You can make decent money as a tech with a couple of certifications and no college. In Oklahoma you can start out in desktop support with one microsoft cert and be making 20-25 bucks an hour. Then it's like everything else move up the chain, get a degree, get to that magical 7-10 years experience mark and then slide into a managment role. If I were to start looking at a certs right now I'd start with microsoft (concentrating on servers) and throw a Security+ on top of it.
You guys say "bless you" when somebody close by sneezes? Girl in the cube over (no pic) sneezes at least once an hour. I never know what to do with "bless you", should I know their religious affiliation before saying anything? Or should I just go with "you're soo good looking".
If aliens landed on earth, I think they would be totally confounded by **Sneeze**, "Bless you!", "Thank you!" as a human interaction. Its just weird and I think it would scare them. In fact this might even be the only reason ID4 hasn't happened for real yet.
Church lady in my department loves saying "GOD bless you." Half the time I think the person sneezing is on the other side of the wall.
If I can't see the person who sneezed, I'm not saying "Bless you." If you sneeze three cubes down, you're on your own.
Well whether she's religious or not you should say "GOD Bless you" because we are just messengers from big guns upstairs.
The jokers in my office sure shit a lot. I think in five years I can count on one hand how many times I have. So glad I work from home/road 90% of the time
I never have to poop till like an hour after I wake up, which happens to be exactly when I arrive to the office
Work in EMS, so have to spend a good chunk of a 12 hour shift in a truck cab with my partner. Also work nights and often try to sleep when waiting for the calls... Fuck the people that can see me leaning back with my eyes closed trying to catch some sleep and are playing Fail Army videos from their phone with no headphones. Earbuds cost 5 dollars.
Just started this thread at the last few pages, but man this type of shit never ceases to amaze me. I post on another board (average age likely a bit older than TMB's) that has a similar thread and it just blows me away how often people act unprofessional, i.e. taking petty shit like this and letting it brew into a full on never ending altercation. I work with a guy, who I'll cut a little slack since he's admitted he diagnosed bi-polar, who never can restrain himself from talking badly about others. As in, Friday evening we were at a coding bootcamp that our company coordinates with (Software Consulting company), and during dinner that they are providing us he began to talk about some of the negative experiences he had with one ex-coworker in front of a bunch of students that our company will likely recruit when they're done. I had to bump him on the shoulder and say "Dude, now isn't the time to air our dirty laundry." He didn't get pissed, but kind of wanted to blame someone else for bringing it up. How in the fuck does anyone think this is acceptable?
There's a dude who will tailgate the stalls in the restroom if they're occupied. He stands outside them and waits for people to be done taking their shit. I've even noticed him tapping his foot one time, so naturally I assumed he REALLY had to go and made sure I took my sweet time, reading through threads on here. That shit is weird. Like come back in 5 minutes man, don't fucking stand there.
I have had several instances where I'll be doing my business and someone will come in and start yanking on the stall door. The fact that the door is shut wasn't enough, the first yank should let you know that it's locked and if you stood back from the door you might even see my feet. But no, I'm going to sit here and pull on this door as though it's just accidentally shut and locked. I have been giving these people a "hello" as in "cut it the fuck out" but I'm kind of curious to see if one manages to get the door open. Could be quite the gag if they succeed and find a one two taking a shit inside the stall.
I had a similar situation occur.. Janitor came around to one of the single stall bathrooms I was using..door locked of course. He kept asking if anyone was in there, to which I gave every reply I know possible, and each time responded louder than the last. He seemed determined to keep on coming in so after saying he was coming in I told him that I wouldn't recommend it. Hear keys rustle, door unlocks, and there I am on the toilet staring back and I actually got to say "well what the fuck did you expect?" I think he just wanted to see someone taking a shit. I'm still baffled by this behavior.
I dislike lazy coworkers. In some form or fashion, the earners are always getting squeezed. Revenue producers keep the doors open and the lights on, but they also subsidize other semi-essential positions within a company. I can think of 3-5 people off the top of my head that are totally redundant and just chew up the clock at work.
