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24 Apr 06 - 12:09 PM (#1726024) Subject: BS: Office annoyances From: Becca72 Having a rough day here at the office and wanted to vent. I have a co-worker who is apparently coming down with a cold and has a bad case of "the sniffles". I have tried offering her my box of tissues, but she won't take the hint and just keeps sniffing away...constantly. It's really starting to drive me batty (I am my father's daughter). Any suggestions short of cutting off her air supply on how to deal with this? |
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24 Apr 06 - 12:12 PM (#1726028) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond Get a quarter... Go to the pay-phone.... call someone to come and build you a bridge so maybe you can get over it. |
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24 Apr 06 - 12:22 PM (#1726041) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST I would be more concerned about getting her cold. And look at the upside. If this is the worst thing that happens to you this week.........not a bad 5 days, eh? |
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24 Apr 06 - 12:24 PM (#1726044) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Wesley S Someone in my office uses WAY to much perfume. It's enough to gag a maggot. |
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24 Apr 06 - 12:29 PM (#1726051) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Bert Can't you turn on a radio or something to drown the noise? Wesley, you need to go along to your local magic/novelty store and buy a supply of stink bombs. |
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24 Apr 06 - 12:41 PM (#1726063) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: CarolC Ear plugs. You can get them at any pharmacy. They work wonders. |
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24 Apr 06 - 01:06 PM (#1726096) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Bert Them ear plugs are not going to help Wesley much. But I can just picture him sitting there with them stuffed up his nose! |
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24 Apr 06 - 01:33 PM (#1726122) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Wesley S No but my air purifier and fan are blowing in her direction. And she complains about it being to cold in here. Becca - Would the ear plugs help in your situation ? |
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24 Apr 06 - 01:37 PM (#1726126) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond "Someone in my office uses WAY to much perfume." Take the issue up with your supervisor |
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24 Apr 06 - 01:40 PM (#1726131) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Kaleea Instead of just offering tissues, get a box of the 3-ply that says on the box it helps keep germs from the hands, and some decongestant. When you come in for the day, plop it on the co-worker's desk, saying that you care about her sniffles, and don't want her to suffer so much anymore. (Kaleea's evil mind kicks in) OR: Bring in a mini boom box & listen to Hank Williams or Bill Monroe louder than the sniffles. (I just love to educate others about non rock Music!) Be sure to sing or hum along. Do some sound effects of your own-sniff loudly, hack & chhkkkkkeee up some alleged phlem into a tissue tossing it toward her wastebasket but missing as you chat or walk by her. Tell her you think you caught it from her, cause you're sniffing all the time just like she's been doing lately. Try wearing a surgical mask & surgical gloves (get some of those groovey purple ones they have now) with earmuffs over your ears. You could even write on the mask with a purple sharpie, "germy people stay home!" |
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24 Apr 06 - 01:40 PM (#1726132) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Wesley S DAMN CLINTON - I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT - YOU'RE BLOODY BRILLIANT. Clinton saves the day again. Yahoo. The air purifier belongs to my supervisor. |
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24 Apr 06 - 02:01 PM (#1726153) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Someone in my office uses WAY to much perfume. It's enough to gag a maggot. Imagine what she smells like without it! LOL Clinton, From your "advice", I take it you haven't actually worked in an office. |
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24 Apr 06 - 02:10 PM (#1726161) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond No I haven't... (Thank FK!) but my WIFE is an HR Specialist, and that's HER advice! |
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24 Apr 06 - 02:18 PM (#1726166) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor LOL Is it really? You wife said "Get a quarter...." LOL Contact the "supervisor is a bit tricky" for the perfume issue. But "ask to have your desk moved" worked for me. I wouldn't recommend it for the sniffles lady though. |
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24 Apr 06 - 02:26 PM (#1726169) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond " Contact the "supervisor is a bit tricky" for the perfume issue" There's nothing tricky about it at all... As a matter of fact my wife has told me about occasions where she has had to fire people who stink too much... be it BO or perfume or whatever... |
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24 Apr 06 - 02:30 PM (#1726173) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond And ya... her advice for dealing with "Sniffle Lady" is to "get the fuck over it" A direct quote |
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24 Apr 06 - 03:47 PM (#1726236) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Becca72 Unfortunately the ear plugs won't work for me, as I have to spend a good deal of my time on the phone. I like Kaleea's suggestions, though. And Clinton, if your wife, the HR supervisor, actually said "get the fuck over it" she's not very good at her job. When it's loud and constant enough to disrupt the entire area something needs to be done. |
