I went out for a work's team meal last night and wondered if you guys got on with your work colleagues.

Oh, this is my first poll so I hope it works alright.  ;D

i drive cab so i don't really work with anyone. i don't like most of the other cabbies because many are cutthroats and drug dealers and i have nothing to do with them.

I started my present job about 4 months ago. I drive a truck for Yellow Transportation, which is a union job. Most of the people there have been really friendly and have made me feel welcome there.  Most of the time we run team operations, so I usually run with a partner for about a week at a time. Everyone I've ran with has been great (with the exception of only one guy who was a little pr!ck). They've all been more than willing to help me out and answer any questions I may have concerning the job. And as I get more experience and they hire more new drivers, I'll be glad to help them out as well. 

Yeah, about 80% of them.

Tanya

i drive cab so i don't really work with anyone. i don't like most of the other cabbies because many are cutthroats and drug dealers and i have nothing to do with them.
I used to drive a taxi as well. I'll bet you've seen a lot of really weird stuff!!! ;)

i drive cab so i don't really work with anyone. i don't like most of the other cabbies because many are cutthroats and drug dealers and i have nothing to do with them.


Really? That sounds nasty. The most annoying thing about taxi drivers over in Britain is they think they own the road.  ::)

I started my present job about 4 months ago. I drive a truck for Yellow Transportation, which is a union job. Most of the people there have been really friendly and have made me feel welcome there.  Most of the time we run team operations, so I usually run with a partner for about a week at a time. Everyone I've ran with has been great (with the exception of only one guy who was a little pr!ck). They've all been more than willing to help me out and answer any questions I may have concerning the job. And as I get more experience and they hire more new drivers, I'll be glad to help them out as well. 


That is brilliant, AL-B. If they motivate you to help others that is wonderful.  :D

Yeah, about 80% of them.


Very good. It is cool when you get on with the majority of people (getting on with everybody is virtually impossible).

I used to drive a taxi as well. I'll bet you've seen a lot of really weird stuff!!! ;)


well, yeah i have actually, especially when i used to drive night shift.

Really? That sounds nasty. The most annoying thing about taxi drivers over in Britain is they think they own the road.  ::)


i read somewhere that cabbies in britian actually go through an apprenticeship. or is that in london only?

i read somewhere that cabbies in britian actually go through an apprenticeship. or is that in london only?


Hmm. I don't know anything about that, I'm afraid. I wonder if Paul or Philbo knows.

That is brilliant, AL-B. If they motivate you to help others that is wonderful.  :D
I guess I've always believed in "Do unto others..." Truth is, this job actually has been pretty easy for the most part--my main questions usually concern paperwork and pay sheets. But starting any new job is always a little difficult at first. And if the people who have been there a while are friendly and willing to help you get up to speed, it makes the transition a whole lot easier. Most places I've worked, I've found this to be the case, and after I'd been there a while and gotten the job down I'd help the new guys out myself. I've had maybe one or two jobs where the people there have had this attitude of "Let's mess with the new guy," but those were sh*t jobs anyway and most of those people were losers.

well, yeah i have actually, especially when i used to drive night shift.
Yeah, especially after the bars close. I take great pride in the fact that after driving a taxi for 2 years, I never once had anyone vomit in my cab.  ;D

I guess I've always believed in "Do unto others..." Truth is, this job actually has been pretty easy for the most part--my main questions usually concern paperwork and pay sheets. But starting any new job is always a little difficult at first. And if the people who have been there a while are friendly and willing to help you get up to speed, it makes the transition a whole lot easier. Most places I've worked, I've found this to be the case, and after I'd been there a while and gotten the job down I'd help the new guys out myself. I've had maybe one or two jobs where the people there have had this attitude of "Let's mess with the new guy," but those were sh*t jobs anyway and most of those people were losers.


You live by a great sense of morals, AL-B.  :)

Isn't it funny that the people in crappy jobs do that to their fellow colleagues? There is always the chance that new people get messed around by the veterans of the company. That is not nice or fair.  >:(

Yeah, especially after the bars close. I take great pride in the fact that after driving a taxi for 2 years, I never once had anyone vomit in my cab.  ;D


lucky. i had to wipe out vomit, urine and the other....

lucky. i had to wipe out vomit, urine and the other....


Ah man . . .  :(

I presume your company pays for the overal cleaning of your cabs?

Ah man . . .  :(

I presume your company pays for the overal cleaning of your cabs?


i wish...comes out of my hands.

i wish...comes out of my hands.


