mwg
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Basically... we have some receptionists downstairs. Part of their job aswell as doing the admin is to make us brews at 10am and 3pm then collect the cups a bit later on when we've had them or if one of us going downstairs we will do it for them as we are passing.
Just lately they are being cheeky cunts and sending emails round asking us to bring our cups down or we dont get a brew 
They are making a mountain out of a mole hill over it - I love office politics, its so bloody petty over the stupidest of things One of them even refused to do some admin work for me the other day FFS
Does anyone else have this sort of stupid crap to contend with? Stories welcome 
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Leighton
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brew monkeys i like it
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mwg
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fucking right!
to be fair I wouldn't want to be doing it if I were them but then they shouldn't of taken the job on if it bothered them that much
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Matt L
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ours is just who ever wants a drink the most makes them for everyone else
then again there are only 4 of us so its not bad lol.
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Graham88
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I don't work in an Office but we do have all the Politics. "I lifted that last time, it's your turn now"
I thought I left school years ago 
[Edited on 15-07-2009 by Graham88]
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J da Silva
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Yes, I run a company (well to be honest, my brother is employed to do it, but I get fed up at home and pop in sometimes), we have 3 girls doing accounts and wages, and taking calls etc.... 2 of them are best friends since meeting each other in the job, the other (much prettier) girl has just started and they bitch about her .... badly, I've had to sort them out last week and stop the antics but just as I nipped that in the bud, the same is happening in another department, it never ends with women does it? I give up, Jordes can sort it all out now.
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andy1868
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i normally just make a brew for everyone, only 3 of us here so i hardly care. with the coffee burner i'm making my own anyway so its not exactly a hardship to make 1 or 2 more.
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mwg
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Thats another one JDS. Theres 4 of them in total downstairs, 3 of them have been here for years and years. We are on the 4th receptionist in 2 years now because the other 3 that have been here for years are such twats to the new ones when they start.
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Ojc
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They still have people making tea in this day and age?
I'd tell you to shove it up your arse. How degrading is that? Make us tea at set times of the day, if I was made to do that I would be spitting in the cups and rubbing my knob around the rim.
I'd skiff my arse all over the handle and serve it with a smile.
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Basically... we have some receptionists downstairs. Part of their job aswell as doing the admin is to make us brews at 10am and 3pm then collect the cups a bit later on when we've had them or if one of us going downstairs we will do it for them as we are passing.
Just lately they are being cheeky cunts and sending emails round asking us to bring our cups down or we dont get a brew
They are making a mountain out of a mole hill over it - I love office politics, its so bloody petty over the stupidest of things One of them even refused to do some admin work for me the other day FFS
Does anyone else have this sort of stupid crap to contend with? Stories welcome
Office politics.....
The game....
I had enough playing it, but it'll follow you where-ever you go. More stories than I care to remember, all usually about the following...
Girl doesn't like another girl (fuck me girls are B1TCHES).
Someone being promoted.
Someone taking the p1ss with when they start, lazy etc...
Above line, but make out they are super busy to the bosses, and then get promoted......
Bitching because no pay rise
Bitching because found out colleague is on more/less than them.
When a boss is in, they are all friendly smilies, wouldn't dare do anything wrong to annoy Mr Boss man...
When boss is out, they come in at 9.30am, leave at 2pm, don't do no work...
The list continues, but my time thinking about them all does not.
PS, I like a cupotea... 1 pint mug ftw...
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
They still have people making tea in this day and age?
I'd tell you to shove it up your arse. How degrading is that? Make us tea at set times of the day, if I was made to do that I would be spitting in the cups and rubbing my knob around the rim.
I'd skiff my arse all over the handle and serve it with a smile.
I'm not a director, I dont make the rules!
Like I said before I wouldn't want to do it but if they were that bothered about it dont take the job then moan about it 
And the place I worked at before this the receptionist made the brews for us too...
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noshua
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
They still have people making tea in this day and age?
I'd tell you to shove it up your arse. How degrading is that? Make us tea at set times of the day, if I was made to do that I would be spitting in the cups and rubbing my knob around the rim.
I'd skiff my arse all over the handle and serve it with a smile.
PMSL but completely agree.
1 pint mug? Surely the tea would go cold by time you got to the bottom?
Think how much caffeine is in that tea!
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DaveyLC
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Bit of a shitty thing to ask them to do if they are receiptionists.. Stop being a lazy badger and make your own tea 
I used to work in a big firm that had a tea lady, that was fooking awesome! She brought around cakes and hot pastries too, I got FAT!
[Edited on 15-07-2009 by DaveyLC]
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nathy_87
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Basically... we have some receptionists downstairs. Part of their job aswell as doing the admin is to make us brews at 10am and 3pm then collect the cups a bit later on when we've had them or if one of us going downstairs we will do it for them as we are passing.
even refused to do some admin work for me the other day FFS
With the tea id tell ya to sod off and do your own, tbph. As fo rthe admin work thats something i wouldnt do espeically the state that everyone's in at the moment.
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mwg
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Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
With the tea id tell ya to sod off and do your own, tbph. As fo rthe admin work thats something i wouldnt do espeically the state that everyone's in at the moment.
Right so you'd start a job knowing full well what it entails then moan and refuse to do the parts you dont like?
Christ if I didn't like a certain part of my job that much I wouldn't take it in the 1st place. Simple!
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
They still have people making tea in this day and age?
I'd tell you to shove it up your arse. How degrading is that? Make us tea at set times of the day, if I was made to do that I would be spitting in the cups and rubbing my knob around the rim.
I'd skiff my arse all over the handle and serve it with a smile.
Agreed. I had a part-time job in an office were the MD would ring up and ask for a cup of tea. Needless to say all sorts went into/around the cup. Badger.
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nathy_87
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So thats in the job description then is it/mentioned in the interview?
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mwg
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Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
So thats in the job description then is it/mentioned in the interview?
YES. Thats my whole point! Its not that I agree with it but they get told that and still take the job!
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a_j_mair
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Used to have a similar problem in an office i worked at
i found it more they didnt like to be told what to do by younger members of staff
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by noshua
1 pint mug? Surely the tea would go cold by time you got to the bottom?
Think how much caffeine is in that tea!
The same amount as in a normal cup due to the fact im only using 1 teabag still?
But yeah, takes 45 minutes to cool down
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by J da Silva
it never ends with women does it? I give up
You want to employ close to 50 women then, its a fucking nightmare
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mwg
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some of those 50 women must be fit though? so thats some consolation...
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Dom
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FPMSL at people not reading the post properly
If it wasn't in the job description then fair enough, but it is so they HAVE to do it, end of 
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Matty G
some of those 50 women must be fit though? so thats some consolation...
Half of them could be the fittest women on the planet, but it still wouldnt make up for the amount they bitch, moan and gossip and then ring me to sort things out 
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Ojc
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They have to make tea I cannot believe that kind of shit. Do you think the Americans have the same? Have people coming around shovelling French fries into the workers mouths.
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