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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: ggw on February 15, 2006, 04:31:00 pm
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#1 - We'll call her "Kathy." She started here about six months ago, having moved back to the area after her fiancee broke up with her two weeks before the wedding date. It looks like that might have been the best decision that man ever made in his life.
Kathy has a compulsive need to share the details of everyday events with whomever will listen to her prattle on about them. Two weeks ago, it was the trauma of her car's fuel pump. Last week, it was the ordeal of looking for a new car. This week it is the burden of finding car insurance. Really, the little events just act as springboards for rambling reflections on everything under the sun.
She gets in early and stalks the hallways in wait for others to arrive so she can individually give each of them a breathless update of the last 24 hours of her pedestrian life.
"They said I had to have at least $100,000 in collision coverage. Does that sound right to you? That doesn't sound right to me. I called my old college roommate, Cindy, because I remembered she had a step-brother, or maybe it was her cousin, who used to work for Nationwide. Or maybe it was Allstate. Cindy was a little crazy in college. She liked to drink rum - I mean she reallllyy liked to drink rum!!! And sometimes she would let these local guys pick her up. She tried to bring them back to the dorms a couple of times, but I put a quick stop to that. I mean these guys were like video store clerks and tow truck drivers; I didn't want to wake up one morning to find out that one of these cretins slipped some Rohypnol in my Diet Dr. Pepper and molested me. Anyway, it turns out Cindy's step-brother or cousin or whatever - the one that worked for the insurance company - died a couple of months ago from some form of lymphoma. It's horrible. I mean really.... His family lived beneath high power electric lines somewhere in Indiana. They try to tell you it's safe to live under those things, but they're not getting me! It sounded like Cindy was taking it really hard. I think she might have been drinking too, cause she wasn't making a lot of sense. I can't blame her for drinking though. She ended up marrying one of those townies; a guy named Dwight who delivered auto parts, or pizza, or something. He turned out to be real winner. Not!! She should have seen it coming - I sure did. She had twins like four months after the wedding!!! Hello!!! Did some say 'shotgun.' Then Dwight made her stop working cause he didn't think it was right. But then he got fired for making a pass at some woman he was delivering to, and he spent all the money that Cindy's grandmother had left her on comic books and crystal meth...."
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So, theoretically speaking, would you hit it?
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My boss thinks it's ok to screech like the lunatic she is at any given time. I mean squealing like a high school girl/hyena should not be done in the work place. Some days I just wish I could put the mask Hannibal Lechter wore on her. Oh the happy thoughts.....
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
So, theoretically speaking, would you hit it?
Referring to Lost: Any sympathy Ana Lucia gained in her episode was immediately lost when she said that about Kate.
ggw, I feel your pain. I feel like I've met way too many Kathys in my life.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
So, theoretically speaking, would you hit it?
I could give you her number if you're interested.
I must warn you that I get the distinct impression that "casual" is not in her vocabulary. I imagine that she hounds her partner until he ends up:
A: in the psych ward
B: living in Sheboygan under an assumed identity
C: dead
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is it just me, or are office these little office birds generally LOUDER than their male counterparts?
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Any sympathy Ana Lucia gained in her episode was immediately lost when she said that about Kate.
michelle rodriguez has been on my "on notice" list ever since blue crush and her subsequent interviews on talk shows ... she's very close to moving to my "dead to me" list
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I work with someone who will have total fits and start sceaming/swearing at you, then a couple of minutes later she'll be bawling her eyes out, totally freaking from stress. Ahhh yes, the dysfunctional coworker. I moved away from home to get away from people like this.
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I work with a woman, well worked with in my office in dc, who didnt like me because I said fuck once around her, not to her, or about her, or even as in the act of fucking, but just the same way you might say damn, I apparently wasnt allowed to say it because she was a married woman
she also never pronounces the names of the Indian employees correctly even though she has been corrected a million times
and she just asked somebody how she gets to cnn's website
she to this day calls an ipod an ipot
and she fucks up on a regular basis
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I worked with someone that pronounced salmon by enunciating every letter. SAL-mon. It drove me insane.
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My wife is the one in our family with all of the annoying co-worker stories. It really is amazing how stupid some of the stuff that six figure salary employees can say and do.
For example, her company president, a 40something lawyer, who used MS Word as if it were Explorer, and gets confused when certain (non-Word) files won't open.
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I always am amazed by people who can talk longer about something than the event was. So one day at work could become a 16 hour gabfest if you let it.
I guess if she hooked up with a deaf guy, he might survive.
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I am very good at annoying people, especially the fucktards in my office. In fact I rather enjoyign doing this. Oh, did I misunderstand the topic? Im so sorry.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Any sympathy Ana Lucia gained in her episode was immediately lost when she said that about Kate.
michelle rodriguez has been on my "on notice" list ever since blue crush and her subsequent interviews on talk shows ... she's very close to moving to my "dead to me" list [/b]
There was an ounce of sympathy left for her before that comment? Not from here...