So it doesn't get covered under insurance?

lucky. i had to wipe out vomit, urine and the other....
It was mostly luck but there was also a certain degree of skill involved. A lot of these cabbies would go tearing around town like they were Dale-freakin'-Earnhardt regardless of who they were hauling around. Not me. Between fares I'd put the hammer down, and when I was hauling most passengers I'd drive a little faster than the rest of traffic, in a slightly aggressive yet safe manner. But when someone got into my cab who was obviously intoxicated, I'd change up my driving style. Whenever a drunk was in my cab, I drove as if I had a 55-gallon drum full of nitroglycerine in the back seat. I'd baby that sucker...taking corners really easy and making gentle stops. Plus, since I was driving more slowly, if they started heaving anyway I was at the ready to pull over quickly. And you know something? Not only did they never throw up, but I think that on a subconscious level they knew what I was doing and they'd often tip me a little higher than average.
    When I was a G.I. stationed in Germany, I had the unfortunate experience of being spirited back to my barracks, after a night of hard drinking, by a German hack who apparantly was living out his childhood Formula One fantasies behind the wheel of his Mercedes taxicab. And after a few too many World Rally Championship-inspired turns, I wound up tossing my cookies all over the back seat of his cab. And he was p*ssed off, but in hindsight I place the blame squarely on his shoulders. When I started driving a cab, I remembered this experience and used it to my advantage. I guess it all comes back to "Do unto others..."

yes, it's one of the perks of being a porn star  ;D

yes, it's one of the perks of being a porn star  ;D


You're really a porn star?

You're really a porn star?
no, just joking

lucky. i had to wipe out vomit, urine and the other....


The other? ???

no, just joking


;D

Yes.  I work at one of those rare companies that all the employees get along really well.  We have our moments, but who doesn't.

Yes.  I work at one of those rare companies that all the employees get along really well.  We have our moments, but who doesn't.


Wonderful to hear, Dagwood. What is your company involved with?

Well in the jobs i have done i keep myself to myself.. i am odd like that. If i go to a social event i always try and be the life of the party, but with people i am around all the time i tend to keep myself to myself. Me and Bob talked about this before, when i was at school.. in the space of a year i spoke to just 7 people in my Home room class.  ;D If they wanted to talk to me, then i was there, they could if they wanted. I tend to listen to music and go off on my own so they don't have a chance. I usually only get on with about 50% of people i meet and dislike the other 50%.. there is no middle ground.

Well in the jobs i have done i keep myself to myself.. i am odd like that. If i go to a social event i always try and be the life of the party, but with people i am around all the time i tend to keep myself to myself. Me and Bob talked about this before, when i was at school.. in the space of a year i spoke to just 7 people in my Home room class.  ;D If they wanted to talk to me, then i was there, they could if they wanted. I tend to listen to music and go off on my own so they don't have a chance. I usually only get on with about 50% of people i meet and dislike the other 50%.. there is no middle ground.


Understandable, Andy. I get quite intimidated by the brash, arrogant 'me people' so tend to avoid them before I really get to know them. Unfortunately, getting to know some of the people I work with makes getting to know them worse. I wish I hadn't have bothered.  :-\\

General rule of thumb is.. People are usually Twats

General rule of thumb is.. People are usually Twats


LOL.  ;D

I try to see the good in people. Trouble is, I have to look harder in some people.  ::)

Ok Bob.. answer me this.

Before you got to know them, did you think any of your co-workers were Jerks?

Now do you think any of them were Jerks?

I realise this is flawed logic but it's true.

i read somewhere that cabbies in britian actually go through an apprenticeship. or is that in london only?


I know that London cabbies (spit...!) have to do 'the knowledge' to enable them to do cabbing (legitimate cabbing, that is...not the dodgy unregistered lot) - 'the knowledge' involves the unenviable task of 'learning' where most of the main streets in London are (and there's quite a few...) it normally takes three years (IIRC) to mince through, and even then there's no guarantee you'll 'pass'...

I can't honestly say if this is de rigeur anywhere else in the country...

Where were we?

Oh yes, do I get on with my work colleagues?

I put 'not really', altho' to be fair I'd say about 50%...the loud, obnoxious types can go boil their heads...!

Ok Bob.. answer me this.

Before you got to know them, did you think any of your co-workers were Jerks?

Now do you think any of them were Jerks?

I realise this is flawed logic but it's true.


The problem here, even though I don't want to admit it, is that the jerks remain jerks even when I get to know them. The difference being is I get to understand why they are jerks.

I put 'not really', altho' to be fair I'd say about 50%...the loud, obnoxious types can go boil their heads...!


I get what you mean, Paul.  ;D

i went with a house on fire..really lucky to work with a pretty cool group of people  :)

i went with a house on fire..really lucky to work with a pretty cool group of people  :)


Excellent.  8)

Only if it were business causual and the guy looked like Thomas Haden Church.

Oh, wait, I thought the subject was "Do you GET IT ON with your work colleagues?".

Only if it were business causual and the guy looked like Thomas Haden Church.

Oh, wait, I thought the subject was "Do you GET IT ON with your work colleagues?".


Heh heh. In which case you could use the 'Like a house on fire' option.  ;D

Heh heh. In which case you could use the 'Like a house on fire' option.  ;D


Um, but my answer wasn't complient with the poll.

Avoiding internet polls at all costs...

Um, but my answer wasn't complient with the poll.

Avoiding internet polls at all costs...


You could give an answer that was complient with the poll if you wish.

You could give an answer that was complient with the poll if you wish.


Between being badgered about asinine forum polls and the "Is 2005 like this year in the 90s?" threads, I'm thinking about retreating from this board for a while until someone has a fresh idea.

Between being badgered about asinine forum polls and the "Is 2005 like this year in the 90s?" threads, I'm thinking about retreating from this board for a while until someone has a fresh idea.


it does get tiring after awhile.

it does get tiring after awhile.


I signed up with ToonZone.net as an alternative when I can't put up with some of the people here.
At least every other post isn't a poll or a post about "Is 2005 like 1997?".

The current hot topic over at Toon Zone is Disney's W.I.T.C.H., a really cool cartoon based on an Italian comic book series.

I signed up with ToonZone.net as an alternative when I can't put up with some of the people here.
At least every other post isn't a poll or a post about "Is 2005 like 1997?".

The current hot topic over at Toon Zone is Disney's W.I.T.C.H., a really cool cartoon based on an Italian comic book series.


i have another forum, 40kforums.com, thats where i mostly hang out. it's full of geeks like me. many of the people here, i think, don't understand me...

Work? What's that? I think that is one of those four-letter words.


I didn't vote because my answer would be "I'm lucky-I DON'T work-and VERY HAPPY about that."




Cat

Work? What's that? I think that is one of those four-letter words.

I didn't vote because my answer would be "I'm lucky-I DON'T work-and VERY HAPPY about that."


Heh heh. You could put 'other option' if you like, Cat.  :)

Heh heh. You could put 'other option' if you like, Cat.  :)



Ok, did that.



Cat

Ok, did that.


:D

Between being badgered about asinine forum polls and the "Is 2005 like this year in the 90s?" threads, I'm thinking about retreating from this board for a while until someone has a fresh idea.


Thank you for using my poll as a soapbox.  >:(

actually,Rob i think this is a great poll and despite a couple of negative opinions,i'd encourage you to do another one soon..what the heck.. ;)

I voted other...since I'm kinda self employed...I work alone, but I do get along great with all the people at the paper :)

actually,Rob i think this is a great poll and despite a couple of negative opinions,i'd encourage you to do another one soon..what the heck.. ;)


Thank you very much, Maria.  :)

You gonna start playing football then Bob? ;)

I voted other...since I'm kinda self employed...I work alone, but I do get along great with all the people at the paper :)


Do you have two jobs, Mark, or just the one?

You gonna start playing football then Bob? ;)


British or American. I'm not being horrible, I've got more chance of dealing with British football than American football because I don't know the rules to the latter.

However, I am watching the game (Eagles V Patriots) at the moment. It's starting to hot up.

Hey, you just need to learn. I'm sure there is a for dummies guide. I will need to read it if i am to play in High School.

Maybe you could play in the office.. team bonding  ;D

Hey, you just need to learn. I'm sure there is a for dummies guide. I will need to read it if i am to play in High School.

Maybe you could play in the office.. team bonding  ;D


Nah. Too many computers in there.  ;D

It would make work-time learning interesting though.

I get along with my co-workers pretty well.the secretaries are great to talk to. :)



Howard

I get along with my co-workers pretty well.the secretaries are great to talk to. :)


I'm sure they are, Howard.  ;D

Wonderful to hear, Dagwood. What is your company involved with?


We are a small data entry firm.  Just 15 people in my office, 25 employees total.  Everyone knows everyone and most of us have been there over 5 years.

I've been at my workplace for 11 years, and we've all gotten to know each other pretty well, and get along well also. There are a few from another department that are a little annoying, in which case, I check out the breakroom before I go in and if one of them is in there, I just go to the other breakroom.  ;) 

Only if it were business causual and the guy looked like Thomas Haden Church.

