Work Annoyances Thread #2

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We finally got our lost payslips last night, yay...all 3 of them

2 of my bosses wanted to call the main office to blast them for losing our sheets :lol:
 
Thanks. :)

I put ice on the sting right away and I laid on the sofa for about half an hour. Funny thing is that the cats I was sitting for were very distressed and they knew something was wrong before I even got back into the house.

The pet owner is quite demanding and I do some extra stuff that I shouldn't really have to do (like watering the garden) but I want to be kept on so I don't dare saying anything to upset her.

That silent mouse sounds totally :cool: Great way to fool your workmate! :lol:

Maybe you could take some classes online or write something to pass the time, too.
 
Thanks :hug: I think you're right about him being passive aggressive. I'm really not used to dealing with someone like that, I've never encountered anyone at work before he resorts to making snide comments about someone. I know he annoys other people too but I guess I get the brunt of it because I have to sit in the same room as him. I'm trying to ignore it and just rise above it but I'm (over) sensitive so it's quite hard.

frostie, that sounds so annoying. Some people are so lazy and rude :rolleyes:
 
My summer job had it's ups and downs. It was my first one too and it sucked when I got told I worked too slow (whether I was preparing food items, or shelving things, or helping with the register). I like to think I was being meticulous. :look:

It wouldn't have been so bad if those same supervisors who took their time to point out how slow I'm doing something didn't disappear randomly when someone needed them. They also didn't address some of the more problematic employees like the cashier who text messaged while there were people on line, or the counter guy who pocketed souvenirs (small ones but still they're expensive).

For what it's worth, I did improve my speed after about a month of practice, and those two got fired just last month (but that could be because they've been cutting back hours and letting people go recently. Something about low ticket sales and needing to recoup losses.)
 
Oh- that sucks!! Good thing you aren't allergic! Sounds like you are more than a pet-sitter if you have to bring out trash. I hope the owner pays you hazard pay!!

I ordered a silent mouse and it came today. It is a little strange because it is from Japan so the shape of the mouse is different and it takes a little getting used to because not only do you not hear the click you don't feel the click. But, it's pretty cool because I can click away playing a game or something and she won't even know!!
 
He sounds really passive-agressive and I bet he's making those comments just to make himself feel better. There's nothing much you can do about someone like that other than to try to tune them out. I'm sorry that you're having to deal with that. :hug:






There's a difference between the customer being right and the customer being rude, and it sounds like a lot of those folks are rude! It doesn't help to sink to their level, though. Perhaps you could do the old librarian trick of hushing them so that they have to come directly to you to ask for assistance.
 
Gah, that has happened to me at once at my old job. I was working there for about a year and I thought I was going to die from the embarrassment when it came to dealing with customers. (Although I'm okay with customers, I get very shy easily)

dirtbagbabyy- I feel the same way. I hate dealing with the phone, specifically because I don't know what to say.
 
I’m so sad right now. I’m at work and hating it more and more each day. Today is one of my co-workers birthday (probably the only one that doesn’t make me feel like a complete loser) so the rest of my coworker bought her a gift and left me completely out. I’m so mad I wanted to be part of her gift. So I told one of the other girls to tell me the next time the bought some a gift and she was like ok. She didn’t even say she was sorry for completely letting me out.
To make matters worst they wrote her a message and left me out one more time I absolutely hate them.
My birthday is coming soon (on January actually) and I so don’t want to come to work. I hate the idea of feeling bad on my day. I’m even planning on calling sick that day. That’s how bad I hate the idea of coming.

If you have any plans or excuses for me not to come please let me know.
 
I like my manager but I just don't like the way he messes with my schedule. The only reason why I tend to like my supervisors more.
 
:hug: I hope that you had a great vacation!


....and I had a bit of an annoyance today. I was at my pet-sitting gig this morning, and I was doing some extra tasks that the pet-owner has for me to do. As I was bringing the trash bin to the back yard (this morning was trash pick up), a wasp flew into my face and stung me! :eek:

The wasp only missed my eye by about an inch. Now my face is swollen and I've got a headache. :(

I expect to be bitten and scratched occassionally by the pets that I sit for...but I was really not anticipating being attacked by a wasp. I didn't even see the stupid insect until it flew into my hair and stung me. :P
 
I work as the computer person at my library, and I work about 10 feet from the computers that the people use. Between the ten feet is a bookshelf about four feet high. I have had people yell to me to get my attention because they "don't know how to print" or "want me to type up their résumé" for them, or they want another Visitor's Pass (some of them have outstanding library fees they don't want to pay). One time this guy stood up and snapped his fingers to get my attention, rather than walk up to me. I'm not a maid...

My mom tells me that the customer is always right, but I work at a library. I'm selling nothing!
 
I baby-sit from 8-5:30 m-w and sometimes th, f. I don't expect to get paid a lot. And I don't. That's not my complaint though.

The kids is a whiny nightmare. He is almost 8 months old, but expects to be rocked to sleep and held all the time because that's what his mother and grandmother do.
 
*sigh*

This guy has started at work recently - he's pretty senior and they're supposed to be finding him his own office but until then he's in the same room as me. Outwardly he's very charming and for the most part he's fine to get on with. But he keeps saying stuff to me that really knocks my confidence and makes me feel awful. It's just little comments about me being dressed "too casually", forgetting to do stuff, he implies I'm lazy and don't work long enough hours and just now when I offered him a cup of tea, instead of just saying yes or no he said "that's the first time you've ever offered me anything". It sounds totally trivial but it makes me feel like crap. I'm really worried that he wants to stay in this office and that I'll be stuck with him forever :rolleyes: I just wish he'd keep his little remarks to himself :rolleyes:
 
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