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gull
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response 25 of 90:
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Apr 8 14:54 UTC 2002 |
I think people in the middle generally don't feel strongly enough to
comment, so you tend to hear mostly from people who are heavily on one
side or the other.
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morwen
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response 26 of 90:
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Apr 8 16:14 UTC 2002 |
If you gotta rant, this is the place for it.
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i
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response 27 of 90:
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Apr 9 00:17 UTC 2002 |
The politics cf. is up for a major overhaul & much more activity. Check
back there in a week or two.
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mooncat
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response 28 of 90:
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Apr 9 16:19 UTC 2002 |
grrs... My boss is a moron who can't read. Okay, so we're almost out of
letterhead- I send an e-mail around alerting people of this and gave a
listing of price per 1,000 sheets and (here's the important bit) listed
the date of our last order, the amount we ordered and the price.
#1 Return e-mail from boss asks me to let him know when we last
ordered, how much we ordered and how much it cost. - I cut and pasted
my initial explanation into that reply.
#2 reply (a day or so later) (co-worker replied to initial e-mail and
boss replied to that)- again asked me when our last order was, how much
and how much $$ it was. Again, I answer.
#3 reply (his e-mail goes to his home so he answers from there too) is
the word 'Fix' that's it, no explanation, no answer to the questions in
the prior e-mails, just 'Fix' and trust me- in his lingo this does not
mean 'Fix the problem of a letterhead shortage by buying more' This
could be anything from a typo (for which I'm psychically supposed to
know what word he meant to type) to something completely non-related to
letterhead (like fixing an e-mail address in his computer's address
book). I ask for further clarification in my reply (for the third time
copying my order date, amount, $$ at the bottom).
#4 reply from him- demands that I get on the ball and tell him how much
we last ordered and how much we paid and when.
Now if you were paying attention- I already told him FOUR times!
<stomps off, muttering something about how it's a really good thing the
boss is out of town today and tomorrow>
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happyboy
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response 29 of 90:
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Apr 9 16:37 UTC 2002 |
it's really sad to have to have a job.
*sulk*
*pout*
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jp2
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response 30 of 90:
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Apr 9 16:42 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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jazz
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response 31 of 90:
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Apr 9 16:49 UTC 2002 |
I had a mad scientist - er, certified genius - of a boss who wrote
e-mails like that. She really was brilliant, but she had so many
responsibilities, and handled all of them personally, that it was difficult
to get a coherent answer from her. By and large we did what we thought was
right and justifiable by her e-mail, and if we got in trouble for it, we
always had something to point the finger back at.
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mooncat
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response 32 of 90:
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Apr 9 19:46 UTC 2002 |
My boss is the king of not taking responsibility for things that ARE
his mistakes. Somehow they're always my fault. I'm still working on
that one (like yesterday when co-worker asked 'Don't you have to write
a fax to Mr. X?' and his very clear answer was 'No, that's been taken
care of.' Later he was screaming about how I didn't bring it up, I
mentioned the conversation with co-worker, co-worker backed me up, and
he said he obviously meant that he had taken care of Mr. Y and that I
should have known that even though he said Mr. X was taken care of that
we still had to fax him. This job would be so much better if my psychic
powers weren't constantly on the fritz...)
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aruba
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response 33 of 90:
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Apr 9 21:18 UTC 2002 |
Ack. He sounds like a particularly awful person to work for.
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lynne
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response 34 of 90:
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Apr 9 21:43 UTC 2002 |
How sad. I'm not happy or bummed enough to post in the appropriate items,
and I'm also not upset enough to rant. This Zoloft is pretty effective stuff.
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remmers
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response 35 of 90:
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Apr 9 22:53 UTC 2002 |
<remmers considers entering a "I'm feeling bland" item>
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orinoco
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response 36 of 90:
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Apr 10 00:48 UTC 2002 |
With lots of blank responses. Maybe you could pre-enter them, so we wouldn't
have to bother. That way, too, you could make extra sure that they all really
do look the same.
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bru
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response 37 of 90:
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Apr 10 02:48 UTC 2002 |
sounds like my boss.
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oval
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response 38 of 90:
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Apr 10 05:32 UTC 2002 |
<gripe>
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morwen
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response 39 of 90:
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Apr 10 06:31 UTC 2002 |
Suggestion for mooncat. Since your boss does not seem to be
responding well to your e-mail, you might consider putting together
your original e-mail on a piece of paper and submitting it to his
desk. If you can, get someone to stamp it so that you have a witness
that he not only received it, but as to what the content was and then
photocopy it so that you have proof. If he then replies in the same
vein as he has earlier, you can tell him that he already has that
information on his desk and can give him your copy as proof.
Hope this helps.
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morwen
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response 40 of 90:
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Apr 10 06:32 UTC 2002 |
BTW the stamp should include the date you submitted the material to
his desk.
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cmcgee
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response 41 of 90:
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Apr 10 13:21 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, sounds like he's a print-out kind of guy. I have a friend like
that. Emails do not lodge in his brain. Paper products do.
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mooncat
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response 42 of 90:
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Apr 10 15:19 UTC 2002 |
Thanks for the suggestion, however, if I try to hand him paper (or put
it in his in-box or message slot or on his desk) he either loses it or
just puts it in my in-box without looking at it. I won't even get
started on the fiasco that is trying to book plane tickets for him...
Basically- it's a lose-lose situation for me. This is why I'm scouring
want ads for a new job, just haven't quite come across anything I want
to do instead (ie why take another job I won't like when I already have
a job I don't like).
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scott
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response 43 of 90:
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Apr 10 16:22 UTC 2002 |
Drove all the way out to Comp-USA to buy an Airport (wireless networking
card), only to be told they didn't have any. "But I called, and you have some
in stock", sez I. "Oh, we have some, but they're in ["RTV"?] and we can't
sell them".
Bastards.
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morwen
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response 44 of 90:
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Apr 10 16:25 UTC 2002 |
THIS is your BOSS? Does he have a secretary? If so, sound out the
SECRETARY and give HER/HIM the printout. That way (S)HE can bug him
about it. OR you can just take the steps necessary to order the new
letterhead yourself. Maybe your boss will be impressed by your
initiative.
<shrug> None of this should impede you in your search for better
employment.
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oval
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response 45 of 90:
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Apr 10 16:30 UTC 2002 |
gripe:
my doorbell only rings when it feels like it, which is never when someone
actually pushes the button. to top it off, it doesn't just ring, it plays the
8-note tune that big ben plays, except it sounds like a dying 1980s simon
says.
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orinoco
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response 46 of 90:
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Apr 10 16:48 UTC 2002 |
A friend of mine's parents have one of those big ben doorbells, and it's to
the point where you can't even recognize the tune anymore unless you already
knew what it was.
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oval
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response 47 of 90:
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Apr 10 16:53 UTC 2002 |
help meh jim!
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aruba
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response 48 of 90:
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Apr 10 16:58 UTC 2002 |
Doorbells are pretty easy to replace, as long as the wiring from the door is
intact.
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oval
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response 49 of 90:
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Apr 10 17:00 UTC 2002 |
there is no wiring. i think when someone, say, deactivates their car alarm
my doorbell rings.
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