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When my prep list says "Turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo for 9," I'm going to assume you want nine sandwiches. And I'm going to keep the mayo on the side.
Don't come walking up to me with a stick up your ass, Mr. Kitchen Manager, because I made nine sandwiches on bread when you wanted them on rolls, with the mayo on them already. I am not a mind reader and am going to make things how we usually do unless it is SPECIFIED OTHERWISE. You did not specify.
I hate my manager so much. He's the second worst person I've ever had to work with (First being crazy bagel lady).
Sincerely not asking to be a jerk, but why would you think the mayo would be on the side?
When my prep list says "Turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo for 9," I'm going to assume you want nine sandwiches. And I'm going to keep the mayo on the side.
Don't come walking up to me with a stick up your ass, Mr. Kitchen Manager, because I made nine sandwiches on bread when you wanted them on rolls, with the mayo on them already. I am not a mind reader and am going to make things how we usually do unless it is SPECIFIED OTHERWISE. You did not specify.
I hate my manager so much. He's the second worst person I've ever had to work with (First being crazy bagel lady).
Sincerely not asking to be a jerk, but why would you think the mayo would be on the side?
We keep all condiments on the side for sandwiches normally. It's a 400+ person facility, so we just send little packets up with sandwiches to save on time and frustration.
If I was in a restaurant, it'd go right on but the elderly are an extremely fickle bunch.
Sincerely not asking to be a jerk, but why would you think the mayo would be on the side?
We keep all condiments on the side for sandwiches normally. It's a 400+ person facility, so we just send little packets up with sandwiches to save on time and frustration.
If I was in a restaurant, it'd go right on but the elderly are an extremely fickle bunch.
It's AMAZING what a difference there is in my level of productivity when I have my office door shut. Thank goodness for my door. If only it were acceptable to always have it shut...
I have to leave my door shut always. I feel like people think I'm unfriendly because of it, but I would just never get any work done if it was open. Also, I'm not very friendly.
I was informed today that when we move to the new building in December, I'm probably going to have to leave my door open because there's a concern that I seem unapproachable because of keeping it closed.
Post by Dave Maynar on Jun 17, 2016 17:21:46 GMT -5
Does anyone have good resources on new employee onboarding? We'll have a new employee or two over the next few months, and I was asked to polish our process before they get here.
At the warehouse, they mandate you have a water bottle with you at all times during the summer months, due to the heat and lack of ac. At least they supply 40 ounce bottles and have dispensers around the building.
So I'm filling my bottle at one of the dispensers before lunch, and have a black fly land on each of my hands while I'm doing it. Ugh.
Between the heat, humidity, and flies - it's gonna be a long summer.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jun 22, 2016 11:26:39 GMT -5
A student came into my office yesterday just doused in cologne. Not only did it permeate my office (not surprising, he had to sit in here for about an hour with the door closed), but it invaded the airspace of our entire suite for the whoooooole day.
I was very grateful to not smell it when I came in this morning.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jun 22, 2016 14:00:11 GMT -5
Twice this week, people have emailed me asking why I sent them a blank email (with READ in the subject line, btw)...when they have their "read receipts" turned on. I want to just be like "YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF!"
Facebook must have changed their ad manager recently and I had trouble finding my invoices. The instructions on facebook.com/business is wrong. How can a company that makes money on ads, change their ad pages, and not change their "Learn How" section on billing?
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
I was just experiencing one of my worse days ever here at work, but thank goodness the town issued a last minute extension to the proposal so now I have until Friday to get it done. Please, never ask me about hazardous materials stuff. I have had enough of that subject this week to last me a lifetime.
I've been sick since Monday afternoon, and ended up being out yesterday. Since I still wasn't feeling well last evening, I preemptively asked the other managers if anyone could cover my closing shift today, and apparently no one can. My boss didn't even give me the courtesy of responding. So now I'm at work from 5-8 with a sore throat and a 101-degree fever, and it's the absolute pits. Especially because I've covered literally all of their shifts at one point or another in the past two months, but now when I need it I'm SOOL. Ugh.
However, I've decided I'm not coming in tomorrow or Friday either, sick or not, because screw them. My sick time restarts on July 1st anyway so this is the time to use it up. So there's that.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jun 22, 2016 16:46:30 GMT -5
I'm going to sound like the grouchy old lady I am for a second:
Has anyone else noticed that kids don't seem to fully read things anymore? I can't tell you how many times in the past few years that I will send an email or step by step instructions to a student, and they'll call me to basically just have me read the damn thing right to them. I don't say anything different than what is in my instructions, I repeat it literally word for word, and they act like it's new/helpful information.
It's not like I send them a 20 page attachment, it's just a short memo that's less than a paragraph long about how to access an online training...
I had another student come in freaking out about an automated email from Payroll regarding their time sheet. It was just telling them it was due in 3 days, and to remember to turn it in.
Lucky for them I have loads of patience, but it's so puzzling to me. It's gotten to the point where if a student follows the instructions, I'm honestly surprised/impressed. That's pretty sad, right?
I'm going to sound like the grouchy old lady I am for a second:
Has anyone else noticed that kids don't seem to fully read things anymore? I can't tell you how many times in the past few years that I will send an email or step by step instructions to a student, and they'll call me to basically just have me read the damn thing right to them. I don't say anything different than what is in my instructions, I repeat it literally word for word, and they act like it's new/helpful information.
It's not like I send them a 20 page attachment, it's just a short memo that's less than a paragraph long about how to access an online training...
I had another student come in freaking out about an automated email from Payroll regarding their time sheet. It was just telling them it was due in 3 days, and to remember to turn it in.
Lucky for them I have loads of patience, but it's so puzzling to me. It's gotten to the point where if a student follows the instructions, I'm honestly surprised/impressed. That's pretty sad, right?
Agreed! I hired 50 student workers for Reunion this year and at one point sent an email with 3 questions. Of the half that actually responded, only THREE people actually answered all 3 questions. 6%
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
I'm going to sound like the grouchy old lady I am for a second:
Has anyone else noticed that kids don't seem to fully read things anymore? I can't tell you how many times in the past few years that I will send an email or step by step instructions to a student, and they'll call me to basically just have me read the damn thing right to them. I don't say anything different than what is in my instructions, I repeat it literally word for word, and they act like it's new/helpful information.
It's not like I send them a 20 page attachment, it's just a short memo that's less than a paragraph long about how to access an online training...
I had another student come in freaking out about an automated email from Payroll regarding their time sheet. It was just telling them it was due in 3 days, and to remember to turn it in.
Lucky for them I have loads of patience, but it's so puzzling to me. It's gotten to the point where if a student follows the instructions, I'm honestly surprised/impressed. That's pretty sad, right?
Agreed! I hired 50 student workers for Reunion this year and at one point sent an email with 3 questions. Of the half that actually responded, only THREE people actually answered all 3 questions. 6%
Can you even imagine the level of frustration professors must experience? Oi vey.
Agreed! I hired 50 student workers for Reunion this year and at one point sent an email with 3 questions. Of the half that actually responded, only THREE people actually answered all 3 questions. 6%
Can you even imagine the level of frustration professors must experience? Oi vey.
There's academic studies about this exact subject and in the email era the percentage of what most students (and people in general in other settings) actually read has plummeted, one of the tricks i've seen that works pretty well is to shorten paragraphs as much as possible, two blank lines in between paragraphs, and bullet point the most important info. Basically people read the first couple words of every line or paragraph so the more you break it up the more they read. BUt the other point most of those studies make is many/most college students check their email less than once a day and you really should text them
That's why I make the application and emails I send to applicants a little on the dense side with various instructions not clearly listed or highlighted. If I don't get their class schedule or cover letter with the application or they don't answer all my questions in an email I know they just skimmed and I will generally not interview them.
