Your work situation (8 Viewers)

[seanc]

Top tip kids:
If someone's histamines are acting up, get them to roll up their sleeve, then grab a bunch of stinging nettles and then sting that person as much as you can.

It confuses the immune system and so the reaction calms down. It does work I swear. It is probably not in the RAMS.

 

[therealjohnny]

I've taken sick days over bad hay fever attacks. It feels just like the flu.

 

[Cormcolash]

How bad can hayfever get? One of the guys on one of the teams I work with is taking a sick day because he has hayfever - can it get more debilitating than I realised, or is this guy just pathetic?

It can get really bad depending on the person and the kind of pollen hitting them.
I worked outdoors one day down by the Boyne river at the start of July, at least 4 people had to leave because they were getting annihilated by the hay fever. I took two anti-histamines that day myself and was still feeling it a bit.

 

[therealjohnny]

I have a project manager who still signs off every email with "stay safe"

In a pandemic way, not a cool 80s way

 

[seanc]

Writing work emails at this time of night is a bad idea. But, writing and then deleting before sending has it's merits. So that is what I did.

There'll be a chat in the morning, between people's personal phones.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

DOB calling out all the blended workplace wasters.
(I'm just jealous)

Denis O'Brien accused of having a ‘brass neck’ after describing working from home as ‘load of nonsense’

Businessman Denis O’Brien was accused of having a “brass neck” and being “stuck in the past” after he described working from home as a “load of nonsense”.

m.independent.ie

Breaking news : Mr. O'Brien has just filed a 100 billion euro lawsuit for defamation for claims that his neck is made of brass or anything other metal.

 

[seanc]

Again with these last minute jobs.

Somehow it hasn't filtered through to the guys in the office that I'm not The Last Minute Guy.
So no, I don't fancy ruining my day today to unfuck a shit show on the other side of town tonight and then spending two hours on night buses. For a half days pay.

Then he texts me saying "I don't have have you scheduled for this other thing on Tuesday", that he messaged me about and I confirmed. Like, I'm not privy to your shit spreadsheets am I? Put the spliff down and concentrate. Alone, without bothering me.

 

[egg_]

Remember that work presentation I did via a song being sung by a puppet elephant? Now the elephant has been invited to a directors-and-up meeting about planning work for next year, as a special guest

 

[chris d]

I have a 6 pack of BBQ hula hoops in my drawer.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Remember that work presentation I did via a song being sung by a puppet elephant? Now the elephant has been invited to a directors-and-up meeting about planning work for next year, as a special guest

I hope he doesn't forget you as he climbs the ladder

 

[egg_]

I hope he doesn't forget you as he climbs the ladder

Haha indeed

Just did the meeting. So weird. But good weird

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Haha indeed

Just did the meeting. So weird. But good weird

did he get invited out for drinks afterwards?

 

[egg_]

Now they're asking for another song/video from the elephant

 

[snakybus]

Did anyone make the 'elephant in the room' joke?

 

[magicbastarder]

Now they're asking for another song/video from the elephant

if they've commissioned the work, make sure any copyright issues are ironed out first.

 

[egg_]

Did anyone make the 'elephant in the room' joke?

The elephant puppet kinda was an "elephant in the room" joke in the first place

 

[ernesto]

Had a successful zoom interview for a job based out of Donegal. They seem decent. Will be a change in career but at this point I do not give a fuck.
Fingers crossed they actually get back to me some time this summer

 

[ernesto]

Had a successful zoom interview for a job based out of Donegal. They seem decent. Will be a change in career but at this point I do not give a fuck.
Fingers crossed they actually get back to me some time this summer

Well holy god I'm meeting HR next week

 

[seanc]

Not me, but something someone said the other day that has stuck in my head for the last couple of days, so I better write it down.


He was working at LARGE AMERICAN MUSIC EVENT. And it's a huge show so the hard bits are full on, the waiting bits are also full-on waiting. It's very frustrating. My colleagues there are good, obviously the touring crew are amazing. But then there's hundreds of others. We get lumped in with the random bodies, and it's very annoying.

Anyway, the office called him and said "I know it's physically and mentally tiring, but do you have the strength to do another day there tomorrow?"


His reply, refusing the work, and English being not even his second language, was:

"I certainly have the strength, I just don't have the stupidity".



I do believe that is a quote for the ages.

 

[ernesto]

Well holy god I'm meeting HR next week

Met her. Went well I thought. And now nothing the last two weeks.

Fuck sake