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24 Apr 06 - 03:55 PM (#1726242) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond She may not have said it professionally, but to me, when I brought up your complaint, that's exactly what she said.... Try asking YOUR supervisor, or your HR person, you'll get told the exact same thing, only less directly |
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24 Apr 06 - 03:56 PM (#1726243) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor In fairness to her, she probably didn't say that. You posted at 12:09 nad he posted at 12:12. That didn't give him much time to call her at work, explain the situation and get her reaction before he posted. I think ole Clint was exercising his poetical licence. |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:07 PM (#1726253) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Rapparee For either, contact your supervisor. I had to deal with the perfume issue once -- I told the lady that while some of us enjoyed her perfume, others had found themselves to be allergic to it (and all of it was true). She stopped wearing it to work. The supervisor should deal with the sniffles, too -- it can be a health hazard (albeit a minor one) to others. Kleenex or whatever.... |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:10 PM (#1726261) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,The lowly immigrant For all those who work in the comfort of an office, with reasonable pay and health benefits and are annoyed by such petty nuisances, I say spend a day with me on my job in the abattoir. |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:14 PM (#1726266) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST MMMmmm hands up all those who believe clinton. |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:15 PM (#1726268) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond Don't care if you do or don't... No hair off my ass |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:29 PM (#1726272) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Nice system ya got there. Do you get all your petty insults from her or just the work related ones? |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:32 PM (#1726276) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,Ned the miner Try my job for a day. |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:37 PM (#1726281) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond Stymied, so you have to resort to ad hominem eh JtS? Again?!?! Already?? Wow... |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:45 PM (#1726289) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,receptionist at Mudcat Central Annoyances! Being the front person for all this crap going on here at the cat is just too much some days. I get terrible migraines. It looks like we have another one coming on. Dear, if you going back to the lunch room can you get a couple of Tylenol Xtra Strenghts and bring them back here for me. I just hope Joe hasn't taken them all. |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:53 PM (#1726296) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor "Stymied, so you have to resort to ad hominem" Maybe if you were to IM your little "Karl Rove" there at the HR office she will explain to you that these are "ad hominem" and you've been making such attacks all along. Grow up Clinton. and be careful to check with the educated one BEFORE you type the next time. "So blow it out yer ass "Jack", provided you can get it around your head She's currently laughing at what an obtuse moron you are " |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:56 PM (#1726301) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond That's just a shining example of you, caught flapping your 'lips' without your brain.... again.... still..... |
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24 Apr 06 - 04:58 PM (#1726305) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor You really should be getting some more help with your posts. They are pathetic. Does you mommy have IM too? Maybe she can help. |
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24 Apr 06 - 05:05 PM (#1726312) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Yeah, That's what we like about you Clinton, no "ad hominem". You know you really ought to get her to explain the phrases she gives you before you use them. It make you look foolish when you use terms like "ad hominem" when you clearly have no idea what they mean. |
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24 Apr 06 - 05:08 PM (#1726314) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond Oh, I know I'm attacking you.... But that's just because you have no argument worth addressing... this is just abuse at this point.... I'd kick you in the balls, but you'd have to get them back from your wife first..... |
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24 Apr 06 - 05:13 PM (#1726319) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Clinton, Do YOU really want to go there? You're making me feel sorry for you. I apologize for goading you into such a silly, self destructive, state. Take care of yourself Clinton. Bye. |
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24 Apr 06 - 05:15 PM (#1726320) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,G A couple points; 1. HR people advise, they don't usually discharge anyone. 2. The "Supervisor" would have been the first to go. Unless he had no sense of smell. And I as a Manager would have known about those things. 3. Clinton, you really are very boorish. |
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24 Apr 06 - 05:36 PM (#1726333) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond Not half as sorry as I feel for you, JtS GUEST,G 1... They do around here... 3... ya well.... I'm skilled at matching like with like |
