Workplace peeves.

[Romero]

I'm of the belief that, if you can wear real fur and it not bother you, you shouldn't be allowed to have pets.

Hmmm. That excludes many people from having pets. But not many enough, if the same logic applied to everyone everywhere. Many people breed animals just for the meat, and breeding someone with the intent of later eating them is pretty cynical? It is cynical and humane at the same time, which defines mankind pretty well.

There are some noble vegetarians amongst us, but I believe many of them wear leather shoes. And almost all of us who aren't vegetarians wear leather shoes.

Many people are unfit to have pets just because they don't know how to deal with animals in a proper way. Others are unfit as pet owners because they live in a city and cities are not good places for pets to live. But some owners in cities are good with pets, they take a long walk with them every day. And they have access to a big garden too.

I think if we are this strict, hardly anyone should have the right to own pets.

I don't follow that line of thought though, my personal opinion is that what you do to an animal after it is dead isn't a problem, just make sure that it doesn't suffer while it is alive.

Workplace Peeve: When a compliment is mixed it with a good verbal thrashing. I hate that ****.

That sucks. But a verbal thrashing without a compliment would be somewhat worse, wouldn't it.


I hate when people tell lies with the intent of hurting someone else.

 

[Mr Sunshine]

Hmmm. That excludes many people from having pets. But not many enough, if the same logic applied to everyone everywhere. Many people breed animals just for the meat, and breeding someone with the intent of later eating them is pretty cynical? It is cynical and humane at the same time, which defines mankind pretty well.

That's not the most appropriate example. Killing to eat is about survival, while killing to wear is about fashion.

There are some noble vegetarians amongst us, but I believe many of them wear leather shoes. And almost all of us who aren't vegetarians wear leather shoes.

This I don't get either. I remember getting that answer from a forum about ecology - that while it's bad to wear leather clothes it's not too bad if you wear leather shoes. All I know is that I tried wearing sneakers during winter.. My feet were freezing cold!

As for workplace peeves, well... I don't work! Does college counts? If it does, I hate it when my co-students come to a lecture only and only to chat with each other.

 

[Angel]

Killing to wear is also about survival - it just depends on where you live.

 

[Mr Sunshine]

Killing to wear is also about survival - it just depends on where you live.

True. I forgot to clarify that. But at the same time I feel those who wear them for fashion overwhelm those who wear them beause they live way too north or those who live on mountains. I mean cities are overpopulated -especially the ones approaching the temperatness.

 

[Romero]

Hmmm. That excludes many people from having pets. But not many enough, if the same logic applied to everyone everywhere. Many people breed animals just for the meat, and breeding someone with the intent of later eating them is pretty cynical? It is cynical and humane at the same time, which defines mankind pretty well.

That's not the most appropriate example. Killing to eat is about survival, while killing to wear is about fashion.

We don't have to kill anything in order to live a good and healthy life. And growing vegetables is more efficient than farming animals. You get more food per acre if you grow vegetables than if you grow grass in order to get meat. Meat is just a tasty habit we have, it was once necessary but isn't any more.

And if this is about animal welfare, try to explain to the animal that "I'll kill you for your flesh, not for your hide". A kill is a kill.

PS: I'm philosophical here.

There are some noble vegetarians amongst us, but I believe many of them wear leather shoes. And almost all of us who aren't vegetarians wear leather shoes.

This I don't get either. I remember getting that answer from a forum about ecology - that while it's bad to wear leather clothes it's not too bad if you wear leather shoes.

I don't see the logic here.


Another workplace peeve I've had almost everywhere I've worked, is with people having a lax work morale.
I hate it when things get messy, I'm that pedantic pest who needs to have everything in order and care a great deal about unimportant details.

 

[Mr Sunshine]

I don't see the logic here.

That's what I said! That I don't get it either, just like you do!

 

[VP-70]

Having huge problems with a newly promoted Assistant manager...

He's one of these people who takes sly digs at people and when called on it, claims it's only a joke.. he's never to blame for anything, and 9/10 there is nothing but utter filth out his mouth... whenever he talks to the girls it's nothing but '' teabagging '' and '' pearl necklaces '' you can see they dont appreciate it in the work place, nor do they like that kind of chat constantly, it's like he's obsessed...

at 31, he's one of the oldest there, and its sad to see him strut around trying to remain youthful. He's a social out cast you see, and has quite the complex...

he never used to get to me before, but there is this tone, he takes when he goes into Ego mode.

