Man oh man sometimes I just can't stand working in a freakin' cubicle like a bee in a damn hive. I hate:

- The way you have zero privacy.

- The way people take a peek at your computer screen when they walk by to see what you're doing and pretend that they're not doing that.

- The way people talk loudly on the phone and laugh like idiots at stupid jokes their friends tell them.

- The way email "jokes" are passed around and we're supposed to laugh.

- The way people spend half their day talking about their houses and what they want to do with their houses and how great it would be to own bigger houses when this damn world is on the verge of falling into total anarchy and they don't even care.

- The way managers who don't know what's going on try to tell you what to do.

- The way you have to sit down in one spot the whole day.

- The way people pass around cards that you have to write cute messages in whenever it's someone's birthday or wedding or their cat's birthday or whatever.

- The way people pass around an envelope for money with said card. You want me to give you money cause it's your birthday. Getouttahere.

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

Anybody have more?

Sorry, just had to rant. Gotta get back to work now.

Man oh man sometimes I just can't stand working in a freakin' cubicle like a bee in a damn hive. I hate:

- The way you have zero privacy.

- The way people take a peek at your computer screen when they walk by to see what you're doing and pretend that they're not doing that.

- The way people talk loudly on the phone and laugh like idiots at stupid jokes their friends tell them.

- The way email "jokes" are passed around and we're supposed to laugh.

- The way people spend half their day talking about their houses and what they want to do with their houses and how great it would be to own bigger houses when this damn world is on the verge of falling into total anarchy and they don't even care.

- The way managers who don't know what's going on try to tell you what to do.

- The way you have to sit down in one spot the whole day.

- The way people pass around cards that you have to write cute messages in whenever it's someone's birthday or wedding or their cat's birthday or whatever.

- The way people pass around an envelope for money with said card. You want me to give you money cause it's your birthday. Getouttahere.

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

Anybody have more?

Sorry, just had to rant. Gotta get back to work now.
I work in a call center and we have to share a cube with another person and we have no walls, we do but they are about 1.5' tall,anybody can see what you are doing from just about anywhere

I work in a call center and we have to share a cube with another person and we have no walls, we do but they are about 1.5' tall,anybody can see what you are doing from just about anywhere

We have legitimate walls, at least, though with all the traffic going to and fro behind me I'm unnerved the whole day (and I'm not doing anything wrong, apart for looking at boxing forums...this atmosphere just makes you paranoid).

Our managers also have cubicles but the walls are higher. I imagine that the managers above them must have barbed wire or castle-style ramparts and towers on their walls. See, this whole system is just so petty and stupid. Life shouldn't be about working your whole life just to get taller cubicle walls and a fancier title.

Man oh man sometimes I just can't stand working in a freakin' cubicle like a bee in a damn hive. I hate:

- The way you have zero privacy.

- The way people take a peek at your computer screen when they walk by to see what you're doing and pretend that they're not doing that.

- The way people talk loudly on the phone and laugh like idiots at stupid jokes their friends tell them.

- The way email "jokes" are passed around and we're supposed to laugh.

- The way people spend half their day talking about their houses and what they want to do with their houses and how great it would be to own bigger houses when this damn world is on the verge of falling into total anarchy and they don't even care.

- The way managers who don't know what's going on try to tell you what to do.

- The way you have to sit down in one spot the whole day.

- The way people pass around cards that you have to write cute messages in whenever it's someone's birthday or wedding or their cat's birthday or whatever.

- The way people pass around an envelope for money with said card. You want me to give you money cause it's your birthday. Getouttahere.

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

Anybody have more?

Sorry, just had to rant. Gotta get back to work now.

Sounds like my job.

When someone you dont even knows parents die they pass the card around for everyone to sign it and you dont know what to say. "Im sorry for your loss"? Im mean WTF?

