Co Workers

Any one have coworkers who they can't stand or get enough of? I've got this one bitch at work who is going to make me get another job becuase her mood swings are f'n killing me. One minute shes trying to get down my pants and then the next she is giving me the worst attitude and telling me to go to hell. If it was a once in awhile thing I wouldn't care but it is an every fucking day thing, then when I tell the bitch off she looks at me like im crazy :eek:

Anyways, I had to vent :sweat: but any one find themselves in similar situations or opposite?

Report the sexual harassment and have HER find a new job.

There's this one woman here who says thank you like 80 times, even when SHE does something FOR YOU. It just won't stop. And her desk is COVERED in Jesus, which is pretty creepy.

And I don't mean your friendly neighborhood Jesus, either; this is blood and guts OHGOD-I'M-DYING Jesus.

I liek msot of my co-workers quite a bit, but there is a "breeding pair" that work with me who are way over the top with public displays of affection(and are older, so it aint pretty), if i ever get a break when they are together i just cringe in the smokers side and try to avoid any squishy sounds

My coworkers are awesome, but there was this one job I had once where this middle-aged woman was hired and I had to train her. Our roles were to manipulate Excel lists and edit documents in Quark/Pagemaker and then send out faxes (it was a fax-spam company). I would show her over and over again how to perform Excel functions and why we were doing them and she just never got it. It took two weeks of dealing with her before the company finally realized that she had misrepresented herself on her resume and fired her (and she even had the gall to try to file a suit against them saying they discriminated against her because of her age!). Those two weeks were pure hell, though, because she'd stop paying attention to me and pull out these photos of her taken with Tom Arnold and she would talk about how good an actor he was and all this other weird stuff.

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Originally Posted by Mike

Quark

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Is Quark had to learn how to use? I was thinking about fucking around with it.

I've had to train up some straight up white trash, when I worked in a cotton mill years ago. I have never met such pathetic people in my li...err well they rank up pretty high on my scale of worthless people.

I like everyone at my job now, we all get along like a family, but then again I only work part time so I may miss some stuff.

I guess you could consider these "co-workers". The class I'm in right now in school is one of the last kitchen classes we have in culinary school. We actually serve 5 course meals to customers on Thursday and Friday. Well there are some students that mangage to make it to that class and have NO DAMN CLUE as to what they are doing. It just drives me crazy when its time to plate up and they are asking for help to make something that takes atleast 30+ minutes...and they just got an order for it.

I think all the bad students either dropped or got kicked out, so now I think we got a little, but good group of workers in there now.

I work with people who don't know a mini-disc player from a cassette tape recorder.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Is Quark had to learn how to use? I was thinking about fucking around with it.

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Quark sucks. Hardcore. Use InDesign.

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Originally Posted by Hot Like Wasabi

Any one have coworkers who they can't stand or get enough of? I've got this one bitch at work who is going to make me get another job becuase her mood swings are f'n killing me. One minute shes trying to get down my pants and then the next she is giving me the worst attitude and telling me to go to hell. If it was a once in awhile thing I wouldn't care but it is an every fucking day thing, then when I tell the bitch off she looks at me like im crazy :eek:

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I'm going to give you some advice I've been saving for my son. Since I don't have any kids, that sounds pointless, but I digress...

My advice is simple: Fuck her

Seriously.

I did that back in HS. Worked at a Little Ceasers, job was okay, but there was this one goddamn cunt...

I say cunt, because that's what I called her. She was one of those hyper uptight Christian types and always gave me shit for every thing and told me how evil I was. Then she told me she hated the word 'cunt'.

Okay, cunt. That's fine, cunt. Cunt, can you get me a soda? Thanks, cunt. 100x a day. Drove her mad.

Then we started dating and fucking and all that built up hate made the sex phenominal.

So, moral of the story. Fuck chicks you hate. Or maybe it's talk dirty and you'll fuck chicks or something. I don't know, but you get the idea.

I don't have any co-workers I really can't bare. Mind you I work at the local pizza hut... so that's saying pretty much nothing.

Any ones I don't get along with I just tease until they commit suicide.

The guys I work with are fools.

Was promoted to Asst. manager, only to have my boss tell all the new guys I was to be watching over, "don't worry - he can't fire you or anything." Basically, my boss undermined any sense of authority I was supposed to carry with this gig.

Then one kid gets promoted from sales to clerical, and he's bossing everyone else around, saying he can't lose his job...he threatens to fire people...my boss has been teaching him to do my job...and I'm 80% sure they're doing each other, because this kid has no real qualifications to be working here. And it's just sick too, because my boss is old enough to be a pedophile...and this kid is just a friggin' kid.

I used to worry about how my job was nothing more than slightly higher pay, no real difference in responsibility, and zero control over these fools. Now I don't give a damn - as soon as I find a different job, this whole mess can burn in hell, for all I care.

