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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #35 on: April 24, 2015, 05:29:10 PM »
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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« Reply #36 on: April 25, 2015, 11:12:51 PM »
So I actually had a convo with the owner of the company yesterday. He basically said they need me badly enough to let me pick the day and if I know of a coworker who I can rely on a ride from, and they are cool with it, to put them on the shift with me. It just happens that the girl I work with l. Sundays, who I swear has a thing for me, would love to work Tuesday afternoons (which is the shift I'd take) and would be more than willing to drive my ass home after work. I'm sure the higher ups won't like the idea seeing as I am the least productive when we work together  (we get along really well) but it's that it nothing. lol.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #37 on: April 25, 2015, 11:41:42 PM »
I recently was asked to work in another department of the store I'm at on certain days of the week and I've been really regretting it. The manager of that department has been on my case for "being lazy" when the truth of the matter is no one's been showing me the ropes of it and half the time I have no idea what's going on and what I'm supposed to do. And my new boss in my regular department has been livid with me for not making enough money in donations from customers for some breast cancer organization.

So today, manager from the other department calls me over and says that now, instead of having Friday off, she wants me to take an 8 a.m.-5 p.m. shift at our store's warehouse, which I have never seen nor have any idea what I'd be doing there because she didn't specify shit. My trip from home to work is 15-20 minutes. The warehouse is about an hour away. Coworkers are telling me that because of the donations thing and "bad performance" thing in the other department, and based on what's happened to previous employees, they might be trying to move me permanently to the warehouse.

...This is a full-time job and I'm in school full-time also right now. No way in fuck am I getting shifted to some warehouse god-knows-where, with hour commutes to-and-from and nine-hour shifts. I'll quit if they try to pull that shit. Enough on my plate. I've been slowly getting fed up with this place these past few months. Never should have agreed to help in that other department. I honestly thought I was just filling in until they hired an actual person for it.

Uuuuuugh. I just want to focus on school and now what has been a consistent job for six years is suddenly trying to pile up all this extra crap on me.
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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #38 on: April 27, 2015, 12:05:00 PM »
Special board clearly states "Soup of the day- Chilled Tomato Gazpacho"


Server- Chef, this customer didn't know the soup was cold, can you heat it up please?

Me- (goddammit why do I work with all fucking retarded people?) Well, the board clearly states it's chilled, did you tell the customer that?

Server- (testily, in a spoiled fucking three year old kind of way) I can't remember, can you just heat it up?

Me- *puts knife down and takes a step back from it* Well, a gazpacho isn't meant for heating, it will separate and taste like shit. We have a tomato soup on the menu he can have instead....

Server- (gruffly) He want this!!!!

Me- (fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck) Fine, give it here.... (and get the fuck out of my kitchen)




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« Reply #39 on: April 27, 2015, 12:24:40 PM »
THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #40 on: April 27, 2015, 12:32:43 PM »
I know you're kidding, but I do have to say that though the customer may be right, it is our responsibility as employees to prevent the customer from making uneducated and bad decisions that will effectively waste their money. I don't want this guy to go out complaining that his soup was watery and shitty cause he didn't know any better and his server didn't have the balls or desire to stand up to him and just say "sir, the chef highly advises against this".

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #41 on: April 27, 2015, 12:44:33 PM »
The way to fix the situation is to educate the customer yourself, brandishing your longest chef's knife in the process.
     

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #42 on: April 27, 2015, 02:12:30 PM »
I know you're kidding, but I do have to say that though the customer may be right, it is our responsibility as employees to prevent the customer from making uneducated and bad decisions that will effectively waste their money. I don't want this guy to go out complaining that his soup was watery and shitty cause he didn't know any better and his server didn't have the balls or desire to stand up to him and just say "sir, the chef highly advises against this".

You should have gone out there and slapped them with some culniary science. Fuck that server btw.

