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What are some of the craziest things you have been "coached" on at work? Or, something you thought was ridiculous that was brought up in an evaluation, performance review, or just in general?
I had a boss who would chastize me for not walking around the building finding cakes and cutting corner pieces off and smuggeling them back to him. I geuss he really liked cake. I would try and lurk around functions going on in other departments and sneak cake for him. Usually I was just too embarrassed to go through with it and my boss would bring it up during reviews and at other random times that I wasn't that loyal. "If you can't go cut me a piece of cake, what good are you around here, a retard could do your job" etc.
This was my first job after completeing my Masters degree, LOL. I am also a woman, I never noticed him ordering the guys in my office to sneak him snacks. Maybe I was just a pushover, but I really could not afford to get fired, so for months I walked around hiding pieces of cake under binders etc.
I had a boss who would chastize me for not walking around the building finding cakes and cutting corner pieces off and smuggeling them back to him. I geuss he really liked cake. I would try and lurk around functions going on in other departments and sneak cake for him. Usually I was just too embarrassed to go through with it and my boss would bring it up during reviews and at other random times that I wasn't that loyal. "If you can't go cut me a piece of cake, what good are you around here, a retard could do your job" etc.
This was my first job after completeing my Masters degree, LOL. I am also a woman, I never noticed him ordering the guys in my office to sneak him snacks. Maybe I was just a pushover, but I really could not afford to get fired, so for months I walked around hiding pieces of cake under binders etc.
Funny, Funny ^^^^. The "Yank" in me would never have hidden my cake napping duties but would have announced "OK, I'm on cake poaching duty.....you all know that's part of my job .....gimme a corner piece for George!!!"
Funny, Funny ^^^^. The "Yank" in me would never have hidden my cake napping duties but would have announced "OK, I'm on cake poaching duty.....you all know that's part of my job .....gimme a corner piece for George!!!"
I feel ya Squirl. As a fellow Yank (and proud of it), I actually did sidle up to a departmental BDay party once and jokingly say I was on cake patrol for "George" as they were wrapping up. The group just went dead silent and one woman said "Don't you think that's a little unprofessional?"
I really didn't know what to say. They were at the point where they were all leaving the room and throwing things away. Apparently no one was in a good mood that day. I felt pretty embarrassed so I started developing elaborate ways to smuggle cake, donuts and cookies for my boss, such as in a mail cart. It always caused me to sweat when my boss would call me in his office and tell me he didn't bring lunch that day because such-and-such department was having a lunch meeting and it was my duty to waltz in there and fix him a plate.
My boss was the number 2 guy in the company, with the HR dept in his pocket, so I did my food and cake smuggeling duties while I had to.
I was curious on these types of things, as I sometimes wonder if it is just where I work.
Last week, I received my yearly evaluation.
It was "brought" up that my Managers Manager was upset because a couple of times last year she walked by my desk on her way out and said goodbye and I did not respond.
Ummmm..... First, I did, I waved. Why did I wave? Because I supervise agents that work from home....and I was on the phone with them.
I don't think I could keep my "Yankee" in check, whatever it means.
It means being curt, efficient and enterprising. Southerners often prefer a passive-aggressive approach with shows of false coutesy to a brisk, matter of fact bluntness.
It means being curt, efficient and enterprising. Southerners often prefer a passive-aggressive approach with shows of false coutesy to a brisk, matter of fact bluntness.
What are some of the craziest things you have been "coached" on at work? Or, something you thought was ridiculous that was brought up in an evaluation, performance review, or just in general?
I worked for a real hateful witch for a brief few months-- I quit.
She had my supervisor give me a verbal warning for not smiling enough in the office.
So.. since I was being formally warned about having a better attitude evidenced by smiling-- I began to smile in the office. A lot.
I was then warned about "sarcastically smiling."
I also had a talking to about not going to the manager's office when she would finally arrive to work to ask her about her new puppy-- she knew this was being spiteful since I loved animals.
I told my supervisor-- well according to the 3 pages, single spaced style, small font-- we are to begin work IMMEDIATELY and not loitering around the coffee machine.
The rules were seriously written out in paragraph form ,covering 3 entire pages, tiny font, and single space.
It was a joy to tell them I was leaving. *lol*
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