a set of steak knives. Second prize is, you're fired. From my experience, just about any holiday bonus will be quite welcome. Many companies tell their employees not to expect jack squat.
I'm really not trying to be difficult here, but I'm still astounded by the lengths people will go to simply to answer the phone. I've witnessed a 73 year old man regularly race through the hall to catch his phone calls. The guy is going to give himself a heart attack.
Why do people think they are obligated to pick up the phone just because it rings? Let it go to voicemail- especially if the caller ID reports an 'unknown' or 'restricted' number calling.
There is one fella on my work 'team' (my employer likes to pretend) that indescriminately walks into my office and hands me print-outs of non or semirelevant information.
At first, I put them all in a big folder- the "Ed" file. But, since the folder kept growing at an alarming rate, the papers he gives on his little visits go directly to the trash.
"Time you spend being a good dad will have a more positive effect on the child than maximizing your web site hits."
I truly applaud the author of that line, and whole heartedly agree. The previous posts do largely sum up my sentiments, but this post was the first I've seen to constructively tell this guy that the world doesn't give a fuck about his kid.
With extreme prejudice, depending upon the source.
Seriously, so many people hand me printed crap, that I have had to institute a strict screening process. Unless it is of immediate relevancy, and unless it is not stored on some shared drive, it gets to play in the garbage.
Maxim had published faulty instructions on how to build your own lava lamp a few years back. Not only did it not work, it made a goddamn mess like you wouldn't believe... I hope your plans are better.
"The office is for work. - period!"
That is precisely why office friendships should not be the primary focus of being at work. Office Politics are useless, futile and often just plian stupid.
I come in to do my job, not to hear about your grandkids, ex-whatever, dog, house or car. I do not want to see you past 5pm. If you scream at me Tuesday to get your work done for you, you cannot be my Friday buddy. Do not bombard me with political views I have never asked you for.
Do not force me to eat food you've just made yourself in the scuzzy office kitchenette. Do not attempt to extract extra work from me that you have not paid for-
Office politics are just a way to convince you to give more time and effort to the company than you are required to.
T-Mobile is great, if you can get a signal. Most times, I have to make calls from the sidewalk outside my house, because of the lack of a signal from even my porch.
I called 'Customer Care,' and the reason for the piss-poor signal is that two of the four towers effecting my zipcode have been down for over a month.
But for my troubles, they gave me a whopping credit of... five lousy bucks.
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a set of steak knives. Second prize is, you're fired.
From my experience, just about any holiday bonus will be quite welcome. Many companies tell their employees not to expect jack squat.
I'm really not trying to be difficult here, but I'm still astounded by the lengths people will go to simply to answer the phone. I've witnessed a 73 year old man regularly race through the hall to catch his phone calls. The guy is going to give himself a heart attack.
Why do people think they are obligated to pick up the phone just because it rings? Let it go to voicemail- especially if the caller ID reports an 'unknown' or 'restricted' number calling.
Just my two cents.
...then my co-workers could power the midwest.
There is one fella on my work 'team' (my employer likes to pretend) that indescriminately walks into my office and hands me print-outs of non or semirelevant information.
At first, I put them all in a big folder- the "Ed" file. But, since the folder kept growing at an alarming rate, the papers he gives on his little visits go directly to the trash.
"Time you spend being a good dad will have a more positive effect on the child than maximizing your web site hits."
I truly applaud the author of that line, and whole heartedly agree. The previous posts do largely sum up my sentiments, but this post was the first I've seen to constructively tell this guy that the world doesn't give a fuck about his kid.
With extreme prejudice, depending upon the source.
Seriously, so many people hand me printed crap, that I have had to institute a strict screening process. Unless it is of immediate relevancy, and unless it is not stored on some shared drive, it gets to play in the garbage.
You mean it comes out of where?
Maxim had published faulty instructions on how to build your own lava lamp a few years back. Not only did it not work, it made a goddamn mess like you wouldn't believe... I hope your plans are better.
"The office is for work. - period!" That is precisely why office friendships should not be the primary focus of being at work. Office Politics are useless, futile and often just plian stupid. I come in to do my job, not to hear about your grandkids, ex-whatever, dog, house or car. I do not want to see you past 5pm. If you scream at me Tuesday to get your work done for you, you cannot be my Friday buddy. Do not bombard me with political views I have never asked you for. Do not force me to eat food you've just made yourself in the scuzzy office kitchenette. Do not attempt to extract extra work from me that you have not paid for- Office politics are just a way to convince you to give more time and effort to the company than you are required to.
Make those camps Catholic schools, and you may have a point...
T-Mobile is great, if you can get a signal. Most times, I have to make calls from the sidewalk outside my house, because of the lack of a signal from even my porch. I called 'Customer Care,' and the reason for the piss-poor signal is that two of the four towers effecting my zipcode have been down for over a month. But for my troubles, they gave me a whopping credit of... five lousy bucks.