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24 Apr 06 - 05:46 PM (#1726343) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Clinton, Seriously, you should quit while you are behind. You keep making a fool of yourself. When G called you boorish he obviously wasn't talking about what you said to me. He was talking about what you said to Becca which was boorish and in no way called for. Being rude to people simply because you think they have asked a stupid question is being boorish. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:01 PM (#1726360) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Little Hawk LOL! That's why Clinton belongs to the Mudcat. He lives to feel "sorry" for other people and be rude to them, and THIS is the place to do it! Clinton, I am beginning to get a picture of your wife in my mind's eye. A bit like Hillary Clinton at a younger age, but a whole lot bitchier and meaner. Am I anywhere close? Anyway, she would have to be damned tough to put up with you, so I'm thinking it would be a good thing if she is. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:06 PM (#1726365) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,receptionists at the Mudcat Central Joe!! Where did you put the goddamned Tylenols. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:07 PM (#1726366) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: kendall Becca72 is new here. She's also my daughter, so let's cut her some slack Clinton. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:11 PM (#1726369) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Richard Bridge Have you an asthma sufferer in the office? A cold could kill them. So they might be able to file a discrimination or health and safety lawsuit - depends on local US law about which I know little in general. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:15 PM (#1726373) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor BTW Becca, I hope you understand that I was not in any way saying that your question was stupid. I was only talking about what Clinton apparently thinks. He's just wrong about that. Welcome to the Mudcat Becca72. Your dad is a real man and a good man. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:21 PM (#1726376) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Stilly River Sage Back to the original question: A sniffle may be a sign of a chronic condition, or it may be a sign of something contagious that you don't want to catch. After having spent weeks (almost all of March and much of early April) on antibiotics after catching a bug from someone at work I would be very leery of getting near that coworker unless I knew the nature of the problem. I stayed at home and worked from there while I was contagious but able to work. I missed spring break (I work at a university) because that's when I was too ill to work. At least I didn't have to take as many sick days. I didn't spread my germs around, and my coworkers appreciated that. If you can ascertain, without infringing on her civil rights (amazing what you can and can't ask these days), what the reason is for the sniffles maybe something can be done in the office to help her. Maybe she's allergic to something in the environment. We learned that our office receptionist is allergic to roses, so any fancy bouquets left over from luncheons or meetings held in the nearby meeting area go down to the reference or circulation desk for people to admire, we don't leave them in the administration office any more. Some other flowers are okay, but not roses. We wouldn't enjoy the flowers if we knew someone else was suffering to have them around. Sometimes just knowing what the problem is helps you ignore the annoying symptoms. And get a radio to play at a low-enough volume that it doesn't disturb others but can let you ignore the sniff. SRS |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:24 PM (#1726379) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,Becca72 @ work Thank you, Jack. I in no way intended for this to be an HR dispute, merely looking for creative ways of dealing with an annoying co-worker who doesn't get the hint. Quite frankly, what Clinton has to say in no way affects my life...on or off Mudcat, since I have found him to be a regular pain in the ass and rarely put any value in his posts. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:25 PM (#1726380) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: John O'L Once upon a time they had personnel officers who actually addressed such problems. Now they have HR people who say 'get the fuck over it.' |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:31 PM (#1726390) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor "Once upon a time they had personnel officers who actually addressed such problems. Now they have HR people who say 'get the fuck over it.' " In fairness to Clinton's wife who is not here to defend herself and to HR people everywhere, I think its worth pointing out that there is a very good chance that Clinton made that whole thing up. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:44 PM (#1726400) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Little Hawk Unlike his online life, which nobody could make up except maybe Steven King. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:46 PM (#1726403) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor lol |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:47 PM (#1726405) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: John O'L I wasn't trying to criticise Clinton's wife, although I can see that it might look that way. I was deploring the corporatisation mentality which first conceived Human Resources to dehumanise industrial relations, and then HR, to dehumanise even that. |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:51 PM (#1726409) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Bill D The problem is, I don't think Clinton makes things up. He can do JUST fine with his ummmmm...'personal' take on reality...*grin* |
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24 Apr 06 - 06:51 PM (#1726410) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Little Hawk Indeed. Anybody read Dilbert lately? |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:00 PM (#1726419) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor I agree with what you were saying in principle John. I just wanted to be clear we weren't talking about individuals who probably would have to be fine people, saints even, like Clinton's wife. |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:08 PM (#1726427) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: kendall Becca72, there is another possibility; cocain snuffers tend to snif a lot. |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:12 PM (#1726430) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,Becca72 @ work Well, this same woman chews with her mouth open at lunch, so I think she's just oblivious. |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:22 PM (#1726439) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,G Little Hawk and Jack the Sailor are in very good form tonight. |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:24 PM (#1726441) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: kendall You have three choices, 1 Ignore her 2 Speak to her about it 3 Talk to your boss. |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:52 PM (#1726460) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST Clinton has a wife? What a woman! |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:53 PM (#1726461) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST Or guy..? |
