Little Things You Hate

johnny said:
Love how pricing goes up on fuel that was paid for and delivered well before the bombs started falling.
Click to expand...
Happens in the bike world (and probably any other retail situation) too. My ex-boss was a proper chunt for this. We'd get a letter from the wholesaler informing that due to unfavourable exchange rates, prices on new orders would increase from x-date. Chunty ex-boss would jack up the prices on stuff already on the floor & paid for, but I'm sure he's not the only one who did it.
 
It’s almost like they’re private for profit companies that can do anything they want. Ain’t capitalism grand?
 
Haakon said:
It’s almost like they’re private for profit companies that can do anything they want. Ain’t capitalism grand?
Click to expand...
I've seen socialism. You wouldn't like it.

Actually scratch that. You would like France. You should move there.

Sent from my 24069PC21G using Tapatalk
 
Oddjob said:
I've seen socialism. You wouldn't like it.

Actually scratch that. You would like France. You should move there.

Sent from my 24069PC21G using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Yeah ok, settle down tiger! Just pointing out that if you don’t like the product or its price you shouldn’t buy it.
 
johnny said:
Love how pricing goes up on fuel that was paid for and delivered well before the bombs started falling.
Click to expand...
SOmeone said should be 10c for every $10/barrel increase.... but no :(


Haakon said:
Yeah ok, settle down tiger! Just pointing out that if you don’t like the product or its price you shouldn’t buy it.
Click to expand...
Kinda hard with petrol.. can only shop around so far.. (then you run out =D )
 
Last edited:
LTIH professional colleagues who just can't seem to...act professional. Kind of goes down like this:-

- If I call please answer the phone. If you have a missed call from me please call me back.
- If I leave a voicemail to call me back...please call me back.
- If I text please respond...when you can, just lie and tell me you're busy and call me later. Fine.
- If I call and/or message on Teams when your green light is on please respond...green light means you're available.
- If I email you directly please don't include 100 people CC'd in on the reply.
- If I call a meeting with a set agenda and allocated action items please don't invite randoms.
 
richie_gt said:
LTIH professional colleagues who just can't seem to...act professional. Kind of goes down like this:-

- If I call please answer the phone. If you have a missed call from me please call me back.
- If I leave a voicemail to call me back...please call me back.
- If I text please respond...when you can, just lie and tell me you're busy and call me later. Fine.
- If I call and/or message on Teams when your green light is on please respond...green light means you're available.
- If I email you directly please don't include 100 people CC'd in on the reply.
- If I call a meeting with a set agenda and allocated action items please don't invite randoms.
Click to expand...
Its the CCing in everybody thing that presses my buttons... I work with a couple of those, I'll reply removing all the CCd people, and they'll add them all back on having totally failed to get the hint. I had one in particular who love to CC in everyone when he thought he'd found a mistake id made and was writing to tell me about it.
 
Haakon said:
Its the CCing in everybody thing that presses my buttons... I work with a couple of those, I'll reply removing all the CCd people, and they'll add them all back on having totally failed to get the hint. I had one in particular who love to CC in everyone when he thought he'd found a mistake id made and was writing to tell me about it.
Click to expand...
He sounds like a special sort of cunt.
 
How else are you guys letting your colleagues know you are the top dog in your workplace? You arent going to win that throne without putting in the effort!








Last time I was in an office I had this fuckwit busy body on my team that wouldnt just shut the fuck up and do their job. They used to love finding a fault in other people's work just so they could stand up in the cube farm and loudly let the offender know. I decided that so I could better focus on my work, I could only have such conversations after an appointment was booked. Otherwise I was too busy proofing documents. My team leader (similar feelings about the busy body) endorses the move. Its was quite effective as the busy body couldn't be fucked sending a meeting request. I did also put my phone straight to voicemail with a message saying my phone was fucked and I couldn't access make/receive calls nor access message bank...naturally I had reported the issue to IT support and they were working in it. Please contact me via email. Fuck that was a good move! It cut out so many bullshit calls! For years!

Even the person who sat next to me (that I got on well with) would send meeting requests rather than interrupt my concentration on "valuable work".


Fucking lols...public servants are a wierd bunch.






Here's a few recent fuck ewes...
1) Australian family on holidays with young school aged kids...absolutely packed bus...kids climbing and jumping and yelling and screaming and fighting and kicking and just all out carrying on like a group of bored arse kids...with parents who have no interest in controlling the brats. These kids were old enough to know how to behave in such a situation. Then this morning on a different bus...the same fucking family! Damn curdled my milk! Then the dad, while ignoring the fucking kids behaviour, wants to strike up a conversation and milk some travelling tips. I dont think he appreciated my lack of interest as I gave him some piercing eyes and casually plugged in my earphones.