(PS - another new guy brought in a fat 3" knife everyday to work. A girl asks for him to open her calculator package. What does he do? Whips out the knife, skewers the box, and ruins our countertop in one move. Did he get fired? Nope - now he works more hours than I do.)

(PPS - Another new guy is a pretentious ass who shoots his mouth off about all women being good for nothing so-and-sos...AND HE DOES IT RIGHT TO THE FACES OF OUR COSTUMERS. Like a friggin' PR nightmare, he is. And not getting fired, either.)

My coworkers, bosses in particular, are incredibly unorganised...

More on this later. Need sleep now...

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Originally Posted by Hero

The guys I work with are fools.

Was promoted to Asst. manager, only to have my boss tell all the new guys I was to be watching over, "don't worry - he can't fire you or anything." Basically, my boss undermined any sense of authority I was supposed to carry with this gig.

Then one kid gets promoted from sales to clerical, and he's bossing everyone else around, saying he can't lose his job...he threatens to fire people...my boss has been teaching him to do my job...and I'm 80% sure they're doing each other, because this kid has no real qualifications to be working here. And it's just sick too, because my boss is old enough to be a pedophile...and this kid is just a friggin' kid.

I used to worry about how my job was nothing more than slightly higher pay, no real difference in responsibility, and zero control over these fools. Now I don't give a damn - as soon as I find a different job, this whole mess can burn in hell, for all I care.

(PS - another new guy brought in a fat 3" knife everyday to work. A girl asks for him to open her calculator package. What does he do? Whips out the knife, skewers the box, and ruins our countertop in one move. Did he get fired? Nope - now he works more hours than I do.)

(PPS - Another new guy is a pretentious ass who shoots his mouth off about all women being good for nothing so-and-sos...AND HE DOES IT RIGHT TO THE FACES OF OUR COSTUMERS. Like a friggin' PR nightmare, he is. And not getting fired, either.)

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That sucks man. just grow a pair and prove him wrong. Only then will they actually end up respecting you. Not for nothing man, but you're general demeanor basically says to the world "hey, I am a pushover."

So you need to change that.

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Originally Posted by bahn

That sucks man. just grow a pair and prove him wrong. Only then will they actually end up respecting you. Not for nothing man, but you're general demeanor basically says to the world "hey, I am a pushover."

So you need to change that.

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You mean to tell me that a good guy can't continue to be a good guy and be a leader type at the same time?

I'd like to think the stereotype of "get respect = be an asshole" is wrong.

"you mean to tell me that a good guy can't continue to be a good guy and be a leader type at the same time?"

No, that's not what I am saying. Nor did I say you have to be a jerk. It is possible to be nice and demonstrate leadership qualities. The key is balance. There's a difference between being a nice guy (which you are), and a doormat (which I presume is how some of your co-workers MIGHT see you). Only you know for sure though. Do they respect you?

p.s. who's the female? the boss or the "kid"?

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Is Quark had to learn how to use? I was thinking about fucking around with it.

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I just started using it. Its fairly straight forward and simple. but there are alot of things that could be done better, especially with the tool bar (no keyboard short cuts? fuck that). the Quark Corp also has some issues with price-gouging and upgrading, as in the damn thing costs $1200, and you cant open a file made in Version 4 with Version 5. gay.

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Originally Posted by Mike

Quark sucks. Hardcore. Use InDesign.

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You really think its that bad?

...well, i guess your right. but dont alot of design firms and whatnot use Quark? industry standard, isnt it?

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Originally Posted by Mike

Quark sucks. Hardcore. Use InDesign.

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It's good. But Quark is still the premiere layout program... sad...

Quarks not that hard once you learn it's methology. Macromedia is the best programs because of the file manager task bar thingy.

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Originally Posted by Rhydant

Quark? industry standard, isnt it?

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Yes and it sucks. But it's slowly changing though. Indesign is starting to creep up because of it's backward capabilities. I mean, some of the newer options won't show (like Illustrator CD to 9) but it's so much better, overall.

Ever try using a transparency in Quark? You NEED another program to do it for you. The best thing about Quark is that when you're printing it can collect all your images and fonts for you. Also, trapping is easy in it, when compared to something like Illustrator.

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Originally Posted by Hero

(PPS - Another new guy is a pretentious ass who shoots his mouth off about all women being good for nothing so-and-sos...AND HE DOES IT RIGHT TO THE FACES OF OUR COSTUMERS. Like a friggin' PR nightmare, he is. And not getting fired, either.)

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Thats because he is right.

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Originally Posted by bahn

"you mean to tell me that a good guy can't continue to be a good guy and be a leader type at the same time?"

No, that's not what I am saying. Nor did I say you have to be a jerk. It is possible to be nice and demonstrate leadership qualities. The key is balance. There's a difference between being a nice guy (which you are), and a doormat (which I presume is how some of your co-workers MIGHT see you). Only you know for sure though. Do they respect you?

p.s. who's the female? the boss or the "kid"?