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24 Apr 06 - 08:06 PM (#1726469) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Midchuck Have a care, Clinton. Kendall is #2, after Ian Tyson, on my list of people over 70 that I'd still run away from a fight with. Peter. |
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24 Apr 06 - 08:13 PM (#1726476) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Joe Offer Here we go again. OK, is Clinton to blame for being beliigerent, or is Jack the Sailor for calling Clinton a liar? I think the both of you are out of line. Cut it out. -Joe Offer- |
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24 Apr 06 - 08:29 PM (#1726489) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: NH Dave Becca, If you can get a stereo headset with large cushiony ear pads, you can run a small earpiece [bud like]for the phone underneath the earpad on one side, listen to soft music of your choice from a radio or small music device, and cut the volume down when the phone rings. Dave |
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24 Apr 06 - 08:49 PM (#1726502) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST Beca, if it's not something you can say directly to your coworker then you probably shouldn't say anything. If you can't say, "Your sniffing is annoying me so would you mind using some tissue"? without feeling as though you are being too forward or rude, then you probably would be out of line. Sorry, you'll probably just have to put up with the other human beings in your office when they sniffle... Mrs. Earbore of Grosse Pointe |
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24 Apr 06 - 08:56 PM (#1726507) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: John O'L While you're at it, can you ask her to close her mouth when she chews? |
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24 Apr 06 - 08:59 PM (#1726510) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: John O'L What I mean by that is that there are some things you can say to your family but no-one else, some you can say to your co-workers and no-one else, some you can say on Mudcat and nowhere else, and some you can only say to Clinton and no-one else. There's probably nothing you can do about this other than teach yourself to fart each time she sniffs. |
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24 Apr 06 - 09:12 PM (#1726523) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,receptionist at the Mudcat Central Joe, I'm going home now (another long day at the Mudcat Central). BTW, can you remember to order some Kleenix we have been without it since last week and my allergies have been dreadful lately, my nose just keeps running and running. My allergies and all this ruckus going on here have been causing nuclear migraines. So order some more Tylenol also, and make it xtra strength. Goodnight Joe. Oh, I forgot to tell you I will be late tomorrow. I have an appointment with my dentist, I have to get my dentures tightened. |
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24 Apr 06 - 09:15 PM (#1726528) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,Joe_F The only time I worked in a office, it was a small one, and we did not scruple to mention small annoyances to each other. A good friend of mine, tho, once worked in a bank. A coworker noticed that my friend did not use deodorant. He reported it to their boss, who reported it to his boss, who told their boss to tell my friend to use deodorant. --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Heat is what you pay for; temperature is what you get. :|| |
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24 Apr 06 - 11:18 PM (#1726588) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Stilly River Sage Rather than retype it because I wasn't heard the first time over the din of squabbling, I'll refer Becca back to this post, in which I actually tried to address the problem. BTW--I have a coworker who is nearly deaf but refuses to get hearing aids and presents a whole set of annoyances in itself. The sniffing is a variant on any number of distractions one can find in a workplace. If your coworker is sniffing and eats with her mouth open, maybe she needs her adenoids or turbinates looked at. Whatever your solution, politeness counts. SRS |
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24 Apr 06 - 11:30 PM (#1726595) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: number 6 Her chronic 'sniffles' could be caused by allergens caused by mold found in the office ventilation system, carpets (I bet the one in your office is vacumed once a week if that). Chewing with her mouth open, well different cultures don't withhold the same manners as dictated by Wasps. Hell, I have worked with with highly educated intelligent people from Greek, China, Israel who chomped their food in such a manner. Cultural soul is all it is. I'm afraid North Americans have become way too prudish. sIx |
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25 Apr 06 - 08:06 AM (#1726784) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: kendall One of my best friends chews with his mouth open, it's like watching a cement mixer in operation. I deal with it by not watching him. With him, it's not culture, it's lack of manners. |
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25 Apr 06 - 09:06 AM (#1726838) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: kendall Joe, as far as I'm concerned, your suggestion that they cut it out is exactly what a moderator should do.
