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

Last year, I got a 3 little jars of Arran Aromatics lip balm, a box of Dairy Milk and a box of liqeur chocolates that were so undoubtedly an unwanted present from last year I almost cringed visibly. 3 lip balms, 2 boxes of chocs. I mean!

This is where you all tell me I'm an ungrateful bitch.

The point of the wish list is to take away all need for thought, innit. I was probably quite stupid by being less specific than they wanted me to be with "something that smells nice; something that tastes nice; something small, simple and silver". Other people wrote down everything except the Argos catalogue number.

Thanks,

v1c

Bloody hell, what sort of insane hellhole do you work in?

Last year a colleague of mine received STRAW SLIPPERS and a LOOFAH.

Somebody else got a stuffed camel with 'Greetings from Lanazarote' on it.

I was a miserable bitch and didn't even participate.

2. Boss just gave me a "warning" for upping my resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768 on a 17" CRT

3. Boss "lost his Outlook" and expects me to fix it

...and I'm a contractor handling hurricane relief fund distribution

1. Boss doesn't seem to understand that the whole point of having a database is to make information easily and quickly accessible, so I spend 3-4x as much time making an endlessly redundant paper trail (including multiple stickers, a staple remover and lots of red ink) than I do actually doing real work.

2. Boss has issued edict that no set of papers shall ever have two staples in them. EVER. Need to attach a sheet to the back? Remove the staple and put a new one in. It kind of slows things down when you have 2000 things to staple courtesy of above papertrail policy, and you have to pick each one before stapling one more sheet to the back.

3. We have to PAY for coffee.

My employer shall remain nameless but I will tell you that I work for perhaps the largest labor union in the United States.

American version: don't you pay attention when you go to Wal-Mart?

not as funny when you have to re-edit :(

aaaargh, someone is now sneezing repeatedly in a really ineffective and wussy way. GAAAAAAAH!

hmm. the problem really is me, not them, isn't it? gah.

i think i alternate between the two, depending on which day it is. which makes me stupid and annoying, i guess.

Try pulling the handle DOWN before you push the door open YOU ARE BREAKING IT, CANNOT YOU TELL BY THE LOUD SNAP IT KEEPS MAKING WHEN YOU COME RUSHING IN !?

"The one that you obtained delivery and read receipts for?"

"Um..."

"If you get a message that tells you I received and read the email then it means exactly that. I received and read the email."

"I wasn't trying to chase you up about it or anything."

"Good, because it wouldn't have helped your cause."

"Is 4-ish OK?"

He's currently playing Minesweeper, having just booked his car in for a service. If he wasn't my boss' boss I'd tell him to go fuck himself. (Although there's no way he can come out of this meeting tomorrow without looking like a cunt)

Good job I don't have anything better to do than mong about on here otherwise I'd be pissed off by now.

- Phone Asda to complain
- Throw out all the rest of the fruit you bought at the same time
- Never buy fruit from Asda again