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UH BRALESS CYCLING UHHHHH

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

That came out creepier than intended, sorry.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

But not very sorry.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

I was wearing a big 1970s Polish ski jacket for warmth (it was very early in the morning, hence my dopey state) and really didn't look particularly special.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

I think it was more about the concept than about the reality.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

grimly, post a pic of his shorts.

please.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 9 September 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)

i think that might be a little difficult to do without getting battered.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 9 September 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

Ha
I meant a similar pair from images.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 9 September 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

I was just on the phone, and one of my coworkers comes and looks in my office to ask me something. I am clearly on the phone, but she stands in the doorway and stares at me. Just stands there. Finally after like 30 seconds she says "Come find me when you're done." So I finish up my call, go find her, and she...wants me to replace the water jug on the cooler. Which was clearly urgent enough for her to stand in my doorway waiting for me to get off the phone.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

she came in to admit her feelings for you and ask you if you'd like to get together sometime. but while you were on the phone she chickened out and asked you about changing the dumb water jug instead.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 9 September 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

I meant a similar pair from images.

imagine the kind of thing stanley might have been wearing when he met livingstone, only baggier, and teamed with blue socks and brown suede shoes.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 9 September 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

My stupid, annoying co-worker has been receiving emails meant for me since 15th August. Has she forwarded them to me to deal with? Has she fuck. Until today. My inbox pinged 54 times. I had to have a word. No wonder she's on extended probation and we have to write a report card for her at the end of each day. What a fucking stupidy stupid.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

A "report card"???
I hope that post is what you will be putting on it!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

It's to back ourselves up in case she takes us to tribunal when we terminate her employment. Some people in the office think the 'in case' should be a 'when'. The second 'when' is definitely a 'when'.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

Are you awaiting a suitably opportune moment to get rid of her?

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

To The Person In My Office Who Decanted Their Colostomy Bag Into The Coffee Dispenser:

I'd like to note that I made the coffee today and it's bangin'. I feel like putting up instructions.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

The end of her probation period is the moment. Three weeks to go!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

I feel really guilty this week: my assistant just got a first "when" (though he possibly had had a few prior my taking this job )and there you go...he won´t be back at his desk from 1st Oct onwards

― olenska (olenska), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

Don't feel guilty, feel liberated!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Mädchen: does she *know* you're all having to do this?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

Yes, it's a list of tasks we've asked her to do with our comments/signature and she keeps it in her drawer.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

One of my comments was about how, if you put Mr John Smith in line 1 of the address at the top of a letter, you do not begin your letter Dear Mrs Smith. I also had to teach her how to fold a letter so it fits in the envelope. She went home at 12.30 and I am still wound up!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

most annoying conversation of the week so far:

ancient, creaky messanger dude: "simon, did you get that package i left on kathleen's desk yesterday?"
me: "er, no. why would i have done?"
ancient, creaky messanger dude: "it was addressed to mark. and said urgent."
me: "so you left it on kathleen's desk?"
ancient, creaky messanger dude: "it had her name on it too."
me: "but it was addressed to mark?"
ancient, creaky messanger dude: "yes, it said urgent."
me: "and you left it on her desk some 24 hours ago?"
ancient, creaky messanger dude: "yes."
me: "but she's on holiday." [rustles on desk under enormous pile of mail; produces package.]
ancient, creaky messanger dude: "that's it!"
me: "right. shall i give it to mark, who's sitting over there at his desk?"
ancient, creaky messanger dude: "ok."

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

I think my wife used to work with this woman, Mädchen.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

x-post: er, "messenger", natch. see: it's that kind of week. gah.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

And you typed it out like that over and over again!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Liberation vs guilt- it´s a classic. Perhaps my carefree, liberated mood will be clicked on from 1st Oct onwards when I don´t have to face someone miserable just a few inches away from me

― olenska (olenska), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

And you typed it out like that over and over again!

see, we mac users have this fantastic "copy and paste" function :p

(the original was actually sent to yr boyf, and contained the name of said old messenger dude. quite why i felt the need to spare his blushes, i don't know.)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Okay he's not stupid or annoying but he smells. He's new. I emailed my friend and happened to mention my pooey colleague. I asked if she'd ever been in this situation ie: how do you deal discreetly with such a thing. Later on in the day my supervisor told him to sit with me for training. Part of this involves monitoring emails from customers etc.

My friend emailed me saying "at least I don't have a stinkyman in the office" He looked at the email then looked away quickly and went to make tea. I emailed her back telling her he was sitting with me and to send a similiar email that didn't allude to him (ingenius I thought, I could leave that open and he'd think he'd misread it) so she obliged, sending a new email saying "at least I don't have a stinkyman next door" - not much of an improvement but still.