Oh, wait, I thought the subject was "Do you GET IT ON with your work colleagues?".
Hey, I look exactly like Thomas Haden Church! ;)

Actually (and this is no joke) I had at least 3 or 4 people tonight tell me I look just like Tom Green.  ;D

Not really.....

for the most part everyone is basically cordial to each other but there is just too much gossip where I work.  You never can tell when someone is talking badly behind your back but acting so sweet to your face.  I am glad that I basically work alone for most of the day.  Keeps my sanity.

I work in a contact centre for one of the UK's leading supplier of company cars & fuel charge cards. I get on really well with my immediate department & bosses, as we often have to work closely as a team to resolve issues. A large part of my job is tasking other people to fulfil obligations to customers, I sometimes find the relationships with those departments more difficult, as they know that if we are calling them, it's generally to request they take action on something, or investigate an issue- I sometimes get the impression people have a negative attitude when asked to fulfil their job role (particularily if it involves direct customer interaction), which is something our company's working hard to change.
I think it's realy important to get on with your bosses. I've had some right little sh**s as bosses before, particularily in the care & warehouse industries, but my current bosses are approachable, available & try to supply our staff with as much flexibilty & support as they can, which I value highly. The one thing that does concern me, however, is that no male staff member has been promoted in this department since I started here, some 3.5 years ago. I've seen 7 women get promoted in that time, some of whom were noticeably less able than male colleagues who had also applied for the jobs concerned. I'd like to move 'up the ladder' within my company, but it looks like the only way to achieve that is to move sideways first, then up- I don't envisage getting anywhere here until the female hegemony is broken, which they obviously do not wish to happen.

I voted for 'like a house on fire' which is true of my immediate research group.  We go out for social occasions, birthdays and whatnot.

There are others in the department who I don't get on with as well, but they are few and far between and easily avoided in general.

We are a small data entry firm.  Just 15 people in my office, 25 employees total.  Everyone knows everyone and most of us have been there over 5 years.


Ah I see. I do data entry for the Royal Mail - it's boring but the pay is okay. I like to think I contribute to letters getting delivered to their right destinations.  :)

It's wonderful that you get on with everybody, Dagwood.  :)

I've been at my workplace for 11 years, and we've all gotten to know each other pretty well, and get along well also. There are a few from another department that are a little annoying, in which case, I check out the breakroom before I go in and if one of them is in there, I just go to the other breakroom.  ;) 


Ah! You're all veterans.  ;) That is cool because, chances are, you know each other like the back of your hand. Yeah I don't blame you for making astute choices of breakroom.  :)

Not really.....

for the most part everyone is basically cordial to each other but there is just too much gossip where I work.  You never can tell when someone is talking badly behind your back but acting so sweet to your face.  I am glad that I basically work alone for most of the day.  Keeps my sanity.


Ah I see. I find that more difficult because I work in a team setting. Still, I listen to music while I type so I can handle it.  :)

Your sanity is a precious thing, NbC. Keep your head while everybody is losing theirs . . . And you will be a man my son (okay delete that last sentence  ;D). 

I work in a contact centre for one of the UK's leading supplier of company cars & fuel charge cards. I get on really well with my immediate department & bosses, as we often have to work closely as a team to resolve issues. A large part of my job is tasking other people to fulfil obligations to customers, I sometimes find the relationships with those departments more difficult, as they know that if we are calling them, it's generally to request they take action on something, or investigate an issue- I sometimes get the impression people have a negative attitude when asked to fulfil their job role (particularily if it involves direct customer interaction), which is something our company's working hard to change.

Yes, I understand Godsin. It seems they take your requests personal.

I think it's realy important to get on with your bosses. I've had some right little sh**s as bosses before, particularily in the care & warehouse industries, but my current bosses are approachable, available & try to supply our staff with as much flexibilty & support as they can, which I value highly. The one thing that does concern me, however, is that no male staff member has been promoted in this department since I started here, some 3.5 years ago. I've seen 7 women get promoted in that time, some of whom were noticeably less able than male colleagues who had also applied for the jobs concerned. I'd like to move 'up the ladder' within my company, but it looks like the only way to achieve that is to move sideways first, then up- I don't envisage getting anywhere here until the female hegemony is broken, which they obviously do not wish to happen.


Wonderful to hear. Getting on with your boss is important because they can make it pretty difficult for you. I have never had a manager I couldn't get along with. Maybe the more women promoted thing is a positive discrimination issue - firms can never seem to get the balance right. In our place, it's positive discrimination against people who can do the job.  ;D

I get along great, on a regular basis I work with one person, but there are always other regulars that I see at work, sometimes weeks or even months go by seeing some . But my 1 employee is great, he's just 21 and has been with me for 3 years now. :)

I get along great, on a regular basis I work with one person, but there are always other regulars that I see at work, sometimes weeks or even months go by seeing some . But my 1 employee is great, he's just 21 and has been with me for 3 years now. :)


That's brilliant, gord. Was he an apprentice to start with?

