What have you learnt today?

[Husar]

"Today" (or rather, recently), I learned a lot today. I'm only sharing the ones that won't get me in as much trouble here:

-don't dare express your feelings to anyone who might work with you--especially if they're romantic ones. Even if you do nothing about, they'll assume you're actively trying to get in their panties.

-as a corollary to above: don't ever work with them. No matter how well intentioned and honest you are, you're pretty much screwed if you do.

-trust no-one at work: assume they're all out to get you. Don't back-stab though--don't stoop to the level of your rivals.

-don't engage in any social interaction with your coworkers--particularly of the opposite sex. That just gives people more fuel to back-stab you: instead, be as invisible as possible.

-the best sign of a coward is how quickly they hide behind a manager.

-truth is not the best defense--mostly because few if any will believe you, especially if the person you are having trouble with is female.

-trying to be the better person, or extending an olive branch, will only earn you a kick in the teeth.

-*name redacted* is a petty, cowardly, mean spirited, paranoid, and kind of stupid person, who can't distinguish between a rick-roll and a propositioning, or while we're at it, a Good friend v. someone they just met.

-Missouri should pay reparations for producing such a hell-spawn--the greatest ever argument against heterosexuality.

I'm not sure whether one should draw general conclusions from anecdotal events, although the advice not to date co-workers has been going around for a while. But yeah, I'd be very careful with work relations, although the social interaction warning may be a bit much unless you work in some competitive financial or knowledge-based environment, which is why I try to avoid such companies in the first place.

[SwordsMaster]

Wow, that's pretty specific Ibrahim. I sense there is a story there (bloody genius I am), but it seems like the pendulum has swung all the way...

Learnt today: If you go to places where they make nice cocktails you will invariably run into pretentious people who judge a book by its cover. Specially when the book is all cover.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I learnt that my roommate stole my gym shorts and is the one who causes the shower to drip all the time due to him completely stripping the knobs twice.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I thought a lot of blokes "stripped the knob" in the shower from time to time...how does that degrade the plumbing?

[Ibrahim]

I'm not sure whether one should draw general conclusions from anecdotal events, although the advice not to date co-workers has been going around for a while. But yeah, I'd be very careful with work relations, although the social interaction warning may be a bit much unless you work in some competitive financial or knowledge-based environment, which is why I try to avoid such companies in the first place.

normally one shouldn't, but here, it is food for thought.

yes, it is a knowledge based job--specifically in the Oil industry. No avoiding it here: I need the money to pay for graduate school.

Wow, that's pretty specific Ibrahim. I sense there is a story there (bloody genius I am), but it seems like the pendulum has swung all the way...

yes, there is. A long, stupid, and retarded one that has gone on nearly 9 months, cost me my job (temporarily), and convinced me that the person in question is an awful creature. (perhaps a demon inside the--admittedly pretty--body of a 26 year old woman)

and no, it hasn't swung all the way: it won't have till the higher ups get a clue and set things right: I can't, because they won't let me give my 2 cents to them or her: they tell me to "pretend it never happened". Kind of hard to do so when you've lost your job at one point over this, and at another was effectively slandered for a group rick-roll--isn't it?!

and the sick part? they know the last part is untrue--one of them actually saw the video (she didn't apparently. I'll let you figure out the implications here). Yet they won't set this right. No retribution, no damages payment, not even an apology. nope--just " you Ibrahim--female loggers are apparently more valuable for the company because of their "

[SwordsMaster]

normally one shouldn't, but here, it is food for thought.

yes, it is a knowledge based job--specifically in the Oil industry. No avoiding it here: I need the money to pay for graduate school.



yes, there is. A long, stupid, and retarded one that has gone on nearly 9 months, cost me my job (temporarily), and convinced me that the person in question is an awful creature. (perhaps a demon inside the--admittedly pretty--body of a 26 year old woman)

and no, it hasn't swung all the way: it won't have till the higher ups get a clue and set things right: I can't, because they won't let me give my 2 cents to them or her: they tell me to "pretend it never happened". Kind of hard to do so when you've lost your job at one point over this, and at another was effectively slandered for a group rick-roll--isn't it?!

and the sick part? they know the last part is untrue--one of them actually saw the video (she didn't apparently. I'll let you figure out the implications here). Yet they won't set this right. No retribution, no damages payment, not even an apology. nope--just " you Ibrahim--female loggers are apparently more valuable for the company because of their "

Political correctness taken to the ridiculous extreme... Upsetting, but sadly I can't say it's surprising... At least looking at the evidence should be par for the course.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I thought a lot of blokes "stripped the knob" in the shower from time to time...how does that degrade the plumbing?

Think of the knob or handle in your shower to control the water. You turn it clockwise to turn off the shower, now imagine if you just kept turning... to be honest I don't know if the knob really is the problem, I just know that whatever he is doing, somehow the shower starts leaking water even when you turn the knob to the off position. I know this because I have used this shower for over a year and it started leaking when he moved in. I called landlord to fix it during the break while he was away, and it starts leaking again right after he uses it.

[SwordsMaster]

Think of the knob or handle in your shower to control the water. You turn it clockwise to turn off the shower, now imagine if you just kept turning... to be honest I don't know if the knob really is the problem, I just know that whatever he is doing, somehow the shower starts leaking water even when you turn the knob to the off position. I know this because I have used this shower for over a year and it started leaking when he moved in. I called landlord to fix it during the break while he was away, and it starts leaking again right after he uses it.

So what you're saying is.. he has a strong knob-arm?

I'll get my coat

[Hooahguy]

I learned today that when your car awkwardly dies in the middle of a single-lane road in the middle of rush hour people get pretty angry at you.