Let's bitch about our stupid, annoying co-workers

OMG, I forgot this one. When we get a little frazzled from having to do pretty much everything, he says things like, "You obviously can't handle this job." This coming from someone who brings nothing to the table. It's infuriating.

In my previous job (where I currently work is great, and they just bought me a shiny new computer which I'm now abusing to visit ILE), I used to find a quiet spot in my lunch breaks to read a book. This reading-a-book business was viewed as wildly freakish behaviour, and led to several people calling me "Professor", and they would seek me out to ask me what I was reading, how I was liking it, what was it about, etc, while I'm being all polite and thinking "Fuck off and let me read!".

These workmates were all journalists. If the sight of somebody READING blew their minds, no wonder the media's as fucked as it is.

Thats bizarre!

"the price of gas now!"
"iiii KNOW!"

I had to remove the games from everyone's computers the other day, and change them to opendns so their sites are gonna be seriously filtered. I bet they were bitching about me :( (no one has sold out ilxor in the forums category of opendns yet btw)

I managed to give myself admin privileges as part of getting the new computer. Huzzah!

Wow, journalists freaking out about reading makes me want to scream.

what's an opendn?

These workmates were all journalists. If the sight of somebody READING blew their minds, no wonder the media's as fucked as it is.

-- James Morrison, Friday, 13 June 2008 10:43 (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

n3ws c0rp amirite

Haha I forgot JM was a mongrel and I bet you are right. :)

Alas, no - it was the bloody ABC!

OK waht.

Sad, yes. The only person who actually seemed to read was the newsreader (no pun intended) Dominique Schwartz (who was actually pretty lovely).

co-worker just pulled off the annoying trifecta: 1) smoking in non-designated area (ie 5 ft from me trying to enjoy the beautiful day on my break) 2) had her ginormous SUV idling away whilst doing said smoking 3) took up 2 parking spots with said ginormous SUV. hats off to ya!

Fuck! Kill the bitch.

how does my co-worker manage to chew so loudly?
she makes horribly smacking noises and talks on the phone with her mouth full seemingly ALL DAY. usually bitching at her husband about something.

how do i not blow up and scream?

i admit i have a weird issue with chewing noises but arbghaghotiglfm,x,g;sdas

These workmates were all journalists. If the sight of somebody READING blew their minds, no wonder the media's as fucked as it is.

haha lol - i witnessed undergrad convocation last week and srsly the people graduating with journalism degrees were of two kinds and yes i am mean but i tell the truth: "on-air talent" and "media nerds" with the former outweighing the latter

agh chewing noises noooo

i think she is eating carrot sticks or something. and has been doing so for the last 45 minutes. i am about to explode.

Don't you have headphones?

ew chewing noises are the worst, and sadly headphones aren't allowed in this office anymore. people eating with their mouths wide open SHOOT TO KILL!

Who the hell outlaws headphones?

sadly headphones aren't allowed in this office anymore.

yeah one guy kinda ruined it for everyone while he sat there oblivious to his telephone ringing, and also trying to get peoples attention when they were in a world of their own was slightly frustrating sometimes.

i stand by the ban.

ahhhhhhh she's snacking again

yeah one guy kinda ruined it for everyone while he sat there oblivious to his telephone ringing, and also trying to get peoples attention when they were in a world of their own was slightly frustrating sometimes.

i stand by the ban.

-- Ste, Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:58 AM (Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:58 AM) Bookmark Link

It's called "Trillian".

i bitch at co-workers who do this. if dumb-fuck next do me manages to make it so i can't listen to my music there will be no end to the world of suffering i will inflict upon him.

she is slurping her YOGURT

It must take extra effort to eat yogurt at any volume other than "whisper quiet".

srsly I'd quit if they did that here!

-- Colonel Poo, Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:53 AM (Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:53 AM) Bookmark Link

they're pretty much mandatory around here. almost all conversations are done via im. you might here a phone ring in here every 3 days or so.

yeah headphones and music are frowned upon here :(

this woman is going to disneyworld with her 1 year old child. what the hell do you do with a 1 year old at disneyworld?!

if i didn't listen to wfmu or the oblivians all day i'd probably die of boredom.

xpost- abandon it?

i will abandon it in like a year when i finish school and can get a better job!

yeah, abandon that too.

quitting a job you absolutely HATE feels so fucking good.

wait abandon what now?

i just want my own office. actually, i don't even care if about that. i want them to give HER her own office.

she is slurping her YOGURT
this woman is going to disneyworld

wtf -- bell_labs, if this woman talks non-stop about women's basketball or her weight-related health issues, let me know, because I think I have her long-lost twin not 15 feet from me.

Childless is indignantly shouting to me about some reality show called "Baby Borrowers" as we speak. She has been going on for about eight minutes in spite of the fact that I'm obviously not listening.

Childless woman, sorry.

Ok, she's switched to complaining about the temperature.

she is slurping her YOGURT

just reading this made me feel like barfing

i don't know, the thing is that this is maddening shit that can fill all frequencies but at the same time in the great scheme of things it is totally minor shit that you can over-ride with your very own mind/being. yeah i know i say it a lot but: this is why i do yoga/meditation stuff. if i didn't i wld explode and kill a yogurt-slurpin' ho

i've been slacking on yoga this week so maybe that's my problem (i just typed oysters instead of yoga while i was writing that, for a better idea of what is really on my mind)

haha

oysters are good

you should eat them at her desk

SSSLLLLURRRRRRRRP

SSSSSSCHLUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRP

weirdly, i have a can of smoked tuna sitting on the other side of my desk
it isn't opened tho
there is a tomato sitting on top of it
xpost
GROSSSS

Work-slurping is like an irregular dripping faucet -- just when you think the storm's passed, and you're ready to stop bracing yourself for the next one, SCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHURLP comes out of the silence to just make you weep.

haha i am totally going to bring in a bucket of oysters one day and shuck and slurp them at my desk.

it will be awesome.