans PelicansNew Orleans SaintsArsenal2pac

    there was more in the replies, updated post
     
    jrmy and Willpépé like this.
  5. Woodrow

    Woodrow Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Detroit LionsDetroit PistonsMichigan State SpartansDetroit Red Wings

    My favorite was the manager telling the employee he "gambled and lost" because he scheduled vacation in advance. That'll win him back.
     
    beist, PAHokie, jrmy and 10 others like this.
  6. Henry Blake

    Henry Blake No Springsteen is leaving this house!
    Donor

    "Pick up the phone. HR wants to conduct their exit interview!" :roll:
     
  7. WillySaliba

    WillySaliba Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Philadelphia 76'ersArsenal

    Anti work is always a good read. It could also be called anti management. My god having that person in charge of managing IT and they can’t even resolve a minor human request. I’m 100% positive the external they brought in charged them an asshole fee to resolve the issue as well.
     
    Goose, PAHokie, jrmy and 1 other person like this.
  8. OHW

    OHW Well-Known Member
    Donor TMB OG
    Nebraska CornhuskersSan Francisco GiantsDemocrat

    incredible. i can't believe this failed.
     
    OZ2 likes this.
  9. Funshot Residue

    Funshot Residue Mammoth Stabber
    Donor

    Newest Winter storm is named "Izzy". Nice.
     
    fattus, One Two, Dump and 4 others like this.
  10. jrmy

    jrmy For bookings contact Morgan at 702-374-3735
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksAtlanta BravesDallas CowboysNational LeagueAvengersBarAndGrill

    Oh man that was incredibly satisfying to read all the way through.
     
  11. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
    Donor
    Iowa HawkeyesKansas City ChiefsLas Vegas Golden KnightsWatfordOlympicsFormula 1

  12. ndpat3130

    ndpat3130 Well-Known Member
    Donor TMB OG
    Notre Dame Fighting IrishChicago White SoxDePaul Blue Demons

    I find it offensive (among other things) that the company didn't just accept his $10,000 offer to fix the "state daily file," and cross-train the staff, but instead were over-emotional twats about it. What a dopey company.
     
    shawnoc likes this.
  13. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
    Donor

    Mind-boggling how few people pay attention to details
     
  14. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
    Donor

    I'm convinced 95% of the posts on reddit anti-work are BS

    really reddit's entire homepage for that matter
     
  15. jrmy

    jrmy For bookings contact Morgan at 702-374-3735
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksAtlanta BravesDallas CowboysNational LeagueAvengersBarAndGrill

    I don't know, I've seen some pretty tone deaf stuff working at my own company that makes me believe a lot of it.
     
  16. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
    Donor

    Yea I don't doubt shit like this goes on a lot... it's just really easy to fake a conversation on a phone with contact info scratched out
     
    shawnoc likes this.
  17. WhiskeyDelta

    WhiskeyDelta Well-Known Member
    Donor

    This just in….anonymous posters on social media platform not always truthful
     
    shawnoc, bowser90, Jack Bauer and 4 others like this.
  18. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    Nothing gets past me and spagett
     
    shawnoc and spagett like this.
  19. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
    Donor

    Gumshoe bois
     
  20. fattus

    fattus Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Colorado RockiesDenver NuggetsDallas CowboysColorado AvalanceBoise State Broncos

    We don’t get today off.

    VP sends email about celebrating the legacy of Dr. King.
     
  21. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

    Pile Driving Miss Daisy It angries up the blood
    Donor
    Texas LonghornsAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta FalconsAtlanta UnitedGeorgia Southern Eagles

    I was close to doing this with my company but they actually told us last week we get the day off when originally we didn't. We have employee resource groups that are supposed to help boost minority and underrepresented group experiences, very shallow if you don't give the bare minimum holiday off.
     
    shawnoc and fattus like this.
  22. Capstone 88

    Capstone 88 Going hard in the paint
    Donor
    Alabama Crimson TideAtlanta BravesTennessee TitansNashville Predators2pac

    My company is based in Atlanta and this is the first year we got off. Dr King was from here AND it’s the epicenter of the Civil Rights movement and you’re just now giving us the day off???
     