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My favorite characters on Lost are Ana-Lucia, Sawyer, and Sayid. Fuck the rest of them.
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Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
There was an ounce of sympathy left for her before that comment? Not from here...
Well, she did get shot and lose her baby. I felt an ounce of sympathy, not a boatload. Definitely don't like her now.
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My favorite characters on Lost are Ana-Lucia, Sawyer, and Sayid. Fuck the rest of them.
Sawyer's still my favorite, too. So complicated. I can understand how you might have issues with some of them. But how can you not like Sun or Hurley?
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I'm all about Jack. :p
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Sun and Hurley are boring. While I might prefer them as islandmates if I were there myself, they don't make for interesting characters, to me. Same with the female Australian hottie.
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What a crock. My wife gives me that line too: "He's complicated." He looks good without a shirt on, and he's the bad boy. It's no deeper than that... ;)
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Sawyer's still my favorite, too. So complicated.
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Actually, I think he looks gross without a shirt. Something a bit off with his shoulders or something. I'm sure Arlette will jump on this statement.
Originally posted by nkotb:
What a crock. My wife gives me that line too: "He's complicated." He looks good without a shirt on, and he's the bad boy. It's no deeper than that... ;)
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Sawyer's still my favorite, too. So complicated.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
What a crock. My wife gives me that line too: "He's complicated." He looks good without a shirt on, and he's the bad boy. It's no deeper than that... ;)
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Sawyer's still my favorite, too. So complicated.
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Sure, he's hot. But isn't most of the cast? ;) You may not believe me, but I really do think his character is interesting and layered. His self-loathing in last week's episode was a classic example. And the scene with the frog this week.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
For example, her company president, a 40something lawyer, who used MS Word as if it were Explorer, and gets confused when certain (non-Word) files won't open.
oh, that annoyed me to no end at one of my last jobs. nearly every single person in the entire law firm (small firm) would try to open everything in word, and would throw a fit when something wouldn't open. so, i'd have to go and tell them it's not a word file, you can't open it in word. course, this place was still making back-up tapes!!!
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My favorite characters on Lost are Ana-Lucia, Sawyer, and Sayid. Fuck the rest of them.
I love Sayid, but that may be a reflection of subconscious memories of him in "The English Patient."
Sun is great, we need more of their backstory.
Angeline Lilly is starting to really bug me...
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What about Evangeline Lilly, is she bothering you too?
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My favorite characters on Lost are Ana-Lucia, Sawyer, and Sayid. Fuck the rest of them.
I love Sayid, but that may be a reflection of subconscious memories of him in "The English Patient."
Sun is great, we need more of their backstory.
Angeline Lilly is starting to really bug me... [/b]
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rhett miller has been in esquire magazine wearing really expensive clothes and posing like the cover of an art house fag movie. now that's indie-annoying.
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You read Esquire? I would have taken you to be more of a Mad Magazine kind of guy.
Originally posted by walkonby:
rhett miller has been in esquire magazine wearing really expensive clothes and posing like the cover of an art house fag movie. now that's indie-annoying.
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If you're a friend, you can leave off the "Ev" and just call her Angeline. But never, ever Angie.
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
What about Evangeline Lilly, is she bothering you too?
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My favorite characters on Lost are Ana-Lucia, Sawyer, and Sayid. Fuck the rest of them.
I love Sayid, but that may be a reflection of subconscious memories of him in "The English Patient."
Sun is great, we need more of their backstory.
Angeline Lilly is starting to really bug me... [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
You read Esquire? I would have taken you to be more of a Mad Magazine kind of guy.
Originally posted by walkonby:
rhett miller has been in esquire magazine wearing really expensive clothes and posing like the cover of an art house fag movie. now that's indie-annoying.
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actually, i was joking about rhett miller; i hope he's not mad. the picture of him was really a good one, and i must say he's kinda attractive. sort of like a couture version of a young evan dando. yeah, baby, yeah. and yes, i do read esquire, plus gq as well. i used to read mad, but now i find it to be jokes for kiddie porn addicts. i'm strange.
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I want more office stories.
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Our office Christmas party, as it does every year, starts at 11:30. Who the fuck eats lunch at 11:30 am? Only in America.
And I have no clue on who decided on the cheap, mediocre (according to online reviews) Mexican restaurant this year. In the past, we at least got to vote on which cheap, mediocre restuarant we wanted to plunk down our own money on. This year, no choice.
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The guy down the hall from me watches a lot of porn on his work computer. Now, I've got nothing against porn, but not at work! I've mentioned to him that it's innappropriate for work, the gov't relations guy has mentioned it and pretty soon his boss will mention it.
