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  • J Joe Q

    Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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    Paul Watson
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    Foxes, badgers, cows and hunting dogs. Had em all wandering around the building, getting into the parking lot etc. Pretty weird for a city boy working in farm land I tell you. None of the native Irish at work seem to notice them.

    regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

    Shog9 wrote:

    eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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      Joe Q wrote:

      interesting creatures

      Project Managers

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      Joe Q
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      OK, now that's scary!

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      • F Frank Kerrigan

        Maybe the vultures know something you don't, do they give you the evil eye ?


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        Joe Q
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        Frank Kerrigan wrote:

        Maybe the vultures know something you don't, do they give you the evil eye ?

        Hmmm...now that you mention it, they do stare at me as I walk by.

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        • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

          Joe Q wrote:

          Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures.

          I thought you were referring to the personal ethics of some of the staff at first...:->

          Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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          Joe Q
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          Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

          I thought you were referring to the personal ethics of some of the staff at first

          Maybe I should have said Literally AND figuratively.;)

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          • B Boro_Bob

            We have these strange noisy creatures. I am not even sure what they are. They walk two legs and seem to spend most of their time talking gibberish into their phones. They seem to be pointless, but harmless, and we have herded them into one corner where they seem content to stay most of the time. We call them the marketing department, and sometimes we throw peanuts at them.

            Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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            Joe Q
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            Boro_Bob wrote:

            We call them the marketing department,

            Maybe you need to get an exterminator.

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            • J Joe Q

              Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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              J Dunlap
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              Oh, there's so many jokes that could be made there! "Those vultures are our management advisors." "Meet BOFH[^]'s special envoy." "Management has no soul so the vultures come because they think they're dead." etc. ;P The animals that come around here are a dog and 2 cats. :-) I work at home and they keep me company. :cool:

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              • J Joe Q

                Boro_Bob wrote:

                We call them the marketing department,

                Maybe you need to get an exterminator.

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                Boro_Bob
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                We've tried it in the past, but they are like cockroches. For everyone you smash to a bloody pulp, another two just seem to appear in their place.

                Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                • J Joe Q

                  Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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                  Last place I worked had 2 or 3 wild turkeys that roamed around the parking lot. Sometimes they'd gang up and attack cars as they tried to leave.

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                    Foxes, badgers, cows and hunting dogs. Had em all wandering around the building, getting into the parking lot etc. Pretty weird for a city boy working in farm land I tell you. None of the native Irish at work seem to notice them.

                    regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                    Shog9 wrote:

                    eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                    RC_Sebastien_C
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                    Paul Watson wrote:

                    badgers

                    Well, thanks to you too! Now we're even :) :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger: :badger:

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                    • L lintybits

                      Last place I worked had 2 or 3 wild turkeys that roamed around the parking lot. Sometimes they'd gang up and attack cars as they tried to leave.

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                      Paul Watson
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                      And then you had turkey for dinner, right?

                      regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

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                      eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                      • L lintybits

                        Last place I worked had 2 or 3 wild turkeys that roamed around the parking lot. Sometimes they'd gang up and attack cars as they tried to leave.

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                        Joe Q
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                        managements way of keeping you at work.

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                        • J J Dunlap

                          Oh, there's so many jokes that could be made there! "Those vultures are our management advisors." "Meet BOFH[^]'s special envoy." "Management has no soul so the vultures come because they think they're dead." etc. ;P The animals that come around here are a dog and 2 cats. :-) I work at home and they keep me company. :cool:

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                          Joe Q
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                          First, thanks for the link to BOFH, it looks pretty goos. Second, I thought of a lot of the jokes, too. That's why I posted it! :laugh:

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                            We've tried it in the past, but they are like cockroches. For everyone you smash to a bloody pulp, another two just seem to appear in their place.

                            Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                            Joe Q
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                            Maybe if you wear clown shoes you can get more at one time!

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                            • J Joe Q

                              Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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                              Stuart Dootson
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                              Joe Q wrote:

                              Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work?

                              Squirrels, sparrows, dead mice, fleas...OK, that last one isn't proven - just very strongly suspected.

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                              • J Joe Q

                                Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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                                Member 96
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                                Deer used to walk around before the fence, now it's rabbits, ducks, ravens, crows, stellars jays, robins, hummingbirds, several other birds I don't know the name of and at this time of the year, zillions and zillions of spiders everywhere.

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                                  And then you had turkey for dinner, right?

                                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                  Shog9 wrote:

                                  eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                  lintybits
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                                  they did "disappear" one day

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                                  • J Joe Q

                                    First, thanks for the link to BOFH, it looks pretty goos. Second, I thought of a lot of the jokes, too. That's why I posted it! :laugh:

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                                    Dan Neely
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                                    Joe Q wrote:

                                    First, thanks for the link to BOFH, it looks pretty goos.

                                    You've never seen bofh before? Wait until you see the screening practices he uses in interviews. :laugh::laugh:

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                                      Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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                                      Joan M
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                                      Are you sure that nothing creepy it's about to happen? :~

                                      https://www.robotecnik.com freelance robots, PLC and CNC programmer.

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                                        Are you sure that nothing creepy it's about to happen? :~

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                                        Joe Q
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                                        Joan Murt wrote:

                                        Are you sure that nothing creepy it's about to happen?

                                        I did say it's performance review time, that's always creepy.

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                                        • J Joe Q

                                          Literally, not figuratively. While some places have mice or ants at work, we have Vultures. They show up everyday in the atrium of one of the buildings at work. We’re not sure why they started showing up, they just did. When vendors or customers come in it seems like they all get a tour of the Vultures if they're on the ledge at that time. While some speculate that it’s because it’s around Performance Review time, I think that they just feel at home with our companies management style. :laugh: Does anyone else have any interesting creatures show up at their work? Joe Q

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                                          Roger Wright
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                                          My desktop background is a photo of turkey vultures I shot a few weeks ago, perched in a tree near our southern powerline river crossing. There are about 70 of them who make their homes in or near two burned out trees on this site, and it's a perfect backdrop for vultures. One day when I have a website up and running again I'll post the photo.:-D

                                          "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

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