Redundancy in the Workplace (1395 hits)
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Submitted by Raine Lark (View user info) at 2005-07-28 13:21:16 EDT
I know I don't have the worst job there is. It may be the most boring, but at least I'm not outisde in the heat, and my supervisors changed our dress code yesterday to allow open-toe shoes. Still, working in a library is as boring as watching Astroturf grow.
However, one thing my supervisors excel at is their level of redundancy and micro-management. We have to be trained on ABSOLUTELY everything. If you have not been officially trained on a certain job, such as checking out books, you are not allowed to do it, no matter how much experience you have. I even had official training on how to use walkie-talkies.
So my supervisor decided on the dumbest thing yesterday. Since we're on a college campus, every new employee has to go through a day-long tour of the services and buildings here. Now, since I have, in addition to being an employee of the university's library, been a student for the past 5 years (undergrad & grad), a great knowledge of the campus. When I was originally hired three years ago, my supervisor decided it would be a waste of time since I knew the campus so well. Everything was super, until a few days ago.
Now, three years later, a new supervisor has decided that I should attend the next orientation, because there might be some miniscule bit of information I could benefit from. What a damn waste of time! It will be boring as hell, but at least I can get away from my desk.
So what's the stupidest thing you've been asked to do at work?
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Submitted by WookieSuave (user info) at 2005-08-17 18:45:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I might still end up with this job, because needless to say, the staff isn't impressed.
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-08-17 18:37:25 EDT (#)
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The exact same thing happened to me! They hired a terrribly old lady who needed tri-focal glasses, and I had to train her. Eventually, she was so bad, that I was able to get her fired.
I just took over her job two months ago!
Submitted by WookieSuave (user info) at 2005-08-17 18:25:05 EDT (#)
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Get this...
I apply for management position.
Management position given to someone else.
I'm asked to "TRAIN" the new manager...
Wait??? Train the guy to do the job I applied for?! FUCK OFF!
Submitted by Deidra (user info) at 2005-08-02 17:41:36 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Clawsss (user info) at 2005-07-30 04:35:39 EDT (#)
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"Still, working in a library is as boring as watching Astroturf grow."
Hehe...made me laugh.
Yeah, it sounds like you have a hell version of my job. My boss is a micromanager in the sense that you can't do shit without him telling you how to do it, then doing it for you...repeatedly.
Keep on keepin' on.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-07-29 09:10:51 EDT (#)
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I also feel that women's bodies have a higher potential for beauty than a male's, so it's more intersting to look at. I also like porn, football, and beer. I'm a freak compared to most girls, I guess.
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I have a beautiful body. I'm lithe.
Submitted by swamp_donkey (user info) at 2005-07-28 20:34:24 EDT (#)
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Show your tits!!
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-07-28 19:01:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:46:00 (#)
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Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:30:35 (#)
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I remember being asked to work a weekend once.......
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Did they ask you at the end of the day on Friday?
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No, they actually had the audacity to ring me on the Saturday - some stupid fund-raiser for sick kiddies or orphaned puppies or something.
I chuckled to myself, told them to fuck off, and hang up the phone.
Submitted by Lmarie22000 (user info) at 2005-07-28 18:55:12 EDT (#)
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My old boss used to make me change the letters on this stupid reader board. You know those bulletin type boards, where the messages on them were spelled out letter by letter with these stupid little letters....THEY SUCK!
I quit that shitty job.
Submitted by Leopold525 (user info) at 2005-07-28 18:06:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:03:40 (#)
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DC: I love nudity! Especially the redhead nudity that's been posted lately, since redheads rule! I also feel that women's bodies have a higher potential for beauty than a male's, so it's more intersting to look at. I also like porn, football, and beer. I'm a freak compared to most girls, I guess.
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We need more redhead freaky girls like you in the world!
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:38:28 EDT (#)
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Wow, getting Most Heated seems easy these days.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:27:32 EDT (#)
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Jack, you figured it out. You are a smart man
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:24:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:21:37 (#)
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Oh yeah! You know I was
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Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:12:00 (#)
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She's real all right
Oh, and thanks for last night Raine...you were incredible
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Wait a minute...
RaineLark...
RightHand...
Same number of letters...
Gentlemen, we have an Xcuses alter!
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:21:37 EDT (#)
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Oh yeah! You know I was
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:12:00 EDT (#)
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She's real all right
Oh, and thanks for last night Raine...you were incredible
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2005-07-28 17:04:34 EDT (#)
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Are people seriously still entertaining any possible shred of an idea that this is a real person?!
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:46:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:30:35 (#)
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I remember being asked to work a weekend once.......
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Did they ask you at the end of the day on Friday?
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:40:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:43:04 (#)
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Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:18:52 (#)
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So all this red head talk is making me think we need a contest
Redheads of Uber Camwhore contest...
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Sounds tempting!
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come on Raine- challange your competition
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:30:35 EDT (#)
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I remember being asked to work a weekend once.......
