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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 14:26:25 GMT -5
I'm pissed off about being mediocre in my field of employment. Better then being sub-standard. Also, if it really bothers you, then why not try and get better at it? Honestly I'm not sure what's wrong with me aside from I can't motivate myself enough to go to "insane level" when it comes to studying for this Professional Engineering exam. Aside from being told that there's something "deeply wrong" with me on an engineering message board, I think I'm getting less mopy about this. Also I'm sorry to hear about Kurt's company  . My dad's been in a similar situation for a while now and it's nerve wracking for him seeing people drop like flies. |
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Post by Jave on Jun 9, 2010 15:33:38 GMT -5
Sometimes, I really wish my company would get into a firing people mood. They can start with the guy who shows up drunk at least once a week and constantly gropes at female employees a third his age... and before anyone says it, yes, everyone at my company knows about this and says or does nothing, and it's not like he's that good at his job.
They could then move on to whomever handles the scheduling requiring us to take a hotel room on one end of the province, get up at 4:45 AM, work until 4PM, then pile back into the uncomfortable van and drive immediately to the other end of the province, get checked into our hotels at 11:00PM, then get up at 4:45AM again that morning for another shift... and then have the audacity to bitch about how we're "moody" and "difficult" on the second day for some reason.
And while I'm on the subject of long drives and no sleep, we have indeed had "incidents" on the road. In 07, I was in a crash that killed two of my co-workers, and later that very year, my boss rolled a van with a trailer hitched to the back of it, that following winter, a van hit a patch of ice and went into a ditch, and more recently, a van hit a moose late at night... and in every single one of these incidents, drivers were working long hours, under a lot of pressure, and had other responsibilities that they were expected to take care of on top of it.
and that's just in my district.
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Post by kal on Jun 10, 2010 0:14:49 GMT -5
Sometimes, I really wish my company would get into a firing people mood. They can start with the guy who shows up drunk at least once a week and constantly gropes at female employees a third his age... and before anyone says it, yes, everyone at my company knows about this and says or does nothing, and it's not like he's that good at his job. They could then move on to whomever handles the scheduling requiring us to take a hotel room on one end of the province, get up at 4:45 AM, work until 4PM, then pile back into the uncomfortable van and drive immediately to the other end of the province, get checked into our hotels at 11:00PM, then get up at 4:45AM again that morning for another shift... and then have the audacity to bitch about how we're "moody" and "difficult" on the second day for some reason. And while I'm on the subject of long drives and no sleep, we have indeed had "incidents" on the road. In 07, I was in a crash that killed two of my co-workers, and later that very year, my boss rolled a van with a trailer hitched to the back of it, that following winter, a van hit a patch of ice and went into a ditch, and more recently, a van hit a moose late at night... and in every single one of these incidents, drivers were working long hours, under a lot of pressure, and had other responsibilities that they were expected to take care of on top of it. and that's just in my district. It really sounds like you should find a different job Jave. |
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Post by Strider on Jun 10, 2010 7:29:21 GMT -5
So half my department was laid off at work today. I survived the cuts and apparently there aren't going to be any more, but still, what the hell! They fired my boss, who I actually REALLY liked. And then of course one of the AVPs of the department makes an appearance, who's a colossal moron and an incredibly jackass too, when he's really the one who should've gotten the boot. Of course, he's too high up the chain for anyone above him to realize his incompetence. Corporate America sucks. This is another stunning move in a company that is, quite literally, world renowned for stupid decisions. I need a new job. Sheesh- I'm sorry to hear it. I went through something similar a couple months back, and it really sucks. I hate how the corporate world treats people.  - HC |
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Post by Jave on Jun 13, 2010 13:01:29 GMT -5
It really sounds like you should find a different job Jave. Without question. I'll be going back to school in the fall and studying basic pharmacology, I'm really hoping I can hang my hat on that. Thing is, if I completely sold my soul and devoted myself to towing the company line, I could probably make more money as a stock monkey than I could as a pharmacy technician, but the other trade-offs, like a stable work environment, knowing when my shifts end, no relentless travel, are all far too substantial to ignore. |
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Post by camanchi on Jun 14, 2010 1:42:11 GMT -5
I'd rather be able to live decently and like my job than make obscene amounts of money and hate what I do. Can't take it with you.
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Post by Ryu the Grappler on Jun 14, 2010 13:05:44 GMT -5
A couple of more pet peeves I want to add:
* I hate fanboys who assume that just because you don't like their favorite author, celebrity, site, or what-have-you, they immediately pull the "you don't like X because you're jealous of his/her/their success" card. Geez, is it possible that not everyone likes your favorite celebrity for actual legitimate reasons (i.e. they don't like their style, they made a statement that irked them the wrong way, or they simply plain don't like them)? Not, its always "they're more successful than you, so that means you're jealous". Its such a common logical fallacy that I'm surprised no one has made a name for it
* I also dislike people who cannot read between the lines and take everything at face value. Sometimes you cannot be direct with people in certain situations, so you say something else in a way they can get what you're saying without being obvious about it. But sometimes, either I'm too subtle about it or the person in question is way too dense to comprehend.
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Post by camanchi on Jun 15, 2010 15:53:32 GMT -5
About the not reading between the lines. I can understand why sometimes you don't want to be upfront but is it really that bad? I dunno, I've always been a very frank person. Sometimes I am brutally honest. I just don't see the point in being wishy washy about things if there is a chance of confusing a person. I figure if it's important enough it will be said to my face.
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Post by Ryu the Grappler on Jun 15, 2010 19:50:47 GMT -5
About the not reading between the lines. I can understand why sometimes you don't want to be upfront but is it really that bad? I dunno, I've always been a very frank person. Sometimes I am brutally honest. I just don't see the point in being wishy washy about things if there is a chance of confusing a person. I figure if it's important enough it will be said to my face. I'm talking about situations when there's more than one person involve like a group of acquaintances or a public forum where you can't divulge information to just anyone. One-on-one situations or private messaging don't count. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2010 20:31:20 GMT -5
About the not reading between the lines. I can understand why sometimes you don't want to be upfront but is it really that bad? I dunno, I've always been a very frank person. Sometimes I am brutally honest. I just don't see the point in being wishy washy about things if there is a chance of confusing a person. I figure if it's important enough it will be said to my face. Where were you like five years ago? I have so much respect for this kind of approach to life. One of my absolute BIGGEST pet peeves is when people aren't upfront about their opinions. When people pretend to like someone just to talk shit behind their back, or when they try to act like they like something just to spare someone's feelings. You don't have to be a dick about it, but tell the truth! It doesn't help things when people lie like that. It only makes the eventual revelation (and there's always a revelation) that much worse. Also, I absolutely hate it when people try to find deeper meaning in things that do not need to be explored in that way. I tend to take things at face value. This mainly applies to works of fiction. If you can enjoy LOTR for what it is, great. I DO NOT need to get into a massive, three hour discussion about how it was all an allegory for World War II, though. |
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Post by kimimi on Jun 16, 2010 2:02:12 GMT -5
It depends on the situation, sometimes it's important to grease the social wheels just to make work/life easier and more pleasant than pointing out everything you dislike instead. For me when I was at work it basically went like this: Personal dislike/problem - keep quiet and bear it; you're never going to like everyone you meet and it's of no benefit to anyone to create a bad atmosphere. Professional problem - speak up right away; if you can't/won't do what you're paid to do then you shouldn't be here and you're going to be effecting my job too.
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Post by camanchi on Jun 16, 2010 19:15:36 GMT -5
Overall, I am incredibly patient and I'm not going to care about some minor quirk with someone at work or a friend/acquaintance. It's just when people pussy foot around over something that needs to be said that I don't get. You're not doing anyone any favours by making out like something that's a big deal, isn't.
Though I am guilty of keeping my opinions to myself or only sharing it with certain people if something annoys me but it's not worth bringing up to the person it involves. This usually happens with people who are unlikely to change/care.
Also, something that majorly pisses me off:
So It's very, very close to rush hour. I'm trying to get to the bank before it closes. I'm trying to turn left onto a major, busy street from a small back street. Just as I get a great opening to turn, some guy is coming towards me in the right hand lane on the busy street. He doesn't have a signal on, so I assume he's going straight and I'll have to wait longer to turn. He turns RIGHT onto the street I'm on, so I miss the chance to turn. I hold up my hands, in a "what the hell" gesture. He's a man over 50 with a brand new SUV.
I end up waiting for FIFTEEN MINUTES and still can't turn. Finally, I reverse, do a "parallel park" move behind the line of cars in the right hand turning lane and fume as I drive down to the closest light so I can bugger around to get my self going back in the direction I originally intended to turn towards. FUUUUUUUUU
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Post by Feynman on Jun 17, 2010 15:53:38 GMT -5
I don't live in a major city. Or even a minor city. I live in a pretty rural area just outside of a very small city. I do, however, live in Left Turn Hell. You see, every arterial, almost-arterial, and not-an-arterial-but-maybe-thirty-years-from now-it-could-be-an-arterial road has a concrete divider separating the two halves of the road. This is both in my little town, and the small city. Even if you wanted to make a left-hand turn, half the time it's not even possible. When I first moved here a couple years back, I spent most of my time driving fervently hoping to meet the street designer so I could punch him in the fucking face.
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Post by Jave on Jun 17, 2010 16:23:01 GMT -5
Also, I absolutely hate it when people try to find deeper meaning in things that do not need to be explored in that way. I tend to take things at face value. This mainly applies to works of fiction. If you can enjoy LOTR for what it is, great. I DO NOT need to get into a massive, three hour discussion about how it was all an allegory for World War II, though. Personally, I'd find most, if not all works of fiction to be extremely boring if I were only taking them at face value. The picking apart of these things is a lot of the fun for me, and what motivates me to try and read things that might be outside my relatively small intellectual range. That said, I'm not one of those people who puts a great deal of faith in "definitive" interpretations of things. What I got out of something is what I got out of it. I don't care if it's the academically accepted thesis or not, I just let it play out based on my own reaction to it, because really, what you're looking for determines what you're gonna find, know what I mean? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2010 16:30:19 GMT -5
Will Smith's Kid.
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. My dad's been in a similar situation for a while now and it's nerve wracking for him seeing people drop like flies.