That's brilliant, gord. Was he an apprentice to start with?


He was Bobby, right out of highschool, he came to me through a co-op program, which gives kids a chance to learn a trade while still in school.

He was Bobby, right out of highschool, he came to me through a co-op program, which gives kids a chance to learn a trade while still in school.


That is a great idea. More of those kind of initiatives should be made in place for the youngsters that leave school because a lot of them don't know what career they would like. I certainly had no idea at the tender age of 18.

I think its a problem here now.  There has been so much store put on getting an education/qualifications and getting to university that the people who aren't suited to all the studying have been left with no options.  All the engineering firms that used to run such good apprentice schemes with night school/day release options are all closing down locally.  The university has just recruited its first trainee technician after a 17 year hiatus. (I know because I was one of the last recruited.)

I think its a problem here now.  There has been so much store put on getting an education/qualifications and getting to university that the people who aren't suited to all the studying have been left with no options.  All the engineering firms that used to run such good apprentice schemes with night school/day release options are all closing down locally.  The university has just recruited its first trainee technician after a 17 year hiatus. (I know because I was one of the last recruited.)


I looked in to apprenticeships when i left school and it's ridiculous. Most want you to have A-Levels.. which basically means that you still have to do two years of extra school before getting in on one of them. (A-Levels are like Junior College)

nowadays they do but when I left school you could get onto those sorts of things at 16 and then do ONC/HNC at college day release.  Loughborough College more or less set up its courses based on what the big engineering firms wanted.  Certainly the ONC science was set up as a day release course for the pharmaceutical/chemical firms in town.  Studying Physics there I had to do day releas as several part days rather than all at once as the Chemistry section did.

Yeah my Cousin did a similar thing. It's crazy that the Government dosen't push for more big companies and Institutions to do similar things. They have lost one member of the work force.. they are set to lose more.

I get along with my co-workers very well, thank you. As long as we don't talk politics or religion or how to do our jobs, we hardly ever argue. Now the job itself is a totally different thing.

I get along with my co-workers very well, thank you. As long as we don't talk politics or religion or how to do our jobs, we hardly ever argue. Now the job itself is a totally different thing.


Great stuff, Indy. What kind of work do you do again?

I looked in to apprenticeships when i left school and it's ridiculous. Most want you to have A-Levels.. which basically means that you still have to do two years of extra school before getting in on one of them. (A-Levels are like Junior College)


Most apprenticeships here will only take on people below the age of 18 (the year you have most likely finished A-levels) because it's cheap labour.

I'm not "self" employed, but I work from home.  I didn't like the social politics of the office any more than the social politics of school! 
Now my other job, my radio job, I get on well with most of them.  There are some folks I wouldn't peon them if they were on fire, but even so I make pleasant with them, and if that's impossible, I can usually just avoid them altogether.
I've had everyone from girlfriends to arch enemies there, and girlfriends who became arch enemies.
:o

I KNOW it is ;) :D ;D

When I used to work (for a paycheck), I got along with most of the people I worked with.  There were a few who got along with NOONE!!!  And, then there were the stupid people, who never should've gotten the job in the first place.  Oh, and can't forget the "if you fire me, I'll sue you"  and the "go ahead and fire me so I can go back on welfare" group that didn't care about the quality of their work and people like ME had to clean up their messes. >:(  I kinda had no choice BUT to get along with the people I worked with as I was a team leader and was in charge of 20 or so people...luckily, none of the stupid people or the last group were on my team ;)


Team leader, eh? That requires a lot of tolerance and motivation. Getting along with everybody all the time must be difficult. Well done.  :)

I'm not "self" employed, but I work from home.  I didn't like the social politics of the office any more than the social politics of school! 
Now my other job, my radio job, I get on well with most of them.  There are some folks I wouldn't peon them if they were on fire, but even so I make pleasant with them, and if that's impossible, I can usually just avoid them altogether.
I've had everyone from girlfriends to arch enemies there, and girlfriends who became arch enemies.
:o


It must have been stormy in there on occassions, Max (having a girlfriend at work is not something I would entertain personally ;D). The social politics you describe are similar to my work colleagues. Grown men acting like teenagers - and that's insulting teenagers.  :o

Are you a radio disk-jockey as well?

