Does that mean you bring a bad energy and tension level to the workplace that makes things flip out?
― Headlock Ellis (WmC), Thursday, 14 October 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
four years ago, yea that would have been true. but generally once I get home and recharge I forget the events of the day, and I've arrived here in pretty high spirits 4-5 days in a row only to have it dashed by things that have generally occurred in the first half hour.
It won't last forever, everything is cyclical, it's jsut frustrating.
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I am putting way more energy into thinking and posting about this than I should, but its getting too incredulous to not document. She left the office at about 12:15 today and I was thinking, "wow, she is actually going out to get lunch... good for her". That is until she came back with six huge boxes of individual microwave popcorn packets. Maybe she is just super cheap?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
At this point I would just say to her "you are a walking science experiment to me. Do you take a multivitamin? Is this a diet or just OCD behavior? Tell me about your life" and hope that the attention rattles her enough to quit eating that shit at work.
I thought about having some popcorn the other night, thought about this thread and had some ice cream instead.
― Headlock Ellis (WmC), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
ain't gonna lie, went to microwave my food at lunch and saw a chick with just a bag of popcorn (which is forbidden to be popped on this floor) and I thought maybe yer employee got fired and got a job here....
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i am feeling much better from earlier. management had my back on something when I needed them to and it really turned the day around
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
You guys she had soup for lunch!
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
popcorn soup?
― Uh I'm Steven Tyler (HI DERE), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
that's like methadone for popcorn eaters
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
was it corn chowder
― Unfrozen Caveman Board-Lawyer (WmC), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure what kind it was, wasn't close enough to determine that. It did not have any distinct smell, that I can tell you.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
what do popcorn farts smell like btw
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
orville redenbackers asshole.
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
am i at work, or in a playground ?
WHO THE FCK KNOWS ANYMORE!
― F-Unit (Ste), Thursday, 21 October 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
jon I recommend u get an mp3 of the song "popcorn" and play it on repeat, til she gets it.
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Thursday, 21 October 2010 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
PS this may never happen so be prepared to go mental.
stick with chiptunes. there is an infinite variety of popcorn chiptunes for some reason.
― Kerm, Thursday, 21 October 2010 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Guys she ate J1mmy J0hn's yesterday. And zero bags of popcorn that I saw. Breakthrough? Temporary diversion? Stay tuned.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 October 2010 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Either stop sucking your fucking teeth and making stupid clicky noises, or visit the fucking dentist, for fuck's fucking sake.― James Mitchell, Monday, 11 October 2010 09:11 (1 week ago) Bookmark
― James Mitchell, Monday, 11 October 2010 09:11 (1 week ago) Bookmark
Still doing this. Every 30 seconds for eight hours a day. Cunt.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 21 October 2010 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
get a power washer and blast her mouth.
― thebingo2010 (chrisv2010), Thursday, 21 October 2010 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hey boss how the fuck am i supposed to calculate how much coffee we waste?
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Thursday, 21 October 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Hahaha, and she's back. Third bag so far today!
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 October 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
she's got a popcorn fetish.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Thursday, 21 October 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
why do some people insist on having extremely personal conversations at their desk, and not the courtesy phones in private areas...and while they're doing so, not even make an attempt to do so quietly or soften their voice.
it's distracting, it's uncomfortable, it's rude, and yet my boss, when I mentioned it to him, basically said that if it were him he'd just ignore it and that he didn't think it was a big deal.
well, when I hear someone either sobbing, yelling, or telling someone to "go to Hell and burn", it tends to draw my attention away from what I'm doing!
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 21 October 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
document them, end to end and word by word, and forward copies to both your boss and the offenders
― once a remy bean always a (remy bean), Thursday, 21 October 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
at least it wasnt a conversation about butt sex
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Thursday, 21 October 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't transcribe them as that would bring on claims of eavesdropping, but I definitely documented and complained to my manager. Other people on the team have complained to me but just didn't feel like doing anything about it.
My manager basically said he didn't think it was a big deal, and that he could bring it up with her, but then she'd figure out who reported it, insinuating that he'd be willingly setting me up for retaliation.
I need a manager who doesn't have such a myopic view on things.
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 21 October 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
you need to get everyone else who complained on board and documented with going to the manager, and if he still won't do anything go to his manager
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Thursday, 21 October 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I can understand how you wouldn't want to have to overhear such a conversation, but honestly this would pretty much be a dick move to pull on someone that is obviously already going through a painful situation (at least, I'd assume so given that language).
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 October 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
my old co-worker used to do that all the time. Except scream at his mother in Polish. Not cool. It was funny once.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Thursday, 21 October 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I envision San Te's office environment like those old monster.com commercials that depicted the entire office staff other than the job seeker as poo flinging monkeys.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Thursday, 21 October 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol it's not quite that bad. Not QUITE
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 21 October 2010 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm surprised your boss isnt concerned she's having personal calls on work time?
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Thursday, 21 October 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Heh there's that, too. She's on the phone with personal calls for hours a day
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 21 October 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Uuugh dude if you're so sick you can't string a sentence together because you are violently coughing up phlegm into a tissue and dramatically puffing like you're dying, why the fuck are you at work. You work on phones ffs.
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Related to that, you've been coughing non-stop for the past three weeks. Perhaps its time to go see a doctor, no?
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
is this popcorn girl? she's coughing up kernels.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
popcorn lung!!
― kate78, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
No no, a different lady. Popcorn girl is out of the office this week.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Would it be possible to shut your mouth while you chomp on potato chips?
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
people you work with like snacks.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i swear i am the only person in this office who knows how to unjam the copier. WTF PEOPLE THE DIRECTIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU!
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Unjamming in my job, too. Perhaps you have particularly lithe and nimble fingers, like me.
― kate78, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO YOURSELF IN THE BATHROOM
― hælvæticæ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i should never hear the slapping of skin while you are performing 'the shake'
― hælvæticæ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I hate hate hate this American work ethic that drives people to believe that, even if they are severely contagious and coughing up a lung, they can NEVER NEVER NEVER miss a day of work. It sounds like a damned hospital ward in here this afternoon.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
In another episode of Eating Habits of ILX's Coworkers, I can still smell the extremely garlicky thing my officemate ate 5+ hours ago.
(Who eats garlic at 10am anyway? Oh right, a white guy who eats 3 meals during office hours every day, two of which are always large tupperware tubs of white rice and curry. I like both garlic and curry, but other people's garlic and curry get a bit oppressive in an unventilated office. Though really I mainly mind him making it so spicy he sniffs constantly for the next hour after eating it, but that's not really his problem, more that I am a socially incompetent aspie who likes to live in a bubble of pretending nobody else exists - and I do realise I have my own annoying habits, and that as a fattey who still eats crisps and Coke my own diet is pretty disgusting too, etc)
― what is he like? the guy's a juggalo, man (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread had made me hyper-aware of my eating sounds.
― kate78, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
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This person is clearly polishing the pickle.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link