What do you NOT look forward to while @ work?

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:16 am

Besides the obvious...

(working)

* I hate checking my voicemail. 9 times out of 10, the person leaving the voicemail is an idiot.

* I don't like sorting through mail. I have about 3 months worth sitting on my desk that I need to plow through at some point in the next couple of months.

* I'm not a fan of having to call patients about their insurance. It just blows my mind that so many people know absolutely NOTHING about the insurance plan they signed up for.

deek · Post by **deek** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:41 am

Hmmm...this is a tough one because I really like my job. My year is broken down into 4 software releases...3-4 weeks per release gathering requirements for new stuff (data gathering, setting up meetings and then documenting all the specifications that go do our programmers), about a week or two writing test scripts and then 3-4 weeks testing. So, let's call that 10 weeks per release that I am actually working.

That gives me 12 weeks a year, at work, that I have little to nothing to work on. Occaisionally, there are support issues or I'm pulled on a side project or I am thinking about ways to improve our software, but the rest of the time...well, that is spent doing whatever I want to do. Which normally entails surfing the web reading stuff, developing my personal website or working on one of my client's websites...plus, I work from home once a week...

Hmmm...still thinking here...

I guess I don't have anything really to complain about except for work, generally speaking... 75% of my contacts are via phone or email...

If I had to pick something, maybe it would be all the timesheets I have to fill out. I have to log all my project time into one system. I then have to log all my PTO into that system plus another system. I have to fill out weekly status reports which logs all my hours in yet another document and then we have team meetings that tracks our out of office as well. Not to mention we have a large calendar that we are all supposed to write on when we are out of the office.

There are a couple other things we have to do that is redundant. Like tracking all our projects...they have to be filled out manually in like 3 different places...pretty annoying when you have to make updates.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:47 am

Every day around 11:00-ish, one particular guy decides to dookie the apparent burnt rubber tire he had for dinner last night.

Smells like this should not emanate from a human being.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:49 am

Oliver's Army wrote:Every day around 11:00-ish, one particular guy decides to dookie the apparent burnt rubber tire he had for dinner last night.

Smells like this should not emanate from a human being.

x2

...and also "that person" that tends to burn their microwave popcorn

deek · Post by **deek** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:52 am

WBOB wrote:
Oliver's Army wrote:Every day around 11:00-ish, one particular guy decides to dookie the apparent burnt rubber tire he had for dinner last night.

Smells like this should not emanate from a human being.
x2

...and also "that person" that tends to burn their microwave popcorn

Ahh...yeah, I hate that too. Luckily, we just moved our team's offices to the ground floor and we don't have to share our space with anyone. I don't have to walk up and down the different levels and get the burnt popcorn smells anymore.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:56 am

Popcorn, period, should be outlawed from all places of employment.

Don't forget about the p*nis muncher who decides they're too good to make coffee after they empty a pot. I got fed up with it and about 3 months ago I brought my own coffee pot and put it in my office. F*ck everyone else.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:59 am

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:01 am

Oliver's Army wrote:Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays

^ and that

I've got a case of the Monday thru Thursdays and Fridays from 8am until 5pm.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:02 am

...and also "that person" that tends to burn their microwave popcorn

You mean, "that woman."

Morphine Child · Post by **Morphine Child** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:41 am

All these things are why I work alone...at home. It's great!

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:56 am

Morphine Child wrote:All these things are why I work alone...at home. It's great!

That's called masturbation.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:15 am

The_Dude wrote: You mean, "that woman."

Why,.....yes!

HillgrassBluebillyFTW · Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:53 am

I hate that I work 45 minutes from where I live.

I hate that everyone I work with is satisfied with this sh*tty little newspaper and have no plans to leave. Which makes me to be the butthead when I try to suggest changes and thus the first one out the door.

I hate that my boss is out the door everyday at 5PM. I've never worked anywhere where the boss was the first out the door at the end of the day.

I hate that the lady in my department is too impatient. She makes me rush all my pm's and myspace messages so I can do her damn work.

I hate my job period.

I hate talking on the phone especially here because every single phone smells like an ashtray because people talk and smoke at the same time.

I hate that no one bathes.

bwohlgemuth · Post by **bwohlgemuth** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:36 pm

I really have nothing to b*tch about.

The occasional idiot, but we have all of those to worry about.
The 2:00 am calls where I'm dragged onto a call with a major problem, those can get old.

But I balance that against working from home, setting my own hours, and a consistent paycheck every other Friday.

iammarky · Post by **iammarky** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:49 pm

i work at a restaraunt downtown, and i hate the fact that people have to change the menu. especially right in the middle of lunch. sometimes i dont know why we have a menu.