The Workplace

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

So this is stupid/annoying...

One of the things I like about my office is that we really don't have a dress code unless something special is going on like a client or the CEO is visiting. Normally we can wear shorts and flipflops and that kind of thing. But on those rare times that a client is here for a meeting they put on a big show and demand that everyone dresses like normal adults even if you have nothing to do with the meeting.

On Monday we got an email saying that a client was coming for a meeting and we had to dress "business casual." So no big deal, I wore some khakis and a decent collared shirt and nice shoes. But when I came in this morning, in my typical polo shirt, shorts, and flipflops I noticed that everyone else was dressed up again. I frantically checked my email and realized that it said the client was in for Tuesday AND Wednesday.
Normally I wouldn't care that much and I'd just hide out at my desk, but my cubicle is at the end of the row so everyone walking down the hall can see me. Also, some d-bag actually complained to my boss on one of these days b/c although I had nice clothes on I was wearing flipflops (it was 100 degrees out and I hate shoes in the summer).
Now I live about 35-45 mins away from work and I had a busy morning ahead of me so I couldn't really go home and back. Instead I ran up to Target and bought cheap khakis and these ugly shoes, which I am now wearing without socks. I was only gone about 20 minutes and no one is the wiser, not that it matters because I'll be working at my desk (or here) most of the day.

I think I should submit my Target receipt to accounting to get paid back.

Just return them at the end of the day to Target, they won't say boo.

[MTK]

Yeah I had to do something similar once. It was a dress up day in the office and I totally forgot, so I had to run to Target to buy a dress shirt and a cheap tie. And in the end the client didn't show, so it was all for not.

It's kinda dumb that we have to dress up at all, since whenever a client comes in they're normally shacked up in one of the conference rooms all day and we rarely see them. But you've gotta play the game I guess.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Yeah I had to do something similar once. It was a dress up day in the office and I totally forgot, so I had to run to Target to buy a dress shirt and a cheap tie. And in the end the client didn't show, so it was all for not.

It's kinda dumb that we have to dress up at all, since whenever a client comes in they're normally shacked up in one of the conference rooms all day and we rarely see them. But you've gotta play the game I guess.

lol

naught

[mredskins]

So every few months are so some dummy hits reply all in their email and it goes to the entire company 10k plus people...then of course a whole bunch of folks have to reply all back to say they should have not got the original email. Insanity ensues.

Well it happen today and her is what one lady wrote back to the entire company, hope she has a good resume.

All of you are a bunch of idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn’t reply all, but had to get this to those of you who reply all without thinking that it could be a mistake, and therefore should not reply to all. IDIOTS!!!!

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

So every few months are so some dummy hits reply all in their email and it goes to the entire company 10k plus people...then of course a whole bunch of folks have to reply all back to say they should have not got the original email. Insanity ensues.

Well it happen today and her is what one lady wrote back to the entire company, hope she has a good resume.

All of you are a bunch of idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn’t reply all, but had to get this to those of you who reply all without thinking that it could be a mistake, and therefore should not reply to all. IDIOTS!!!!

Oh man we've that same exact thing! It goes on for days sometimes too. I came back from a few days off once when one of these fiascos went down, I had 500 new emails.

And yeah, I've seen similar responses like that.

[SmootSmack]

That's awesome! The Reply All mistake is always fun to see.

[mredskins]

I like these two responses as well.

Anyone who replies to all should be immediately terminated.

Including myself...


You people are alleged to be intelligent XXXXX employees, and yet you continue to act like you didn’t have the brains God gave a pissant. Do not reply to these e-mails. Just delete them and go about your business instead of clogging up the mail server with this nonsense!!!!

[mredskins]

So in the past I have complained about the soccer mom population here at my office and in particular the worst one who sits right next to me.

This morning she comes in goes around telling folks this story (see below), she is very mean perso nand is basically disliked by all in the office.

Employee next to me oldest daughter wanted a snack last night and she told her no that she is fat and her ass is bigger than her head (the girl is 6 and not fat). So the little girl went to her room and cried for an hour. Her husband told her it was child abuse but she thought it was funny. When the girl came back down MIPR asked if she wanted the snack and the little girl said no because she is fat.


Once a couple of the soccer mom's got wind of this story the civil war was on, they bitched her left and right. she and two of the other moms were sent home to cool off.

Oh the drama! I want to say something but I have all ready been pulled in to my boss's office because of her.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by mredskins

So in the past I have complained about the soccer mom population here at my office and in particular the worst one who sits right next to me.

This morning she comes in goes around telling folks this story (see below), she is very mean perso nand is basically disliked by all in the office.

Employee next to me oldest daughter wanted a snack last night and she told her no that she is fat and her ass is bigger than her head (the girl is 6 and not fat). So the little girl went to her room and cried for an hour. Her husband told her it was child abuse but she thought it was funny. When the girl came back down MIPR asked if she wanted the snack and the little girl said no because she is fat.


Once a couple of the soccer mom's got wind of this story the civil war was on, they bitched her left and right. she and two of the other moms were sent home to cool off.

Oh the drama! I want to say something but I have all ready been pulled in to my boss's office because of her.

You work with Michelle Obama? Op's, I forgot she is on that 60 room vacation so you must be talking about someone else calling her kids fat.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by firstdown

You work with Michelle Obama? Op's, I forgot she is on that 60 room vacation so you must be talking about someone else calling her kids fat.

Huh??? geez FD, that's just a left field comment for this thread, even for you.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Huh??? geez FD, that's just a left field comment for this thread, even for you.

No Michelle Obama called her kids fat when she started her campaign to reduce child obesity.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by firstdown

No Michelle Obama called her kids fat when she started her campaign to reduce child obesity.

So, I hadn't heard this, and googled the basics. Seems like you oversimplified what happened. It's a bit different to discuss, past tense, what happened and how it was handled, to open a public discussion, and coming in telling how you made your daughter cry by calling her fat. I would think you could see that as well.

Here is the link of the account I read, but really it was not worth comparing the two.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

No Michelle Obama called her kids fat when she started her campaign to reduce child obesity.

Truth. I actually felt bad for her daughter, so be called fat by their mother, PUBLICLY...and it's national news. The girl's self-esteem has got to be decimated permanently. I can't figure out how a mother could do this to their child.

Anyways, I just deal with thermostat controllers at my office (all women). They're cold when it's warm, they're hot when it's cool...I;m never comfortable and have accepted that I never will be. Another thing I hate...they LOVE working without any lights turned on. No wonder they all need contacts and glasses. Seriously, they will come in and never turn ANY lights on in the building, not even common area lights. I usually arrive after a couple of them and turn all of the lights on. I am NOT working in the dark. They all groan when I come in and turn the lights on. What?!?!? I get a little kick out of ruining their lazy atmosphere with proper lighting.

If I have a meeting or appointment and come into the office in the afternoon, the place will still be dark! Maybe they do this because they're self-conscious about how their BARE FEET look.

[CRedskinsRule]

^^^ Wow, that story seems just wrong, but worse is that she is telling it in the workplace. Who goes around bragging that they made their little girl cry?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

^^^ Wow, that story seems just wrong, but worse is that she is telling it in the workplace. Who goes around bragging that they made their little girl cry?

She is from the Ukraine, to give you an idea of her voice. She is wrong on many levels but folks walk on egg shells around her because she will report you to HR in a flash yet she goes around bullying everyone.

We all said the same as you CR, imagine what she does that she doesn't tell us to her daughters.

I always say their home life must be like Flowers in the Attic.