An Anonymous Note

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

Bummer. The guy I had to clean up after was so incompetent he borrowed my roll of wire marking tape, carefully numbered each wire, but failed to make any notes on just where each wire landed. He finally got fired months later for job abandonment when he lied about having to go to our sister hospital to pick up a part we didn't have when he was actually visiting a friend.

[Apple]

Damn, I wonder if it's the same guy! He does that same stuff. Unfortunately most of the guys around here will do all kinds of work and never redline/document changes. Then they go and complain that we don't have accurate prints... Just last week I had to trace out several circuits that were installed within the last 20 years and the only print I had was from the 1930s, it's a non-stop problem. We constantly find "mystery wires" and wires that have been cut/lifted without any notes as to why. When I've left notes and documentation, some of them will just decided the note is wrong without bothering to figure out who's initials are on the notes (There's not that many of us, I was one of two people to work on the system and my initials and date were on the tag and on the prints. The guy that decided I was wrong made a huge fool of himself in the end, it wasn't a mistake he could hide, it was pretty major.)

[wvugurl26]

Apple I'd have to ask my brother but I'm pretty sure showing up drunk for work is a firable offense where he works. Of course the union contract may protect them but I'd hope not. I know they can get in deep shit if they show up with even the teeniest little bit of alcohol left in their system so I'd imagine showing up obviously drunk is worse.
Some of the stories he tells about the morons are funny and then some of them make me worry about his and his friends safety at work. They are working with major high voltage and if you screw it up you can kill yourself and others. They already rolled a bobcat this winter doing preliminary treating for a coming snow storm. My dad can't figure out how you roll a bobcat and he spent a lot years working with them and forklifts.
Anyway I hope they take you more seriously now. This isn't a job to half ass and mess up.

[Apple]

Sorry to hijack...

It might be near impossible to fire him. It's government, he's career, he's union, he'll play the race card, etc. They might tell him he needs to go to rehab/therapy. Oh, I left out the part where he almost ran over the security guard and was 15 minutes late. Overtime for us is completely voluntary. He wasn't selected at first, but then he pitched a fit about it in our safety meeting about why more people weren't working, so the boss added him and a couple others to the list (it was supposed to be just me and one other guy working this weekend). I can only think of four people who've been fired, two were for stealing, one for smoking pot and one for looking at child porn at work. They even promoted a guy about a year after being caught trying to solicit sex from a 17-year-old boy (again, on the government computer). It's a pretty messed up place sometimes. I don't think the boss hates him enough to try to fire him. It's sad, because I actually got along great with this guy up until recently, even though his work scared me.

[chiver78]

Feb 13, 2011 21:54:46 GMT -5 Mad Dawg Wiccan said:

Dear Client/Social Worker;

Your failure to inform me of the upcoming expense for an event that you have known about for weeks but couldn't be bothered to tell me does NOT constitute an emergency on my part. I will NOT send you a check via Overnight Delivery at my expense, nor will I deliver it to your home.

ah...we run in the same circles. I have a sign up in my cube that says "Poor planning on YOUR part does not constitute an emergency on MY part." details are irrelevant, think ahead.

[Befferz]

Dear coworker,

I've already told you that your "vanilla" hand lotion smells like WD-40, and that I can smell it through the cube walls. Why in the world do you still use it???

[thyme4change]

Dear Husband,

That wicker thing in the bedroom with the word "Laundry" on it is where dirty socks go. I know it must be confusing because it looks so much like the space under the coffee table.

[Befferz]

Dear other coworker,

If I wanted to hear a play-by-play rundown of your evening/weekend, I'd ask you. I don't want to overhear you rehashing it with your mother, complaining about your stepsons, and arguing with your husband, for hours every day, in addition to your hour-long "discussions" with a couple other coworkers. Your children are going to need lots of therapy when they get older, if the way you talk about them here is any indication of how you treat them at home.

[NancysSummerSip]

I promise I will read your e-mail. There is no need to send me an e-mail then run to my desk right after you hit send to see if I have read your e-mail yet. It needs at least 10 seconds to make it to my inbox!

Thanks

I am going to adopt Elizabeth. She gets me. I work with her coworker's twin. The one who yells across the room to make sure that I've read so-and-so's email.
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Dear dumb hag,

Yes, I can see and read. And I will continue to have perfect hearing, until your continued yelling jeopardizes it. Contrary to what you think, the boss is able to work without you. He did it for years, and had no problems. You are not as essential as you claim to be. Oh, and don't think for a minute that no one knows about the calls from your bank and creditors that keep coming into the office.

[greeneyedchicka]

Dear Coworker,

I do not need to hear all of your conversations, which are rarely work related. Just because you sit in the corner cube, does not mean that you need to talk to everyone that walks by. I am tired of hearing about your mom's bad knees, your dad's last doctor's visit, your dog's inability to control himself and so forth. I also do not need to hear your loud and dramatic yawns, your chomping on food all day long, or your sighs and groans. If you are that miserable, GO HOME!

[thyme4change]

Dear Bagboy/baggirl,

I'm pretty sure the bags were designed to hold more than one object each.

[swamp]

Feb 14, 2011 11:01:10 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Dear Bagboy/baggirl,

I'm pretty sure the bags were designed to hold more than one object each.

I see you were at the same grocery store I was this weekend.

[cael]

I was at the mall last month after one of our many ridiculous snowstorms. Some IDIOT had parked literally in 4 parking spaces, I kid you not, and parking was tight anyway because it was a busy night at the mall. We drove by & cursed them out for being idiots, but noticed something on their windshield. When we found a spot we walked over, and someone had left them a nasty note telling them they were morons and to go back to NH. It was HILARIOUS! Then later when we were leaving, we saw the people walking back to the car, it was a bunch of dumb looking girls, and we saw them take the note off the windshield. Made our night! Hilarious.

On my old car, I had a Unitarian Universalist sticker on my bumper - it said "IM UU RU?" and only another UU would get it. I was working at one of my company's stores one day, and that evening when I came out to my car, I had a notecard on my windshield that simply said on the inside "Yes! IM UU 2!" and that made me so happy! Anonymous notes are the best

[thyme4change]

Dear Funky artist-guy turned barista so you can make rent,

You might think I'm an imperalistic pig, but I just need to get to work before my boss notices I'm late. Can you hurry it up a little?

[thyme4change]

Dear Alarm Clock,

Blow me!

[cael]

Feb 14, 2011 11:18:13 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Dear Alarm Clock,

Blow me!

[NancysSummerSip]

Dear mom of four preschoolers outside out office door,

This is an older office building. The hallways are made of concrete, and the floors are marble. That means there is no sound cushion. We know you are hustling to get those kids to the doc's office upstairs, and we understand that kids love nothing better than the sound of their own voices reverberating off the walls. But when you yell, too, whether it is at them or into your cell phone, you really are just compounding the problem. A certain lack of control on the part of the little darlings is expected. Maybe if you set a good example, they would learn from it.

[NancysSummerSip]

boring country drab.

I like country music, and that's still funny as heck.

kindly refund my $2 before I kick yer ass

I'd have paid at least another $2 just to watch you do that. Never thought of you as the butt-kicking' type.

[thyme4change]

Dear Sports Dad,

You child is six - and probably not that talented. You will most likely not be the guy getting thanked after the MLB World Series. Get over it. Teach him to read with half the vigor you are encouraging baseball and he will have a much better life.

[NancysSummerSip]

And the bartender should have known better than to diss a customer, night off or otherwise. Not good for business

[thyme4change]

Dear Dufus,

Please don't park in the fire lane - especially if everyone else has. I will be in this building, and although I understand you are more important than everyone else, and deserve a close parking spot, I would appreciate it if you could follow basic safety laws so my family doesn't perish in a burning building and the fire engines can't get here because you were too lazy to park in a regular spot and walk 20 yards.

