Wednesday, January 27, 2010

5 Things I Don't Miss from Work

Five things I don't miss from work:  

1. That jackass that texts through a whole meeting and then pops off questions that have already been answered. Jackass.  

2. The nine people who pass by the half inch of coffee left in the carafe, simply because they don't want to brew a new batch. Take a note from Terrible Terry Tate: If you finish the joe, ya make some more!  

3. The open-mouthed yet slack-witted idjut that likes to overtake each conversation and meeting as if he's an expert. When you start to shudder when someone opens his mouth, that's probably because you're with this guy - the SME/with a degree/that doesn't know what he/is talking about. Although normally very annoying, sometimes the monologues have a gentle soothing quality much like white noise. Not often enough though. 

4. The passive-aggresive smooze that approves your plan, but then throws you under the train when their boss disagrees with what they've already approved. Accountability. It's a timeless quality. Often, a lost art.

5. The following words that were eventually plied (by yahoos) into every document I wrote: leverage, implement, strategy, innovative, industry-leading, engaging, next generation ... I could go on and on. And they were almost alway misused and gibberish.

Anything else I might have missed? Leave a comment.

3 comments:

Joy Bishop said...

Did you have an Uncle Touchy? The person who touches you too much and invades your personal space? Or the person who reads your emails (or whatever's on your computer screen) over your shoulder and comments "You misspelled 'obnoxious'". Or the food critic..."Is THAT your lunch? Ugh. I'd rather eat my toe nails."

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