-Joe Offer- |
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25 Apr 06 - 10:04 AM (#1726910) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: jacqui.c Becca - eat lots of your dad's baked beans, with maybe a curry on the side. Sit and fart all day. That should stop her sniffing and eating with her mouth open! |
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25 Apr 06 - 10:15 AM (#1726920) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Charmion I'm the asthmatic in my office, and I'm at home today and miserably ill (poor, poor pitiful me) precisely because someone brought his/her contagious sniffle to work. I'm with Becca72: some timely griping in a protected forum such as the Cat could well be the difference between surface serenity in the presence of an offensive irritant, or going toadally postal. |
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25 Apr 06 - 10:50 AM (#1726954) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor What Clinton has been saying has been so over the top that its difficult to take seriously. I don't for a second think that he was lying. Just engaging in some banter, hyperbole, if you will. After all, he's not trying to sell us a used car or to get us to go to war with Iran. I've met Clinton in person he's a funny man with a dry sense of humour. He's lost his gauge of what is funny, that's all. I'm sure at some point he'll get his bearings again. I'm truly sorry to have upset him. But I'm sure he'll recover. |
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25 Apr 06 - 10:56 AM (#1726959) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: jacqui.c Sorry to hear that Charmion. Hope you get better quickly. |
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25 Apr 06 - 11:32 AM (#1726998) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,receptionist at the Mudcat Central I'm back from the dentist with my dentures now fixed. Well, I feel like a new person. What a surprise, there was a box of kleenix on my desk. Now I don't have to sniffle all day. There is also a big bottle of Tylenol Xtras, because it's another day at the Mudcat and God knows I'll need these. Thank you very much Joe. |
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25 Apr 06 - 11:39 AM (#1727006) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Clinton Hammond " Kendall is #2, after Ian Tyson" Big FKN deal... I wouldn't cross the street to give him the steam off my piss if he was on fire.... " I don't for a second think that he was lying. Just engaging in some banter, hyperbole" None of the above... with people like you, one cannot afford to be anything other than point-on direct.... " I'm truly sorry to have upset him" You haven't. I'd have to care about you one way or the other in order for you to be able to affect me in any way.... I don't, so you can't. |
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25 Apr 06 - 11:48 AM (#1727016) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor I see that today is not the day Clinton gets his humour back. |
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25 Apr 06 - 12:05 PM (#1727030) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,receptionist at the Mudcat Central Oh frig. Here we go. Where did I but those damned Tylenols. One of these days I'm going to tell Max he can shove this job up his big ass. |
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25 Apr 06 - 12:40 PM (#1727069) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Hey Recepi! Nice to meet ya.. Vicks vapo rub is good for congestion. Just rub it on your chest and let the soothing vapours do their magic! |
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25 Apr 06 - 12:48 PM (#1727076) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Janie Becca, that is, thankfully one problem we don't often have to deal with. When one of us is sick--EVERYONE else, including the boss, pressures them to go home--'cuz we don't want the germs. Janie |
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25 Apr 06 - 01:49 PM (#1727148) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: jacqui.c Receptionist - As a connoiseur of asses I can tell you that Max's is not big or fat. Having seen the gentleman's posterior at the Getaway (fully clothed I would add) I must state that, in my opinion it is a fine example of a male ass and almost as good as my own dear husbands! |
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25 Apr 06 - 02:11 PM (#1727172) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Becca72 Not that I want to get involved in this conversation, but I'm finding this comment hard to hold back...my father, being a fine Maine-born gentleman, has no arse. It's an affliction of most of the men in his family and indeed of native Maine men in general. Much to my delight, I inherited my father's backside (albeit a wider variety) and my mother's nose. ;-) |
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25 Apr 06 - 02:15 PM (#1727178) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: jacqui.c But what there is of it is delightful Becca! :0) |
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25 Apr 06 - 04:32 PM (#1727288) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: Jack the Sailor Oops sorry, I must be in the wrong thread? |
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25 Apr 06 - 04:35 PM (#1727294) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: jacqui.c HE he he he...... |
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25 Apr 06 - 04:39 PM (#1727302) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: GUEST,receptionist at Mudcat Central Was that Jack I just saw run in here and out as fast as a whippet? God knows what he is up to. Well, not to bad of a day here at Mudcat Central. Looks like I might get out here on time today, maybe I'll stop off and buy some corn on the cob, now that I have had my dentures tightened. I should leave a note with Joe to have him pick up some more Kleenix, my allegies are acting up so much these days, and I certainly don't want to annoy anyone with my constant sniffling. Good Night all, see you tomorrow. |
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25 Apr 06 - 06:27 PM (#1727397) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: jacqui.c I had a further thought. Earplugs. No, not for in YOUR ears but to stick up the nose of the offending sniffer. Better use gloves to do it though. |
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25 Apr 06 - 10:45 PM (#1727570) Subject: RE: BS: Office annoyances From: dianavan Becca - 1. Speak directly to the co-worker about the problem 2. If that doesn't solve it. Write them a note re-stating your concern. 3. If there is still no resolution, ask someone to mediate. Never tell the boss. None of you co-workers will ever trust you again. |