Office no-no's

ISUAlum2002

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Someone in our office periodically burns popcorn in the microwave. They press the popcorn button, which obviously is too much time and they fail to figure it out.

Wow. Ultimate lurker.

I still don't understand how co-workers burn popcorn so often. Happens at least once every other day. Just stand by the microwave and open it when the popping slows down!
 

Prone2Clone

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3. The too friendly dude that likes to strike up a conversation next to you at the urinals. I've got business to take care of, and I really don't want to chat while both of us are handling our junk.

I hate that. And it's even worse if Mr. Talky gets done before you and is just standing behind you talking and staring at you peeing.
 

SeattleClone

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Wow. Ultimate lurker.

I still don't understand how co-workers burn popcorn so often. Happens at least once every other day. Just stand by the microwave and open it when the popping slows down!

The moral of the story is- always make a token post when Jeremy gives credit bonuses to everyone who has at least one post! How many stimuli have their been since April of 2006?
 

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Since we have a unisex bathroom where I work, I really hate having to look at the box of Kotex on the shelf next to the toilet.

The other thing that people tend to forget is when they do #2, they don't realize what state it is inand never turn around to see what kind of damage they have done as they paint the bowl. Talk about something gross!!
 

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I know I hate it when I'm working late and my ex girlfriend (in the cube about 40 feet from me) moans while her boss bones her on top of her desk.
 

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I know I hate it when I'm working late and my ex girlfriend (in the cube about 40 feet from me) moans while her boss bones her on top of her desk.

Yeah, along the same lines, it is highly frowned upon in my office to make sweet, sweet love to the boss's wife in his office....yeah, I know, I thought it was weird when I found out too.:jimlad:
 
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Do you work with me? I think the same thing about this one lady. I hate the popcorn thing too. We prank each other by putting tuna cans under each others desk or in drawers so I cant get mad at that.

Do you guys happen to work for an insurance administrator in West Des Moines? When I worked there there was a woman who worked 3 cubes behind me that did this all day, everyday for the 2 years I worked there. It drove me nuts.
 

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And that's a problem? Are these women anything to look at to begin with or are they ones that you would prefer to avoid?

Actually, the more attractive they are, the worse it is. What, precisely, am I supposed to do with the "attention?"

I ignore them for a reason.

I have a wife whom I dearly love, and I am deeply attracted to females in general, and what results when miss perky-tots comes by to complain about the guys staring at her body is pure stress, just for me. (Oh, Joy!)

Which does me no good, whatsoever. I know that mostly the reason they do this is because a) I'm not completely creepy and repulsive, b) it's obvious that I'm uncomfortable with it, and my discomfort is validation for them and c) I'm not just "hard to get", I'm "impossible to get" which is something of a challenge to some females.

But to just act like a lecher and creep them out is not in my nature. AND is inconsistent with my moral compass, to boot.

Sorry for the rant. Back to my cube, now....
 

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it drives me nuts when people hit "reply all" instead of "reply" when only the original sender needs to read the reply.

To add to that, those people that have to include everybody on every single email, that only needs to go to 1-2 people.

We get it. You don't do anything all day, so when you do you got to let everyone know about it.
 

ISUboi12

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Man, you all have it pretty rough!! Wish all people could own life like cyclonefanatic posters... :rolleyes5cz:
 

Mr Janny

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I thought this tied in nicely.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIyA9sGZHI]YouTube - Job Interview[/ame]
 

GeronimusClone

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Actually, the more attractive they are, the worse it is. What, precisely, am I supposed to do with the "attention?"

I ignore them for a reason.

I have a wife whom I dearly love, and I am deeply attracted to females in general, and what results when miss perky-tots comes by to complain about the guys staring at her body is pure stress, just for me. (Oh, Joy!)

Which does me no good, whatsoever. I know that mostly the reason they do this is because a) I'm not completely creepy and repulsive, b) it's obvious that I'm uncomfortable with it, and my discomfort is validation for them and c) I'm not just "hard to get", I'm "impossible to get" which is something of a challenge to some females.

But to just act like a lecher and creep them out is not in my nature. AND is inconsistent with my moral compass, to boot.

Sorry for the rant. Back to my cube, now....
For some reason this is making me laugh hard. I'm picturing Bob Ross painting pretty little trees and some stripper from the lumber yard won't leave him to his work.
 
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