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

Um, what just happened to mild-mannered Ste?

swiss health ball woman update!
so yesterday, i overheard the husband of the swiss health ball woman talking to another coworker (and btw, the number of married or soon to be married couples around here is absolutely pathetic--journos only associate with each other! i can count 15 couples here without thinking about it too hard) about his wife. he spoke of some sore back issues she was having. hearing this i thought, "hmm. will it mean, could it mean...?!" YES! the next day her ball was set aside for a normal office chair! she hasn't taken the ball home, but this should give me a few days of relief at least. i mean, i hope she gets her back soreness taken care of and all, but this makes me happy.

Also - WAY TO GO TRAYCE!

To my right I, have a complete headcase who talks her actions. Something like this, “I’ll just open this e-mail, proceeds to read it out, oh I’ve got another one, if I times that by that then I’ll get this ooh that’s not right”, and so on.

Opposite right is my boss who’s done everything you’ve done but better, faster or more terrible.

Opposite me I have brown nose yes man, he asks if I’ve got my stats for the team leader. Like it’s anything to do with him.

Opposite left is ok guy, but doesn’t speak, just stares.

That's work, it's supposed to be like that. Otherwise it wouldn't be work.

Opposite left is ok guy, but doesn’t speak, just stares.

Not speaking colleagues are the best.

i know this but we've moved around and i used to be surrounded by better/real/fun people.

shock: "dude i was watching a british television show and they had bloc party as the background music!!"
awe: "what?"

jesus WEPT.

haha well to be fair it's not like you can do a lot more with an ibook than that.

and?

He must be clubbed & skinned before he has a chance to breed.

Also I'd woken up an hour late and so had had no breakfast or coffee and my email was broken.

Grrr.

"people"

This is getting really bad so it is. I've got Stinkyman sitting opposite and The Phantom Carrier of Death Breath somewhere in the vicinity. What's going on?

I've been choking back the Wrigleys so I can rule myself out...

Well, next time they ask why I haven't created the reports, I'm just going to reforward the questions I asked and still haven't received an answer on. Grrrrrr.

Or rather, I had one, but I unplugged it a few weeks ago and have neglected to plug it back in because it was so peaceful without it.

Honestly - I don't do phones, *especially* for report modification. If someone asks me for specific modifications, I want a record of what was requested and by whom.

ITS THE STUFF IVE SPENT 3 MONTHS SAYING NEEDS F'ING DOING.

So, I agreed. WITH. An email that said, to HR, "I withdraw my resignation BUT this is a provisional 1 month trial pending discusson on what this role actually is" blah blah...

I have not yet had any discussion with said boss as to what they want me to stay FOR. I suspect I'm going to end up office dogsbody in lieu of being on a shift (which they've yoinked my extra shift allowance because of).

I still dont really know why they want to keep me here. I dunno wether to be flattered or shitted off. ARGH.

Are you sure they're not one and the same?

I finished the report I mentioned above, and the NITWITS in question of course have come back going "this is wrong!!!" but not providing any examples of what, specifically, is wrong. I felt like writing back and saying OF COURSE IT'S BLOODY WRONG BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED YOU EARLIER.

CNUTS. And I don't mean Danish kings.

oh well yeah. it has to be in writing but from my limited experience it's so much better to phone them to tell them to check their emails and remind them rather than sit and wait and be frustrated. oh god yes.

This has pretty much been my internal monologue all day today. Sadly I don't seem to have a choice :(

Trayce, I hope you get some definite info about the job. Why, if I can ask, did you withdraw your resignation - even temporarily - though? I thought you kind of hated this place?

Everyone's like "hey they're offering you whatever you want to stay!" but on reflection I dunno if thats quite it. They just dont want to lose a qualified, experienced, *knows the company process* ways* person, I think. But my email said "PROVISIONAL MONTH TRIAL" so in a month I may still fuck off. Depends how this pans out I spose.

Hell its a job. And the way the IR laws are about to die and rot here I shouldnt be so fussy :|

"The business have not received there daily reports from the complaints DB, please can you investigate and have the reports sent ASAP."

Since no-one in "the business" deigned to tell me they wanted to receive any reports today, or indeed on any day, what a fucking surprise, I hadn't turned it on yet. (Background - I'm developing the reports for the new complaints database which to my knowledge hasn't or hadn't until today gone live yet). This whole project has been a total mess. I just hope some of these people leave the company after Centrica sell us off.