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Workplace peeves.

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Thought i'd make a Bag where you can throw your Work stuff, or even your Educational stuff in.

Things of work you hate,

don't understand,

Things you'd like improved .. that kinda thing.. Example.

Where i work, the managers aren't employed on skill levels, or experience.. but on how long you've been there... so the result is you get alot of idiots in charge and the more able and smarter ones, are left to take the blame and pick up the parts.

Have a go,

have a good old no holds barred Rumble!

:D
 
I don't really have any peeves with management or work in general at the moment, mainly because I only go once a week and it's a nice break from school. That said - one coworker in particular, let's call J hint hint for anyone who was paying attention a few months ago, is starting to get nasty with me ever since I called him out for using the word 'retard'. Now, he can call me that all he likes, I really don't give a ****. But the front desk manager's son is autistic, so if this individual had any class whatsoever he'd cut it the **** out. Instead he gets butt hurt and complains that I hate him, despite the fact I NEVER said I hated him. The front desk supervisor made a joke that I did because I was giving J a death stare after yet another inappropriate joke.
 
La Femme Fatale said:
I don't really have any peeves with management or work in general at the moment, mainly because I only go once a week and it's a nice break from school. That said - one coworker in particular, let's call J hint hint for anyone who was paying attention a few months ago, is starting to get nasty with me ever since I called him out for using the word 'retard'. Now, he can call me that all he likes, I really don't give a ****. But the front desk manager's son is autistic, so if this individual had any class whatsoever he'd cut it the **** out. Instead he gets butt hurt and complains that I hate him, despite the fact I NEVER said I hated him. The front desk supervisor made a joke that I did because I was giving J a death stare after yet another inappropriate joke.
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I'm with you on that one.

I used to work with someone who was Autistic and i have to say i had a ball with that guy. The things he used to say were absolute magic.

He * like most Autistic people * Gained exstensive knowledge in one particular subject (which happened to be trains ) and he used to watch the station for hours on end like a bird of prey. He got so good at it, he knew which trains the conductors got on and at which times.

So he could travel Britain, YES BRITAIN, free, as he knew all the shift patterns. I laughed so hard one day when he came in with a face like Thunder because his train was late... the same train he'd been riding for free for upto a year with zero problems... He then wrote in a complaint about the train being late and ended up getting loads of vouchers for food,drinks and free train rides lol. I don't think i've ever laughed so hard. In his mind, he was totally within his rights even though he'd been hitching a ride without paying a single penny.

People like that i think are nothing remotely anywhere near '' retarded '' they just have a unique angle on which to view life.

I think this '' J '' Needs to learn some respect whilst he's also getting clued up on manners and front desk etiquette.
 
I found this review of another hotel (not the one I work at) and I thought it was hilarious; this is what annoys me about customers... if you're gonna pick on the front desk agent for her English, then you better ****ing be writing at at least a high school level. This woman... not so much.
My husband, a friend and I arrived at this hotel where we have prior reservation for 2 rooms. We called for service since there was nobody at the front desk. A lady show up with lack of education, bad attitude and poor dressed. I asked her for check in. She looked in the computer and nothing show up but we have the confirmation number. She wants to charge us more of what our reservation was. Finally after many inconvenience with the lady and many excuses dificult to understand her, due to her lack of English, we decided to cancel and went to Econo Lodge Hotel in the Main St where the personnel and services were oustanding. Mrs Patel was her name and she need to take a course in customer service and English. We did not got into a room, but it might be as dirty as the welcome area. I do not reccommend this hotel.
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La Femme Fatale said:
I found this review of another hotel (not the one I work at) and I thought it was hilarious; this is what annoys me about customers... if you're gonna pick on the front desk agent for her English, then you better ******* be writing at at least a high school level. This woman... not so much.
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Hell, even I write much better English than that. LOL!
 
You know what I also hate? These two songs... because they both play at least twice an hour in the lobby at work and sometimes I feel like throttling myself every time I hear them. It'd be nice if they'd change the station once or twice a year. And I used to like Adele's song... but listening to it about 20 times a day makes it pretty unbearable.

I mean, come on... chinese water torture.
 
The radio at work is awful, everyday same stuff, different day same stuff... repeat ...

Okay so yesterday I had a sick day, called in sick 3 times no one answerd, then left a voicemail. today got a disaplinery letter saying I didnt call in sick, when I went to the reception to ask em if they got my message they told me they hadnt checked the voicemails, so I then said well I was off-sick yesterday and I've just been punnished for not calling in sick.. so If you could find my message and tell my boss that I did call in sick, and shove this f-ing letter you gave me up you F-ing A-Hole! that would be great, Oh and all; the over time I do for this company, its nothign dont worry its not like I want to be here for a extra 30 minutes every f-ing day lol.. idiots.
 
Can they not change the music? Why not change the songs? If they don't listen, locate the source of the problem and make that CD disappear or replace it with another CD. My fantasy didn't stop here, I had a vision of a glass of soda accidentally dropped on a critical spot.

I'm sure you have some radio stations there that would be suitable.
 
No problems with work. I take full responsibility for being a lazy good for nothing on the job and I accept the consequences. A manager's biggest mistake is letting my undeniable wit and charm win them over to my side which most are prone to doing. That's when they realize what a waste of payroll I am but can't fire me because they don't have the heart.

Lesson is a good personality goes a long way. It would probably get me further if I didn't work retail.
 
Well at the moment im stacking supermarket shelves.Its pretty straight forward.The only peeve is some REALLY small guy who rides a scooter and wears a kids backpack always tells me to "FATTAH Go FATTAH SPEED UP!!!!" he even said he'd kick my ass once!Seriously just go like sit in a corner or something.If anyone flicked him he'd probably fly straight through a wall.

And regarding music..christmas songs and coles ads all the fricken time.
 
Another workplace peeve that comes to mind happened last night for me. I always say hello to everyone that walks through the lobby, because I'm a pretty friendly and relatively outgoing person. One thing I can't understand is why the hell some people can never be bothered to say hello back. It's like...is it really that ****ing hard? This guy wearing a mink coat walked by the desk holding a puppy... I said hello and asked him how he was doing.... he gave me a blank, uninterested look and kept walking. It's like... wow... look at you, Mr. Congeniality. Poor dog is probably going to end up as that douchebag's coat next year.
 
EXACTLY. And it's like... people like that only use dogs as accessories, not as companions and I have a serious problem with that. I don't understand for the world how these asses never see how bloody pretentious they are.
 
I love it when I say hello to someone and they ask how they are doing and they answer with a very blunt: "Just looking." Wow. Thanks for answering my question. -_-

It amazes me how when people go into a store with the mentality that they don't have to be respectful to the employees. We are people too you know. Jerks.
 
My main peeve is that my workplace is also my home and the two REALLY don't go together well. I've got to hold down two jobs plus childcare plus housework plus everything else and it's harder than you'd think.

What I hate most? People presuming that because I don't go "out" to my job, it's not a real job. And because one of my jobs is an unpaid position with a charity, that is also somehow invalid. Hell, it's easy to work when you're getting some fiscal benefit from it - try the volunteer sector and see how hard it is to be motivated.

I also dislike it that there are some people out there who don't seem to realise or accept that the forums are also part of my working day - that for Steve and I, they are more than just a fun little side-project. They actually provide some of the bread and butter in our family and with five mouths to feed, yeah I get hacked off by morons who think it's their own personal playground. I've said it a billion times before but if I stormed into their place of work and started being an idiot, they wouldn't like it - so why do it to us?
 
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