Playa Haters

[BlackAngel75]

Do you get this from your job?  This is what happened at my job: Some anonymous a***ole wrote a letter to management stating the purchase of bootleg movies and some of the content that some of these movies possess.  Now, I can't say word for word what this letter said, but this "person" complains about the violence, nudity, sex, etc. in the movies, and also complains that in our breakroom, the layout of these DVDs and CDs take too much, if not, all the space of tables.  And what really spooked Transit (my job) is that in this letter, there's this line that says this is the only letter to be written and if nothing is to be done to deal with this problem, this letter will be sent to the media.

Now because of this letter, management has ordered the removal of all the the DVD players from the breakrooms along the A and C lines (the trains I work on).  And also, portable DVD players are not allowed.  This is complete bulls**t because of the sheer extremity of this situation.  In transit, we have train dispatcher and train service supervisors (TSS) and superintendants to answer too first.  And if there was a problem, you would keep it "in house" and tell them first or, even better, tell that person in question to slow down and not take up the whole table or, tone down the content.  But no; this dickweed went over everyones head, sent a letter to management, and now this.  Basically breaking the chain of command (which p**ses me off)

Do you guys have stuck up coworkers who can't have things their way so they basically (excuse me) f**k things up for everybody else?

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

This isn't the same, but some butthead steals the newspaper from the breakroom at lunchtime.  I don't get my break until 2, and no paper.  That cheeses me right off.
-Ed

[AndyC]

Oh yeah, I share an office with a nutjob who always has to have things his way. If anyone disagrees with him about anything, even things that really have nothing to do with him, he's always on the phone to the managing editor, giving his side of it. Only after he's conceded the point and the other person has left, of course. And being there for both the discussion and the phone call, I must say he's either delusional or an outright liar.

[Yaddo 42]

When I was still on night shift, there was a woman kind of like this. She has this passive-aggressive thing going on where she finds ways to feel slighted by co-workers, like not being personally invited to birthday parties, group dinners, etc.

 Often she would say she couldn't take part (citing lack of money or time, everyone "gets" to hear about her hardships all the time), so after enough times of her refusing to take part or contribute, they stopped asking for the most part. Then she complains to management that other people don't like her and are singling her out. Management then disallows or restricts these small parties or events for a time, making people resent her for real.

She's really more of a drama queen, the birthday thing seems to have started when the co-workers didn't have one of these small parties for her. I don't think she actually wanted one, she just wants to stir up trouble then play the victim, ove and over.

Makes me glad I'm on day shift with an entirely different crew, there's things about this job I'm getting tired of, but at least I now avoid most of the backbiting that goes on.

[Patient7]

I have to apologize in advance for this and if you are easily offended stop reading now.


I'm sick and tired of the schools taking away any "good" food because it's too fattening.  If overweight people don't want to get more fats into their system, then I have a diet plan that worked perfectly for me when I was 2 tons of fun.   DON'T EAT SO MUCH.  It isn't that hard and people who can maintain their shape can still eat delicious garbage.  I demand real pop in the vending machines and fatty foods for all those who can control themselves!  And if you are just naturally overweight from metabolism or genetics then I am sorry.

[CheezeFlixz]

The guy I work for is a total a$$, his way or no way ... gripe, gripe, gripe all the bloody time ... thinks everybody has to do what he says just because he signs the check, oh wait I'm that guy.

[Shadow]

One of the nice things about my job is that I pretty much spend about 98% percent of each day by myself with no interactions with any coworkers. The only contact I have with the bosses during that time is via Nextel, so it makes for a rather stress free environment. Thus, there is very little reason for such bad behavior from others.

[Killer Bees]

My coworker and I are onsite at the client's offices.  We have a little pod of our own, but are basically part of a larger floor plan of pod workers.  We run our own day as long as we meet service levels on all the files that come to us.  All files have a strict 2 hour turn around time frame otherwise the client can fine us (tens of thousands of dollars) for breaking the contract.

So far, it's never happened, nor is it likely to.

The girl that makes the trouble here, I'll call her Natalie, is a really prissy little princess.  Odd, considering she's a married woman of about 35 and she has kids.  When she talks, she reminds me of all those comedians who mock the way Paris Hilton talks.  Natalie talks EXACTLY like that!! 

Because we are all open plan, you can pretty much hear the sounds of the office all day.  Sometimes it's quiet, sometimes not, but it's no biggie, it's just an office.

Natalie, however has a HUGE problem with people talking.  Some of the girls around here can get a little loud and many times I've thought to myself, "I don't care what your 2 year old has just learned to do, SHUT UP!"  But for the most part it's not anything I worry about.  Hell, sometimes I've gotten a bit loud myself and had to be shushed 

But Natalie actually complains to her team leader, every time somebody talks above a dull murmur.  And just to really p**s her off, there's a group of people in retail a few pods away who have a young girl who giggles in the loudest voice.  She really bugs Natalie no end.  The retail people have been warned heaps of times, but they just go "meh" and carry on 

One day we noticed Natalie wasn't there and we found out later she was on stress leave for a month      When she came back, she ended up job sharing with another girl, so she was only here 2 days a week and she works with her iPod plugged firmly in her ears.  This woman has the worst reputation in the building and even people I don't work with directly know who she is.

Dozy cow.

[Patient7]

To KillerBees, I feel very sorry that you have had to spend time withsomeone that crazy.  And to think I thought idiots were annoying.

[Killer Bees]

She's an idiot as well  *lol*

I just don't get why you would voluntarily work in an open plan office of about 350 people and then complain about them talking??  That defies logic and I hate it when people do that.

When she's not around, the office is a lot noisier with people joking and talking and calling across the desks. I actually like knowing that we have the freedom to be ourselves, to network, to joke around and talk about what was on telly last night.

Everyone else has managed to deal with the noise and either block it out or join in.  It mystifies me why this woman thinks she's special.

Here's a tip Natalie:  just because you're mum says you're great, doesn't mean you actually are.   

[Patient7]

She's an idiot as well  *lol*

I just don't get why you would voluntarily work in an open plan office of about 350 people and then complain about them talking??  That defies logic and I hate it when people do that.

When she's not around, the office is a lot noisier with people joking and talking and calling across the desks. I actually like knowing that we have the freedom to be ourselves, to network, to joke around and talk about what was on telly last night.

Everyone else has managed to deal with the noise and either block it out or join in.  It mystifies me why this woman thinks she's special.

Here's a tip Natalie:  just because you're mum says you're great, doesn't mean you actually are.   

Also, if she hates noise so much, why didn't she just listen to some kind of meditative music on the iPod which you mentioned she uses now.

[Patient7]

Whoops I forgot, she's an idiot.

[BlackAngel75]

That's the thing with these people, compromise is a four letter word to them.  For my situation, if he/she wants to enjoy a small break or a lunch in the breakroom, then by all means enjoy.  But don't go behind everyone's back and ruin our sliver of enjoyment.  Now, this letter was based on what happened at a terminal I currently work in.  In this terminal, we have not one but two breakrooms; There's one at the end of the subway platform (where the "incident" took place) and one above it, through a door on the mezzanine area.  Now if this person thought what was going on in the lower breakroom was too "volatile", then take that ass to the quieter one above.

[Killer Bees]

I agree.

If you really have a problem, go speak to the person involved.  Most of the time they don't realise they're doing anything wrong.  And with all the harrassment rules these days people are pretty careful.

You should only escalate stuff if you've gotten no joy through normal channels.