It must have been stormy in there on occassions, Max (having a girlfriend at work is not something I would entertain personally ;D). The social politics you describe are similar to my work colleagues. Grown men acting like teenagers - and that's insulting teenagers.  :o

Are you a radio disk-jockey as well?

I work for the independent radio station of my alma mater University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which is WMUA 91.1 FM!
The station has been my constant connection between transferring there in the early '90s and now living and working in the same town.  I do various chores managing the music library and also produce and host my own program, "Martian Gardens," on Sunday nights.  I air experimental, electronic, and avant-garde chamber and jazz musics. 
I do have a stormy past with the station.  I fought to make many reforms and pushed for my vision for station's direction for years.  There were some implacable bureaucratic idiocies I couldn't beat.  I tried and tried until so many people hated me, I knew I had to make amends or leave. 
I ended up staying and accepting the station's chronic ineptitudes.
The radio station is the job that's fun, but not the one that pays!

I work for the independent radio station of my alma mater University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which is WMUA 91.1 FM!
Max, by any chance does your station broadcast over the Internet, via Shoutcast or Live365.com for example? If you do, let us know so we can listen!

I'm with the Federal government. Other than that is top secret. ;)
Great stuff, Indy. What kind of work do you do again?

No,I don't get it on with my work colleagues. ;D

What was this thread about? ;D


Howard

It must have been stormy in there on occassions, Max (having a girlfriend at work is not something I would entertain personally ;D).

Tell me about it. Even though I've tried to avoid having long-term relationships at my current workplace, I have had short-term relations with 2 of the women in my department. I didn't realise they were close friends, which has caused quite a bit of negative fallout. Luckily, the most troublesome one is leaving soon, but I think I'm finally learning not to think with my d**k... never again!  ;D

Most of the guys I have been out with have been ones I met at work.  They have all been students in the department I was working in.  I ended up marrying one of them.

Not quite 'like a house on fire' but as that was the closest option, that's the one I went with....

I get on well and have a good rapport with all of my work colleagues  :)

I work for the independent radio station of my alma mater University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which is WMUA 91.1 FM!
The station has been my constant connection between transferring there in the early '90s and now living and working in the same town.  I do various chores managing the music library and also produce and host my own program, "Martian Gardens," on Sunday nights.  I air experimental, electronic, and avant-garde chamber and jazz musics. 
I do have a stormy past with the station.  I fought to make many reforms and pushed for my vision for station's direction for years.  There were some implacable bureaucratic idiocies I couldn't beat.  I tried and tried until so many people hated me, I knew I had to make amends or leave. 
I ended up staying and accepting the station's chronic ineptitudes.
The radio station is the job that's fun, but not the one that pays!


Do I understand this! I am one of the longest servers at my place of work (albeit it has hadn't been open that long - 3 years) and I just can't understand the stupid decisions that are made for us worker bees. One of them is that we had to have a major shuffle around and change teams/managers (so that managers don't get too complacent apparently). Instead of the manager moving to where the teams are, the teams had to move to the managers. I don't know about anybody else's thinking but I thought it best just to move 15 managers than 500 people!

'Martian night's sounds very intriguing, Max. Do you play a bit of Blancmange and Heaven 17 on there?  :)

I'm with the Federal government. Other than that is top secret. ;)


Ah! I remember now, Indy. That sounds very James Bond-ish. I understand you won't be saying a lot about your job but is it exciiting or is it clerical/administrative?

No,I don't get it on with my work colleagues. ;D

What was this thread about? ;D


Eh? Howard, what are you on about?  ;D

Not quite 'like a house on fire' but as that was the closest option, that's the one I went with....

I get on well and have a good rapport with all of my work colleagues  :)


Heh heh. It's me exagerating the positives again, mandamoo.  ;D

I could never imagine you not getting on with anyone.  :)

Tell me about it. Even though I've tried to avoid having long-term relationships at my current workplace, I have had short-term relations with 2 of the women in my department. I didn't realise they were close friends, which has caused quite a bit of negative fallout. Luckily, the most troublesome one is leaving soon, but I think I'm finally learning not to think with my d**k... never again!  ;D


Oh dear, lol. It feels good when troublesome people decide to leave the company (we have one leaving in March, not really troublesome, just a pain in the backside). The ethos in our place is almost like a cattle market than somewhere to work!  :o

Oh dear, lol. It feels good when troublesome people decide to leave the company (we have one leaving in March, not really troublesome, just a pain in the backside). The ethos in our place is almost like a cattle market than somewhere to work!  :o

Yep, this employee is not really troublesome to the company, just to me personally, due to my dalliances...my workplace isn't quite like a cattle market, but I've got a trio of 21-year-old female colleagues who live on an adjacent street to me, and they're always having parties there, which generally turn out to be a cross between Rabelaisian & Bacchanalian...most of my department are single young ladies, with a few 'attached' types, & a couple of gay people, which normally makes for a good mix if revelry is required. We don't seem to have anyone who's a 'stick in the mud', so quite often, post-party 'reviews' last days on end...

