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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t work at the moment, but here is a list of stuff I’m glad to be away from:

  • That guy over there that grunts and coughs and clears his throat every 37 seconds.
  • Having ten minute standup meetings every day, that take at least 45 minutes every day and could have been replaced by looking at the status page in the wiki.
  • That other guy over there that raises his voice and yells and carries on every time he is on the phone, completely unaware that his phone has a microphone, and that anyone else exists
  • People who eat stinky stuff for lunch at their desk, chewing with their mouth open while watching the football at full volume. Go and use the lunch room, you inconsiderate fuck.
  • my boss over in the next cubicle who yells out someone’s name, expecting them to be there, and then yells a series of instructions whether they are there or not. I’m trying to think, can’t you just get up and walk all the way over to another cubicle to talk at a reasonable volume, like a normal person?
  • The woman that just started, sitting in the next cubicle, that reeks of foul perfume. I know when she arrives and leaves by the smog cloud, the revolting stench that follows her around the office, and the trail of people vomiting and struggling to breathe after she goes past. I tried to do the right thing and talk to her and she conveniently can’t speak English, unaware that I can hear her on the phone speaking flawlessly.
[–] rothaine@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

We may have worked in the same office.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure you've got more, this is Dilbert-level stuff!

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

No doubt, I worked in large corporate offices most of my working life, and don’t I regret it…