  23. Skiddly

    Skiddly Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Kansas State WildcatsChicago BearsChicago FireUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    Same here from the CEO.
     
  24. Homo Erectus

    Homo Erectus The important thing is, you think I'm attractive
    Donor

    From the corporate perspective. Remember what happens to people who fight the powers that be. Now shut up and get back to work.
     
    Dump, TC, bigred77 and 1 other person like this.
  25. BayouMafia

    BayouMafia Thought Leader in Posting
    Staff Donor
    LSU TigersTexas RangersNew Orleans SaintsFulhamDulwich Hamlet

    There are roughly 20 of us on a call between our company and representatives of one of our major customers. One of the guys from the customer is a known blowhard who sees every conversation as a competition he must win. One of my employees is presenting - she's brilliant and well spoken, and she's a German engineer so she is detail oriented to the most minute level. He keeps interrupting her to shoot holes in her presentation and she keeps dunking on him deftly and concisely then moving on.

    It's like watching someone run headlong into a brick wall, get up, then run right back at it even faster a hundred times in a row. This is the most fun I've had at work all week.
     
  26. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
    Donor
    Iowa HawkeyesKansas City ChiefsLas Vegas Golden KnightsWatfordOlympicsFormula 1

    I’m so out of this bitch once my bonus check deposits in February 1DC1DCF8-066F-4B7D-980C-E1318A890193.jpeg

    :magatears:
     
    BellottiBold and Dump like this.
  27. CF3234

    CF3234 Fan of: Bandwagons
    Donor TMB OG
    Miami HurricanesMiami MarlinsMiami DolphinsFlorida PanthersTiger WoodsInter Miami CFGame of ThronesMiami Heat

    Izzy is back everyone. This happened today as she was coming into the office.

    Izzy yelling back at the open door of our office into the hallway: WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? I'LL FUCK YOU UP. DON'T YOU DARE DISRESPECT ME.

    Izzy walks into the office to everyone staring at her: This guy on the elevator called me a douchebag. I'LL FUCKING KILL HIM

    Jeff: Wait, what just happened?

    Izzy: I was in the elevator minding my own business and this asshole next to me mutters under his breath "douchebag"

    Jeff: Wait, that's it? How do you know he was talking to you?

    Izzy: It was just us in the elevator, who else was he talking to?

    Jeff: He could have just been thinking out loud.

    Izzy getting upset again: You don't know. You weren't there. I'll fuck that guy up.

    Our building is two stories. One office on the 1st floor and 2 on the second. The odds of running into this guy again are extremely high.
     
  28. DuffandMuff

    DuffandMuff Well-Known Member
    Tampa Bay LightningSan Diego Padres

    She’s unhinged. That’s absolutely not an environment I would work in.
     
  29. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
    Donor
    Iowa HawkeyesKansas City ChiefsLas Vegas Golden KnightsWatfordOlympicsFormula 1

    Plz set up a fight in the parking lot
     
  30. WillySaliba

    WillySaliba Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Philadelphia 76'ersArsenal

    Film and yell world star the entire time please.
     
    ramszoolander, IV, shawnoc and 9 others like this.
  31. Funshot Residue

    Funshot Residue Mammoth Stabber
    Donor

  32. bigred77

    bigred77 Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Texas Tech Red RaidersTexas RangersSan Antonio SpursDallas CowboysKansas City ChiefsAustin FCTexas Tech Red Raiders alt

     
    One Two likes this.
  33. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
    Donor
    Iowa HawkeyesKansas City ChiefsLas Vegas Golden KnightsWatfordOlympicsFormula 1

    She’s probably wild in the sack.
     
  34. CF3234

    CF3234 Fan of: Bandwagons
    Donor TMB OG
    Miami HurricanesMiami MarlinsMiami DolphinsFlorida PanthersTiger WoodsInter Miami CFGame of ThronesMiami Heat

    I honestly don’t doubt this. But still do not want.
     
    One Two, Dump, bigred77 and 2 others like this.
  35. Funshot Residue

    Funshot Residue Mammoth Stabber
    Donor

    She will "fuck you up"! Maybe I am sheltered, but I've never heard of calling a woman a d-bag? CF3234 is there a chance you could interview elevator guy and report back? Any chance there's a picture of Izzy in the other office urinal? People want to know.
     