Then you have the people you see walking down the hall when you have to go to the bathroom. Some days they smile and say hi, sometimes they dont. I have just about given up saying hi to anyone around here anymore. I hate going to the bathroom noadays just because I never know who Im going to run into and have to talk to when walking down the hall.
Im 25 and just about all the people I work with are at least 35, married and have kids. Needless to say, we have little in common and your trivial BS talk in the hallways is always extrmemly awkward for me. I dont know what to talk to these people about!! I dont want to hear about their kids little leauge game, and I dont want to tell them how I got so drunk on Friday night that I dont remember how I got home.

Sounds like my job.

When someone you dont even knows parents die they pass the card around for everyone to sign it and you dont know what to say. "Im sorry for your loss"? Im mean WTF?

Then you have the people you see walking down the hall when you have to go to the bathroom. Some days they smile and say hi, sometimes they dont. I have just about given up saying hi to anyone around here anymore. I hate going to the bathroom noadays just because I never know who Im going to run into and have to talk to when walking down the hall.
Im 25 and just about all the people I work with are at least 35, married and have kids. Needless to say, we have little in common and your trivial BS talk in the hallways is always extrmemly awkward for me. I dont know what to talk to these people about!! I dont want to hear about their kids little leauge game, and I dont want to tell them how I got so drunk on Friday night that I dont remember how I got home.

I'm married but I can't believe the way these people talk about their spouses and families. I know men are jerks too but I work with a lot of women and they either do one of two things:

1) They talk about how their husbands are louts and idiots and can't dress themselves in the morning and are totally dependent on them, and they expect me to play along with this like I'm the say way with my wife. I always feel like saying, "Sorry, I'm not a needy, pathetic slob like your husband."

OR

2) They talk about how they bug their husbands to buy them jewelry and take them on vacations and basically work themselves to death so their wives can spend their money, and they expect me to play along like my wife is the same way. I feel like saying, "Sorry, my wife isn't a greedy, shallow, you-know-what like you."

I can't believe these people are in relationships like this and they think that it's normal! Then they have kids and since they have nothing else going for them in their lives they obsess over them! I mean, I love kids but you need to live your own life, as well. I think people have kids just so they have something thay they think is interesting to talk about with other people, sort of like golf.

Can you tell I don't feel like working today?

bombardier your distain and negative attitude towards work and other people reminds me of myself. lol :cool:

I wish I had a cubicle too so that I can enjoy hearing those stories. I just have an office with a view on downtown Boston across the Charles river. Because of this I often sit in seclusion and just stare at the trees, falling leaves, and the river. The fall is very beautiful in Boston, but I wish for winter to come soon.




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I wish I had a cubicle too so that I can enjoy hearing those stories. I just have an office with a view on downtown Boston across the Charles river. Because of this I often sit in seclusion and just stare at the trees, falling leaves, and the river. The fall is very beautiful in Boston, but I wish for winter to come soon.




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Rub it in a little more *******. :D

I wish I had a cubicle too so that I can enjoy hearing those stories. I just have an office with a view on downtown Boston across the Charles river. Because of this I often sit in seclusion and just stare at the trees, falling leaves, and the river. The fall is very beautiful in Boston, but I wish for winter to come soon.




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Hey, more power to you if you've managed to secure yourself some of the nicer things in life, like a nice view of a fantastic town like Boston. I live in Ottawa, Canada, which is an OKAY city, but I work in the ugly suburbs anyway so it don't matter.

Everything's moving out to the suburbs these days, man. It's getting uglier and uglier.

Hey, more power to you if you've managed to secure yourself some of the nicer things in life, like a nice view of a fantastic town like Boston. I live in Ottawa, Canada, which is an OKAY city, but I work in the ugly suburbs anyway so it don't matter.

Everything's moving out to the suburbs these days, man. It's getting uglier and uglier.

Yes. Canada is a beautiful country. I have been to Montreal twice, will go to Toronto and Vancouver in the spring. I loved Montreal. Fall and Winter in Montreal are beautiful.

I hate working in a cubicle!

Then quit.

I hate working in a cubicle!

Then quit.