P.S. This goes to all the a-holes in the handicap spots too.

[NancysSummerSip]

That does it....Thyme is following me around and knows the same people I know. She gets karma just for that.

[973beachbum]

Feb 13, 2011 15:24:29 GMT -5 Mad Dawg Wiccan said:

<<damn, mdw, what do you do for work?>>


My clients are all Developmentally Disabled, I manage their Social Security benefits for them.

This may sound like a stupid question but if they are mentally disabled why aren't their SS checks sent to someone who isn't to make sure they are taken care of?

[hoops902]

Dear authors of anonymous notes,

You sorry piece of chicken-s***, writing notes anonymously like some high and mighty self-important b*stard. Too much of a coward to even sign your names, I know exactly who you are though and I DARE you to come knock on my door because if you do I'll give you the ass-whooping you so richly deserve. And no I'm not scared of you even if you bring a group of friends, or a knife, hell even a gun.

Sincerely yours,

That guy you know who barely speaks english and therefore won't be able to explain that he did not write this note

[Befferz]

Feb 14, 2011 12:28:17 GMT -5 hoops902 said:

Dear authors of anonymous notes,

You sorry piece of chicken-s***, writing notes anonymously like some high and mighty self-important b*stard. Too much of a coward to even sign your names, I know exactly who you are though and I DARE you to come knock on my door because if you do I'll give you the ass-whooping you so richly deserve. And no I'm not scared of you even if you bring a group of friends, or a knife, hell even a gun.

Sincerely yours,

That guy you know who barely speaks english and therefore won't be able to explain that he did not write this note

My next-door neighbor?

[thyme4change]

Well - I didn't ever leave one of these notes - but I did call the cops on the people parked in the fire lane. I had to give my name to the cops, but I don't think they included it when writing the parking tickets and telling people to move. Maybe they did.

[chiver78]

Feb 14, 2011 12:30:54 GMT -5 Befferz said:

Feb 14, 2011 12:28:17 GMT -5 hoops902 said:

Dear authors of anonymous notes,

You sorry piece of chicken-s***, writing notes anonymously like some high and mighty self-important b*stard. Too much of a coward to even sign your names, I know exactly who you are though and I DARE you to come knock on my door because if you do I'll give you the ass-whooping you so richly deserve. And no I'm not scared of you even if you bring a group of friends, or a knife, hell even a gun.

Sincerely yours,

That guy you know who barely speaks english and therefore won't be able to explain that he did not write this note

My next-door neighbor?

no kidding. this is exactly the sort of reply I'm expecting from one of my posts. luckily the local PD already has his name.

[Apple]

Feb 14, 2011 11:49:38 GMT -5 @insurancegal said:

Feb 14, 2011 11:45:20 GMT -5 NancysSummerSip said:

I like country music, and that's still funny as heck.



I'd have paid at least another $2 just to watch you do that. Never thought of you as the butt-kicking' type.

Thanks, Nanc! Well, as you know, being from the SS boards, I like to watch my $$. After recovering from the fact songs cost $1-$2 each to play, I was determined to covet thy "jukebox" Saturday night.

Happy Birtday IG,
The Golden Fishy,
I hope you got what you wishy,
Please don't hate on the ditty.

[wudchuk]

Dearest Oblivious A-Hole.....
There is a reason the doors are marked "Enter" and "Exit". Let's review.... Enter means use that portal to enter the store.... and.... therefore... the portal marked Exit is for leaving the store. I really don't appreciate that fact you can't quite grasp the concept and then give me the look when I enter the store as you are leaving thru the F-ING ENTER DOOR!!!!.....

Oh My..... that does feel better!!....

[thyme4change]

Dear Fellow Internet Board Poster,

No need to call me names just because I use this forum to vent. If you really think about it, our society would be much worse if we confronted people in most of these situations. I know you like to think we are chicken-droppings, but in reality, we are polite.