So couldn't find my badge this morning. The protocol when you don't have your badge is you walk your happy ass all the way around the building and use the public entrance instead of the employee entrance and get a temp badge from the security desk. I attempt to do this, but it's earlier than 8 AM; the public entrance isn't open yet, so that door also requires a badge to get in. Some old heifer who works in the building parks in the visitor parking (like you're not supposed to) and starts moseying towards the door. The following exchange occurs: Her: Do you work here? Me: Yes Her: Do you have a badge? Me: Well I'm standing here, sooo...I obviously don't. Her: You have to go to the security desk. Me: You mean the one on the other side of this door? Yes, I intend to go there as soon as I can get inside. Her: I'm just doing my job. Me: And I'm trying to do mine.
The security office where I work is open from 0900-1500. Which is suuuuuper helpful for a 24-hr shop. The place that makes new badges is open from 0900-1100 and 1400-1600. I'd say I'd love to work at one of those offices but I'd kill myself being that useless.
Not all work bathrooms are created equal. Men's rooms at or near HR tend to have a favorable dumpmosphere due to lower traffic given the heavier population of women generally in proximity. Outside of that, first floor bathrooms in lobby areas can be another great option as they tend to be larger and better ventilated. Stay away from bathrooms near maintenance, IT, finance, accounting, and engineering.
There's a fat cunt I can't stand and I was grabbing coffee the other day and talking to a couple ladies I work with, whom also can't stand that bitch and they were complaining about how lately they've noticed how she is trying to be more friendly and how fake they found it blah blah blah and then they just went silent. So, I took that as them being done and waiting for a response. I grabbed my coffee, was about to turn to walk away, I casually dropped a "Well bless her enlarged heart." Turn around, who do you think was probably 5 ft from me? Oops.
I have this fucking co-worker who whistles like 8 fucking hours a day. I swear to God I have had visions of just smashing a computer on his head. Had to get that out. Thanks for listening.
I moved to Atlanta a couple months ago but there is an Iron Yard and a few other bootcamps in Austin. They're expensive but I work with a few people who are making decent money for an entry/junior position who just came out of them.
So...the ginger faggot I work with is late literally every day by 15-60 minutes per day... This has been brought to the attention of management and they are aware of the situation and refuse to do anything about it. Thoughts on how to handle it?
IMO just mind your business and don't be a thundercunt about it. Short of something serious like embezzlement, I keep my mouth shut, have not and would not narc on my coworkers (or anybody for that matter) At the end of the day, does his tardiness REALLY have any impact on you?
Yeah, are you working with him/her and their tardiness is forcing you to do extra work/preventing you from doing your work? If not, seems like something to not worry about.
I've noticed that the larger women bring rolling bags with them to work. I presume they do this for one reason: an excuse to take the parking garage elevator. "I'm only going to the second floor, but I have this bag sooo ya'know." Meanwhile, I did legs that morning at the gym and am trying to get to the 6th floor.
I see a lot of people do this at my office building who aren't all very overweight, I assume they just have a lot of stuff they need to carry around.
We have our share of people who bring rolling luggage to work every day. I'm always tempted to ask them what's in it.
Not a co-worker of mine but singing in the workplace. Very audibly. Like hey, I'm happy you're happy, but there's no need to provide the rest of the room with a soundtrack throughout the day.
The lady on the other side of the cube wall from me always sings her music, but it's always a kind of whisper.. She's getting down without ruining everyone's day..I can appreciate that.
Nah....he's not even in my department. He does however have a real negative impact on efficiency/morale in his own department.
The way people eat in front of their co-workers at lunch. Don't tell me youre stuffed after a half of a sandwich. Eat up fat ass.
Had a coworker get canned today. Guy wouldnt clock out for lunch then take said lunch. Been doing this since January. The dude went absolutely ballistic when they fired him. Very awkward for the rest of the day.