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #43 on: April 27, 2015, 02:20:34 PM »
The way to fix the situation is to educate the customer yourself, brandishing your longest chef's knife in the process.
That's what she said.
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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #44 on: April 27, 2015, 02:30:49 PM »
The way to fix the situation is to educate the customer yourself, brandishing your longest chef's knife in the process.
That's what she said.

Does it self sharpen though?  Dull blades get's giggled at.
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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #45 on: April 27, 2015, 03:47:27 PM »
I know you're kidding, but I do have to say that though the customer may be right, it is our responsibility as employees to prevent the customer from making uneducated and bad decisions that will effectively waste their money. I don't want this guy to go out complaining that his soup was watery and shitty cause he didn't know any better and his server didn't have the balls or desire to stand up to him and just say "sir, the chef highly advises against this".

You should have gone out there and slapped them with some culniary science. Fuck that server btw.

This. It's not the fault of the customer that he's ignorant, but the server is my salesperson so to speak, and I expect them to properly sell my product.

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« Reply #46 on: April 27, 2015, 03:58:15 PM »
I am fucking awesome.


I found a creative way to solve a fucking scheduling problem.

Yes, it involves overtime and shit... but you know what? It's better than not having anyone on the fucking shift.


I deserve a fucking cookie.









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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #47 on: April 27, 2015, 07:02:01 PM »

Yes, it involves overtime and shit... but you know what? It's better than not having anyone on the fucking shift.


Hell yeah. Sometimes you got do what you got to do.


and I hate the fact that overtime is a 4 letter word where I work.

 I'm sorry, but sometimes you just got to use OT. Factor it into the budget if you have too, but don't flip the fuck out whenever god forbid you ever have to schedule a little overtime.
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« Reply #48 on: April 27, 2015, 08:15:15 PM »
Although you can always find current gripes, it is more fun to talk about past gripes because they are in the rear view mirror.

Let's see. 
1.  Had one supervisor that would go sleep in his car for the original 8 hours, then get out of his car and do his work starting at overtime.  Then he'd clap his hands and tell everybody else "Come on.  We gotta look alive here.  Let's step it up."  Then we'd hear from his superiors how great he was.  I finally spoke up and said "maybe you should observe him all day without him knowing."  He was let go shortly thereafter.

2.  Right before the iphone came out, I set up a phone app that had GPS that allowed clock in and out for people that worked outside the office.  We'd have management meetings every Tuesday at 10am.  So I logged into the GPS tracking website at the beginning of the day and literally watched the main field supervisor sleep in his home (a map dot, not video) all morning until 9:45am.  At this point, the dot started moving toward the office.  He showed up late and claimed he had to get back out in the field.  After the meeting, I checked to watch his GPS dot go right back to his home for the rest of the day.

3.  A take off of #2.  I reported #2 to the boss.  Any time he couldn't contact this supervisor, the boss would run into my office and ask me to  "bring up that GPS screen".  My job was to create a dollar proposal for these projects.  Well, the supervisor talked the boss into letting him personally deliver my proposal to the clients (instead of email/fax with phone follow up by me).  We didn't get that project, but surprise, today this supervisor was at that project.  Checked the other people under him, and they were also at the "not our project" project.  We checked the time cards and not only did this guy steal the project for his own use, but he was using our people to do the project and bill the labor to us under a different project.  And no surprise, that project showed little to no progress.

4.  A take off of #3.  Boss was fuming because this supervisor was his "golden boy".  The boss was now in collect as much evidence to fire this guy immediately mode.  He knew I understood just enough about networks to check out the supervisor's emails and local hard drive files from my computer.  Remote logged in and broke the password in the following manner (no joke):
password .. nope
1234 ... nope
12345 ... nope
123456 ... I'm in

Looked at his emails and there he was.  Bad mouthing the business and boss to every client.  Found other incriminating files on his local hard drive.  Ended with a joke to the boss "would you like me to create a generic shortcut on his desktop and rename it "kiddie porn"?  Of course we didn't do that, but I had to throw in some humor because the boss was fuming.  Prior, we had so many management meetings where everybody was warning the boss that something was wrong with this guy.  And not just somebody that would steal work.

