This is our first full week back at work, and it's been a rough one. Needless to say, I've got work on my mind and specifically lots of peeves on it too. Let's get started.
5. FOOLS IN THE PARKING DECK. Employees downtown typically arrive at their jobs between 7:30 and 9:00. After 9:00, people come downtown to go to appointments at their lawyers' offices or, worse, Marbles Kids' Museum. I usually get to work between 8:45 and 9:15, so about half the time, when I turn into the parking deck from Blount Street, I get behind someone in the monthly pass-only line who thinks they can use the intercom to transmit, via wires or magic, an hourly pass. To get an hourly pass, they have to be in the other lane. But, after 2 or 3 minutes of futilely pushing the (broken) intercom button, they want to back up and try the other lane. The problem is: there are already 5-6 other cars behind them, backing up into Blount Street, which is one-way. So nobody can turn around. Which doesn't stop the first car in line from trying. It KILLS ME to get behind these people.
Next, when they finally get into the deck, they cruise around, examining each space and car carefully for their spot. They hate walking! For five levels this continues, no space left unturned. Sometimes, they'll even pull into a reserved space on the second level, argue amongst themselves about the "reserved" status of the space, and pull back out--just in time for me to avoid running into them!
4. PARANOID CLIENTS. People call my office when they're going through the worst times in their lives. Divorces, custody battles, criminal charges, sometimes all at once! So a certain level of freaked-outedness is more than understandable. And maybe there's no public awareness of the fact that, even more than psychiatrists, attorneys are required to maintain confidentiality, pretty much at all costs. That also goes for their staff. So when you call, and you need to speak to someone urgently (especially someone who does not receive his own calls, ever), and your case is "just like" this highly publicized other case he handled, except it's worth one million dollars, and then you won't give me your name so I can at least ask if he wants to take your call? AND you get snippy about the fact that I'm required to get it? I don't think so.
3. PAPERCUTS. Obviously!
2. COMPUTER PROBLEMS. This one was a sleeper in '08 but I think it's going primetime in '09. I'm talking about problems such as when the whole network goes down and you can't do anything. Not fun things, not work things, not fun work things that you really have to get done. Nothing! So everyone's in a bad mood and it comes down to manual labor where the only thing to do is clean out the file room. Sometimes there are "fun" computer problems, such as when the billing system is down and, too bad, no data entry today! But there's another, much worse kind, and I'm afraid we'll be seeing more of them in 2009.
1. *~*~*~*~*~*~**OfFIcE PoLiTicS**~*~*~*~*~*~* Y'all know what I'm sayin'!
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So, not necessarily work-related (although, it could be) I would like to add a pet peeve that I just realized I had:
When someone uses something you purchased and in return buys a similar product of lesser value to replace it. I HATE THAT.
Examples:
Tissues: I bought a pretty box of Kleenexes. The one with the designs that blended well with my desk and they might have even had an added moisturizer. My office mate used ALL OF THEM one day when he had a cold. He promised to replace it, but never did. But I guarantee if he tried, he would've purchased some Scott's sandpaper quality tissues in one of those fish-scale looking boxes.
Toilet paper: You buy the good stuff, your roommate buys LESS of the bad stuff. And then it's your turn again.
Equal exchange: My mom sent me Valentines M&Ms. My coworkers ate about 50% of them. One girl in particular felt guilty and decided to replace them. She purchased standard-colored peanut butter M&Ms. They weren't Valentines-colored, but I did appreciate the extra care that went into choosing a filling.
Do you guys have any examples of this to share?
Totally! story of my life. I know I should be more frugal, but with things like toilet paper and cleaning products, I don't really want to be. I have lived with people who are really into cutting corners (actually everyone I've lived with has been this way) and they don't mind 1) Scott Tissue toilet paper--which makes me want to die, btw; 2) paper towels that disintegrate before they can mop up anything; 3) bargain-basement dish soap that smells like vanilla and grosses me out.
Speaking of roommate peeves, this has also always been a problem: when somebody piles on the trash/recycling, doesn't take it out, and turns that duty into a game of chicken. The pile is so unnecessary! And why should I be the one to take it out if I didn't tip the scale? Same goes for recycling: if you have something huge, like a pizza box, go ahead and take it to the outside bin! If you put it inside, it'll take up the whole bin immediately and a pile will form. OBVIOUSLY! Yet nobody I've ever lived with besides my parents seems to get this.
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