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Post by shevy on Jul 22, 2014 13:41:23 GMT
I have a coworker who is slimy. When he asks to trade jobs or help, my first thought is always "What's the scam?" So last week I paused before I answered him and checked things out to make sure that he wasn't scamming out of something. We agreed on the trade. Then this week he emailed me that he had to trade back because "something suddenly came up". So I checked again to see if I could tell if he was scamming out of work and didn't see anything. Sure enough, as soon as we traded back, he had a part timer listed to cover his in office job duties that day and he is listed working from home for 5 hours that day. Both things we are not supposed to do because of issues in the past. And HE was the one who had an issue about others doing this 2 years ago and caused problems. Yet, it's ok for him to do now. SCAMMER!
PS, there were a whole lot of swear words interspersed in that paragraph originally, but I took them out before hitting create thread....
PPS, I need to find a head banging smiley to add to my list for threads like this....
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Jul 22, 2014 13:43:32 GMT
It's frustrating and tiring working with someone that always has a personal agenda. Probably not worth the effort to trade.
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Post by flypea1 on Jul 22, 2014 13:54:52 GMT
I have a co-worker vent too!! She is an ok person but ugggg drives me batty. I'm super busy right now I have more work than I can handle. She walks around the office bored about two mins after she gets there. Mumbling that she has nothing to do, heavy sighs, or just sits in my office and stares at me  . I'm going to snap on her. I have given her some work to "help" me but then I had to spend more time fixing all her mistakes. The simplest tasks overwhelm her and she doesn't take direction well because she thinks she already knows how to do it. Oh and the kicker is she is the bosses sister. He thinks she hung the moon. She used to run the office all by herself when his business was smaller 10 years ago. Now that it's grown she hasn't grown with it so she is a high paid payroll clerk. She has work to do twice a month. Oh I wish she would retire but that won't happen. |
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Post by triplejscrapper on Jul 22, 2014 13:54:57 GMT
I feel your frustration...I work two jobs and at both I have people that just make me want to bang my head against a wall. At my main job we have a woman who has been employed with us for 28 years now. She is a drug addict. She takes 3 Norco a day and nods off through a good part of the day. I've been here for 16 years and nothing is ever going to be done about it. All the management here is in their early 70's and they have the "seniority" mentality when it comes to employees. She has the most seniority and therefore apparently gets a "free pass" for her behaviors.
At my 2nd job, it's all young adults. I work at a call center...these kids couldn't care less about their jobs. As an added frustration most every person working there is related to me or friends with my son who also works there. The instant the boss walks out the door its party time for these kids. They've got their Facebook accounts up constantly, watching Youtube videos, texting their friends, anything but actually working.
My vent for the day is men!! When did they start acting like teenage girls?? I just started wading back into the dating pool and it seems as if the whole game has changed...someone throw me a rule book because the one I have is woefully out of date!!  |
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Post by Miss Ang on Jul 22, 2014 14:12:25 GMT
Both things we are not supposed to do because of issues in the past. And HE was the one who had an issue about others doing this 2 years ago and caused problems. Yet, it's ok for him to do now. SCAMMER! Oh yes, I have a co-worker who is HUGE on making sure everyone is following all the rules. However, the rules never apply to her. There is always a "legitimate reason" that she does things differently than everyone else is expected to.  She annoys the crud out of everyone. |
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Post by purplebee on Jul 22, 2014 15:09:31 GMT
Another coworker vent. 56-yo woman. Does "her" job perfectly. Unfortunately, my job entails a lot of "nobody's assignment but it must be done" kind of stuff. Team of 5 lunch ladies. All pitch in and go out of their way to help, do whatever is needed. Except this one. Everything she does outside of her own job description is pre-meditated, based on how it will benefit her, and whether or not the person she is helping has helped her.
But whines to the boss if she feels that nobody is helping her.
Sad part is that boss, who is a good person and easy to work for, will also avoid any hint of confrontation, especially with this slacker who is good at pouting and being a baby, and boss has pretty well made it clear to anyone who has complained that the slacker will not change, so suck it up and don't tell her about, she doesn't want to hear it.
