jim wrote:I just ran into this guy at my office, and as I passed I said:
- Hey Joe, how's it going.
And he replied with a very upbeat tone
- Things are going pretty well.
And I wanted to reply back
- You know I don't give a [expletive], right?
The correct answer here was a robotic "Pretty good, and you?".
I like to take stupid daily bull [expletive] like this and turn it as cheesy as possible. I go into my best radio voice and say "HI! How are YOU?!?!" and then I'll give them a big idiotic thumbs up regardless of what they say.
I also enjoy using the most horrible buzzwords around people who hate that [expletive] just to see them react.
Mostly, I just like to [expletive] with my co-workers.
Since I hibernate in my study each day, most of my interaction with others is via instant message.
I've developed a pretty standard set of responses to "Hi Radbird. How are you today ?"
Monday: It's Monday
Tuesday: At least it's not Monday
Wednesday: Hump Day, baby!
Thursday: It's almost Friday
Friday: It's Friday. Have a nice weekend.
Fat_Bulldog wrote:It's so pointless having to play the game of sitting in your office at work while there is essentially nothing that has to be done for the day / you have everything completed.
If something came up, like a genuine emergency, I could respond from anywhere the same as if I was sitting on cubicle row. They don't hesitate to call me at 2 AM at home or on the weekends, so why should 2 PM on a Friday afternoon be any different?
THIS
They give me a mandatory cell phone, laptop, etc. We have all the instant messaging tools available in 2014. Almost all of our meetings are phone conferences because they involve people in other locations...Which means I can call into them from anywhere, too. There are definitely times when I need to be certain places in person, but it is not even close to half the time.
jim wrote:I just ran into this guy at my office, and as I passed I said:
- Hey Joe, how's it going.
And he replied with a very upbeat tone
- Things are going pretty well.
And I wanted to reply back
- You know I don't give a [expletive], right?
The correct answer here was a robotic "Pretty good, and you?".
I like to take stupid daily bull [expletive] like this and turn it as cheesy as possible. I go into my best radio voice and say "HI! How are YOU?!?!" and then I'll give them a big idiotic thumbs up regardless of what they say.
I also enjoy using the most horrible buzzwords around people who hate that [expletive] just to see them react.
Mostly, I just like to [expletive] with my co-workers.
trill wrote:When I find out who the [expletive] brushing his teeth and not rinsing his toothpaste spit out of the sink in the bathroom is, I'm going to expose him to the world for the slobby child he is.
A woman who works in my office used to be a server at Carraba's and she would sing happy birthday in Italian to the patrons on their birthday. She does this in my office as well for brithdays...at the top of her lungs...way to damn often.
IMADreamer wrote:I don't have this problem any more but I used to hate when people would over react about the weather. Let's say it's 100 degrees out and we have the AC on. This one lady I used to work with would come in [expletive] about the heat, like we didn't know it was hot, then turn all the fans on high, the AC down way low and freeze everyone out. Then she'd turn it all off when she got cold. Leave [expletive] alone and your body will cool off slowly. Then we won't have a bunch of extremes in the office.
Generally though I just hate people and prefer not to be around them. Office or not.
People who don't know how to work a thermostat is a rant of mine. I had a roommate that did what you describe. He'd be hot so turn the AC all the way down, get cold and turn it completely off then leave. I'd get home and it'd be 100 degrees.
I also hate listening to people that work in an office in a controlled climate [expletive] about how hot or how cold it is. Yes I'm sure that walk from your car to the office was miserable, you do realize I work out in this [expletive] all day so quit [expletive].
The older I get the less I can put up with stupid. I'm not anti social at all but its probably a good thing I don't have to deal with people on an everyday basis.
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