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  • O Olli

    Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

    Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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    About the only things that really upset me are ignorance, obstructiveness, nastiness, bigotry, arrogance etc. Fortunately, none of my co-workers are like that. The last time I really lost it with anyone was with a marketing manager at my old company who causing us big problems with a customer by trying to sell them technically unfeasible solutions. Fortunately, we had a good relationship with the customer and were able to sort things out with them - the idiot who caused the problem ended up looking pretty stupid. One evening it all came to a head and I rang this guy up and told him what I thought of him and his sales technique. The argument went on for 45 minutes, but fortunately, my boss's opinion of him was as low as mine was so I was backed up completely and without reservation. :) Anna :rose: Homepage | 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. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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      Sniffing, SNIFFING, SNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING.... :(( :(( :(( :mad: The saga continues... Also general dirty habits in the office. Yesterday we had an induction day for new members who will be trading through our site. We have them once a month, and always share the leftover lunch afterwards. Sandwiches, chicken, quiche, tarts, etc. Yesterday I was one of the last people to walk into the kitchen and couldn't believe my eyes. One of the client services guys had just finished a chicken drumstick and was in the process of chucking the leftover bone down on top of the sandwiches! :wtf: Naturally I just turned around and walked straight back to my desk X| .


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      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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      I'd have picked it up and put it in his shirt pocket...;) Anna :rose: Homepage | 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. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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        I'd have picked it up and put it in his shirt pocket...;) Anna :rose: Homepage | 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. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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        Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: I'd have picked it up and put it in his shirt pocket... theft of food....

        Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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        • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

          About the only things that really upset me are ignorance, obstructiveness, nastiness, bigotry, arrogance etc. Fortunately, none of my co-workers are like that. The last time I really lost it with anyone was with a marketing manager at my old company who causing us big problems with a customer by trying to sell them technically unfeasible solutions. Fortunately, we had a good relationship with the customer and were able to sort things out with them - the idiot who caused the problem ended up looking pretty stupid. One evening it all came to a head and I rang this guy up and told him what I thought of him and his sales technique. The argument went on for 45 minutes, but fortunately, my boss's opinion of him was as low as mine was so I was backed up completely and without reservation. :) Anna :rose: Homepage | 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. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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          Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Fortunately, none of my co-workers are like that Hmmm, sounds like a good family at work....

          Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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          • O Olli

            Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: I'd have picked it up and put it in his shirt pocket... theft of food....

            Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
            Homer Simpson
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            huh? :confused: Anna :rose: Homepage | 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. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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            • O Olli

              Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

              Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
              Homer Simpson
              :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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              People who don't know what it means when somebody doesn't answer their phone. It bloody means they aren't there!!!! Doesn't it? And then, after letting it ring for fourteen days, they hang up and call again less than a minute later. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                People who don't know what it means when somebody doesn't answer their phone. It bloody means they aren't there!!!! Doesn't it? And then, after letting it ring for fourteen days, they hang up and call again less than a minute later. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                hehe I know what you mean. We have it as well. If someone doesn't pick up after 5 or so rings THEY'RE NOT AT THEIR DESK! Phone back later already.


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                • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                  huh? :confused: Anna :rose: Homepage | 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. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                  OK, maybe translation makes it not so funny in english... It's something which is not really a crime, but it's kind of... I thought it was funny... :suss:

                  Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                  Homer Simpson
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                    People who don't know what it means when somebody doesn't answer their phone. It bloody means they aren't there!!!! Doesn't it? And then, after letting it ring for fourteen days, they hang up and call again less than a minute later. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                    Olli
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                    I'll second that... It's the same here, especially when the guy has a really nerving ringtone... X| X|

                    Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                    Homer Simpson
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                    • O Olli

                      Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                      Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                      Homer Simpson
                      :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                      HTML email! If you need pretty pictures, colours and fonts to say what you want to say then you should be using different words not different formatting.

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                        HTML email! If you need pretty pictures, colours and fonts to say what you want to say then you should be using different words not different formatting.

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                        And you need to go back to using DOS with a monochrome screen my good man. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                        • O Olli

                          OK, maybe translation makes it not so funny in english... It's something which is not really a crime, but it's kind of... I thought it was funny... :suss:

                          Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                          Homer Simpson
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                          Everyone point and laugh at Olli! Ha ha! ;P


                          David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

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                            HTML email! If you need pretty pictures, colours and fonts to say what you want to say then you should be using different words not different formatting.

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                            I disagree. External corporate e-mail should be (for initial communications or when dealing with unnameds only) branded as if it was headed letter paper. Image is everything on first impressions. Newsletters, announcements, etc, also need to carry the company brand. And for the text, yes, straightforward black text may fine in most cases, but formatting such as bold, code, etc are highly useful depending on the content.


                            David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

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                              Everyone point and laugh at Olli! Ha ha! ;P


                              David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

                              "I live very much in the real world, it's just not the same world shared by most other people"

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                              :((

                              Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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                                People who don't know what it means when somebody doesn't answer their phone. It bloody means they aren't there!!!! Doesn't it? And then, after letting it ring for fourteen days, they hang up and call again less than a minute later. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                                I know your pain all too well.

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                                • O Olli

                                  Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                                  Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                                  Homer Simpson
                                  :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                                  Colleagues who eat with their mouths open... who whistle all the time... and me being splattered on the head with porridge... Thankfully my headphones protect my sanity, although not from porridge attacks.

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                                    Colleagues who eat with their mouths open... who whistle all the time... and me being splattered on the head with porridge... Thankfully my headphones protect my sanity, although not from porridge attacks.

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                                    Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! Live to ride. Ride to live.

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                                      Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! Live to ride. Ride to live.

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                                      Matthew Lang wrote: Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! :laugh::laugh: Think I have a new sig....

                                      Olli "Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues!"
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                                        I disagree. External corporate e-mail should be (for initial communications or when dealing with unnameds only) branded as if it was headed letter paper. Image is everything on first impressions. Newsletters, announcements, etc, also need to carry the company brand. And for the text, yes, straightforward black text may fine in most cases, but formatting such as bold, code, etc are highly useful depending on the content.


                                        David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

                                        "I live very much in the real world, it's just not the same world shared by most other people"

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                                        David Wulff wrote: formatting such as bold, code, etc are highly useful depending on the content. For an example, I point you to the Visual C++ forum[^], which regularly has unformatted, impenetrable posts. Personally, I like using lots of emphasis.

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                                        • O Olli

                                          Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                                          Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                                          Homer Simpson
                                          :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                                          "Hell is others".


                                          In every work of genius we see our own rejected thought. - François Rabelais

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