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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:30 PM Original message |
Post the dumbest things you've heard in the workplace |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. And that's the MANAGER? |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's a sore subject. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Ohhhhhh no no no no no... co-worker... not friend. |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Absolutely. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Thinking is the enemy" |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. LOL |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It was concerning production |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. "This is the way we've always done it." |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I fight that every damned day. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. read this book |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Can't do Amazon -- I don't believe in credit cards. Luckily it's also at eBay for 50 cents... |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. didn't mean you had to buy it from Amazon, it was just a convenient link |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'll be getting it nevertheless. Thanks for the info. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. another good one is called The Peter Principle |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I think I read that in high school 30 years ago. Some truths don't go out of style. n/m |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. "This is the way we always have ridden this horse." |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Awesome list, thank you. I just printed it out. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Said to me and the Shipping/Receiving Manager by the CFO of |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Well did you?? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Of course! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Wow. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Improvement is easy for me |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. we finished up a big job a week or so ago |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Awesome. Master motivators, huh? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. "I need you here 15 minutes before your shift starts, to clean up" |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Oh, and at the same place "Our Christmas party is at such and such - it'll cost you about $25" |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Ugh. We pull the same crap. |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. There are a few here: |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. This one is one of my favorites: |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I guess I'll be keeping company with you in hell, then. Shall I bring the ice? n/m |
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electricmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. If you want to listen to the radio.... |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yeah, we had to be reminded to make sure the vent in the mens room |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. "I've never |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Sounds familiar |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. I've been |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Hey, me too! |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. "I couldn't fucken believe that" 276 times in one day |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. My favorite is from a student in my sociology class... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. Ha Ha -- that's funny!! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. "These Buffalo Wings taste exactly like chicken!" |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. Do you work with Jessica Simpson?? n/t |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. I've heard some dumbass stuff.... |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. maybe he was a nimbecile? |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Actually, you hit the nail on the head. |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. DUzy! |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. true story related to my by my sister |
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Zephyrbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. ROTFL!! |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. True stories. |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. I win with this story of the amazing magical space fax!!! |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. Long, long ago, working the lounge at the Calgary Stampede |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. I've been in that bar |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Of course |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. "Man, if we keep selling hot dogs, we're gonna run out." |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
47. " You don't drive? Why, are you gay?" |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Then why don't you drive? |
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Sweet Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. I designed some figures for a doctor to publish. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. "You've got a GREAT tan!" |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
50. "Sleep is for the weak" |
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Zephyrbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. "I'm in the same boat you are!" |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. "my work speaks for itself" ... |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
55. from a co-worker: "I'm a cheetah. I only work in spurts." |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. One of our faculty members |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
58. Heard a worker in a day old bread store |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
61. Many years ago, I had a boss tell me.... |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
62. I've worked with a lot of idiots |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
63. In a project update meeting: |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. Here we go: From a co-worker who was really into alternative healing and other woo |
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