Liking the office video, sorry about your dad. I know people the same way its like if you just made these 3 small adjustments you'd see immediate results.
Friday OT #1 - Just STFU
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Liking the office video, sorry about your dad. I know people the same way its like if you just made these 3 small adjustments you'd see immediate results.
I don't know why but this comment made me laugh and the 1st thing that came to mind was a Peppa Pig episode my kids watched that involved telling a story about concrete. LOL
Yeah thanks...silver lining in this Covid thing is it's allowed for some internalization to actually make some adjustments so that's been good.
for whatever reason, 'LOL' makes me inwardly groan. Even though it is less pervasive now, people throwing the 'No Worries' at me also makes cringe.
This made me think of Shooter McGavin telling the same 'Sand Trap' joke over and over on Happy Gilmore. So funny.
My boss is the only person I know that does this, but when he forwards an email to me, he always puts "As info." I guess it's a replacement for "FYI"?
I also hate when you are finishing up a meeting and there is ALWAYS a person who does this:
Me: "Alright, sounds like we've covered everything. Bill, anything to add?"
Bill: "Nooo...." Then Bill proceeds to drone on for 15 minutes. EVERY TIME
I also hate when you are finishing up a meeting and there is ALWAYS a person who does this:
Me: "Alright, sounds like we've covered everything. Bill, anything to add?"
Bill: "Nooo...." Then Bill proceeds to drone on for 15 minutes. EVERY TIME
I also don't like people who complete others' jokes. Sometimes it's funnier if you lead people to the punchline and don't explicitly say it. So if I didn't say it, YOU DON'T NEED TO. That is the implication.
There was a trend a while back where there would be a decent joke, but then at the end, there would be some throw-away line like "The nun fainted" to drive home how funny it was. It instantly made me hate the joke.
This is likely for a different thread but mine is the person who at the end of the meeting asks some rhetorical question or asks about a problem that's really super easy to solve.
We got new phones last year at work and someone actually asked 'what do we do to get the phone to work?'. Um, PLUG IT IN.
My gf will call me, and say, "Do you have a few minutes?" I know its going to be at least 10 minutes. Then she gets pissy when I cut her off and tell her I need to get back to work.
Hate that phrase. I am liking the physical practice of social distancing though. Hope that sticks around. Nice not having the Karen or Chad behind you at the grocery store shoving their cart up my ass.
Or the person who wasn't paying attention to the meeting, and proceeds to bring up issues at the end of the meeting that were addressed an hour ago.
This reminds me that my wife refers to engineering paper as graph paper, and it doesn't really bother me, but I do find it funny!
Just last night I was on a training session with a client in Australia. They must have said "final question" at least 10 times. Internally I was soooo annoyed because it was almost 9pm, and the things they were asking were not of any actual importance.
Coming from a customer service job ...
When people have a minor (yet real) grievance, but decide to exaggerate or lie to prove a point.
Examples:
- "I've been on hold for 45 minutes!" (we have a system that shows us exactly how long you've been on hold. It's 12 minutes. I know that's a lot, so why make something up?)
- "I've called you several times and you never call me back!" (You left me one voicemail late yesterday. Again, it's all computer-based systems with several layers of accountability. My boss can see exactly how many voicemails I have. No reason to exaggerate.)
When people have a minor (yet real) grievance, but decide to exaggerate or lie to prove a point.
Examples:
- "I've been on hold for 45 minutes!" (we have a system that shows us exactly how long you've been on hold. It's 12 minutes. I know that's a lot, so why make something up?)
- "I've called you several times and you never call me back!" (You left me one voicemail late yesterday. Again, it's all computer-based systems with several layers of accountability. My boss can see exactly how many voicemails I have. No reason to exaggerate.)
There's a grassroots movement of people at my company putting that link as their status to get this point across.
Drives me up the wall too.