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beleive this news, in my job i got put in charge of the front of the store years ago, and a lot of my friends work there,and i did the doormat thing till i had it pointed out to me that things were out fo hand. you are not being a jerk when you try to get work done that you are responsable for seeing done, they are being the jerks for thinking that they should be goofing off and getting paid, while you are carrying the extra load for no extra cash. when you set things right, some will hate you, but they really dont want to be there and will either be fired or quit soon anyhow, and those who you are going to have to deal with in the long haul will respect you more because when a leader is in control, things go better for everyone.

frostwolf: hit the nail on the head. see that hero?

The whole point is being nice when it's time to be nice and being a leader when it's time to be a leader. If you're an Assman or a manager, its fine to be nice 95% of the time but there's 5% of the time when you have to step up and lay down the law.

It's also not about that, its about projecting forth an image that says, "do not screw up, Im counting on you".

My old boss at EB had this down to a science. He was and still is a friend of mine, but when I fucked up, I feared his wrath, and because of that, I always worked hard. I also felt like he counted on me so I always did the best job I could (you hear that, Agent X?).

Now, Im just saying this stuff, I dont really have any clue how to actually do it. But I hope to find out soon.

My advice.

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Originally Posted by bahn

"p.s. who's the female? the boss or the "kid"?

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both guys

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Originally Posted by bahn

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Heh plot thickens eh? So hero is getting walked on and underminded cause of some gay flirtation? I don't think I learned about that one in school. I did learn about the problems of moving up the ladder at a job. In my management class we learned about all sorts of stuff like this....cept for the gay flirtings.

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Originally Posted by Rhydant

the Quark Corp also has some issues with price-gouging and upgrading, as in the damn thing costs $1200

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Eh, the price doesn't matter, my company's paying for it.

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and you cant open a file made in Version 4 with Version 5. gay.

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Indeed.

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Originally Posted by Hero

both guys

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If you can suck a better dick than your co-worker, your problem is solved.

I'm lucky enough to have some coworkers who I actually consider friends or better than aqquantences - its hard not to like some of them when you're all doing the same thing, fighting the same fight so to speak, but there are a couple of people I wouldn't mind or care seeing leave.


.... hey, is it just me or have these boards gotten really stale in the past months? Its probably just a down cycle but man, its been boring.

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Originally Posted by Mzo

There's this one woman here who says thank you like 80 times, even when SHE does something FOR YOU. It just won't stop. And her desk is COVERED in Jesus, which is pretty creepy.

And I don't mean your friendly neighborhood Jesus, either; this is blood and guts OHGOD-I'M-DYING Jesus.

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i got this one girl that says "im sorry" all the time. somebody else tells her a story about them messing up and she says "im sorry"......its really annoying. plus all my coworkers are between 18-30 but they act like children. i swear and punch my equiptment and they have meetings with the supervisor that it offends them. its like a fucking daycare.

Sounds like you need to up your meds, champ.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

It's also not about that, its about projecting forth an image that says, "do not screw up, Im counting on you".


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no actually you are right on this point, a leader who can motivate loyalty is worth more than one who motivates with fear, i had a manager like that, and being able to respect the guy giving orders is great for morale. the thing is, there will be about 2 general kinds of workers you will deal with, those who are so cynical, clueless or selfish that they will never listen and will always undermine the elader's authority, and those peopel need the stick, not the carrot, watch them, they will eventually quit, but till then, you have to prevent them from chasing off good customers and causing too much shrink. the second kind are people who geneuinely want to earn their dollar, and the leader that diff mentioned works really well with these types, becasue if they work hard because they actually want to "help" their leader, then they will do some very good things in terms of productivity, customer service, and overall work.

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Originally Posted by burgundy

Sounds like you need to up your meds, champ.

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Yeah, you really shouldn't be swearing and punching things at work. It's very unprofessional and I'm not suprised your co-workers think so.

Odd that this thread would be around at this time, a coincedence. I learned today that just the other night (Tuesday February 19th) an ex-coworker of mine commited suicide in a hotel on the next street over from where our shopping center is, (I work at a Borders in the midst of the enormo shopping palace.) Whats strange is I talked to her in person a couple saturdays ago and she seemed quite happy, chipper and bubbly like she normally was. Well, thats pretty fucked up, I dont know what to think about it really.

where I work, one of the Machinists (sewing) in the factory decided to keep her food warm from morning tea to lunch by blasting it with a heater. This would be fine, except it was a 44 FUCKING DEGREE DAY (celsius, btw). A quarter of the factory suffered as a result. And, to really put the icing on the cake, the heat was annoying her, so she got a fan and redirected the heat in another direction, which happened to be at the guy doing the most physically exhausting job in the factory!

WHAT A DUMB BITCH

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Originally Posted by Hero

You mean to tell me that a good guy can't continue to be a good guy and be a leader type at the same time?

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