You obviously missed my last point:

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

I spent three years working in the receiving room in a bookstore lifting and unpacking heavy boxes and made peanuts in the process. I ain't goin' back.

work sucks, I wish I had a job I love doing, maybe like a boxing Reff, you have the best seat in the house and you get paid too

Try working at Blimpies.

the sensational one has done it again/ lol. how did you do that?

You obviously missed my last point:

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

I spent three years working in the receiving room in a bookstore lifting and unpacking heavy boxes and made peanuts in the process. I ain't goin' back.
sounds like something you would hear from a guy in prison,lol dont feel bad I did plumbling work for 1.3 years,it sucked, out in the sun all day and when it rain,go home no pay. I was dark for 2 years,lol

Try working at Blimpies.
would you rather work for subway?

oh man i work in a supermarket for now, i am going to the USA in a couple days to live and i fully intend to sell computers and computer parts on Ebay make a living that way :D

sounds like something you would hear from a guy in prison,lol dont feel bad I did plumbling work for 1.3 years,it sucked, out in the sun all day and when it rain,go home no pay. I was dark for 2 years,lol
Plumbing? ewww I have to plumb at work often enough, I hate it. How can they design a freaking pop bottle with a screw top not to leak after it falls 10-15 feet under pressure, yet when you put a sink trap together it has to be perfectly lined up or it will leak.

Plumbing? ewww I have to plumb at work often enough, I hate it. How can they design a freaking pop bottle with a screw top not to leak after it falls 10-15 feet under pressure, yet when you put a sink trap together it has to be perfectly lined up or it will leak.
Well I did Commercial Plumbling, but still in that type of work its all full of crap :rolleyes:

Well I did Commercial Plumbling, but still in that type of work its all full of crap :rolleyes:
Literally.
:)

sounds like something you would hear from a guy in prison,lol dont feel bad I did plumbling work for 1.3 years,it sucked, out in the sun all day and when it rain,go home no pay. I was dark for 2 years,lol

lol, well I don't mean to get too melodramatic, especially for people who have really been in prison. But if you ever want to feel about as important as something stuck to the bottom of some guy's shoe then go work for your nearest retail superstore.

The work I have now at least pays well, and the actual work isn't too too bad, but the office environment just kills me. I'm surrounded by superficial, spoiled people for hours a day. They all own huge homes and giant SUVs and all they want is more more more.

hehe i didnt think it was that bad.

Man oh man sometimes I just can't stand working in a freakin' cubicle like a bee in a damn hive. I hate:

- The way you have zero privacy.

- The way people take a peek at your computer screen when they walk by to see what you're doing and pretend that they're not doing that.

- The way people talk loudly on the phone and laugh like idiots at stupid jokes their friends tell them.

- The way email "jokes" are passed around and we're supposed to laugh.

- The way people spend half their day talking about their houses and what they want to do with their houses and how great it would be to own bigger houses when this damn world is on the verge of falling into total anarchy and they don't even care.

- The way managers who don't know what's going on try to tell you what to do.

- The way you have to sit down in one spot the whole day.

- The way people pass around cards that you have to write cute messages in whenever it's someone's birthday or wedding or their cat's birthday or whatever.

- The way people pass around an envelope for money with said card. You want me to give you money cause it's your birthday. Getouttahere.

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

Anybody have more?

Sorry, just had to rant. Gotta get back to work now.

-The way people force you into small talk EEEVRY SINGLE DAY you pass by someone even though you both know you don't give a **** about each other or don't have **** to talk about.

-The way people from other departments who never met you but will stare at you from time to time? Why? I DONT ****ING KNOW!!

-The way you wanna check out this site but you just never know who's watching so you do quick skimreading and one replys before you minimize the window.

-The way that somehow there's always a damn line at the photocopy or fax machine and when it's your turn, there's a damn paper jam or it's out of toner.

-The way your coworkers rummage through your desk looking for a "file"

-The way nobody ****ing pulls their weight.