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:22:53 EDT (#)
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Jesus! we need emergency bannage!
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-07-28 16:05:52 EDT (#)
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In regard to the question...
Clean up a huge pool of vomit that collected on the floor after dripping off of the walls of a men's room stall... and the back of the door... and the toilet itself.
One of my first jobs, back in my teen years.
That stall looked like someone puked while riding a mechanical bull after a hot dog eating contest.
The manager held out a broom and demanded that I clean it up. If he had asked nicely I would have considered it for more than 3 or 4 seconds.
I said, "Why not get the sick asshole who did this back in here and have him do it?"
He said, "Do it, or you are fired."
I said fuck you, walked out the door, called a buddy, and twenty minutes later were at the movies watching some shitty horror flick and having a great time.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:59:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:12:45 (#)
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DC: Yep, American. Go Chargers! I'm really good at cooking seafood.
Krissi: I am a true redhead, since I'm Scottish/Irish, but I like to dye it a bit brighter (as in my last camwhore).
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Bullshit. A 'true redhead' would never dye her hair. What an outrage.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:56:31 EDT (#)
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I'd sling ya a little cack.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:53:30 EDT (#)
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As far as I can remeber all the redheads on uber are pretty fine...
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:43:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:18:52 (#)
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So all this red head talk is making me think we need a contest
Redheads of Uber Camwhore contest...
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Sounds tempting!
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:22:08 EDT (#)
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So all this red head talk is making me think we need a contest
Redheads of Uber Camwhore contest...
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Xcuses, that'd just lead me to posting a picture of my hair. In snow. No more camwhores for a bit from me. I'm not that attention whoring.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:20:14 EDT (#)
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I love redheads. Hard. and soft. Usually whichever they're shouting for.
what?
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:18:52 EDT (#)
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So all this red head talk is making me think we need a contest
Redheads of Uber Camwhore contest...
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:14:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Your last camwhore looked more brunette. And if there's anything more I hate in this world, it's fake redheads.
+2 because you're actually a true redhead.
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:12:45 EDT (#)
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DC: Yep, American. Go Chargers! I'm really good at cooking seafood.
Krissi: I am a true redhead, since I'm Scottish/Irish, but I like to dye it a bit brighter (as in my last camwhore).
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:10:58 EDT (#)
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"I love nudity! Especially the redhead nudity that's been posted lately, since redheads rule! I also feel that women's bodies have a higher potential for beauty than a male's, so it's more intersting to look at. I also like porn, football, and beer. I'm a freak compared to most girls, I guess. "
Raine, that's because the female form was designed to be asthetically beautiful. It was made to arouse while the male form was designed to be purely utilitarian. Many men can look great, but it's women who definitely got the better end of the stick (haha) when it comes to looks.
P.S. Are you even a true redhead?
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:10:09 EDT (#)
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wait a minute...you mean american football don't you? damn.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:09:05 EDT (#)
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search for read on the head if you like redheads some guy used to post them all the time
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:08:17 EDT (#)
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you sound like a godsend compared to most girls....can you cook?
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 15:03:40 EDT (#)
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DC: I love nudity! Especially the redhead nudity that's been posted lately, since redheads rule! I also feel that women's bodies have a higher potential for beauty than a male's, so it's more intersting to look at. I also like porn, football, and beer. I'm a freak compared to most girls, I guess.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:57:43 EDT (#)
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I wasn't saying you were fat at all, I was just confused by all the 'yay for hot naked chicks' comments by you.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:47:25 EDT (#)
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Raine-
When the chips are down, you have to get back on the horse (I like mixing my metaphores)
I would post a third camwhore to decide for real what the people of Uber think
Trust me, it can't backfire
Submitted by NotSteve (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:30:30 EDT (#)
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I work with General Contractors. There is no limit to the amount of stupid shit they come up with to ask for us to do. 99% of the time, they get laughed at. Adam, and anyone else in the design/construction business, can attest to this.
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:28:11 EDT (#)
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Xcuses: it was a joke, hence the LOL.
DCWoody: That pic is deceptive, the scale is off. I'm 23, a sorority girl, I like shopping and cosmetics. I dread being 40.
I actually had a nightmare last night about people thinking I'm fat (seriously), so I'm not ever going to post another pic to prove you all wrong. It isn't worth the axiety I got from the last one.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:22:09 EDT (#)
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Ok either your camwhore was fake or you're queer...so which?
I don't want to be chating to a fat guy in his 40s thinking hes that girl in ur camwhore
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:21:21 EDT (#)
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and just when we thought you had turned the corner, we get this:
Can I be on the Schlongy team? LOL!
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for shame
Submitted by alragusa (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:19:55 EDT (#)
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My job sucks. It's database and systems support. But my cube has a big window so sometimes I just stare at the squirrels.