But i'm lucky hiring for one of the more desirable campus jobs and only hiring a couple students at a time, I get to be super picky
really loving my internship (the type of work I'm doing + the company as a whole) but I'm having a lot of trouble partnering with one of the other guys in my department. context: the place I'm interning hired 6 graduates from my program and 6 interns from my program. it's a small company, and they all treat us pretty evenly / interns get *real* work.
my point of frustration is working with one of the alum from my school. I knew him and hung out with him a handful times during the school year, and he and I would always small chat when we ran into each other at school. he's very smart and a hard worker, but he just doesn't feel like a right fit for this company and constantly contests things I have to say or is too "by the book" with his thinking. (which is in stark contrast to this company being, at its core, very not by the book) at the end of the day, I just need to figure out a way to work well with him on this project, but it's been rough and very frustrating for me. I don't think he has as much respect / trust of me as my peers in my graduating class at school do, so that doesn't help.
sorry for the vagueness, but, ya know, NDAs and such.
Post by Dave Maynar on Jun 27, 2016 13:53:11 GMT -5
I am really sick of one of my coworkers right now. They dip out of training that was given to us as required because they are "too busy". That has happened on more than one occasion. They complain about everything all the time. I got to waste three hours today covering something for them when they go on vacation that didn't get done because the paperwork they left behind was too confusing for the contractor to feel comfortable doing any work. I have apologized for their abrupt/borderline rude nature with others more times than I can count. When I made my boss aware that the person from the main office was a little pissed due to my coworker skipping the day of training last week due to being "too busy" as a heads up since my boss is going to the main office this week, my boss made excuses for them and seemed a little mad that I even brought it up. Through all this, they're still the golden child of the office. So frustrating.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jun 27, 2016 13:56:01 GMT -5
I'm so torn. Today one of my very good friends offered me my old position back in her office, which is a much better work environment (duh, working with my friend every day was awesome), but MUCH less stable (I was let go due to lack of funding, being the newest person in the office).
Meeting with her for dinner tonight to talk about it, but I wish grown up decisions were easier. She really wants me there, and I love working with her, but I feel like I'd be trading one type of stress for another.
I'm going to sound like the grouchy old lady I am for a second:
Has anyone else noticed that kids don't seem to fully read things anymore? I can't tell you how many times in the past few years that I will send an email or step by step instructions to a student, and they'll call me to basically just have me read the damn thing right to them. I don't say anything different than what is in my instructions, I repeat it literally word for word, and they act like it's new/helpful information.
It's not like I send them a 20 page attachment, it's just a short memo that's less than a paragraph long about how to access an online training...
I had another student come in freaking out about an automated email from Payroll regarding their time sheet. It was just telling them it was due in 3 days, and to remember to turn it in.
Lucky for them I have loads of patience, but it's so puzzling to me. It's gotten to the point where if a student follows the instructions, I'm honestly surprised/impressed. That's pretty sad, right?
I'm a teacher and this surprises me 0%. Even some of the AP-level students will seemingly turn in whatever they feel like in spite of a few specific instructions as to what they were to turn in.
Totally get where you're coming from when you tell them exactly what was in the written instructions and they react as if you've just unlocked the secret to nuclear physics for them.
I'm going to sound like the grouchy old lady I am for a second:
Has anyone else noticed that kids don't seem to fully read things anymore? I can't tell you how many times in the past few years that I will send an email or step by step instructions to a student, and they'll call me to basically just have me read the damn thing right to them. I don't say anything different than what is in my instructions, I repeat it literally word for word, and they act like it's new/helpful information.
It's not like I send them a 20 page attachment, it's just a short memo that's less than a paragraph long about how to access an online training...
I had another student come in freaking out about an automated email from Payroll regarding their time sheet. It was just telling them it was due in 3 days, and to remember to turn it in.
Lucky for them I have loads of patience, but it's so puzzling to me. It's gotten to the point where if a student follows the instructions, I'm honestly surprised/impressed. That's pretty sad, right?
I'm a teacher and this surprises me 0%. Even some of the AP-level students will seemingly turn in whatever they feel like in spite of a few specific instructions as to what they were to turn in. Totally get where you're coming from when you tell them exactly what was in the written instructions and they react as if you've just unlocked the secret to nuclear physics for them.
