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Stinkyman is back. My boss asked me if he'd been okay last night because she thinks he is a bit standoffish this morning. I said "no no, he was great last night, fantastic, yeah, tee hee, he was in FINE spirits."

Shit, if he complains my ass is grass.

― Rumpie, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 09:44 (eighteen years ago) link

he still stinks? the penny didn't drop?

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 09:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Shit, if he complains my ass is grass.

how? you have veritas on your side. he honks. end of story. complain about him first, just to be on the safe side :)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 09:51 (eighteen years ago) link

A couple of us have done, the boss seems unwilling to deal with it. He's really good though, taking stuff in really well compared to the last failed trainee.

Surely he won't complain, what would he say?

"I stink of b.o and she was discussing it?"

― Rumpie, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link

this is a bit funny but you're a dick

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:12 (eighteen years ago) link

aw, come on, RJG: if anyone's at fault here, it's rumpie's friend - the one who sent the e-mail. (not to mention the dude who doesn't wash his pits.)

i still bear the olfactory scars from a geography teacher who honked to high heaven, and therefore appreciate rumpie's dilemma.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:35 (eighteen years ago) link

When I started at my last job on a helpdesk, it was populated with goths and stinky roleplayer nerdboys, and I am not exaggerating. Some of the guys had no social skills. And hey, thats cool - but not only did they pong but some FARTED all day long.

More than once, our team leader sent out an email saying "guys (and I mean GUYS) - wash and use deoderant or I'll start NAMING NAMES".

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link

It's true though, I am a dick, I should never have discussed him with her. I know we all talk about our colleagues, especially the odd ones, like the guy with the lightsaber etc, but yeah, I'm a dick for mentioning it to someone who doesn't realise how important my job is to me.

Shoot me, hang me, whatever.

― Rumpie, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Eh Rumpie I wouldnt worry. To be honest I did like your friends STOP READING HER MAIL STINKY email :D

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Come on, who of us wouldnt want to know if we ponged?

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link

it's not the ponger knowing, that's the embarrassment, but the pongee

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I find it hard to believe that smelly people really don't know that they smell

I think that I think that they must just assume that no-one else will notice

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link

you're not a dick, rump; heaven knows, I have said much worse, than this, (I'm pretty sure you probably have, too) but, usually, only when the person seems to be actively asking for it, rather than unactively washing themselves

you're mistake, though, was letting him find out (1. he smells & 2. people talk about his smell), in a dicky way

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link

it was your mistake, of course

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh RGJ, yr pedantry ist clevar ;P

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link

good luck trayce!

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh cripes. Poor guy. He's coming to train with me again this afternoon. Should I try to come up with some silly cover story for yesterday or should I bore him with inane small talk and not leave a gap for him to jump in?

― Rumpie, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link

OH FUCKING FUCK NOB FUCK SUCK WHY CAN'Y YOU EVER ADMIT WHEN YOU ARE WRONG ???!! IT DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES YER KNOW!!!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 12:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Why not just apologise and suggest (assuming he still smells) that deodroant should sort his problem?

Um, what just happened to mild-mannered Ste?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 12:45 (eighteen years ago) link

there's a guy here who, and for a start joins in on everybody elses conversations even tho it's nothing to do with him, adds his two-penny worth but when he gets told he's probly incorrect just cannot handle it and becomes all "oh i don't know I think you may find that's not the case blah blah i might have to check that with the official jiggery pokery company terms and conditions documents"
GOD man just accept that you can be WRONG sometimes.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link

cuz i know y'all are just dying to know...

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.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Dude... why would you even want to bring up the stinky email issue? I'm willing to bet he wants to discuss the issue even less than you. If he really did realize the email was about him why would he want to add to his embarrassment by bringing it up?

Also - WAY TO GO TRAYCE!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Help, I’m surrounded by people I don’t want to be surrounded by.

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.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Monday, 17 October 2005 10:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Help, I’m surrounded by people I don’t want to be surrounded by.

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.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Monday, 17 October 2005 10:49 (eighteen years ago) link

....

― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Monday, 17 October 2005 10:54 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Monday, 17 October 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, I know, I'm trying to be see the bright side of it. :-)

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link

one good thing about it is that i can bore the pants off ilxers with their annoyances.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

i knew you just wanted to get my pants off :(

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link

is that why you wanted to meet me at glasto, so i could actually do it?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

aye, one warm can of stellar and i'm anyone's.

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link

it's quite a big can you know.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link

i've just overheard a colleague describe an iBook as "the laptop thing that you get for an iPod so you can download music on it".

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 17 October 2005 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link

*explodes*

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Monday, 17 October 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahaha. Well, my dad wanted to buy a Mini to hook up to this computer.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Monday, 17 October 2005 13:23 (eighteen years ago) link

http://digilander.libero.it/gipp1/auto/mini/mini-cooper-red-nice.jpg

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Monday, 17 October 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link

not annoying but silly

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

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Monday, 17 October 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Pop the ball, andrew.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

same person as yesterday: "does channel five have a press office?"

jesus WEPT.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:38 (eighteen years ago) link

i've just overheard a colleague describe an iBook as "the laptop thing that you get for an iPod so you can download music on it".

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

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:44 (eighteen years ago) link

grimly, a swift punch to the temple will stop stupid comments like that.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:49 (eighteen years ago) link

it's a girl.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link

The other day the main manager of my company said "What we really need to focus on now is the fact that we're under-over-communicating. We need to over-communicate more."

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link

it's a girl

and?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 13:07 (eighteen years ago) link

The other day the main manager of my company said "What we really need to focus on now is the fact that we're under-over-communicating. We need to over-communicate more."

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

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link

My coworkers are so lame. They can't agree which one of them should tell me when they run out of paper in the staff room copier, so because they are apparently petty helpless children, I've been told I have to go there (on the other side of the building) once a week to check if they're running low. I mean, how hard is it to pick up a phone?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Today we are discussing how much of our Christmas shopping we have got done.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:12 (eighteen years ago) link

People have started it already???!?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Holy shit.

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:14 (eighteen years ago) link

People have almost finished already.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:19 (eighteen years ago) link

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