5. Continuation of #4.  This supervisor douche was an idiot.  Like I said, I had to prepare proposals for $3,000 to multi-million dollar projects.  As such, I created a very large spreadsheet + database that interacted with our proprietary software based off FoxPro.  I knew how to connect with it so I didn't have to re-input important data.  I put a password on it because I didn't want to worry about people messing it up.  In particular, the douchevisor.  The password was a word he used all the time, but misspelled it every single time.  So I could literally tell him the password to his face and he still couldn't get it.

6.  Took a different job right out of school to raise money for further schooling.  Made it clear that was my intent.  A month before starting school, let my direct supervisor know I'd be leaving at a date a month from then.  Reminded him at the official two week mark.  Supervisor then told me "I don't have a replacement for you.  Just work part time."  I let him know the schooling was relatively far away, so it wasn't possible.  I reminded him that this was the plan from day one and I was very open about it.  Reminded him well before two weeks notice.  And this was officially two weeks notice.  Asked him how long I'd have to work part time before he could get a replacement (which should have been easy to replace).  He said it would be until he said so.  When he couldn't commit, I said "ok, then like I've been saying.  This is my two weeks."  I wasn't going to ruin my life path over a crap job.  A few months later, ran into somebody from that job and they said "<supervisor> was telling everybody you just stopped showing up.  Didn't give any notice."  Luckily, I was so open about it that he actually got fired on the basis that everybody seemed to know but him.  After school, I even came back and worked there in a higher position.

7.  Like most people, I probably have an endless amount of funny work stories if I thought about it.  So I'll stop here.

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #49 on: April 28, 2015, 06:43:41 AM »
Is that legal to track your employees without their consent?  Im assuming they didnt consent if they are that stupid to do those things.

We had a similar situation at my current job.  We have a data center in LA, but no office there so essentially our data center tech is a lone wolf in LA.  They hired a new guy for LA shortly after I started and we all clock in/out with our phones so effectively we could clock in wherever we are.   Well this new guy decided he was going to be clocking in from home, then logging on and pretending he was in the data center.  We all suspected he was doing this.  So my coworker made a surprise cross country trip early on a Monday morning to LA and was waiting for him to get in.  He clocked in, logged in, and my boss immediately asked him to check something out saying it was urgent.  The guy said he was on it immediately and meanwhile my coworker was physically there and the other guy was no where in site.  He was fired the next day since we now had the proof and we new he could not file a wrongful termination lawsuit.

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« Reply #50 on: April 28, 2015, 07:18:02 AM »
Calvin... some fucked up supervisors there.. Lop





Ok... not only am I staying late again today but I'm on my way in early to let a kid go early who is working OT right meow. 


Gonna be a long day. I'm going to use this to my advantage to convince my supervisor to help me take to Sunday off. I made myself available to 12 hours of OT this week... so far being used for 7... but I may even volunteer to pick up a full shift on my day off to help put if it means moving shit around for me.. shouldn't   be an issue seeing as Sunday is the first day of a new schedule which hasn't even been made yet.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #51 on: April 28, 2015, 07:31:43 AM »
On the topic of OT, I usually do 15 hours of OT a week.  I often wish I didnt work so much so I could do more things during the work week evenings, but at the same time.... the money is nice and very helpful for being able to enjoy the weekends to the fullest.  My OT also isn't my choice, my work load requires me to work extra and OT is essentially unlimited.  My boss never questions my hours and actually is more likely to say Im not working enough. 

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« Reply #52 on: April 28, 2015, 07:38:39 AM »
I don't mind OT as long as I have a heads up. Don't call me at 2am to come in 4 hours early at 3a. Now if something comes up and I have a heads up (or if I was just asked to stay late) most of the time I'll be game.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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« Reply #53 on: April 30, 2015, 12:17:09 PM »
Ok I am now fucking livid.


I received the new schedule today to find that my whole agreement with the company of working an afternoon shift only if it's on a specific day that doesn't cause me to have to turn around at 5am and come back the next day, and with someone who can give me a ride home, has been ignored.