The dumbest thing I do is attend a meeting every Wendsday, where: 1. I read TWO numbers off a report, and 2. Everyone else reads numbers off thier reports. My supervisor (who also attends) proposed that the meetings be stopped and that everyone simply E-MAIL EACHOTHER THE INFORMATION!
No shit Sherlock.
BTW, I have a printed TPS Report hanging in my cube. You can get it here:
http://www.wormulon.net/files/TPSreport.pdf
Cheers!
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:18:32 EDT (#)
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Maybe you should do some homework for your "grad" work.
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:13:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:11:13 (#)
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Fuck my hot looking female boss in her office during "business hours".
I did it because I'm a "team player".
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Can I be on the Schlongy team? LOL!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:11:13 EDT (#)
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Fuck my hot looking female boss in her office during "business hours".
I did it because I'm a "team player".
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:07:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:04:57 (#)
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Krissi-
You should go see a hypnotist and stop showing up to work
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Probably. But, I do like how much my job pays me to be here. And, it's only a summer thing, come September, I get to bury my head in lesson plans instead.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:04:57 EDT (#)
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Krissi-
You should go see a hypnotist and stop showing up to work
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:03:47 EDT (#)
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Make a new report for the TPS taxes.
I shit you not, the accounting department has something with 'TPS' in it's name.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2005-07-28 14:02:33 EDT (#)
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Stupidest thing asked of me at work: "Look into colleges that have good literature programs, because my son is going to college next year and I want to make sure he goes somewhere good."
Now, the stupidest thing asked of me at work that I've been paid to do, that's another thing entirely...
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:52:10 EDT (#)
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Defiled tramp? Well, I never! Why I ought to - oh wait, I don't give a crap. Go watch some more cartoons, shitpants.
Submitted by Gdoub (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:47:19 EDT (#)
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Security guards prolly outrank you in bordem.
Submitted by tlovess (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:46:51 EDT (#)
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GodChicken is hilarious.
Submitted by entrophize (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:46:48 EDT (#)
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"Fix the copier"
That's not possible.
Oh, and:
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:35:17 (#)
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The stupidest thing I've been asked to do at work is wear business attire. I'm a telemarketer for Christ's sake.
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Telemarketer, eh? So you're the defiled tramp who interupts me during Family Guy. DIE.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:45:47 EDT (#)
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I'm a librarian too, Raine!
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:40:23 EDT (#)
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'come up with a better design for this'
Submitted by Viciousriffs (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:38:28 EDT (#)
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"Busy work."
No specific direction, nothing that needs to be done, just.... "Find something productive to do." This is usually the point where I convince a few fellow employees to join me for a cigarette, but if I can't get away with that, then we're stuck doing stupid shit like scrubbing ceiling tiles. Not fun, in case you were confused.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:35:17 EDT (#)
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The stupidest thing I've been asked to do at work is wear business attire. I'm a telemarketer for Christ's sake.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:32:16 EDT (#)
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Join the military.
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:31:01 EDT (#)
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Stupidest thing asked to do at work?
To take my peepee out of the cantaloupe, probably.
Don't look at me like that, I put it back.
Submitted by tlovess (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:28:44 EDT (#)
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Well, my job is very mundane as well. I work for the court system and push papers. I do have a lot of important tasks to do, as I reasearch all case files that are going to child dependency hearings. And I also had to attend orientation although I had been employed for some time already.
Anyhow, the stupidest thing I guess I do is make fun of all the names. For instance there was a sex offender going to trial whose name was Mr. Woody. My boss and I found that hilarious and we make up stories to go along with the names. The most recent name was Nusspickle, and she backed over three teenagers, TWICE, with her car, which my boss called the pickle mobile that follows the Oscar Myer Weiner Mobile. It's a stupid, have-to-be there thing to do, but it keeps me and the jugde going.
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:27:22 EDT (#)
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Suck dick. But it turned out to be a pretty good idea because now I have a corner office, and the taste of semen goes away with a vigourous brushing of the teeth and a perky certz breath mint!
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:26:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:22:50 (#)
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So how long is the training on 'putting back books'
Sounds like a six week course to me
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I was actually scolded once for trying to shelve books without having call number clearance.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:25:51 EDT (#)
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I can't really think of a stupid thing I was asked to do that didn't actually need doing for a good reason.
Mostly I think of things from the Navy, like "vaccum the Executive Officer's stateroom again, it looks like shit."
So I threw the fucking vaccum off the flight deck.
If I were you, I'd skip the orientation and take a very long lunch. Go home, molest the boyfriend, whatever.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:24:06 EDT (#)
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So what's the stupidest thing you've been asked to do at work?
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show up
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:23:29 EDT (#)
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Make photocopies...I didn't go to school
for four years to be someone's bitch.
I told them to make their own damn photocopies.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:22:50 EDT (#)
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So how long is the training on 'putting back books'
Sounds like a six week course to me
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-07-28 13:22:30 EDT (#)
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college beaurocracy makes me want to vomit on a daily basis.