Currently he's looking at photos of cheerleaders.
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Mind you, I don't look at porn at work. But why is it anymore inappropriate than speding time on chatboards, or surfing the net, or any other non-work activities? :roll:
Originally posted by econo:
The guy down the hall from me watches a lot of porn on his work computer. Now, I've got nothing agains porn, but not at work! I've mentioned to him that it's innappropriate for work, the gov't relations guy has mentioned it and pretty soon his boss will mention it.
Currently he's looking at photos of cheerleaders.
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Why don't you look at porn at work Rhett?
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Mind you, I don't look at porn at work. But why is it anymore inappropriate than speding time on chatboards, or surfing the net, or any other non-work activities? :roll:
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Because it's inappropriate, and because I have a hot wife who I can look at naked, so why would I need to see anyone else naked?
Originally posted by econo:
Why don't you look at porn at work Rhett?
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Mind you, I don't look at porn at work. But why is it anymore inappropriate than speding time on chatboards, or surfing the net, or any other non-work activities? :roll:
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Rhett doesn't call it porn, he calls it "erotica."
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i once had a coworker blather at me about his daughter's yeast infection.
so. totally. gross.
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I think she means $100,000 bodily injury, which is actually advisable. Some people only have $25,000 and that's not enough protection.
She sounds like a piece of work.
I sell Erie Insurance, btw :p
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
"They said I had to have at least $100,000 in collision coverage. Does that sound right to you? That doesn't sound right to me. I called my old college roommate, Cindy, because I remembered she had a step-brother, or maybe it was her cousin, who used to work for Nationwide. Or maybe it was Allstate.
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I had to have a conversation with a guy on my staff who everyone, including myself, suspected was masturbating in the bathroom. Noone ever 100% caught him in the act, but he'd be in the men's room (it opened up right into the main cube room) for long amounts of time. And if you walked in the door, there would be a split second hustle-bustle noise from the stall and then it would be totally silent. It was a very awkward conversation. He denied it, but it seemed to disappear after that.
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Why did you HAVE to have that conversation?
Originally posted by Relaxer:
I had to have a conversation with a guy on my staff who everyone, including myself, suspected was masturbating in the bathroom. Noone ever 100% caught him in the act, but he'd be in the men's room (it opened up right into the main cube room) for long amounts of time. And if you walked in the door, there would be a split second hustle-bustle noise from the stall and then it would be totally silent. It was a very awkward conversation. He denied it, but it seemed to disappear after that.
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When i was a teenager, i worked at a _________. It was my first real job. The owner used to get drunk and point a loaded handgun at me.
since then, i've found it easy to get along with almost anyone.
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When i was a teenager, i worked at a _________.
hiphop studio?
Originally posted by Big KC:
When i was a teenager, i worked at a _________. It was my first real job. The owner used to get drunk and point a loaded handgun at me.
since then, i've found it easy to get along with almost anyone.
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The original woman in this thread should get a blog, a lot of the annoying talkers at my office now have blogs and they post their inane shit on there. The crap people post on blogs is really ridiculous.
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no. it was somewhere you don't expect to have a gun pointed at you.
a somewhat boring place. someplace everyone on this board's been...
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Ben's Chili Bowl?
Originally posted by Big KC:
no. it was somewhere you don't expect to have a gun pointed at you.
a somewhat boring place. someplace everyone on this board's been...
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I didn't realize Seth had a drinking problem.
Originally posted by Big KC:
no. it was somewhere you don't expect to have a gun pointed at you.
a somewhat boring place. someplace everyone on this board's been...
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Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Why did you HAVE to have that conversation?
People were coming to me and complaining. I really resisted at first, hoping it would just go away, but it didn't and more and more people were telling me about it.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
I had to have a conversation with a guy on my staff who everyone, including myself, suspected was masturbating in the bathroom. Noone ever 100% caught him in the act, but he'd be in the men's room (it opened up right into the main cube room) for long amounts of time. And if you walked in the door, there would be a split second hustle-bustle noise from the stall and then it would be totally silent. It was a very awkward conversation. He denied it, but it seemed to disappear after that.
Maybe he was shooting dope..?
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I dont have so much of an annoying people in the office story, as much as a foul bitch in the office kind of story.
Kendra's va-j-j stinks on a monthly basis, generally around the end of the month for a solid day. Everyone can smell her wharf crotch and we HATE her because she prances around like it doesnt smell, and it clearly does.
Gross.
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At my first job we had this lady (~45-50) who would bitch to her male office mate about her sex life. The classic was her boyfriend handcuffed her, naked, to a pole in the basement then left. The guy was a good little christian (this was in the bible belt) and was aghast.
Another lady would tell about how her son would tell her at home how her crotch stank.
Don't these people know when they should shut up, these were not hot ladies.