I hear ya bro

lol, well I don't mean to get too melodramatic, especially for people who have really been in prison. But if you ever want to feel about as important as something stuck to the bottom of some guy's shoe then go work for your nearest retail superstore.

The work I have now at least pays well, and the actual work isn't too too bad, but the office environment just kills me. I'm surrounded by superficial, spoiled people for hours a day. They all own huge homes and giant SUVs and all they want is more more more.
I worked in retail for 6 years. I freaked out on a couple of people in that span. Its the worst. Some people I wanted to kill sooo bad.

Sounds like my job.

When someone you dont even knows parents die they pass the card around for everyone to sign it and you dont know what to say. "Im sorry for your loss"? Im mean WTF?

Then you have the people you see walking down the hall when you have to go to the bathroom. Some days they smile and say hi, sometimes they dont. I have just about given up saying hi to anyone around here anymore. I hate going to the bathroom noadays just because I never know who Im going to run into and have to talk to when walking down the hall.
Im 25 and just about all the people I work with are at least 35, married and have kids. Needless to say, we have little in common and your trivial BS talk in the hallways is always extrmemly awkward for me. I dont know what to talk to these people about!! I dont want to hear about their kids little leauge game, and I dont want to tell them how I got so drunk on Friday night that I dont remember how I got home.

wow, you got it to the T

Hey, more power to you if you've managed to secure yourself some of the nicer things in life, like a nice view of a fantastic town like Boston. I live in Ottawa, Canada, which is an OKAY city, but I work in the ugly suburbs anyway so it don't matter.

Everything's moving out to the suburbs these days, man. It's getting uglier and uglier.

Bro you must have one of teh worst "downtown" and night life I have ever seen in the city. The best thing I saw was the hooters at the market where there's La Baie, ****ing hooters didn't even allow smoking...

would you rather work for subway?

my little sister works for 3 different subways

i imagine the thrill of being called a "sandwich artist" wears off pretty fast

i imagine the thrill of being called a "sandwich artist" wears off pretty fast

it's hilarious. But she brings home subs and free cookies.. Damn those cookies...she'd come home with bags of em. They're so ****ing good. But I'd go insane if I was her. Today she had to work at 2 different subways for 2 different shifts. Daym...

Bro you must have one of teh worst "downtown" and night life I have ever seen in the city. The best thing I saw was the hooters at the market where there's La Baie, ****ing hooters didn't even allow smoking...

LOL no kiddin'...at least I went to university in Montreal so I got to spend some of my formative years smack in the middle of the best scene in Canada, IMHO. I remember coming back here after my first year and seeing families, complete with small children, strolling around the Byward Market on a Friday night. For those who don't know, the "market" is supposedly the place to go for night life in this city. Right...

Unfortunately Montreal is in pretty bad economic shape despite rebounding a bit, so I had to come back here. If I had the opportunity I'd return in a second.

The smoking thing is a new city bylaw, by the way. Makes the suburbanites feel better casting those bad bad smokers out of their bars and restaurants. Never mind that these same people are polluting the air with their gas guzzling SUVs, destroying the land with their oversized sprawling suburban communities, and poisoning themselves with fatty, processed fast foods (which also guarantees that our healthcare system will be taxed to the max).

-The way people from other departments who never met you but will stare at you from time to time? Why? I DONT ****ING KNOW!!


This happens to everyone else, too? Christ, why are there so many idiots in the world, and, more perplexingly, why are they all exactly the same? For example, all my friends who work in offices have to go through the same routine when they sign one of those stupid cards for someone's birthday or whatever...the card shows up in a file folder, along with a checklist for them to check their name off of and the aforementioned envelope where we're supposed to stuff some spare change (right). The deal is you sign the card (complete with some ridiculous "quip", natch), check you name off the list and then hunt down another sucker who isn't checked off the list yet.

My question is, how did this become like the standard thing to do? Do the idiots have meetings about these things? Do they get together and discuss issues like standardizing the passing around of birthday cards? Just wondering...