I saw the schedule and saw who I was working with. I let my boss know. He basically said that is so and so's shift and I can't have people's shifts changed around just so I have a ride home.


Umm... ok...


But that was the AGREEMENT I made with the OWNER OF THE COMPANY.


"You'll have to call and discuss it with him because I just can't go moving people's shifts around"



Are you fucking kidding me? I already work weekends and have been working them for years now. I come in half hour early and stay 30 minutes late nearly everyday. I haven't called out in over 2.5 years (2 call outs when I first started working here.). The person who is taking priority is a great employee but she tends to call out a shit ton. Why the fuck do I take a back seat to that?


I think I am going to start calling out a lot more. I am sick of this shit.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #54 on: April 30, 2015, 12:20:06 PM »
I worked my grocery job for almost 8 years. I called out a total of four times. Three of the times I called while on my way to a hospital, the fourth time was right after I woke up in a hospital.

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« Reply #55 on: April 30, 2015, 12:22:21 PM »
One of my call outs was legit. I was sick as fuck from working a cold as fuck grave shift with an idiot who slept in the office all night making me go out and do all the work.


The other one was not legit. I had something I needed to do that morning. Hell my boss even knows that.



Since then... I've been the one dealing with OTHER people's call outs.  That's one reason I don't call out is I know the ins and outs of finding coverage and it's a pain in the ass.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #56 on: April 30, 2015, 12:51:54 PM »
My grocery store job story is as follows:

Worked there 10 years. Called out only once (day after 21st birthday) and was late only once (daylight savings). Told them for about 2 and a half months strait that I was actively filling out applications and interviewing for a hospital job.

Got the hospital and they wanted me to start training in a week, so I gave one weeks notice, instead of two since I was unable to and they Tried to fire me for "not giving enough notice". Keep in mind I just worked on weekends stocking shelves, I wasn't some manager or full time employee leaving some gapping hole in the schedule. 10 years of loyalty and hard work to have them piss in my face. Got to spend my last day after 10 years being watched and scared that I was going to be escorted out of the building.

And on a side note, my pay rate at the time of leaving was $10.50 (after 10 god damn years)

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« Reply #57 on: April 30, 2015, 01:09:30 PM »
Hey Jay, if your employer treats you so bad, why don't you start looking for a new job?  It's a great feeling to be able to leave the employer you hate.

I had a tech job for Chase and I HATED my manager with a passion.  I ended up only giving a one weeks notice (i wanted to give two, but there was some paperwork issues and I didnt want to give my notice until that was resolved just in case something came up that would of prevented me from working there) and my boss wasn't happy, but I could tell how pissed she was that I left when on my last day she didnt even say bye... after two years of good hard work, couldn't get a goodbye or good luck or anything like that.  My coworkers got a cake and everything cause they were happy for me, but she did not smile once that day or say a single word to me.  THAT WAS AWESOME.  You only have so much control in your work life, one is to be able to leave and find a new job if you feel you aren't treated right.

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« Reply #58 on: April 30, 2015, 01:33:17 PM »
Hey Jay, if your employer treats you so bad, why don't you start looking for a new job?  It's a great feeling to be able to leave the employer you hate.


this is literally the best I will be able to find atm. I don't have a car... and any other security company is going to want to start me at part time or on call and have me working shit hours far away from my house. I've already done the research.

If I had a car it wouldn't be as much as an issue but without it I'm stuck for a while.

And as much as I bitch, I don't HATE this job. I just hate it when I start to get fucked in the ass like I am.

If I had a decent running car, I should be able to pick up something a lot better outside of my town. My ultimate goal is to find a job working with the city or the county. Or, I can get a job with the company that provides security and access control for our Naval Base here. That pays over twice as much as I make now, with full benefits. The issue with that is they make the schedule week by week, and you have no power to say "no". I know guys who work split shifts (8 hours, then back 4 hours later for another 4 hours) and shit there. And while the base is close, There are 2 other spots they throw people on as well that, while they are in the area, are NOT close. So that's not an option until I get a car.