Yep, this employee is not really troublesome to the company, just to me personally, due to my dalliances...my workplace isn't quite like a cattle market, but I've got a trio of 21-year-old female colleagues who live on an adjacent street to me, and they're always having parties there, which generally turn out to be a cross between Rabelaisian & Bacchanalian...most of my department are single young ladies, with a few 'attached' types, & a couple of gay people, which normally makes for a good mix if revelry is required. We don't seem to have anyone who's a 'stick in the mud', so quite often, post-party 'reviews' last days on end...


Never a dull moment, eh?  ;D

Never a dull moment, eh?  ;D

Apart from the 9 hours a day we work together, anyway!  ;D Those dull moments are made brighter by visiting here, although the time difference between UK & USA means I only seem to get on here when most users are asleep!

Yep, this employee is not really troublesome to the company, just to me personally, due to my dalliances...my workplace isn't quite like a cattle market, but I've got a trio of 21-year-old female colleagues who live on an adjacent street to me, and they're always having parties there, which generally turn out to be a cross between Rabelaisian & Bacchanalian...most of my department are single young ladies, with a few 'attached' types, & a couple of gay people, which normally makes for a good mix if revelry is required. We don't seem to have anyone who's a 'stick in the mud', so quite often, post-party 'reviews' last days on end...


You Hireing?

Eh? Howard, what are you on about?  ;D



on about what? I don't get it. please explain. ;D



Howard

Apart from the 9 hours a day we work together, anyway!  ;D Those dull moments are made brighter by visiting here, although the time difference between UK & USA means I only seem to get on here when most users are asleep!


Tell me about it! I post after I come back from work usually (after 10:00pm) so I usually find great people here to chat to and have a laugh.  :)

Somebody call?

Somebody call?


Exactly what I'm talking about.  :)

No sleep for the.. me.. tonight me thinks. I had a total wap out in the kitchen, arms and legs everywhere and then made some sludge (uber strong coffee).. i don't wanna sleep.

I was lucky that most of my team was pretty cool and got along really well.  We'd go out after work and party together.  There were some teams that were like oil and water...NOONE got along ;D


It can be like that, crazymom (tee hee, sorry I find typing 'crazymom' amusing).

It sounds a bit like our team. We went out last week because our old manager left us (and it was his birthday too).

on about what? I don't get it. please explain. ;D


Well, Howard. You said that you didn't get along with your colleagues and then, in the same post, asked what the thread was about? By giving me your answer, it showed me that you understood what this thread was about.  :)

Well, Howard. You said that you didn't get along with your colleagues and then, in the same post, asked what the thread was about? By giving me your answer, it showed me that you understood what this thread was about.  :)



But I do get along very well with my co-workers.I'm sorry if I misunderstood. ;)



Howard

But I do get along very well with my co-workers.I'm sorry if I misunderstood. ;)


On this thread: Page 6, 13th post down.

Misunderstanding is not a problem, Howard.  :)

On this thread: Page 6, 13th post down.

Misunderstanding is not a problem, Howard.  :)


Oh ok.Thank You. :)



Howard

Never a dull moment, eh?  ;D

Yeah, and that was just getting good!
:-[

Since I'm very near the top of the "food chain" I do get along pretty well with the ones I have to deal with.  There are times that I have to push a little bit but generally around everyone is okay.

After hours, I don't associate with many people that I work with.  The few that I do "hang out" with are really good friends.

Quiet well, there is always someone who gets on nerves though.  ::)  ;D

Yeah, and that was just getting good!
:-[


:)

Quiet well, there is always someone who gets on nerves though.  ::)  ;D


Yeah. That's natural.  :)

Since I'm very near the top of the "food chain" I do get along pretty well with the ones I have to deal with.  There are times that I have to push a little bit but generally around everyone is okay.

After hours, I don't associate with many people that I work with.  The few that I do "hang out" with are really good friends.