2) last night im in a small (13 seats i think) izakaya enjoying a range of sake and whisky along with delicious food. I am in the seat closest to the door, with my back to it. I hear and feel the door open...and stay open...and nobody come in...open long enough I look and a euro-dick is standing in the doorway just looking in. Its clear glass arsehole! Look through the glass! I give him stink eye and he says "oh...is this cold?" What the fuck do you think arsehole? I reach over and close the door in his face. Which he then opens again and i suggest he either comes in or leaves in my Clint Eastwood spaghetti Western tone.


3) make my way into the onsen last night, late. 1 other person is in there, a youngish Australian. His clothes? On the floor next to the tub. His towel? On the edge of the tub. His phone? In hand. On the plus side he was using earphones rather than his phone speaker. Do people not read signs? So much faux pas.


All right lunch breaking is over.
 
Last edited:
pink poodle said:
Fucking lols...public servants are a wierd bunch.
Click to expand...
...careful. :p

I have flexibility in my role so I work from home alot (about 80% of the time) - therefore I avoid a lot of the office BS/politics. I have the trust of my manager. I do my job the best I can. I meet deliverables, or when it's going pear shaped I escalate to management with solutions to get it done (I don't just moan to them...as if they want to hear it).

About 2 years ago I got dragged into a meeting room with my direct manager, the group executive and the project delivery manager (on Teams - from a different state). The project delivery manager tried to give me a dressing down for being too direct. Too cold. Too professional. Apparently I'd rubbed everyone off the wrong way in the project by being demanding - on project status and deliverables. I spent the whole meeting trying not to burst out laughing, I mean it sounded to me like I was doing my job...what I get paid to do. I didn't respond when I was asked if I had anything to say, I said "no I'm all good, I don't have a problem with anyone". Afterward my direct report patted me on the back and told me I handled that well, keep doing what you're doing. OK.
 
pink poodle said:
How else are you guys letting your colleagues know you are the top dog in your workplace? You arent going to win that throne without putting in the effort!








Last time I was in an office I had this fuckwit busy body on my team that wouldnt just shut the fuck up and do their job. They used to love finding a fault in other people's work just so they could stand up in the cube farm and loudly let the offender know. I decided that so I could better focus on my work, I could only have such conversations after an appointment was booked. Otherwise I was too busy proofing documents. My team leader (similar feelings about the busy body) endorses the move. Its was quite effective as the busy body couldn't be fucked sending a meeting request. I did also put my phone straight to voicemail with a message saying my phone was fucked and I couldn't access make/receive calls nor access message bank...naturally I had reported the issue to IT support and they were working in it. Please contact me via email. Fuck that was a good move! It cut out so many bullshit calls! For years!

Even the person who sat next to me (that I got on well with) would send meeting requests rather than interrupt my concentration on "valuable work".


Fucking lols...public servants are a wierd bunch.
Click to expand...
They really bloody are. We got this one big project on where one person has a job to run a weekly meeting where everyone gives an update on where theyre at. I am completely finished with my part, but they still want an update. When after a few weeks of this I said "as per last week, still done" i got a complaint to my manager for being combative... Ok...
 
richie_gt said:
- If I call and/or message on Teams when your green light is on please respond...green light means you're available.
Click to expand...
exactly why i am set as permanently away. though the manager who signs my invoices agrees, he doesnt want people making requests to the contractor without going through the right channels
 
Haakon said:
They really bloody are. We got this one big project on where one person has a job to run a weekly meeting where everyone gives an update on where theyre at. I am completely finished with my part, but they still want an update. When after a few weeks of this I said "as per last week, still done" i got a complaint to my manager for being combative... Ok...
Click to expand...
But see what you've done here is make everyone else look bad by doing your part.
 
Haakon said:
We got this one big project on where one person has a job to run a weekly meeting where everyone gives an update on where theyre at.
Click to expand...
You've triggered my memory of a project status meeting where every subject matter expert was required to give a briefing. I would give my little update, then get interrogated about the detail in my update. Then a very shy lady would simply say "no update" for her part. The meeting would move on, she wouldn't even get questioned at all. Here I am thinking hang on a second, if I said no update do I simply get a pass? It was so awkward. You really do sometimes get penalised for doing your job properly.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top