August 2011
80 posts
Does people saying "please advise" annoy you?
rachelfabulous asks:
Does anyone else find the term: “please advise” to be a little abrasive? It really irks me and puts me in a bad mood.
How do you feel about this? Please advise.
I most often see people end an email “please advise” when they are asking for something, but not being specific, and that annoys me because the two people who do this the most are often setting me up....
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Is there a limit on how many emails one should...
(question sent in by my friend @kerissmithJA )
When someone sends you email after email during the same day, and most of them are pointless, what is the breaking point? Is 50 emails grounds for justifiable homicide? Would a jury say that killing someone over 200 emails is maybe against the law but they understand?
What if most of the emails are them CCing you on things that have nothing to do...
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“If there was a problem,
yo, I’ll hold a status meeting
to discuss but...”
– @FlyoverJoel
This is so awesome, I need more lyrics. Who can help?
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Look, boss, I know the office was closed...
Especially since you spent an hour on a monologue about how stupid another manager is when we were trying to work.
And then spent 40 minutes in the morning status meeting talking about the hurricane and how you spent yesterday cleaning up your yard*.
*even though yesterday you claimed to be working from home.
[And if you think this post is about you, then you’re right.]
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No more fake holidays! Make Labor Day count!
Monday is Labor Day, a holiday created for workers to get a much needed day off. Of course in practice it doesn’t work out. On the holiday itself bosses will text or call employees with something they “need to review and give a POV on” prior to a Tuesday meeting “because it will be so busy when everyone gets back”. Sound familiar? This happens every time— Fourth of July, Memorial Day,...
Hooray for small victories: I got the boss to postpone a videoconference with Cookie Monster* until after lunch.
*not actual name
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“Sure, I can pretend to work from home. Just answer a bunch of emails...”
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“Right, boss, I’m sure the office is fine, but I’m not going to work...”
“And then Jesus said unto managers, ‘When you are frustrated, take it out...”
“Is that a banana in your pants or are we all going to have to sit through sexual...”
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“Tuesday earthquake, Friday Mayor Bloomberg evacuates city for a hurricane, and...”
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“NYC announced subways shut down tomorrow.
Work says office probably closed...”
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“The hurricane isn’t supposed to hit NYC until Sunday, but that’s no...”
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“I’m too drunk to go buy hurricane supplies tonight, so I’ll just...”
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NY declared state of emergency, but boss says we...
Yesterday I asked: What should HR say when someone poops on the floor? and I got some great responses.
from @pstater3:
“if you can’t sit then don’t shit”
“if it aint neat keep it off the seat”
“if you dont know how to wipe, than please wear a diap”
and from pickamoondog:
Seriously, your organization doesn’t have a company policy that...
“Steve Jobs didn’t resign. No one “resigns”. That’s a...”
“7 times! That’s how many times this lady said “core values”...”
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What should HR say when someone poops on the...
rachelfabulous:
OMG - WTF
I was just informed that yesterday, someone pooped on the floor of the ladies room and then stepped in it.
This begs the question: WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????
Seriously, I almost threw up when I was told. I’m nauseated right now even thinking about it. Who would do something like that? And just leave it there??? Did they not notice? Not care? Was it a revenge...
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“FACT: Earthquake hits NYC, does no real damage.
SILVER LINING: Offices close,...”
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“USGS lowered the earthquake magnitude— wasn’t a 5.9, it was a 5.8....”
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When has a conference call ever solved anything?...
My friend was late for lunch. She said her smoking cessation conference call ran long.
Me: Smoking cessation conference call?
Her: Yes, rather than making everyone meet like Alcoholics Anonymous, they just have frequent conference calls.
Me: Is it working?
Her: No, not really, but work is paying for it [through a wellness benefit], so I thought I’d try it.
So this is what it’s come to...
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“Oh, sure, I felt the earthquake here in NYC: I was in a meeting, and I thought...”
“Sometimes it feels like I spend all day wordsmithing emails so my contempt for...”
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OK, that's it, I'm calling it a day so I can start...
A 5.8 is big enough for looting, right?
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“A 5.8? The boss says we can do better if we just roll up our sleeves and give...”
“There was an earthquake in DC, boss, so to be safe, we should probably take the...”
Foolproof way to protect your food in the office...
lilytrail:
I work in a large Department and while there are several small break rooms, the refrigerators are in the main break room. I would never leave food there though because it walks away. I was whining about this one day to a friend at work. He brought me some of his Bureau’s labels and said to put any food in a plastic container and use one of their labels to keep people away. He was...
“Gaddafi turns out to be harder to find than my boss when it’s time to take...”
“My boss would probably object to my comparing him to Gaddafi. He thinks of...”
“When the rebels are done in Libya, would they mind stopping by to get rid of my...”
“Time to sneak out before the boss has another great idea he wants us to...”
“Gadhafi says the Monday status meeting in Tripoli has been canceled: “Just...”
“Eenie-meenie-miny-moe couldn’t be any worse way to pick supervisors than...”
“If you have a decorative hanky in your expensive suit coat, I’m going to...”
“You used “leverage” in your email, so your idea must be great. Where...”
“I have 19 meetings scheduled this week already. I’m not sure how I’m...”
“4 colors in your email signature? Well, I guess that’s fitting on all the...”
“In a meeting where every time a new slide comes up the presenter says,...”
– @alannaface
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“There is no lie so big it won’t fit on a resume.”
“No I’m not seeing things, MS Project is asking if I want to make Sunday a...”
– @TIM_Today
“Thanks for waiting until you know I’m away from my desk to leave me a...”
– @ThanksForDoing
“Eureka! I finally figured out how to make the meetings stop— bedbugs in...”
“Thinking about holding a straw poll to decide who tells the boss about his...”
“Could you stop with the buzzwords and catchphrases and just for once admit you...”
“We don’t have summer hours at our office, so it’s always interesting...”