I'm going to remember that line every time I get that phone call, and I can't promise I won't laugh a little!
I'm a teacher and this surprises me 0%. Even some of the AP-level students will seemingly turn in whatever they feel like in spite of a few specific instructions as to what they were to turn in. Totally get where you're coming from when you tell them exactly what was in the written instructions and they react as if you've just unlocked the secret to nuclear physics for them.
I'm going to remember that line every time I get that phone call, and I can't promise I won't laugh a little!
really loving my internship (the type of work I'm doing + the company as a whole) but I'm having a lot of trouble partnering with one of the other guys in my department. context: the place I'm interning hired 6 graduates from my program and 6 interns from my program. it's a small company, and they all treat us pretty evenly / interns get *real* work.
my point of frustration is working with one of the alum from my school. I knew him and hung out with him a handful times during the school year, and he and I would always small chat when we ran into each other at school. he's very smart and a hard worker, but he just doesn't feel like a right fit for this company and constantly contests things I have to say or is too "by the book" with his thinking. (which is in stark contrast to this company being, at its core, very not by the book) at the end of the day, I just need to figure out a way to work well with him on this project, but it's been rough and very frustrating for me. I don't think he has as much respect / trust of me as my peers in my graduating class at school do, so that doesn't help.
sorry for the vagueness, but, ya know, NDAs and such.
the frustration builds every day. I realized yesterday that he took a research document he & I were working on together and completely rewrote, re-organized (uhm, disorganized?), and changed everything I wrote before sending it to our boss for review. some of it he just flat out removed, some of it he re-wrote for literally no reason at all except to maybe be able to say he contributed to it, and most of it no longer made any sense.
so many of the edits I had suggested to him prior to sending it off fell on deaf ears - he was writing negatively (in a document to be used for a client) and uses, what I've decided to call it, thesaurus babble in his writing style. this isn't a high-brow academic research document looking to get published, this is a human-to-human communication document. write like a fucking human. it's so jargon-filled I can hardly read it.
we're working at an extremely creative place, and he completely lacks creativity.
oh. and he takes his shoes off and sits around the open workspace in socks that look like they're at least 5 years old.
Post by trantsgiving on Jun 29, 2016 11:55:56 GMT -5
I just found this thread and I actually start a pretty sweet job today (trivia host), but there was this one guy who used to come into my old job (Subway) who was a massive piece of shit.
He worked at a car rental place so he always drove the most expensive car he could over (to impress customers?). My first encounter with him was him saying "I feel bad that you have to serve all those fucking Muslims" to me. He was referring to a family who had just walked in who was Indian.
The next week, he comes in and this was during shift change so we have three people there instead of two. It was me, my black coworker (also known as D Got Bitchez of "The Creamy Crew"), and another female coworker who has a black boyfriend. So, why am I mentioning the black race? Well, when D was making his sandwich, the female coworker offered to take over so D could leave. The dude leans into the female coworker and says "hey could you put new meat on it, I don't want any of that n-word meat."
Anyway the next time he came in, his sandwich was not in the best of conditions in terms of cleanliness and I will leave it at that.
I just found this thread and I actually start a pretty sweet job today (trivia host), but there was this one guy who used to come into my old job (Subway) who was a massive piece of shit.
He worked at a car rental place so he always drove the most expensive car he could over (to impress customers?). My first encounter with him was him saying "I feel bad that you have to serve all those fucking Muslims" to me. He was referring to a family who had just walked in who was Indian.
The next week, he comes in and this was during shift change so we have three people there instead of two. It was me, my black coworker (also known as D Got Bitchez of "The Creamy Crew"), and another female coworker who has a black boyfriend. So, why am I mentioning the black race? Well, when D was making his sandwich, the female coworker offered to take over so D could leave. The dude leans into the female coworker and says "hey could you put new meat on it, I don't want any of that n-word meat."
Anyway the next time he came in, his sandwich was not in the best of conditions in terms of cleanliness and I will leave it at that.
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