LOL no kiddin'...at least I went to university in Montreal so I got to spend some of my formative years smack in the middle of the best scene in Canada, IMHO. I remember coming back here after my first year and seeing families, complete with small children, strolling around the Byward Market on a Friday night. For those who don't know, the "market" is supposedly the place to go for night life in this city. Right...

Unfortunately Montreal is in pretty bad economic shape despite rebounding a bit, so I had to come back here. If I had the opportunity I'd return in a second.

The smoking thing is a new city bylaw, by the way. Makes the suburbanites feel better casting those bad bad smokers out of their bars and restaurants. Never mind that these same people are polluting the air with their gas guzzling SUVs, destroying the land with their oversized sprawling suburban communities, and poisoning themselves with fatty, processed fast foods (which also guarantees that our healthcare system will be taxed to the max).

Well I live in Montreal and the nightlife is pretty active. It's a nice city. For example, you can have 4-5 different clubs in ONE street. That's pretty funny. But you get bored of it all pretty fast and at one point, there's just nothing left to do.
Also the people here are wierd. Or they're super friendly, or they're just plain jackasses and snobs. 50/50 I guess.

As for the cards at the office. I find it hilarious that they'd pass it around to EVERYBODY. My first week here, they passed around teh cards. I didn't who the heck it was for and I'm sure the person didn't know who I was also. But I still signed it although I thought it was pointless. Damn offices....

lol, well I don't mean to get too melodramatic, especially for people who have really been in prison. But if you ever want to feel about as important as something stuck to the bottom of some guy's shoe then go work for your nearest retail superstore.

The work I have now at least pays well, and the actual work isn't too too bad, but the office environment just kills me. I'm surrounded by superficial, spoiled people for hours a day. They all own huge homes and giant SUVs and all they want is more more more.
yeah I know what you mean.we have people like that here ar work ,we get commission too and when I first started I use to get some good money, now we have all these greedy bastards lying to customers trying to get them into a new PKG (cable) just to keep making more money on commission. I dont make much about 14/hr but my commission is good the least every 2 weeks is about $200.00 and the most I have had just on commission is $1200.00 in two weeks. but I dont sweat it, these people up here lie their asses off to get a sale, so I dont complain much cause the money to me is good :cool:

yeah I know what you mean.we have people like that here ar work ,we get commission too and when I first started I use to get some good money, now we have all these greedy bastards lying to customers trying to get them into a new PKG (cable) just to keep making more money on commission. I dont make much about 14/hr but my commission is good the least every 2 weeks is about $200.00 and the most I have had just on commission is $1200.00 in two weeks. but I dont sweat it, these people up here lie their asses off to get a sale, so I dont complain much cause the money to me is good :cool:

DIIRT!! That's pretty sweet income. I did my share of call centers but the job itself I can't stand. You can make good money if you do well but I guess you have to have the stomach for the job.

Man oh man sometimes I just can't stand working in a freakin' cubicle like a bee in a damn hive. I hate:

- The way you have zero privacy.

- The way people take a peek at your computer screen when they walk by to see what you're doing and pretend that they're not doing that.

- The way people talk loudly on the phone and laugh like idiots at stupid jokes their friends tell them.

- The way email "jokes" are passed around and we're supposed to laugh.

- The way people spend half their day talking about their houses and what they want to do with their houses and how great it would be to own bigger houses when this damn world is on the verge of falling into total anarchy and they don't even care.

- The way managers who don't know what's going on try to tell you what to do.

- The way you have to sit down in one spot the whole day.

- The way people pass around cards that you have to write cute messages in whenever it's someone's birthday or wedding or their cat's birthday or whatever.

- The way people pass around an envelope for money with said card. You want me to give you money cause it's your birthday. Getouttahere.

- The way you have to do this because the only jobs that pay any decent money are in an office.

Anybody have more?

Sorry, just had to rant. Gotta get back to work now.

Ah yes. corporate america. i cant believe i'm going through hell in college to be one of these corporate duchebags.