Fist Magnets
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Does anybody have a fist magnet in their office or know of a fist magnet. BTW: Fist Magnet is an extremly annoying person where one's fist is attracted to the persons face. I had a meeting the other day and the person I was with turned out to be an perfect example of a fist magnet - he knew everything (actually he didn't) and I felt a urge to put my fist thru his head. :mad:
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Does anybody have a fist magnet in their office or know of a fist magnet. BTW: Fist Magnet is an extremly annoying person where one's fist is attracted to the persons face. I had a meeting the other day and the person I was with turned out to be an perfect example of a fist magnet - he knew everything (actually he didn't) and I felt a urge to put my fist thru his head. :mad:
One of my co-workers in my last job was like that. Every time something didn't work or crashed the air turned blue and everybody else got blamed. He also used the same curses and corny sayings constantly, and with real volume. Enough to drive anyone nearby (like, on the same floor) nuts! :mad: However, was so bloody minded that he made an excellent tester. However if you were testing his software it was much easier to fix it yourself than ask him to do it. Oh well... The annoying thing was that outside of work the guy was the opposite, and I got on with him just fine. People are strange (and I don't exempt myself from that, either!). Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
(andy.metcalfe@lineone.net)
http://www.resorg.co.uk"Be yourself, not what others want you to be."
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Does anybody have a fist magnet in their office or know of a fist magnet. BTW: Fist Magnet is an extremly annoying person where one's fist is attracted to the persons face. I had a meeting the other day and the person I was with turned out to be an perfect example of a fist magnet - he knew everything (actually he didn't) and I felt a urge to put my fist thru his head. :mad:
Must have been from marketing, right? Or HR.... I've known too many like that in my day - that's why I prefer to work alone now. I know I'm no expert, but I can't help but get irritated when people who are obviously idiots take me to task for not having a CS degree. Dave R
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Does anybody have a fist magnet in their office or know of a fist magnet. BTW: Fist Magnet is an extremly annoying person where one's fist is attracted to the persons face. I had a meeting the other day and the person I was with turned out to be an perfect example of a fist magnet - he knew everything (actually he didn't) and I felt a urge to put my fist thru his head. :mad:
Well, my manager seems to end up in England about 4 times a year, but he is here in our Sydney office at the moment. So who else could it be that is pissing you off this much? Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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Does anybody have a fist magnet in their office or know of a fist magnet. BTW: Fist Magnet is an extremly annoying person where one's fist is attracted to the persons face. I had a meeting the other day and the person I was with turned out to be an perfect example of a fist magnet - he knew everything (actually he didn't) and I felt a urge to put my fist thru his head. :mad:
We had a secretary here a couple years ago who used to talk to herself constantly (it was like a play-by-play of her movements). She also went from calm to raging lunatic in the blink of an eye. She caught on that people didn't like her and got another job elsewhere and after she left I deleted her network account while her computer was still logged on and a message popped up that said something to the effect that the account was invalid on the domain. I cheered, took a screenshot and set it as the desktop wallpaper on that computer. "das leid schlaft in der maschine" -Einstürzende Neubauten
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One of my co-workers in my last job was like that. Every time something didn't work or crashed the air turned blue and everybody else got blamed. He also used the same curses and corny sayings constantly, and with real volume. Enough to drive anyone nearby (like, on the same floor) nuts! :mad: However, was so bloody minded that he made an excellent tester. However if you were testing his software it was much easier to fix it yourself than ask him to do it. Oh well... The annoying thing was that outside of work the guy was the opposite, and I got on with him just fine. People are strange (and I don't exempt myself from that, either!). Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
(andy.metcalfe@lineone.net)
http://www.resorg.co.uk"Be yourself, not what others want you to be."
"Every time something didn't work or crashed the air turned blue and everybody else got blamed. He also used the same curses and corny sayings constantly, and with real volume. Enough to drive anyone nearby (like, on the same floor) nuts!" That sounds like every programmer I have ever worked with.:) "I never met anyone I didn't like" Will Rogers.
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Must have been from marketing, right? Or HR.... I've known too many like that in my day - that's why I prefer to work alone now. I know I'm no expert, but I can't help but get irritated when people who are obviously idiots take me to task for not having a CS degree. Dave R
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"Every time something didn't work or crashed the air turned blue and everybody else got blamed. He also used the same curses and corny sayings constantly, and with real volume. Enough to drive anyone nearby (like, on the same floor) nuts!" That sounds like every programmer I have ever worked with.:) "I never met anyone I didn't like" Will Rogers.
ROFL! You could well be right there mate. :-D Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
(andy.metcalfe@lineone.net)
http://www.resorg.co.uk"Be yourself, not what others want you to be."
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Does anybody have a fist magnet in their office or know of a fist magnet. BTW: Fist Magnet is an extremly annoying person where one's fist is attracted to the persons face. I had a meeting the other day and the person I was with turned out to be an perfect example of a fist magnet - he knew everything (actually he didn't) and I felt a urge to put my fist thru his head. :mad:
Now THIS is being honest... I have been a Fist Magnet more than once. When it comes to work I am the specification writer, I do all the analysis and design and I am the one that gets told by developers "PHUKET! you want the system to do WHAT! are you nuts?". So I am the front man for the clients wishes and that is the biggest Fist Magnet sign you can hang around your neck. To me Fist Magnets tend to be the clients paying the bill. They hire you for IT advice but when you give it half the time they think they know better. So finally you give in and say "phuket, lets do it your way" just to get the cash in the door and move on. Then when the project goes balls up and, while exactly to spec, the client naturally blames who? The analyst. I then blame the developers just to get rid of some of the frustration. It is nothing personal. At least developers get to scream and shout at their PCs. SCreaming and shouting at a client never ever did anything good. You end up like a salesman, yes sir no sir three bags full sire, but have inside you this developer that wants to say "dude, your an ass h*le, screw your project". Anyone want a punch? hehe regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes