Do you work with a bunch of assholes?

[sara1998]

I do!

I was pulled in today by my supervisor to be told that one of my co-workers thinks I listen in on her phone conversations, and am constantly looking over her shoulder. (I have many, many more important things on my mind other then her phone conversations.) After hearing a few other complaints about me, I told my supervisor that I feel like they (co-workers) are out to get me. You know what my supervisor said to that? That since I am much younger then them, that's why I don't fit in, and, because I have a production background, that's why I'm different from them.

Does anyone else smell age discrimination?
Would YOU go to HR???

Maria

[strandinthewind]

Okay - I have net you a few times and you are the last MF person I could see being a total and obnoxious snoop :laugh: I mean please :mad: I think people get jealous and then make up sh&t. Hang in there darlin' !!! :woohoo:

[sara1998]

I think people get jealous and then make up sh&t.

Ya know, I've talked to my confidant at work about this whole situation, and he seems to think exactly this.

There's nothing to be jealous about. :distress:

Oh well, f*ck 'em.

Maria

[GardenStateGirlie]

Think? Oh sweetie, I know I work with a few... :laugh:

[Janet]

Yeah, I was always the young one in the office and the older women had it in for me. It was horrible sometimes. A job like that may not be worth keeping. Your happiness is the most important!

I work with assholes now. I work at Dominos Pizza as a manager and I just work with a bunch of men who don't know how to handle a woman who actually has feelings, emotions and drive. It's horrible.

UGH.

[estranged4life]

in the Mel Brooks great comedy "Space Balls":

"Great, I am surrounded by a--holes" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Brian "May the Schwartz be with ya" j.

[dissention]

Oh, doll, I've worked with some of the biggest assholes known to mankind. I worked with someone who used to be a drug addict (four years clean) and she ripped me to shreds when she found an aspirin on the floor. She thought it was some kind of drug and accused me of doing them at work. :laugh: Eventually, we had to be "mediated" by management, where I told her that if she hadn't drugged herself into a hazy stupor for years, she wouldn't be so anal over a lone aspirin on the floor of the workplace. :laugh: Then I left to work somewhere else.

However, I must admit to being the coldest asshole you'll ever meet if things aren't going right at my job. ;) :laugh:

[estranged4life]

However, I must admit to being the coldest asshole you'll ever meet if things aren't going right at my job. ;) :laugh:

got ya beat at that, Debbie tells people (ie: co-workers, friends, etc.) straight to their faces when they ask what kinda person I am "Brian is the biggest a--hole on the planet..."

And I strive to be #1 at it too :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Brian "Public Enemy #1 too, Unlike some who are Public Enema #1 which is lot more people than I can count" j.

[dissention]

got ya beat at that, Debbie tells people (ie: co-workers, friends, etc.) straight to their faces when they ask what kinda person I am "Brian is the biggest a--hole on the planet..."

And I strive to be #1 at it too :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Brian "Public Enemy #1 too, Unlike some who are Public Enema #1 which is lot more people than I can count" j.

:lol: God forbid if we worked together. It would be a battleground. :wavey:

[estranged4life]

:lol: God forbid if we worked together. It would be a battleground. :wavey:

I had a co-worker ask "You don't like people much do ya?"

My reply (Sarcastically, of course)-"I'm a "racist", I HATE everyone"...Let's say the conversation ended very quickly :laugh:

Brian j.

[dissention]

I had a co-worker ask "You don't like people much do ya?"

My reply (Sarcastically, of course)-"I'm a "racist", I HATE everyone"...Let's say the conversation ended very quickly :laugh:

Brian j.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You should've asked if they wanted to join the Klan. :lol:

I like people, but only people who can pull their weight. If they're dragging me down, I'll tell 'em to f*ck off. :laugh:

[estranged4life]

I'm tall/lanky like my late father & I have my Mother's (Sarcastic as humanly possible, Or allowable) sense of humor...Example: My Mom has an ol' ever tried & ever popular question of asking firemen if she "Can check their hoses?" (I can dive in the floorboard of a car very fast from the embarrassment I had to endure from her humor during my younger years)

Brian j.

[dissention]

I'm tall/lanky like my late father & I have my Mother's (Sarcastic as humanly possible, Or allowable) sense of humor...Example: My Mom has an ol' ever tried & ever popular question of asking firemen if she "Can check their hoses?" (I can dive in the floorboard of a car very fast from the embarrassment I had to endure from her humor during my younger years)

Brian j.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

"Someone gave told me the tip of your, er...someone gave me a tip to check your hoses for maximum usage."

[wondergirl9847]

Ya'll are crazy. :laugh:

I've worked with a-holes before and unless *I* am one, I don't work with any now, as I work at home. Heh. My "boss" is a nice lady, of course, I don't have to see or talk to her...we email. LOL

My last boss was a be-otch from you-know-where. Ugh!! HUGE whippin' to work for her. I prefer male bosses, as they tend to be more laid back, of course, there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rule, huh?

