The Workplace

Wait, you've taken her out on dates? :laughing-


I think you missed the joke. Maybe someone can help you here on the board.

One of my workplace nightmares unfolded on Saturday night: RUNNING INTO TO WORK PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF WORK!!!!!!!!

My family and my folks went out for dinner and then decide to stop for ice cream, big mistake. Who rolls in but the most annoying person in my office with her husband and son. All she does is talk about her two year old son nonstop and sure enough that is what she did on Sat. night. I thought at one point my dad was going to claw his ears off.

We get back in the car after eating our ice cream as fast possible and my mom says "you have to work with her everyday?" I said "everyday", as a tear rolled down my cheek.

I hate seeing folks out side of work expect for a small handful that I consider friends, it is just so awkward and I hate to think I have to listen to them and I am not being paid to do so!

One of my workplace nightmares unfolded on Saturday night: RUNNING INTO TO WORK PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF WORK!!!!!!!!

My family and my folks went out for dinner and then decide to stop for ice cream, big mistake. Who rolls in but the most annoying person in my office with her husband and son. All she does is talk about her two year old son nonstop and sure enough that is what she did on Sat. night. I thought at one point my dad was going to claw his ears off.

We get back in the car after eating our ice cream as fast possible and my mom says "you have to work with her everyday?" I said "everyday", as a tear rolled down my cheek.

I hate seeing folks out side of work expect for a small handful that I consider friends, it is just so awkward and I hate to think I have to listen to them and I am not being paid to do so!

LOL oh man that is definitely the worst, it's like a crossing of two different worlds that weren't meant to cross.

LOL oh man that is definitely the worst, it's like a crossing of two different worlds that weren't meant to cross.


There is a guy in my old office that told me this story about how he avoid this one girl from our same office at Target. He literally had me rolling on the floor. He said he was diving from asile to asile and at one point even hide in a display of pillows. LOL!

LOL oh man that is definitely the worst, it's like a crossing of two different worlds that weren't meant to cross.


Also it is not so bad if it is just you but when you have the whole family in tow it is way worst. You got small talk and intro to go through!

Seriously if I go to hell that will be my hell, just me on a continuous loop running into work people in non-work places.

There is a guy in my old office that told me this story about how he avoid this one girl from our same office at Target. He literally had me rolling on the floor. He said he was diving from asile to asile and at one point even hide in a display of pillows. LOL!

I've totally done the aisle dodge at Target, lol. Sometimes you've just gotta do it.

I've totally done the aisle dodge at Target, lol. Sometimes you've just gotta do it.

Shit yeah.. one time it happened that myself and the other person were dodging each other

A manager asked a tester why she didn't do XYZ and she replied "because I'm lazy!" Unbelievable.

Shit yeah.. one time it happened that myself and the other person were dodging each otherWhy am I just now seeing this?!?!

At my old job on the day my boss, who I hated, retired she walked around the office from cubicle to cubicle having these awkward little good-bye moments with everyone. When she got about two or three desks away from me I made a bee line for the bathroom and hid in there for at least 20 minutes (I pre-planned this so I had an egg mcmuffin and plenty of coffee for breakfast). I successfully avoided any unwanted awkward conversation.

Last week I had an employee basically ask me to fire him. He committed an offense that was pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back (he had 3 previous write-ups in his file), and when I pulled him aside to talk with him about it, he literally was like, "I know you've got to do what you've got to do." Long story short, he was practically begging to be fired. He was useless (I didn't hire him), but I was still hesitant because I don't want him to collect a dime of unemployment from us. But I still cut him loose. We well documented all of his missteps, and he even signed a "last warning" write up.

People who just blow off good jobs in this economy blow my mind.