He has a facial expression that makes him look like he's in a constant state of shock, it's like someone put the frightners up him and his face froze... he's just a really sleazy guy...

But there is a part of me that feels bad for him though, he's onbviously locked himself away from the world and likes to take his own insecurities out on others, and for that, it must be tough watching the young ones come and go year in year out, onto bigger and better things. Funny thing is, that his job title doesnt warrant the ego size.

So sad.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

I also hate being at the bottom of the ladder - can't ****ing wait 'til we have some new recruits so my schedule doesn't resemble this:
December 25th- 7-3
December 26/27th - off
December 28th - 7-3
December 29th - 7-3
December 30th - 2-10
December 31st - 3-11
January 1st 7-3

****. My. Life. What happened to me saying '1-2 days a week'? Jeez!

 

[Romero]

That schedule seems very uncool. I think we all should visit Canada and stay at that hotel from Dec. 25th to Jan. 1st, hopefully cheering up Femme.

But maybe it would just make the hotel staff more stressed so I don't know if it would be as great idea as I thought.

 

[VP-70]

I also hate being at the bottom of the ladder - can't ******* wait 'til we have some new recruits so my schedule doesn't resemble this:
December 25th- 7-3
December 26/27th - off
December 28th - 7-3
December 29th - 7-3
December 30th - 2-10
December 31st - 3-11
January 1st 7-3

****. My. Life. What happened to me saying '1-2 days a week'? Jeez!

I've never understood why hotels adopt that policy. maybe so the girl checking the guests in is there to take care of them went signing them out, makes the experience a little more intimate.

Some of our girls need to leave at about 11pm and be in for 7am... that isn't enough time to sleep. it's draconian to say the least.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

^I don't think that's the reason for it per say, because it's not like those shifts are common... I've only ever gotten them once or twice at this hotel and it was mainly for reasons that so and so asked for this time off or can't come in 'til the afternoon. In this case, one of the agents' birthday is New Years Day so he asked to do the 3-11 and the other front desk lady who has been there for about a year longer than me had already asked to do the cover shift that day... so low and behold that leaves me for the morning. And then of course I get the 3-11 the night before because I'm on the bottom of the seniority list. Hmph.

 

[VP-70]

weird.

At my work, the girl who does 14:00-22:30 is always then on the following day at 7:00- 15:00.

The hotel industry is a funny old place!

 

[VeCtOr]

i work a customs storage room in the airport just the normal stuff even thou i had lived some lols in my time there

 

[Romero]

i work a customs storage room in the airport

Where they store all the confiscated goods? Could be interesting to see all that.

 

[rondachewarrior]

I used to work as a checkout operator. Therefore, heaps of supervisors. One would tell me to just stand there and wait for a customer while the rest of them told me to stop standing around and pack the shelves nearest to us or get customers or something...Turns out the supervisor that always got me in trouble dated this sado-masochist who cheated on her.

 

[Romero]

What is a checkout operator?

 

[La Femme Fatale]

Same as cashier.

 

[echoey]

Work lied to me, I'm not in the right place at the moment to be used as a F-ing donkey. Okay 500 pallets need to be moved? well weve moved over 500 now, and there must still be another F-ing 500 to go! And on boxing day I was in a club from 11.30pm till 9am and Im really not in the mood for you people to say I should have the energy to do this... I prepared myself for 500, and you F-ing lie to me, about 500 pallets!! what am I, a one man F-ing army? I am tired. I have helped you move the pallets, now Im tired, and you want to try and get more work out of me?! Screw you!! Im taking this day off Im telling you Im not working today, I said I would and Im trying but you didnt tell me there would be this much work, you shoudl have got more people in, later on I want to have a good time, not come home and collaspe from exhaustion.RAAANT God Damn. Liers.

"" To many Cheifs not enough Indians! ""

 

[La Femme Fatale]

I also hate it when customers bring in their own problems and then place the blame on you. For instance, I had this woman call in yesterday and yell at me because her dog had fleas and she said the dog got them from staying in the room. We have never, ever had a problem with fleas. So the manager and the maintenance man go up after she says she found some in the bed... they pretty much tear the bed apart and find NOTHING. Then, after she yells and screams some more, she admits that her dog JUST finished whatever treatment it is dogs have to go through for getting rid of fleas - BECAUSE IT HAD FLEAS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. And then she blamed the little patch of eggs she supposedly found on her dogs on us. Funny thing is she was in the room a full thirty minutes. Some people shouldn't skip put on their medication.