[sara1998]

Oh damn, it's Friday. I can't wait for Monday so I can listen in on her phone conversations all week next week. :rolleyes:

TGIF........

Maria

[DeeGeMe]

I work from home too and stay in touch with my co-workers now mainly through e-mail and phone calls. It rocks! But in my day, trust me, I had my share of assholes & bitches to contend with. And yes, I'd rather work with men than women any day of the week! When I was younger, the older women hated me. When I got into my mid and late 30's (I'm 39 now)--the married women all hated me because I was single! I couldn't win for losing. Plus the fact that I worked in TV for over 10 years certainly didn't help matters either--let's just say that I'm convinced that more mentally distrubed people work in the television industry than anywhere else. They're all nuts! I will admit to being somewhat of a Type A personality myself. I'm hard-working, a bit of a perfectionist, and do not suffer fools gladly. It did not make for a happy work situation for me for many, many years. Like Joseph Campbell said though "Follow your bliss." When I was finally able to do that, the "magic" doors just opened up for me and four years later, here I sit, blissfully happy at long last. I joke that I left TV because I got tired of being a bitch in order to survive. And yes, at my last TV job, I also had an alcoholic, pill-popping co-worker. She actually kept a bottle in her desk drawer and used to take swigs at it when she thought no one was looking!

[Carolina Girl]

Do I work with a bunch of assholes? Is there any other kind of co-worker or boss???

[Gwillaker]

What a bunch of miserable asswipes! Spend your weekend planning your revenge on these neurotic twats! :nod:

[sparky]

...Example: My Mom has an ol' ever tried & ever popular question of asking firemen if she "Can check their hoses?" Brian j.

That reminds me of this fireman I met...never mind. :rolleyes:

Usually, no a-holes at work. Luckily I get to hire my staff on jobs. But I have worked for a few prizewinning nutcases. One 3 time rehab dropout who screamed obscenities at my crew, made out with his bleached blonde implant addled assistant in front of everyone, and once changed into his gym clothes on the corner of a stage. Believe me, THAT wasn't pretty. Another nut just threw things, slammed doors, and called everyone names. Thankfully, those were short jobs.

[strandinthewind]

That reminds me of this fireman I met...never mind. :rolleyes:

Usually, no a-holes at work. Luckily I get to hire my staff on jobs. But I have worked for a few prizewinning nutcases. One 3 time rehab dropout who screamed obscenities at my crew, made out with his bleached blonde implant addled assistant in front of everyone, and once changed into his gym clothes on the corner of a stage. Believe me, THAT wasn't pretty. Another nut just threw things, slammed doors, and called everyone names. Thankfully, those were short jobs.

You worked with Winonna Ryder and Shannon Dohtery LOL!!!!!! ;)

I work with 40 or so other lawyers. You do the math :laugh:

[CarneVaca]

You worked with Winonna Ryder and Shannon Dohtery LOL!!!!!! ;)

I work with 40 or so other lawyers. You do the math :laugh:

I don't have enough fingers and toes for that kind of math. ;)

However, I wish to point out that liberally calling people a-holes is not too nice. I mean, say, if the offsprings of one or more of these orifices chance upon this site and sees all this disparaging remarking on their parents!!??

Tsk.

[strandinthewind]

I don't have enough fingers and toes for that kind of math. ;)

However, I wish to point out that liberally calling people a-holes is not too nice. I mean, say, if the offsprings of one or more of these orifices chance upon this site and sees all this disparaging remarking on their parents!!??

Tsk.

:laugh: :laugh:

Smart ass!!!!!

BTW and ignoring methane, which is a whole other discussion for another time, the main product or issue of an a$$hole is by def. "feces" or in the common tongue "****." Please note that **** can take several forms (solid, not solid, etc.). Does that help :p :wavey:

[CarneVaca]

:laugh: :laugh:

Smart ass!!!!!

Couldn't resist, buddy. ;)

BTW and ignoring methane, which is a whole other discussion for another time, the main product or issue of an a$$hole is by def. "feces" or in the common tongue "****." Please note that **** can take several forms (solid, not solid, etc.). Does that help :p :wavey:


:lol: :lol: :lol:

[dissention]

"feces"

Ugh. Kill me now. That word!!!!

[gldstwmn]

I do!

I was pulled in today by my supervisor to be told that one of my co-workers thinks I listen in on her phone conversations, and am constantly looking over her shoulder. (I have many, many more important things on my mind other then her phone conversations.) After hearing a few other complaints about me, I told my supervisor that I feel like they (co-workers) are out to get me. You know what my supervisor said to that? That since I am much younger then them, that's why I don't fit in, and, because I have a production background, that's why I'm different from them.

Does anyone else smell age discrimination?
Would YOU go to HR???

Maria

To answer the topic question-no I don't work with assholes, I'm self employed. Now sometimes some of the people I deal with externally are assholes, so I either, a) contemplate if I can find a way to deal with these people that is beneficial to both of us or b) don't deal with them.
It doesn't sound like you are going to get a whole lot of support from the supervisor so I think you can do one of two things: Try to make friends with these women-maybe practice a few random acts of kindness for them. I don't know what your workplace is like, so I can't be more specific. It could be that they are just threatened by you and/or don't know you. Or if that doesn't work, then don't deal with them. However, if you're going to do that, be prepared for the repercussions. Hope this helps.:wavey:

[gldstwmn]

And yes, at my last TV job, I also had an alcoholic, pill-popping co-worker. She actually kept a bottle in her desk drawer and used to take swigs at it when she thought no one was looking!

What a sad, poisonous way to live one's life. :distress:
Everything always works out in the end though, doesn't it? If only we could get more people to believe that.

[gldstwmn]

I don't have enough fingers and toes for that kind of math. ;)

However, I wish to point out that liberally calling people a-holes is not too nice. I mean, say, if the offsprings of one or more of these orifices chance upon this site and sees all this disparaging remarking on their parents!!??

Tsk.

Oh. You are very bad. :laugh: :laugh: :distress:

[sara1998]

When I was younger, the older women hated me.

This here pretty much sums it up.

You see, it's obviously known at work that I'm a widow. I think some, not all, people associate that status with having money. A few months ago, I let my supervisor know that I was going to Best Buy on lunch, and I may be a little longer then usual, which was no big deal. We can take long lunches if we wish, I just like to let it be known I'll be gone for a bit. I was going to buy the Fleetwood Mac remaster CD's. She, just being nosey, which really was no big deal to me, asked what I was buying. Me, knowing they think I'm slightly off with my FM obsession, told her she probably didn't want to know, just to avoid the hassle of hearing "don't you have enough of their stuff...." She blurted out, rather sarcastically, "Boy, I wish I had your money." I have never shared anything to her or anyone else what my late husband left me. That is NONE of their business. Anyhow, I've heard that comment more then once from her. I let it roll off my back. But really... c'mon, that is about the rudest thing a person could say to a widow.

Another example. We was talking about hair one day. My supervisor is damn near bald with real short hair. She's nothing to look at. I have long curly hair. She asked me when I was going to cut it. I told her I was too young for that, and I like it long. Then she asked me how often I had it permed. "Permed? This is all natural curl." She looked me dead in my eye and said, "I hate you..."

Gimme a break. I would much rather be back in production with a bunch of men, then in an office with a bunch of catty women.

Oh well.

Maria

[sara1998]

P.S.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who works with assholes.

Yes, Carne, they are assholes. And I don't care if their children read this, they are probably assholes, too. :lol: :eek:

Maria

[Mad4stevie]

I work with 40 or so other lawyers. You do the math :laugh:

Ugh. I know that feeling!

Thank God I now work for myself and have never been happier. At the firms that I have worked for, I always had male bosses and female paralegals. The men hate you because you might actually be smarter than them :eek: and the women hate you because you are younger than them and are their boss. It was a f*cking nightmare. AND I have to add that I worked at a firm where in the whole 120 year history of the firm, they have only hired five women (and all have left or been fired). And believe it or not, that group of men were more catty and gossipy than any bunch of women that I have ever met!

That place is a walking sexual harrassment lawsuit waiting to happen . . .

Thank God for good therapists! :D

[gldstwmn]

This here pretty much sums it up.

You see, it's obviously known at work that I'm a widow. I think some, not all, people associate that status with having money. A few months ago, I let my supervisor know that I was going to Best Buy on lunch, and I may be a little longer then usual, which was no big deal. We can take long lunches if we wish, I just like to let it be known I'll be gone for a bit. I was going to buy the Fleetwood Mac remaster CD's. She, just being nosey, which really was no big deal to me, asked what I was buying. Me, knowing they think I'm slightly off with my FM obsession, told her she probably didn't want to know, just to avoid the hassle of hearing "don't you have enough of their stuff...." She blurted out, rather sarcastically, "Boy, I wish I had your money." I have never shared anything to her or anyone else what my late husband left me. That is NONE of their business. Anyhow, I've heard that comment more then once from her. I let it roll off my back. But really... c'mon, that is about the rudest thing a person could say to a widow.

Maria

That's horrible! :mad: It's pitiful. In this case you might want to choose the aforementioned option b. :laugh: You've got a case of raging jealousy going on there against you.

[sara1998]

Jason, exactly what kind of lawyer are you? I mean, do you do criminal, civil, taxes, estates?

What do you do?

Maria

[sara1998]

In this case you might want to choose the aforementioned option b. :laugh:


:laugh:

Ya, today, I sat there with my headphones on and did my work. I'm completely done with 'em.

[Mari]

I'm starting at a new job Wednesday, so I have no idea if they're assholes or not :lol
Had to deal with (sexual) harassment on my last job, that was nót fun. The guy still hates me because I was the first woman there to actually go to the boss etc... and a female colleague thought I was overreacting. Thanks for your support... :shrug: She had gone through the same thing with him, but her way of dealing with that was to act as if nothing happened!

[darklinensuit]

Do I work with a$$holes?
Yes, I do. I never should have taken this bleaching job...err, teaching job. ;) :laugh:

Actually, my workplace is mixed. Anybody who has worked in a school will tell you that a book can be written about any given day. Some of my co-workers are bad, some are good. I went out with several last night and will be seeing others tonight. I get along with everyone but there are a few who just shouldn't be where they are, and seven people were let go for next year, most of whom should not have been. Yesterday was commencement. In private TPTB asked the Dean of Students, who is being let go by assholes after thirteen years of service and a good performance, if they could publicly present him with an award in recognition of his years of service. He replied "You have the balls to fire me and then give me an award? Are you out of your f***in' mind? Sure, go ahead."
Of course, most of the a$$holes are the parents, though most of the parents are not a$$holes. Every year you deal with nut cases, and in this case, rich nut cases.
If I could find the money and have the same level of authority elsewhere, I'd probably be there. But as schools go, this isn't bad.

- Jake

[dissention]

Do I work with a$$holes?
Yes, I do. I never should have taken this bleaching job...err, teaching job. ;) :laugh:

UGH! :lol: And I thought I was vulgar and brash!

[darklinensuit]

UGH! :lol: And I thought I was vulgar and brash!

You thought right.
Aren't you the one who posted that topic originally? (If you're not sure, check back on your correspondence with Lara Flynn Boyle's attorneys.)

- Jake

[wondergirl9847]

Sorry to hear about your situation. :(

I have to say tho, that I've found that more WOMEN talk filthy and dirty on the job than men. That may not be the case everywhere, I realize, but in all my jobs, it was the women I worked with who told the dirty jokes, stories, etc. I was kinda shocked, really. There have been smarmy guys too tho, but I've worked with some really great guys too. :)

I'm no prude when it comes to stuff, but there is a line. I don't need to hear about people's personal lives, if ya know what I mean. Bleh. LOL

[dissention]

You thought right.
Aren't you the one who posted that topic originally? (If you're not sure, check back on your correspondence with Lara Flynn Boyle's attorneys.)

- Jake

You got me. :eek:

But at least I didn't take the job Cloroxing the anuses of the rich and famous.

[darklinensuit]

You got me. :eek:

But at least I didn't take the job Cloroxing the anuses of the rich and famous.

It was your choice to work on bums' bums, I suppose.

- Jake

[Mari]

Sorry to hear about your situation. :(

I have to say tho, that I've found that more WOMEN talk filthy and dirty on the job than men. That may not be the case everywhere, I realize, but in all my jobs, it was the women I worked with who told the dirty jokes, stories, etc. I was kinda shocked, really. There have been smarmy guys too tho, but I've worked with some really great guys too. :)

I'm no prude when it comes to stuff, but there is a line. I don't need to hear about people's personal lives, if ya know what I mean. Bleh. LOL

thank you :)
I don't mind some dirty talk either :D, I guess the way it's said matters a lot. This guy was the type that would stand behind you and put his hands on your sides, stuff like that. And remarks about what kind of underwear women were wearing! Not funny at all, even if it wasn't about you.

[wondergirl9847]

thank you :)
I don't mind some dirty talk either :D, I guess the way it's said matters a lot. This guy was the type that would stand behind you and put his hands on your sides, stuff like that. And remarks about what kind of underwear women were wearing! Not funny at all, even if it wasn't about you.

I think ALL offices have dirty talk and jokes. LOL I remember that guy (in New York?) getting fired for talking about a Seinfeld episode...the Dolores (my mom's name, BTW. LOL!!!) one. Some lady got offended and got him fired. :(

Mr. Wandering-Hands. Ew. That's icky.

Not work related, but I was at the mall once and got on the escalator, this teenager comes RIGHT up behind me, rubs up all on me and I turned around and went, "Get your hands off me!!" I wished I had pushed him down the escalator and watched him fall....neverending. *insert evil laugh here* LOL

[Mari]

:shocked: :shocked: whoa, a random stranger?!
well, that's when I would use my pointy elbows :laugh:
being thin does have some advantages ;)

[Vianna]

I don't work with a$$holes, I work for one. He's an idiot. Had I the money I would quit tomorrow.