That's good news, Allie. Crack that whip out.  ;)

I voted "like a house on fire" even thought I left work in 1988.  I started my first job (Solicitors Office)  in 1977 and am still in contact with the friends I met there.  My next job (Shipping Company) I started in 1983 and am still in contact with many of the people I worked with.  I remember chatting to the receptionist while I was waiting to be interviewed and we are the best of friends to this day. :)

I voted "like a house on fire" even thought I left work in 1988.  I started my first job (Solicitors Office)  in 1977 and am still in contact with the friends I met there.  My next job (Shipping Company) I started in 1983 and am still in contact with many of the people I worked with.  I remember chatting to the receptionist while I was waiting to be interviewed and we are the best of friends to this day. :)


That is incredible, Jaytee. Lovely to hear - but like a lot of people that have mentioned this to me. It doesn't come as no surprise because I think you are smashing.  ;)

Heh heh. It's me exagerating the positives again, mandamoo. ;D

I could never imagine you not getting on with anyone. :)


Nothing wrong with that Bobby  ;) .....and thank you for your kind remark  :)

That is incredible, Jaytee. Lovely to hear - but like a lot of people that have mentioned this to me. It doesn't come as no surprise because I think you are smashing.  ;)


Thanks Bobby.  What a nice guy you are :)

Nothing wrong with that Bobby  ;) .....and thank you for your kind remark  :)


anytime.  :)

Thanks Bobby.  What a nice guy you are :)


Ah! Bless ya (special smilie moment coming up . . .).


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Do I want to get on with my work colleagues?

"It helps, but I've ofetn found it isn't necessary in my line of work. I have my headphones on all day listening to tunez while dev/designing so getting on isn't that hard".

Do you have any choice in the matter anyway?

"I don't think so, you're most likely going to be put in a situation where you dislike someone. That someone who has a tendancy to say or do stupid things whicxh grate on your nerves. I've no time for idiots who lack grey matter and common sense. I don't care to get on with these people and I'll not waste my time and effort to get on with such people. Life is too short!"

;-)

"I don't think so, you're most likely going to be put in a situation where you dislike someone. That someone who has a tendancy to say or do stupid things whicxh grate on your nerves. I've no time for idiots who lack grey matter and common sense. I don't care to get on with these people and I'll not waste my time and effort to get on with such people. Life is too short!"


There is always somebody who is the complete anti-you.

Heh heh. In which case you could use the 'Like a house on fire' option.  ;D


I chose "Like a house on fire" but the girl I work with is a lesbian so I'm thinking I should change my answer.   ;)

Actually, I'm very lucky.  There are only 2 of us here and when the last person I worked with quit, I told a girl I had worked with at another job about the position and she works with me now.  Really nice to be able to hand pick your co-workers.  We do go out together and have just joined a bowling league along with our, well husband in my case and significant other in hers.

Our boss is very nice but what's really nice is that he only stops by for a few minutes about once every two weeks.

A large part of my job is tasking other people to fulfil obligations to customers, I sometimes find the relationships with those departments more difficult, as they know that if we are calling them, it's generally to request they take action on something, or investigate an issue- I sometimes get the impression people have a negative attitude when asked to fulfil their job role (particularily if it involves direct customer interaction), which is something our company's working hard to change.


Just a suggestion, but would it be practical for you to sometimes call these people and compliment them on a job well done?  Then they wouldn't resent your calling so much.

I used to have trouble communicating with co-workers but now I have no trouble whatsoever. :)



HOWARD

I used to have trouble communicating with co-workers but now I have no trouble whatsoever. :)



HOWARD
hooked on ebonics worked for me!  ;D

hooked on ebonics worked for me!  ;D



Did you pass? ;D



Howard

hooked on ebonics worked for me!  ;D


LOL Where can I get that?  Many of my temps are very hard for me to understand.

Did you pass? ;D



Howard
no, but I talk good Jive

no, but I talk good Jive


jive talkin'? ;D



Howard

jive talkin'? ;D



Howard
I was thinking about that Airplane (the movie) scene with Barbara Bilingsley the mother from Leave it to Beaver in which she had to translate Jive  ;D

I was thinking about that Airplane (the movie) scene with Barbara Bilingsley the mother from Leave it to Beaver in which she had to translate Jive  ;D


She was talking to those 2 black guys and she had to translate some Jive. ;D



Howard

her Jive talking was one of the funniest scenes in the movie  ;D

her Jive talking was one of the funniest scenes in the movie  ;D


Did you ever have the need to translate jive to your co-workers? ;D



Howard

Did you ever have the need to translate jive to your co-workers? ;D



Howard
no, they are all under 10 and only speak Spanish, Cathy Lee Gifford keeps them in line  ;)

no, they are all under 10 and only speak Spanish, Cathy Lee Gifford keeps them in line  ;)


Ok,I see. ;D


Howard