And now I just received a call from my supervisor saying that the compromise we worked out is getting thrown out the window.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #59 on: April 30, 2015, 01:51:23 PM »
Go become a CO and retire in 20 years.

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« Reply #60 on: April 30, 2015, 02:50:20 PM »
Thought about it. That would require either relocating to either Cresent City (tip top of the state) or out to the desert For up to 5 years until I can transfer back to the area. 


I've got. Good friend, and former coworker who went through the academy and is now up north. I have a good feel of what's involved from my conversations with him. It's an option but it's a big decision.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

-BlobVanDam on "Scarred"

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #61 on: June 15, 2015, 11:46:17 AM »
Customers who are deliberately confusing.

Had one today come up to me in the small cafe where I work.

" Do you have a meal ? "

Me : Um...what do you mean ?

" Do you have the food ? "

Me : Did you order food or do you want to order food ?

" Can we order the food ? "

Me : yes, please take a seat and i'll come over shortly to take the order.

" What flavour milk shakes do you do ? "

Me : Banana, Raspberry, Chocolate, Strawberry

" I'll have Vanilla "

 :yeahright you're having banana and liking it, buddy !!

The other ones I hate are the ones that walk right up to you and they know what they want - but they just stand there grinning at you for several seconds before they ask.

Why ?!

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« Reply #62 on: June 15, 2015, 12:35:49 PM »
People are bastard covered bastards with bastard filling.




I'm dealing with cleaning up cigarette butts and sunflower seed shells that employees have decided to sprinkle all around the outside of our office. 
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

-BlobVanDam on "Scarred"

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« Reply #63 on: June 15, 2015, 03:43:37 PM »
Ok, this one had the boss and I both halfway between pissing ourselves laughing and wanting to commit mass homicide. We had an email chain about a party for 16 peeps that had this as a comment from the customer...


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Fyi, we have several foodies and one caterer in our group, so I wanted to confirm also that:
1. Fish and meat will be fresh, savory and well seasoned.  We prefer sea salt and any other seasonings and preparations that the chef chooses. Moistness and tenderness is desired.
2.  We're assuming you will confirm with guests on Sat how steak entrees should be prepared (rare, medium, etc).
3.  Several guests would like to know whether salmon is wild. Would you confirm.  We would like salmon prepared so that it is moist and succulent.  Same for steak and chicken.

Now, anytime you see something like this before the event, you know you're in for some deep shit. High maintenance, think we fucking know it all bullshit laced foodies are the worst customers, period. So these dicks show up, and proceed to order all their steaks and salmon well done.

Fuck me.

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« Reply #64 on: June 15, 2015, 03:45:24 PM »
You've been Chopped! ;D
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now? :lol

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« Reply #65 on: June 15, 2015, 03:48:41 PM »
Hahaha
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..
« Reply #66 on: September 17, 2015, 05:10:24 PM »
Today I was QUITE CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY carrying food to a customers table and a customer ACTUALLY starting ordering food at me as I was walking.

 :facepalm:  J.F.C.

I'M CLEALY BUSY WAIT YOUR FUCKING TURN..

Also I love when someone on a table goes " can I have X " as you walk past. They don't get your attention and wait for you to come over. Nope they just shout " CAN I HAVE APPLE CRUMBLE " as you

walk past.

Have none of these people ever been in a restaurant situation before ? :lolpalm:

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« Reply #67 on: September 17, 2015, 05:34:04 PM »
^^^  Dealing with the general public takes the patience of a saint. Which I don't have what so ever.


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« Reply #68 on: September 17, 2015, 07:26:28 PM »
TEMP WORKERS THAT DON'T FUCKING SHOW UP TO WORK!!
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« Reply #69 on: September 17, 2015, 07:38:56 PM »
TEMP WORKERS THAT DON'T FUCKING SHOW UP TO WORK!!
Hell, permanent workers don't show up for work!
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now? :lol