really really stupid things to do at work :(
 

sitting in the office doing a bit of paperwork this morning, and my boss is on the phone, so, after she has left the room (at this point, it must be noted that i think that she hung up the phone) i turn to one of my colleagues and start taking the piss out of him, as we had a water leak over the weekend and his computer took the brunt of is, and is broken. So, i say the immortal line 'so your computer, it's proper ****ed then?' and then notice the look of total horror on his face.

my boss hadn't hung up the phone



it was our area manager on the other end












oh shit

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i expect your area manager is quite aware of swear words.

it isnt like you said 'our area manager is a right **** isnt he?'

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i was watching this movie:

[football]

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Was the boss supposed to know about this water leak?:confused:

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I think the water is leaking in your avatar.

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Poor guy hasnt heard of an umbrella :(

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Is yours the 'before' (the leak) picture and his the 'after'?

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its the whole decorum at work thing, i work with (nearly exclusivly) middle aged women, they simply don;t swear at work, i'm usually quite careful about swearing at work. plus add in the fact that the area manager is a bitch and will bring this up the next time an argument is in the offing means i have to stay vewy vewy qwiet for a few weeks now :(

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she doenst know it was you
deny it if it ever comes up. say it was a techy if ever asked about it

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its a cunning plan.

on the more comedy side though, IT have said they will come out on wednesday to have a look at his computer to see if it is repairable, now, this would be a good idea apart from 2 things:

1) he actually had to pick up the base unit and pour the water out of it this morning.
2) he then tried to turn the computer on (as its a bit old and he fancied a new one!)

i am going to have to make sure that i am around to see IT take a look at it on wed, as its going to be hilarious

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Unless he has a distinctive voice....

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He does, it's well squeaky.

x

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**** you homo

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If it is squeeky then wouldnt that make you the homo? :(

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better squeaky than geordie, thats what my father always said.

Of course he was a violent alcoholic fantasist who believed that anyone north of London was some kind of subhuman monster, but that's by the by.

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im so glad i was born in the south.

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JJ, where was it you were born again?

I'ms ure we've had this discussion and decided you were a northerner

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The fact that you swore is "ammunition" for one of your bosses?

Geez your work is pretty shit.

I was recently asked by a manger at work if i fancied helping them out by working in their section.

I told them "the **** i do".*

BECAUSE I'M ****ING MENTAL I AM!









*the boss in question later told me that she had been shocked that i'd said that. "Shocked and dissapointed". I got (/get) away with it cause "i'm great i am" at work and she likes me but ... didnt stop me from saying the same thing to another one of my colleagues when i was managing my team the other night (i was doing alot of crap work which wasnt mine and a guy in my section asked if i wanted to do his crap work too) but because i was the boss i got away with it that time (although AGAIN another middle aged woman was "shocked" by my language :rolleyes:) [/boring work anecdotes]

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Just out of interest has anyone here told their boss to "**** off" (or words to those effect) in a non "i want to quit this job" type way?