  36. CF3234

    CF3234 Fan of: Bandwagons
    Donor TMB OG
    Miami HurricanesMiami MarlinsMiami DolphinsFlorida PanthersTiger WoodsInter Miami CFGame of ThronesMiami Heat

    I’d bet the house that the guy in the elevator had just gotten off the phone and was muttering to himself.
     
    football501, Capstone 88, FTK and 8 others like this.
  37. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

    Pile Driving Miss Daisy It angries up the blood
    Donor
    Texas LonghornsAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta FalconsAtlanta UnitedGeorgia Southern Eagles

    Yep, consider me skeptical that guy was saying it to her. This lady sounds like she has BPD or something and is unmedicated.
     
    jrmy and Taffy like this.
  38. CF3234

    CF3234 Fan of: Bandwagons
    Donor TMB OG
    Miami HurricanesMiami MarlinsMiami DolphinsFlorida PanthersTiger WoodsInter Miami CFGame of ThronesMiami Heat

    Yea. “Jeff” went from ready to fight to rolling his eyes in a millisecond.
     
  39. colonel_forbin

    colonel_forbin Well-Known Member
    Donor

    Taking the elevator to the second floor SMH
     
    #3990 colonel_forbin, Feb 2, 2022
    Last edited: Feb 3, 2022
  40. El Tiburon

    El Tiburon Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Florida Gators

    Tell me you're fat without telling me you're fat.

    Seriously, in pre-plague times this was a huge peeve of mine at the courthouse. Especially because there was an escalator in sight of the elevator banks and still people would take up precious space to ride to the second floor.
     
    TC, jrmy, One Two and 5 others like this.
  41. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    Alabama Crimson TideIndianapolis ColtsBook Club

    We have a cafeteria in my office and there’s an elevator that opens into it. There’s only 2 floors. People who come out of it are judged.
     
  42. CF3234

    CF3234 Fan of: Bandwagons
    Donor TMB OG
    Miami HurricanesMiami MarlinsMiami DolphinsFlorida PanthersTiger WoodsInter Miami CFGame of ThronesMiami Heat

    Not that it’s any better, but it’s technically 2 floors up. The garage is below the 1st floor.
     
  43. BayouMafia

    BayouMafia Thought Leader in Posting
    Staff Donor
    LSU TigersTexas RangersNew Orleans SaintsFulhamDulwich Hamlet

    cringeworthy in a different way, but one of my employees has had some health issues and mentioned having to have a biopsy on Friday (wasn't sure for what), so when she returned to work yesterday I called to ask how she was doing. Biopsy came back negative thankfully, but she proceeded to give me way too many details of what turned out to be gynecological issues and what her further treatment was going to entail.

    Tried to sound unphased and sympathetic but I felt like my face was melting Raiders of the Lost Ark style
     
  44. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

    Pile Driving Miss Daisy It angries up the blood
    Donor
    Texas LonghornsAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta FalconsAtlanta UnitedGeorgia Southern Eagles

    Look Bayou, some people just don't know how to flirt, you should be flattered.
     
    ramszoolander, IV, shawnoc and 10 others like this.
  45. El Tiburon

    El Tiburon Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Florida Gators

    Is she hot?
     
    shawnoc likes this.
  46. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
    Donor
    Iowa HawkeyesKansas City ChiefsLas Vegas Golden KnightsWatfordOlympicsFormula 1

    Coworker just sent an email to a client, after they asked for something that was already done.
    Never mind - I just seen it did come this morning. Thanks again all!!
     
    PAHokie, Dump, TC and 2 others like this.
  47. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
    Donor

  48. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

    Pile Driving Miss Daisy It angries up the blood
    Donor
    Texas LonghornsAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta FalconsAtlanta UnitedGeorgia Southern Eagles

    The one good thing my company spent a bunch of time on before I was hired was at least getting these dozen of apps all tied to one single sign-on through Okta so we don't have passwords for each.
     
    One Two likes this.
  49. Hawks11

    Hawks11 The arsonist has oddly shaped feet
    Donor
    Alabama Crimson TideAtlanta BravesAtlanta Hawks

    I edited a PDF and I’m the office hero. People praising me for five minutes of work.