Two minutes later she sent through another email with bold red letters - "HEY STINKY STOP READING HER EMAILS"

He read it. He smiled shyly. I beamed red. I had to sit with him for a further hour too scared to open anymore emails, too pathetic to say anything to him. Now I'm scared he won't come back tomorrow.

So I'M the stupid, annoying co-worker and I feel like fucking shit.

― Rumpie, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

but i didn't really get bothered by her until she got rid of her normal office chair and replaced it with...

Is there some sort of cult behind the "office chair balls?" At the last place I worked, at least a half-dozen people had those infernal things.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

There are three within forty feet of my office, and I must say their owners don't show any signs of improved posture.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Rumpie, you have made my day.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

One of my comments was about how, if you put Mr John Smith in line 1 of the address at the top of a letter, you do not begin your letter Dear Mrs Smith.

Madchen, do you work in my office? I've got one of them! She is part of the reason I am leaving. I sent her an email saying "has Mark done [what I was expecting him to do]". She emailed back to say "no, James (sic) dint (sic) do it yet". She is responsible for all external correspondence from her branch. SHE WAS ALSO GIVEN THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD LAST MONTH despite potentially losing the company £2k+ of hard earned money (which my noseying about her work managed to save due to grovelling and apologising and rectifying in my own time).

― g00glepr00f a1lsa who doesn't want her new (or old) employers reading this (ails, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Two minutes later she sent through another email with bold red letters - "HEY STINKY STOP READING HER EMAILS"

mwoo-hah! o god, that's joyously funny. and look on the bright side: if he doesn't come back, no more whiffage.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

everyone at my office has the balls instead of chairs

its dumb

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Argh, my immediate coworkers are fine, but some of the techs we deal with... my god. One guy I hate dealing with is SO RUDE, he swears and yells at me, I've made 2 official complaints to that client's account manager, thinking the guys boss would sort it... and then that guys BOSS was rude to me the next day! Yesterday he lied blatantly to me about what testing we'd done on a supposedly slow internet link he was working on. I said I'd call him back after doing some tests. I couldnt find a thing wrong. So I didnt call him back. Fucker.

This other tech - we call him Uncle Arthur (after the comedy show character) - is good, but so slow and noodly about his work. It took me half an hour to get him to enter 3 IP addresses in his laptops LAN settings, and the damn thing still wouldnt log into the router we were setting up. Then after all that, and him rambling away like a senile old man, he suddenly exclaims "oh ho wait a minute - I havent put the ethernet card into my laptop!! That would do it". *bangs head on desk*.

He then had the nerve to charge us for an extra hour and a half of work! We knew what he'd done though so he'll get his.

I hate this job.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

In fact I hate it so much I just decided to quit, didnt I? Hah. Oh well. Chalk one up for... something :/

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 02:39 (twenty years ago)

whoa, really? can you get dole money if you quit?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

Not immediatlely I assume. But i have some savings (I saw today coming a mile off and have been preparing for it), my b'f is working, and I'd get dole eventually I think if it came to that.

I'd be able to get a new job easily. The catch is what KIND. I dont wanna go thru what I just went through all over again :(

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

so you seriously just like walked out or whatever? crazy.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

oh no no. I will be seeing me boss tomorrow. Prolly give 2 weeks to a months notice. I'd feel too rude not to at least do that :/

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)

Its just been building up for a long while, and i've been sick from the stress.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

God I WISH I could just walk out! heh. But fuck dat I left my good headphones at work ;P

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

so hypothetically if you tell him you're quitting he might beg you to stay or something?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

Bahaha! *hysterical frayed laugh*. Yes, I suppose that could happen :(

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

well then grab him by the balls and make some demands. otherwise, yeah, quit that shit.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)

I'd get dole eventually I think if it came to that.

SIGN ON THE DAY AFTER YOU QUIT, TRAYCE!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 07:26 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha I would if I could! I think theres some wait rule abt quittin' tho. 4 weeks or god knows.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 07:27 (twenty years ago)

honestly, you'll only lose out if you don't, and you can then backdate housing benefit etc if necessary.

"you may feel a slight sting. That's pride, fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps."

Word, Marsellus.

xpost - just don't tell them you quit! tell them you got made redundant, or reached the end of your contract or whatever.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 07:30 (twenty years ago)

Can I admit here that I like those office balls? They're fun to bounce around on (admittedly I don't sit on one, I just act like a child with other peoples')

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 08:19 (twenty years ago)

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