"Office Space" type questions
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
I think you just did another one... "Welcome To The Jungle" is by Guns N Roses ;)
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
I guess to more they annoy you, they figure the lesser the chance you'll forget again. Get over it, don't do it again and all is good.
Joe Q wrote:
"Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue).
Or was it Dr Feelgood by Guns 'n Roses ?
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
Here's person number 3 to tell you "Welcome to the Jungle" was by "Guns and Roses", I can prove it because I just listened to it.
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
Joe Q wrote:
8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again.
Ask you what? Not to leave your phone unattended, or not to play hard rock in the office?
Joe Q wrote:
Is there anything I can do...
As soon as they start, turn your chair back around and ignore them. Or just say matter-of-factly, "I know. Get over it."
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
my turn! "Welcome to the Jungle" - that's Guns n Roses.
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
Joe Q wrote:
I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time.
Deny it was you.
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
Joe Q wrote:
so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue).
*grin* I could make a sarcastic comment, but I'll limit myself to just saying 'Guns n Roses'
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
Joe Q wrote:
OK, I had a brain fart!
From a reciever view point has this happened once or 10 times a day. (not them telling you, you leaving the annoying phone on.) Most I know to not start to respond like you describe until it is happening daily and those around are really fead up.
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Joe Q wrote:
so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue).
*grin* I could make a sarcastic comment, but I'll limit myself to just saying 'Guns n Roses'
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I could make a sarcastic comment
Please!
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Joe Q wrote:
OK, I had a brain fart!
From a reciever view point has this happened once or 10 times a day. (not them telling you, you leaving the annoying phone on.) Most I know to not start to respond like you describe until it is happening daily and those around are really fead up.
Michael A. Barnhart wrote:
From a reciever view point has this happened once or 10 times a day. (not them telling you, you leaving the annoying phone on.) Most I know to not start to respond like you describe until it is happening daily and those around are really fead up.
This is the first time anything like that has happened since they moved into my area. I usually sit in my office, very quiet compared to them, and work on my software. They seem to hold an impromptu meeting just outside my cubicle every couple of days and after they did it for a month I asked them to please quite down or go to a conference room. Maybe their getting me back for that. Joe Q
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
Wow, your coworkers suck. Who cares if your phone was ringing? What kind of corporate hell do you work in? I think you should send out an email to all 8 people (in one email) saying "Thank you for letting me know that my phone bothered you. I'll try not to let it happen again. I'm sorry for any interruption / inconvience you may have experienced."
how vital enterprise application are for proactive organizations leveraging collective synergy to think outside the box and formulate their key objectives into a win-win game plan with a quality-driven approach that focuses on empowering key players to drive-up their core competencies and increase expectations with an all-around initiative to drive up the bottom-line. But of course, that's all a "high level" overview of things --thedailywtf 3/21/06
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crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! Yes...Guns N roses... not Motley Crue... :-O No wonder I have brain farts...I have a lot of crap! I think I'll go home and watch "Office Space" and beat a fax machine to death. Joe Q:((
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In the movie Office Space, when Peter forgot to put the right cover leter on his TPS reports, 8 different bosses had to tell him about that. I had one of those lapses and I was wondering what I can do next time. I left my cell phone on my desk when I went to the bathroom. (I didn't want to conduct business while doing my "business") I forgot to silence it and my daughter called so it played "Welcome to the Jungle" (by Motley Crue). 8 people in the cubes around me had to come over and tell me about it and ask me not to do it again. Most of them saw that the others were talking to me about it but they felt they needed to wait their turn and tell me about it. OK, I had a brain fart! It happens! Get over it! Is there anything I can do to get them to whine and moan as a group (to get it overwith) or get them to realize when one person tells me the obvious, I get it, and they don't all have to whine? Thanks Joe Q
I have an idea... As they come in to tell you that you had a brain fart, snap a picture of them, print it out, and tack it to your wall. Then, let them wonder why you're doing it (but don't tell them why). That'll drive 'em nuts.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Wow, your coworkers suck. Who cares if your phone was ringing? What kind of corporate hell do you work in? I think you should send out an email to all 8 people (in one email) saying "Thank you for letting me know that my phone bothered you. I'll try not to let it happen again. I'm sorry for any interruption / inconvience you may have experienced."
how vital enterprise application are for proactive organizations leveraging collective synergy to think outside the box and formulate their key objectives into a win-win game plan with a quality-driven approach that focuses on empowering key players to drive-up their core competencies and increase expectations with an all-around initiative to drive up the bottom-line. But of course, that's all a "high level" overview of things --thedailywtf 3/21/06
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Wow, your coworkers suck.
Actually, they're not my co-workers. They are from the Finance group. I was moved to a quite, out of the way cubical near a bunch of empty cubicals since I was the last one to come onto this project. It was great for a while. Then, for unknown reasons, they moved these finance people near me. The goof off a lot, I'm not sure how they get thier job done. There's one other engineer near me. He's about to retire so he joins in their conversations. At least he doesn't bother me anymore. Joe Q
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I have an idea... As they come in to tell you that you had a brain fart, snap a picture of them, print it out, and tack it to your wall. Then, let them wonder why you're doing it (but don't tell them why). That'll drive 'em nuts.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
As they come in to tell you that you had a brain fart, snap a picture of them, print it out, and tack it to your wall. Then, let them wonder why you're doing it (but don't tell them why). That'll drive 'em nuts.
That sounds like a good idea. Except we can't have camera's in our work place. But what I could do is have a white board hear my door and as they're telling me about my brain fart, just get up, write their name in large, friendly letters then sit back down with no explaination. Thanks for the great idea! BTW, I used your Dale Earnhardt qoute the other day. A co-worker (commonly refered to as "Mr. Negativity") was complaining about how bad his life was. So, thanks for the quote, too.
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crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! Yes...Guns N roses... not Motley Crue... :-O No wonder I have brain farts...I have a lot of crap! I think I'll go home and watch "Office Space" and beat a fax machine to death. Joe Q:((
Now, it might just be me, but... I hired 'Office Space' and I was hugely underwhelmed. There wasn't really anything funny, apart from the joke about the TPS report. The revenge seemed to just consist of recycling the penny scheme from Superman 3, 10 years before. I expected much much more. All the Best Julian