Talk About Work Thread

krim wrote:the further you are from college graduation age, the harder it gets... unless you make it to a mid or high-level position or have some valuable skillset.

I'm beginning to realize this more and more. :doh:

Ack, the Queen is wearing this absolutely hideous orange and gray striped sweater: sort of a Halloween bumblebee. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:Ack, the Queen is wearing this absolutely hideous orange and gray striped sweater: sort of a Halloween bumblebee. :bleh:

:rofl: :rofl: Sexy!

EstherM wrote: :rofl: :rofl: Sexy!

Only to another Halloween bumblebee. :bleh:

[image][/list:u] Racer's boss just came back from lunch.

:lol: Gotta love Spanish Bee Man

I'm in an office with two other Visual Arts teachers, and lately they've been at each others throat... only they won't say anything to each other, so they just complain to me about it. It's so frustrating. :banghead:

Meat in the sandwich, ne?

Anime Dad wrote:Meat in the sandwich, ne?

Mmmmmm... sandwich... :drooling:

Ahem, but yea! And it sucks because if I get involved, Im 99% sure they'll take their anger out on me. One is 53 and the other is 44, and they both baby me because, being 25, I can't possibly relate to them in any way. :shakehead:

Wynter wrote:
One is 53 and the other is 44, and they both baby me because, being 25, I can't possibly relate to them in any way. :shakehead:

Um, i'm 44. I can relate to you :shamefulcry: Maybe that means i'm immature? :sweat:

OT-ish: As well as the usual Viagra and Megadik spam emails, we're now getting them advertising a product called Personal Puss. Let's just say it has nothing to do with Felis Catus/Neko :nut:

Anime Dad wrote:

Um, i'm 44. I can relate to you :shamefulcry: Maybe that means i'm immature? :sweat:

OT-ish: As well as the usual Viagra and Megadik spam emails, we're now getting them advertising a product called Personal Puss. Let's just say it has nothing to do with Felis Catus/Neko :nut:

LOL! I was being sarcastic. They really think I can't relate because I'm "so much younger". Bull shit. Age has nothing to do with how well one can relate to another.

Wynter wrote:

LOL! I was being sarcastic.

I know ;)

They really think I can't relate because I'm "so much younger". Bull shit. Age has nothing to do with how well one can relate to another.

Hontou desu ne! :glomp:

Anime Dad wrote:

Hontou desu ne! :glomp:

I'm so glad you and I can relate. :muack: :glomp:

Wynter wrote: One is 53 and the other is 44, and they both baby me because, being 25, I can't possibly relate to them in any way. :shakehead:

Well, in a couple weeks you'll be 26, so that should solve that problem. :mrgreen: [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote:[image][/list:u] Racer's boss just came back from lunch.

That's the most flattering pic I've ever seen of her.

gaijinmark wrote: Well, in a couple weeks you'll be 26, so that should solve that problem. :mrgreen: [/list:u]

I'm counting on it. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
That's the most flattering pic I've ever seen of her.

I wonder what her bad days are like. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
The house?

Partly yes. Having to relocate a family is not easy.

dochira wrote:Partly yes. Having to relocate a family is not easy.

Yup.

Our engineering manager has been away from his family in Boston for a year now: they haven't been able to sell their house and they don't wanna yank their kids outta school in the middle of the school year... :sweat:

Hey you $%^&**(#@$%!, read this: :hehe:

Swearing at work 'boosts team spirit, morale'

Wed Oct 17, 11:54 AM ET

Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers.

Yehuda Baruch, a professor of management at the University of East Anglia, and graduate Stuart Jenkins studied the use of profanity in the workplace and assessed its implications for managers.

They assessed that swearing would become more common as traditional taboos are broken down, but the key appeared to be knowing when such language was appropriate and when to turn to blind eye.

The pair said swearing in front of senior staff or customers should be seriously discouraged or banned, but in other circumstances it helped foster solidarity among employees and express frustration, stress or other feelings.

"Employees use swearing on a continuous basis, but not necessarily in a negative, abusive manner," said Baruch, who works in the university's business school in Norwich.

Banning swear words and reprimanding staff might represent strong leadership, but could remove key links between staff and impact on morale and motivation, he said.

"We hope that this study will serve not only to acknowledge the part that swearing plays in our work and our lives, but also to indicate that leaders sometimes need to 'think differently' and be open to intriguing ideas.

"Managers need to understand how their staff feel about swearing. The challenge is to master the 'art' of knowing when to turn a blind eye to communication that does not meet their own standards."

The study, "Swearing at work and permissive leadership culture: when anti-social becomes social and incivility is acceptable", is published in the latest issue of the Leadership and Organisational Development Journal.

Yay! :woot:

It works here. We swear a lot and even the boss call some of his business partners bitches when they don't call back. :hehe: