Some workplace cliques are formed for valid reasons. It is not a pleasant experience to feel left out in any kind of social situation, least of all a workplace where you spend forty hours a week. At its most serious, it can even get to a point where the company is liable for discrimination. The …
Seguir leyendo Coworkers invite other coworker to Friday lunch, disinvite him when he won’t stop complaining: ‘People stopped enjoying the lunches’
Categoría:complaining
65-year-old clerk constantly talks all throughout the workday, interrupts coworker when she tries to get a word in: ‘She never calls off and never shuts up or stops complaining.’
She needs to leave her coworkers alone, but she never will. How much should you talk on the job? Some jobs are so boring that there’s nothing else to do but talk to your coworkers. If you’ve ever worked at a store or a frozen yogurt store that doesn’t get a lot of customers, having …
Seguir leyendo 65-year-old clerk constantly talks all throughout the workday, interrupts coworker when she tries to get a word in: ‘She never calls off and never shuts up or stops complaining.’
Employee complains about how his coworkers spend their money: ‘He complained to our bosses about me going to concerts. We got told that we couldn’t brag about any extra expenses.’
Why does he care how his coworkers spend their money? We’ve all had an annoying coworker. I think I’ve been the annoying coworker, but sometimes I just can’t help it! Being a coworker is an awkward social situation. You can’t be as open and honest with your coworkers as you are with your friends, and …
Seguir leyendo Employee complains about how his coworkers spend their money: ‘He complained to our bosses about me going to concerts. We got told that we couldn’t brag about any extra expenses.’
South Carolinian complains that Gen Z grocery store employee is not friendly enough for him: ‘Are you from up North? Down here, we’re friendly.»
Are Southerners more friendly than Northerners? Everyone has big, grand ideas about the area where they’re from. Midwesterners think that they’re the bastions of kindness, even though a lot of them are nice in a passive-aggressive way. New Yorkers claim to be «kind, but not nice,» but some are so obsessed with keeping people out …
Seguir leyendo South Carolinian complains that Gen Z grocery store employee is not friendly enough for him: ‘Are you from up North? Down here, we’re friendly.»
Coachella goer takes Uber to festival, complains when 2 mile drive takes 2 hours: ‘I am lowkey on the verge of tears’
Music festivals are often as much of an endurance test as they are a place to enjoy yourself, but what has to be endured can vary greatly from person to person. If we are being perfectly honest, some of the inconveniences that people complain about are kind of self-inflicted. You do not need to be …
Seguir leyendo Coachella goer takes Uber to festival, complains when 2 mile drive takes 2 hours: ‘I am lowkey on the verge of tears’
Karen reports neighbor for having an «ugly» doormat, neighbor reports her for illegally subletting her apartment: ‘She has not spoken to me since.’
If she doesn’t want to walk by her neighbor’s doormat every day, she shouldn’t live in an apartment building. There are a lot of downsides to living in an apartment building. The worst part about it is that you can’t control who lives in the apartments below, above, and next to you. There’s a reasons …
Seguir leyendo Karen reports neighbor for having an «ugly» doormat, neighbor reports her for illegally subletting her apartment: ‘She has not spoken to me since.’
19-year-old aunt spends $3500 on her niece’s 15th birthday and $100 on her nephew’s 10th birthday, family criticizes her for not ‘loving’ her niece and nephew equally: ‘My nephew loved his gifts for his birthday.’
Any 19-year-old who spends that much on a present is already the best aunt ever! You can’t expect a young adult who has just started working to afford extravagant birthday presents for their relatives. They might choose to buy things beyond their budget because they live at home and don’t necessarily «need» the money to …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old aunt spends $3500 on her niece’s 15th birthday and $100 on her nephew’s 10th birthday, family criticizes her for not ‘loving’ her niece and nephew equally: ‘My nephew loved his gifts for his birthday.’
Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’
They should’ve used working from home as a reward in the first place. How should a company motivate its employees to perform well? You might think that employees should be intrinsically motivated to do well just for the sake of doing well and promoting the company, but we all know that’s not always how it …
Seguir leyendo Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’
Nanny making $45 an hour threatens to quit unless she gets another 6% raise: ‘We gave her 3 weeks pay for her bonus and $5000 for her birthday this year.’
It sounds like she’s leaving a pretty good gig behind. The scariest part about leaving a job is that there’s no way of knowing if your next job is going to be better or worse. You can measure factors you are aware of before accepting an offer, such as pay, benefits, commute time, and the …
Seguir leyendo Nanny making $45 an hour threatens to quit unless she gets another 6% raise: ‘We gave her 3 weeks pay for her bonus and $5000 for her birthday this year.’
Spoilt 12-year-old, Leah, demands leaving friend’s NYC 12th birthday trip early, after claiming she’s «bored», Leah’s mom demands host mother drives hour away to drop her home, host mother refuses: ‘If I left with Leah, we’d miss the show’
Listen, it’s fair enough for a 12-year-old child to get bored, and it results in a few moans and sulks. It happens. What’s not fair is for her to ruin another girl’s birthday when being informed of the long day’s activities beforehand. At the end of the day, New York City has no age restriction. …
Seguir leyendo Spoilt 12-year-old, Leah, demands leaving friend’s NYC 12th birthday trip early, after claiming she’s «bored», Leah’s mom demands host mother drives hour away to drop her home, host mother refuses: ‘If I left with Leah, we’d miss the show’