I hope it goes like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQbYc7qLgBc&feature=player_detailpage
― Confused Turtle (Zora), Friday, 1 July 2011 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yes! A combination of that and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RCaRv-_jQ
― kkvgz, Friday, 1 July 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, my guy who couldn't keep his shit together earlier in the week totally redeemed himself on this one. Feel like a bit of an asshole for anonymously bitching about him on the internet.
― kkvgz, Friday, 1 July 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
the only thing to do is confess!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 July 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
give him ur g+ invite
― Darranzhi MacKhakhala (darraghmac), Friday, 1 July 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
My coworker who never puts anything into other people's leaving collections, not even when someone he was super chatty and matey with left after being kind of screwed over by mgmt, is leaving, and the large amount of money in his leaving collection is upsetting my need for a simplistic karma-based universe
(ps he is not super poor or anything, or if he is maybe he wouldn't be if he didn't get a new smartphone every 3 seconds and go abroad multiple times a year)
anyway I hope his new job does not think he is quite so goddamn awesome and his new boss might notice that he starts his 9-5:30 job at 9:47 every day and still goes before 5
yes this is the guy I revived the "bitterness" thread over, though no, he wasn't the first and he won't be the last to make me so irrationally goddamn fz"£*$"£ oh god i hate my brain, can anyone help me fix it? please.
― sticky crisco (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 4 July 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
is there any way you can volunteer to be the one to buy the gift? someone my wife works with once did this for somebody who had been giving him the shits for years. he took all the collected $$ and bought a truly gigantic roll of glad-wrap from a catering suplies company.
― I knew that the Russian people mercilessly ograblyali ograblyay (James Morrison), Monday, 4 July 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Or buy one of those "I bought a goat for the village" charity cards.
― hand me the banana of shame (NotEnough), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
"Do you eat anything but potato chips? At nine in the morning, even? Do you have any teeth left in your head that could help you accomplish your potato-chip-eating more quietly, or is lip-smacking going to have to take care of the entire mastication process?"
-me, in my head, far too often
― boxall, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
Put your fucking shoes back on! That's disgusting. This is a fucking professional office and you shouldn't be walking all over it in bare feet. So IA right now over this.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 8 July 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, I wish I'd done this, except I wouldn't have dared
anyway, much as I enjoy hating him for getting away with things nobody else could and still apparently charming everyone, I'll probably even miss him, because they're putting the most annoying person in the department in the seat he's left, 2 feet behind me
my future officemate wandered in with a glass of orange juice earlier and I had no idea it was possible to make so many disgusting lipsmacking noises for 200ml of liquid, ugh
― sticky crisco (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 8 July 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
please stop the drama
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
love all my coworkers, got so bummed when 1 of them quit this spring i was sad for like a day. they are never annoying
― flopson, Friday, 8 July 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
u guys every goof around with your coworkers, while working? like little fun jokes & stuff
― flopson, Friday, 8 July 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
constantly. i work in advertising, it's sort of the norm (for good shops)!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
I am an dinfamous practical joker! like I put acid in man's teabag and he cry!
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
tee hee hee! mischeif!!
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
I pu tapril wine in the company pot!!!!1
today when i was leaving work, walking past the bread shelves, was likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdeRinCdS9A
― flopson, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
If we all worked with drunk Liz Hurley do you think we'd be on this thread complaining?
― boxall, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Had a work BBQ last night, got a bit tipsy and told a few people i thought they were a little rude for blanking me in the office, they seemed horrified and apologized. Now I feel bad for mentioning it.
Thought I'd check this thread and see if someone had put "who the hell does the new guy think he is, getting drunk and telling me I'm rude"
Should be interesting in a couple of hours when I get to work :/
― not_goodwin, Friday, 15 July 2011 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
This is why I cant bring myself to get drunk in front of (at least my current) workmates, ha. I run off at the mouth so easy when Ive had a few :(
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Friday, 15 July 2011 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
I must add, none of them are annoying yet.
― not_goodwin, Friday, 15 July 2011 07:04 (twelve years ago) link
I don't even understand how popcorn is appealing when its nearly 100 degrees outside.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
manager in email: "hi everyone, we've just pushed payroll day forward a day!"
... thanks for advising us of this THE DAY BEFORE PAYDAY. Now I have to stretch to an extra day with zero spare cash :(
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
wouldn't 'forward' mean earlier?
my ex once had her bosses change salary payment from fortnightly in advance to fortnightly in arrears THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
I meant forward in the week sense, so Friday instead of Thurs. But yeah ugh.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 07:03 (twelve years ago) link
Just one day... wait, just four hours, without the stench of nasty burnt popcorn would be fucking amazing.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
I am appalled at this waste of precious resources, money is tight and here is some spoiled person demanding reimbursements on, like, McDonald's milkshakes and the like, also academic conferences for personal enrichment that are not work-related.
Just because her old boss apparently had money to burn doesn't mean she can demand this shit here. You want lunch, save money, eat in the food court.
― YO MAMA. (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
That sounds ridiculous. But, wait, your lunches get reimbursed?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
If we're on conference for work or going on a business trip / meeting, all lunches / dinners - even alcoholic drinks - are reimbursed. That is generous enough.
However some people try to scam free lunches in the name of "professional enhancement"...excuse me that is your personal enhancement, it's not in the interests of your employer.
― YO MAMA. (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
Gotcha. I'm with you, surprised they even reimburse alcohol, that is pretty generous.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
sorta makes sense - you can write booze off if it's to entertain clients.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
(thank you gov't of Canada for my partially subsidized scotch collection)
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, they even serve beer and wine in house but only after four o'clock. Who can say no to free beer and wine? I'm surprised some religious teetotaller doesn't sue!
I usually don't indulge though, I am one of the more conservative people in the office and am always worried word will get out that I got drunk at work.
― YO MAMA. (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Okay popcorn girl is talking, loudly, about going to a comedy show last night and this phrase verbatim came out of her mouth, "I had no idea what to expect at a comedy show". It was really really difficult to hold back on that one.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
she's kind of really opening herself up there.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
are you just jealous you don't get to go to conferences?xpost
― tehresa, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
also can you please define how going to a conference is personal enhancement?
i mean, it's not like she's going out to get a mani/pedi
That popcorn lady is seriously gonna get cancer.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Actually going to an academic conference can be personal career enhancement, lots of people submit a request for reimbursement for this just to see if they can get it past accounting.
― YO MAMA. (Mount Cleaners), Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
I have no problem with the conference itself being reimbursed and maybe the travel, depending on just how tied in it is to your position and direct work, but if the conference is already kind of a stretch as to being directly applicable, I can totally understand why a company might not want to pay for all the food and drinks while you are there.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
jon, do you think one day you'll explode at her?
― Mark C, Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:13 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not the exploding type, just the type to vent my frustrations to the world. I am getting really sick of my workspace smelling like burnt popcorn every day all day though. She's on her second bag of the morning, she had five bags yesterday.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
This is a noob question I'm sure, but how is she burning it? Could you gently suggest cooking it for a shorter time will make it taste nicer?
― Mark C, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Leave passive-aggressive notes on the microwave. No. Unplug the microwave!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
Remove the microwave.
― kate78, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I can't even walk past the popcorn section in the grocery store without getting a little queasy. I think you're within your rights to do something.
― fields of salmon, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
It sounds like she's not right in the head!
― weakness for Cinnabon; rampant heterosexuality (Je55e), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link