things at work that make you cringe?

Having to threaten a company with legal action in order to get your wages.

They quickly backed down, morons. Annoyingly, I still buy their product because it's fantastic.
 
people who come for interviews and try and explain what they were doin before and say things like

i was a sandwhich artist



a what ? what is a sandwhich artist?


oh i worked in subway ...




really is that what they call them ?
 
Wow, just wow Craarc.

Reminds me of a thread on here a while back, regarding 'posh' job titles. Like a dustman being given the title 'waste disposal technician' or something along those lines.
 
we have things like "senior technical accounts and procurement training team manager"

like wtf is that all about lolz they make up titles to suit im sure
 
Fags who have to carry a bottle of water with them all the time and then lecture me about not drinking enough water. I drink four pint-mugs of brickie's tea everyday so stick your water up your crack.
 
Corporate terminology/jargon.

The retail sector loves it, probably in an effort to feel more important about themselves than they actually are. Staff are "colleagues", and everything is "touch base with Dave" and "ensure this scheme lands in store successfully" and similar nonsense. Sainsbury's in particular love using the word "great" at every awkward opportunity i.e. "due to great sales, we've sold out of item XYZ". Eugh.
 
craarc said:
people who come for interviews and try and explain what they were doin before and say things like

i was a sandwhich artist



a what ? what is a sandwhich artist?


oh i worked in subway ...




really is that what they call them ?
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I think this relates back to an earlier post about hair dressers being 'hair engineers' :rolleyes:.
 
ElvisFan said:
Fags who have to carry a bottle of water with them all the time and then lecture me about not drinking enough water. I drink four pint-mugs of brickie's tea everyday so stick your water up your crack.
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Those oversized tommy tippees for whey shakes make me smile.
Use a spun glass thermos for crying out loud, that way you don't see you are drinking grey sludge and the toxins in the plastic isn't leaching into your health food.

Dear oh dear.
 
BloodyL said:
Those oversized tommy tippees for whey shakes make me smile.
Use a spun glass thermos for crying out loud, that way you don't see you are drinking grey sludge and the toxins in the plastic isn't leaching into your health food.

Dear oh dear.
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whey shakes arn't really "health" food just simply easier than eating a load of chicken.
 
Tefal said:
whey shakes arn't really "health" food just simply easier than eating a load of chicken.
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The Halk said:
If you use the right kind of plastic bottle it doesn't take a taint or leach into the water.
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These things I did not know, I do now, thanks. :)
I partially retract my statement, although I do stand by the notion that they look silly. :)
 
going to costa for coffee and standing there while people order 6 primo light 3 medio mocha and 5 massimo skinney latte oh and what card is this on and what card is that on who wanted brown who wants white sugar what corporate card are we paying this on

ooops health and safety cant carry that many back up stairs. lets get a trolly

damn just gimme a coffee and move on ..

normally i get fed up go back into my own office and get an un pat tested kettle out that i had hidden in a cupboard (ooops health and safety) and make myself a nescaffe
 
I've seen this so many times and cannot understand why people are made managers when they have no product knowledge of the company they are employed with - does not make sense! Makes me angry :mad:
 
Sometimes the ability to manage people and the overall organisation is more important than having first hand knowledge of the product/service. This is why we have GMs, CFOs, and CEOs.
 
Monserrat said:
Nero > Costa/Starbucks tbh.
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we had starbucks coffe shop in our office and they changed to costa dunno why was probably cheaper, seems stupid tbh weve got a huge restaurant, a sandwhich bar , a costa , 3 break out areas, and vending machines all over the place. all people do is eat drink and get fat, oh and we have hospitality people delivering troleys of stuff . so bizzare.
 
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