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I offered a workmate my box of printing papers to use. He finished them all within a day and left the empty box on my desk. Makes me wonder what happened to common courtesy these days. If he was too lazy to fill the box up then at least should have thrown it away. I would. I decided that with people like this, there's no point offering anything else in the future. The utilities room is just next door. My goodness how lazy can someone be?
What would you do if this happened to you?
I'd say working in an office sucks - time to get me a job in the sun!
haha sounds like fun, I'm with you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
But actually I do like my current office job, it gives me time and the peace of mind to do more of the things that I love :)
I think that generosity comes after you trust a person will do what is expected. In a professional setting, it is often important to maintain professional boundaries. Little things like not filling up the paper can certainly become irritating, especially if it keeps occurring. I'd politely ask this person what happened to all the paper and request that it be refilled, if the last piece is taken. If you don't get after people, it will keep happening and then it can lead to resentment and bad moral. Although, it is a very small thing, but it bothered you enough to post about it.
Thanks for your advice Jersea :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jersea
Confronting people has always been my biggest problem :( And it makes it even harder when it's about a very small thing. But after this incident I understand why others at work put names on and lock up their stationery :( It's sad, but necessary, I guess.
If the utilities room is next door, why don't you fill up the paper yourself? This will allow you to stand up and stretch.
People who get on our nerves serve a good purpose. They are out there pushing our buttons. However, it is not their fault that we have buttons to push.
I certainly did :) But that's not the point. I just don't like people like him who have no common courtesy :)Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
It is people like him who challenge our character. They teach us about what kind of person we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by sensen
Yes, I agree. As far as having bright red buttons to push, I've got them up the yingyang myself. I don't think there is any obvious solution to your problem that doesn't involve a change to your behavior as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by sensen
Basically, most people aren't trainable to meet to our expectations, nor are we trainable to meet theirs.
There is a guy I work with who performs his task at the very last minute and then hands it back to us to complete telling us we have to do it ASAP because there is no time left. Inevitably, something is wrong with what he has done. And then the last minute pushes against the deadline. These people often get their butts kicked by management.
That butt kicking usually doesn't do any good.
I wonder: should I try kicking butt myself? What good would that do? If it didn't work, I would at least get to release some anger--and get in trouble. If the butt kicking worked, I would lose the enjoyment of watching the guy procrastinate and get his butt kicked. In any case, I'd still have the bright red button ready to be pressed by the next guy.
Maybe the best thing is to aim for "uncommon courtesy". Don't get angry. Don't kick butt. Just fill the paper bin--or whatever has to be done.
I would **** in his shoes
A co-worker once said he wanted to dump skunk essence in the truck of some guy who bugged him too much. I can't remember what the guy did to him to deserve that, but apparently the scent is difficult to remove.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick_Bateman
I'd get over it. It happens to me all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by sensen
This. :smilielol5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick_Bateman