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Topic subjectIdiots at work
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13293494, Idiots at work
Posted by handle, Tue Oct-23-18 12:04 PM
Do you work with idiots?

ME TOO!!!!!!!
13293496, not directly, but they are all around me
Posted by KiloMcG, Tue Oct-23-18 12:06 PM
13293499, Mine are more like sheepish trolls
Posted by flipnile, Tue Oct-23-18 12:09 PM
They certainly aren't idiots, however almost every day I find myself thinking "why the fuck would you do that?" about a coworker's behaviour in the office.


I think many just need attention, and the job is a bigger high school cafeteria for them.
13293501, oh, certainly.
Posted by infin8, Tue Oct-23-18 12:11 PM
13293503, it's literally my job
Posted by ambient1, Tue Oct-23-18 12:20 PM
13293505, Some idiot microwaved fish yesterday
Posted by bentagain, Tue Oct-23-18 12:24 PM
You could smell it in the conference room

IDIOT.
13293573, I’m adding McDonald’s cheese to the list
Posted by JFrost1117, Tue Oct-23-18 02:18 PM
Of shit you can’t microwave at work. The microwave and the path that person took back to their desk smelled like ass vomit.
13293506, Not really
Posted by sectachrome86, Tue Oct-23-18 12:28 PM
Its mostly just go-getter types who stay doing way too much instead
13293511, ^ this. I worked with idiots my whole career, then 2 years ago ...
Posted by Brew, Tue Oct-23-18 12:43 PM
... moved to a small company as a consultant of sorts. Much more my speed, I have far more autonomy and control ... but yea I see a lot more of what you said now, than I do idiots. Which is preferable by a long shot but still annoying in some ways, at times.
13293569, Not anymore. I work with tech nerds now
Posted by legsdiamond, Tue Oct-23-18 02:01 PM
It’s quiet for the most part but the sales team is right next to me. I have music on all day.

New dude is a little simple tho.. definitely a hunt and fish Trumpster.
13293585, constant conflict with direct manager
Posted by double negative, Tue Oct-23-18 02:51 PM
it's weird to work a job where you care about your work because I'm always getting into it with my manager.

we've yelled at each other a ton of times.

it's coming down to language and understanding.

I say "i need to redesign this part here because..."

and he will fly off the handle with a disproportionate response "HOLD UP! We didnt agree to designing the whole thing..THE WHOLE THING?!"

and then we have to talk it through.


I mean, I'm making it better, but still...some days I want to just open up a bottle and politic with dude. we're at odds.
13293646, "What are those?" <-- an idiot
Posted by infin8, Tue Oct-23-18 05:19 PM
I almost bit a hole in my tongue, trying to stop from giving an unprofessional response.

I am a purchasing agent.

I made 2 purchases, one in January and one in June, for a certain unit in my department.

The vendor wants their money. We don't pay unless we have

1) a purchase order
2) info in our system that indicates the items were inventoried
3) a signature of receipt from the end user.

Payment is being held up by 'the idiot'. The idiots name is all over the purchasing requests and the PO's.

I sat a copy of each open order in her chair, and when I asked later if she'd received them she said.

WHAT ARE THOSE?

That's all the proof that the shxt went to you!! so where are the signed receipts so we can pay these people?!