I'm good right now, I'm off for the summer, yay! But I need to work harder on doing my job, ignoring the slacking, and not letting the occasional snarky remark escape my mouth. I had my tongue firmly clamped between my teeth the last few weeks of school. But it's SO hard! I do like my job, though, so I will do better this year, and will avoid negative interaction with the PITA.
Oh and she also wants to know every.single.thing about everyone else's personal life, but shares absolutely nothing about her own.
I will pray for patience, 'cause I'm not leaving after 14 years!
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Post by shevy on Jul 22, 2014 15:20:45 GMT
YOu think we could round up all these employees and send them to work on their own island, by themselves?
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Post by denainok on Jul 22, 2014 15:26:02 GMT
Here's my vent: DD (21) and DSD (19)...We let you move back in our house. Rearranging our entire lives and the lives of your little brothers to accommodate both of you, the least you could do is lift a finger and help out. I don't care if I ask you to jump 10 times and spin in a circle, you should do it without any question. Stop arguing or sighing about everything I ask of you.
DSD - You have a child. He needs his mommy. Get off the couch, quit watching TV or playing on your phone and take care of him. If I wanted another child, I would have had one. I just want to be his Grandma not take care of his every need. I love him dearly but he is yours. Not only do you need to take care of him, you need to clean up after him. AND Please stop letting him carry his leaky sippy cup all over my house!
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Post by Penellopy on Jul 22, 2014 15:34:46 GMT
Another Co-Worker Vent here. We have a woman who has been here 33 years. The rules do not apply to her. She comes and goes when she pleases and does what she wants because in her words, "She has earned the right." She has also earned the right to be excluded from conversations and activities outside of the office, left out of what is going on within the company, and some just put her on ignore because of her sense of entitlement. We all thought she was going to retire last year...Nope! She has decided to 'work' here 5 more years. Our only hope is when the owner returns from vacation he holds true to his word and puts her entitled butt on part time and then she may just go on down the road.
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Post by jesslee on Jul 22, 2014 15:34:47 GMT
I have a frustrating one too.
My department has 2 people. I am in the back office and coworker in the front. Well guess who gets all the credit for my work? you got it. Coworker in front office. Over the last few months I have been given more and more responsibilites. So much that its overwhelming and not enough hours in the day. I brought the laptop home on vacation so I could keep up. Coworker in the front has less work since a project ended. Offered to help but then ended the offer with "oh I would love to help you but I know you have a system and don't want to mess it up" Thanks!
So we are going through "restructuring" at our company. Guess who will be the first to go?
I have to say one thing. She is smart. It would be nice if upper management could see what is really going on. |
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Post by 1lear on Jul 22, 2014 15:35:44 GMT
I have a work vent, too. I get here between 6:30-7AM every day. Why does my boss and his son wait until 2-3PM to decide to come in and need something done? I'm not busy right now, so if they'd call and email with what they need, I can easily do it.
We've downsized in the last few months and I'm currently the only non-family member employee-makes it a little awkward when they start bickering. I really need to start looking for another job.
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Post by flypea1 on Jul 22, 2014 15:52:50 GMT
YOu think we could round up all these employees and send them to work on their own island, by themselves? That would be awesome!!! |
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Post by triplejscrapper on Jul 22, 2014 16:00:45 GMT
YOu think we could round up all these employees and send them to work on their own island, by themselves? Yes please!!  |
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Post by georgiapea on Jul 23, 2014 2:12:42 GMT
This is a comment, not a vent because it doesn't affect me at all. In another dept there is a woman who takes a smoke break every half hour. Seriously! About 5 minutes. Hey, it's her body and she never comes into our office but it must be hell for her own co-workers to have to endure that.
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. I'm going to snap on her. I have given her some work to "help" me but then I had to spend more time fixing all her mistakes. The simplest tasks overwhelm her and she doesn't take direction well because she thinks she already knows how to do it. 
She annoys the crud out of everyone.
