What REALLY grinds your gears?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

Would you care to elaborate what your meetings are like? I am sure we would all like to know more about this!

I meant lion ; it was late lol ; long day

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I meant lion ; it was late lol ; long day

I was secretly hoping you were going to tell us you fly out to Van Nuys once a month for acting purposes.

Any ways this is a mind map

Imagine a 28 year old with his hipster beard and skinny pants laying out his colored pencils and markers for taking notes in a meeting.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

I was secretly hoping you were going to tell us you fly out to Van Nuys once a month for acting purposes.

Any ways this is a mind map

Imagine a 28 year old with his hipster beard and skinny pants laying out his colored pencils and markers for taking notes in a meeting.

In my world someone say that is "thinking outside the box" and i have won so many rounds of meeting bingo with that phrase.

[MTK]

I generally find taking notes to be a waste of time. Especially since most meetings have hand outs or the meeting notes emailed to you afterward. I always bring a pad of paper and a pen to a meeting though, if you don't people assume you're some sort of animal.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by MTK

I generally find taking notes to be a waste of time. Especially since most meetings have hand outs or the meeting notes emailed to you afterward. I always bring a pad of paper and a pen to a meeting though, if you don't people assume you're some sort of animal.

LOL! This is so true.

I see people feverishly writing down notes in meetings, I think to myself do you have no ability to retain information spoken to you.

I bring the notebook for doodling.

I always say: to some the meeting room is a prison to others its their stage to perform. I hate the latter.

[SunnySide]

Youre at work, sitting at your desk doing desk work things like posting on warpath and have some nice jazz playing quietly from youtube.

Then your brain says "hold up, weve been listening to this infomercial for a nutrition powder for 5 minutes now".

I mean, I bought the guys product and all but I hate when youtube slips in those 5 min ads 1 hour into a 3 hours music mix.

Hates strong, dislike is better.

[SunnySide]

When you go to make coffee in the break room then a co-worker comes in and begins telling you a golf story. You think and hope its just about one particular awesome or funny shot ... but no, its a recitation of each and every shot hole by freaking hole.

I literally just walked away on the 10th hole.

If you are going to tell a golf story, make it 30 seconds or less. I dont need a 10 minute self gratulating narration of how good you are at golf disguised as some "let me tell you a story" quickie.

You shot a 4 over .. whoopie doo!

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

Youre at work, sitting at your desk doing desk work things like posting on warpath and have some nice jazz playing quietly from youtube.

Then your brain says "hold up, weve been listening to this infomercial for a nutrition powder for 5 minutes now".

I mean, I bought the guys product and all but I hate when youtube slips in those 5 min ads 1 hour into a 3 hours music mix.

Hates strong, dislike is better.

Facts.

Nothing kills the vibe like a YT commercial in the midst of a song. Those fuckers need a competitor because the ads are getting unbearable nowadays.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

When you go to make coffee in the break room then a co-worker comes in and begins telling you a golf story. You think and hope its just about one particular awesome or funny shot ... but no, its a recitation of each and every shot hole by freaking hole.

I literally just walked away on the 10th hole.

If you are going to tell a golf story, make it 30 seconds or less. I dont need a 10 minute self gratulating narration of how good you are at golf disguised as some "let me tell you a story" quickie.

You shot a 4 over .. whoopie doo!

There is nothing worst then hearing about how someone's fantasy team produced or didn't.

Or if someone tells me a dream story, it didn't happen man no one cares.

[MTK]

I used to work with this woman and all she wanted to talk about was her kids. She was such a sweet person so I always felt bad, but man, can we just talk about something else for a minute? Anything else going on in your life other than what your kids are up to?

[sdskinsfan2001]

Our secretary in our office is new. When she comes to tell you something she can't tell when the conversation is over. So I'll start working again and she will oddly stand behind me for like another 30 seconds. So awkward.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Our secretary in our office is new. When she comes to tell you something she can't tell when the conversation is over. So I'll start working again and she will oddly stand behind me for like another 30 seconds. So awkward.

We got one of those! Frustrating

Especially if they come to your cube; i will fake a piss break to get out of my cube.

[MTK]

I think it's a requirement that every office have the awkward talker. Got a guy in my office like that, super nice, but doesn't know when the conversation is over. Likes to linger until he thinks of something else to say. Meanwhile I've already turned around and pretending to look busy.

[Chico23231]

I dated this woman a couple years ago and all she talked about was working out to the point she would constantly take pictures of her gym routines and send them too me. I would send her articles about how women were becoming addicted to working out and physical appearance.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mredskins

We got one of those! Frustrating

Especially if they come to your cube; i will fake a piss break to get out of my cube.

This just made me roll…I always go with this. I prefer this over the “fake phone call” move which is just insulting.