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

day before holiday hoping to be let off early, fucking boss peaces out at 4 with a sob story about how hard it is to get approval for early closing

and yet middle manager under him got an early close for us on thanksgiving no worries. *shrug*

ended up leaving right behind anyway. said fuckit & took pto bcz fuuuuuuck this stupid place

that's the spirit! frck em

There were so many dogs in the office today. So many dogs.

One woman is foster parent for dogs. She brought, like, four of them today.

You all love dogs. I love dogs. But having a dozen dogs running through the office, occasionally sparring with one another, occasionally nipping at your heels as you carry a paper bowl full of Stouffers Three-Cheese Ziti back to your desk... it gets really, really old.

pplains i would go insane idk how you even deal w that

The kids came up for a couple of hours while sunny and grandma went shopping. The boy comes up to my desk and says a dog kinda nipped his leg in the hallway.

We roll up his pant leg. No marks. No bruising. No cuts. He says it doesn't really hurt, but I can tell it scared him a little. Someone must've caught wind of it because a little bit later, the president/gm stops by and asks if the boy's ok.

So now I think I've got this plan to make a million dollars AND get rid of all the dogs. All I gotta sacrifice is my boy's health for a few months, and oh yeah, not reveal my plans on a public internet messageboard.

See that fucker on the bottom left? Followed his owner into the bathroom recently and poked its little pointy head under the door while I was sitting there.

http://i.imgur.com/XRhn0kU.jpg

sue them purple

kids say the darndest things witness stand special edition

^^^ ding ding ding

that does look like a bitey little fucker

I am fine with coworkers dropping by with family members, kids, and have friends who have had workplaces with a "dogs at work" day which seems... ok in theory

But one friend, she told me after the dog day (this was her prior workplace) they had a client meeting in a meeting room that no one had been in for a few days, and right before the meeting started they realized there was a dog shit right in the middle of the room. Because some sneaky dog had ran in and dropped a deuce yesterday.

wow can't believe dogs are living things that sometimes do inconveniences and aren't just like animated stuffed animals

Take it to the children vs animals thread

it's a calm place where we discuss this matter.

wow can't believe dogs are living things that sometimes do inconveniences and aren't just like animated stuffed animals

― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, December 23, 2016 1:59 PM (twenty-three minutes ago)

Thing is, in these situations it seems more like the owners believe they're animated stuffed animals, and thus when they're in the workplace it'll just be *cute* and *fun*. The people complaining are very aware that they're living things, and therefore realise that a herd of them probably shouldn't be in the workplace.

I like workplace animals (particularly shop cats), but surely anyone with any sense would realise that allowing *every* dog owner to bring in their pets is a recipe for disaster.

exactly

lol yeah give every dog a day, that way everyone in the office has an opportunity to appreciate the good dog of the day

if all the dogs are there at once how are the dogs to feel special

This is crazytown, dogs don't belong in a white collar workplace. Do you work with school kids who think this is okay--do you have soda pop coming out of your drinking fountains too?

the only dog I ever saw in my office in ten plus years was a service dog that belonged to a blind employee, pretty sure if anybody tried to bring a non-service dog into the office security would tell them to walk their happy asses back to the car.

forget dog poop, we had enough issues with the human kind, including an employee who one day, for some reason, felt compelled to smear their feces on several lunch containers in one of the break room refrigerators.

weird i came here to vent about someone, and the someone brings their dog in! i'm actually fine with it but somehow i wind up with the kurmudgeonly boss role. it's just when i'm wearing the nice clothes...

ok so my venting is fairly limited: the person is just kinda full of himself. like kindof a smartass. it irritates me! and what gets me into trouble is that i play dumb sometimes as like a general habit. but it's not a good dynamic esp when i'm supposed to be in charge.

nbd, it's gotten better lately as i've clocked it; he responds better to a businesslike candor in the ofc whereas with the girls, we just gab gab gab etc.

sorry *ofc=office

he's out today but i'm READY FOR HIM WHEN HE GETS BACK

one of my clients said something "didn't pass mustard" today

. . .

rude

https://media1.giphy.com/media/qegqatEZkOUeI/200.gif

Passing mustard sounds painful.

When you pass mustard, it's the only time you can say to it, "Come on, ketchup!"

and say it with relish

must ardently stop the urge

been battling a co-worker for two months - we need her to review a series of documents purely from an accuracy standpoint before we send them for editorial review. first time around, the first two docs that come back with her feedback was like 10% accuracy, 90% structure. I reminded her that wasn't her job and to focus on just accuracy of the information and she went back to work.

she finishes, and now it's more like 2% accuracy 98% structure/format.

at least she's consistent

omg

i'm losing my patience

with dog-person?

rly dont understand why ppl that are sick as a dog decide to come into work anyway

especially when they can afford to take a day or two or three off

I have not seen daylight today and have spent 90% of my day staring at either spreadsheets or brakelights

Plus some arsehole stole my milk from the office fridge

The CEO of our company posted a message on the internal social network affirming that the company would support any colleagues affected by the US travel ban and we somehow now have people from the American side of the business arguing, in the comments, that Nelson Mandela killed more people than Apartheid.

uggg

Ha

Stupid annoying co-humans man

like, Mandela personally or...

where were they radicalized?

He's a friend but my god this dude smacks his lips every two seconds on every call.

managers abruptly ripped me off my current project yesterday night and gave me a new temporary one with a whole bunch of assignments to be done by Monday or Tuesday, and all I got to work from was a 25 page document and some clumsily-assembled notes from a meeting. And the person in charge is out today. Had to eat half of today asking questions about the scope and requesting access to systems and trying to chart a course without much of a road map. And have people from my other project struggling to figure out how they're going to stay on schedule without me as it's a two-person job I just got yanked from.

totally need to quit the corporate world and become, like, a roadie or something.

Neanderthal, somewhere up the line from you is an executive feeling remarkably decisive and "nimble".

yep but we just got bought so maybe he'll be a severanced Exec soon

or maybe I will be! (well, the first part, not the Exec)

...and found out the premise upon which I had been operating for this project, which had been provided to me on Friday, was completely false. made my first deadline but had to re-do everything I did today. tomorrow there's another deadline and I have yet to receive but one of like ten things I requested and needed. was also told there would be models I could build from only to be told today oops, there actually aren't.

getting ready to Alan Smithee this thing.

Neanderthal, somewhere up the line from you is an executive feeling remarkably decisive and "nimble".

http://i.imgur.com/3FbMWNH.jpg

Not my office, but the fine facilities of Kurgo- maker of dog products.

But this one could be my office, especially on Fridays.

http://i.imgur.com/UvDCn53.jpg?1

Drives me bonkers.