Stupidity or awkwardness?
- NotoriousREV
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Stupidity or awkwardness?
Person: “Can we meet on Tuesday?”
Me: “Sorry, I’m not available Tuesday or Thursday. How about Wednesday?”
Person: “Can’t do Wednesday, how about Thursday?”
Me: “No, I can’t do Thursday. I’m only available Monday, Wednesday or Friday”
Person: “How about Tuesday?”
Me: “Sorry, I’m not available Tuesday or Thursday. How about Wednesday?”
Person: “Can’t do Wednesday, how about Thursday?”
Me: “No, I can’t do Thursday. I’m only available Monday, Wednesday or Friday”
Person: “How about Tuesday?”
Middle-aged Dirtbag
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
So can you do Tuesday or not, ffs..
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
TOO CONFUSINGNotoriousREV wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:04 pm
Me: “I’m not available Tuesday or Thursday.”
Me: “i’m only available Monday, Wednesday or Friday”
And stop calling me person.
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
I'm assuming the question posed in the thread title is one of those new-fangled rhetorical ones?
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
Just a suggestion, but maybe Re-arrange your days and go out of your way to meet on the day that they can do? Then make sure in no uncertain terms they know this and they owe you one and get them on the back foot. That way you can get more from them than they can from you.
Carl.
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Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
I’m guessing by the idiocy in the first post this is someone trying to buy something off Rev.drcarlos wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:55 am Just a suggestion, but maybe Re-arrange your days and go out of your way to meet on the day that they can do? Then make sure in no uncertain terms they know this and they owe you one and get them on the back foot. That way you can get more from them than they can from you.
Carl.
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Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
I'm just going to use this post as dumping ground from now on.
Half of my team have been working overnight (10pm to 6am) decommissioning our old office and migrating the last few services out of the old server room there.
Marketing User walks into our area.
MU: "Is [John] around?"
Me: "No, he's not in today as he was working overnight, anything I can help with?"
MU: "I sent him an email earlier about getting a new laptop bag. It's really urgent, can you call him?"
Me:
MU:
Me:
MU:
Me: "I'll get him to have a look when he's back in tomorrow"
Half of my team have been working overnight (10pm to 6am) decommissioning our old office and migrating the last few services out of the old server room there.
Marketing User walks into our area.
MU: "Is [John] around?"
Me: "No, he's not in today as he was working overnight, anything I can help with?"
MU: "I sent him an email earlier about getting a new laptop bag. It's really urgent, can you call him?"
Me:
MU:
Me:
MU:
Me: "I'll get him to have a look when he's back in tomorrow"
Middle-aged Dirtbag
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
Did you meet Person eventually?
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Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
Where's your sense of customer service? Poor MU needs a laptop bag right now!
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Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
I did. But not for a few weeks. It was on a Tuesday.
Middle-aged Dirtbag
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
Were you making love by Wednesday?
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
It's neither stupidity nor awkwardness though right? Just another self-entitled prick who thinks you're gonna call someone and probably wake them up in the middle of the day when they've pulled an all-nighter just because they think that a laptop bag is 'important'. He probably bashed Brannen's car too.NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:49 am I'm just going to use this post as dumping ground from now on.
Half of my team have been working overnight (10pm to 6am) decommissioning our old office and migrating the last few services out of the old server room there.
Marketing User walks into our area.
MU: "Is [John] around?"
Me: "No, he's not in today as he was working overnight, anything I can help with?"
MU: "I sent him an email earlier about getting a new laptop bag. It's really urgent, can you call him?"
Me:
MU:
Me:
MU:
Me: "I'll get him to have a look when he's back in tomorrow"
The artist formerly known as _Who_
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
I once had an area manager tell me to call a sales person back in to work after I had told him he was off due to his Mrs having a miscarriage through the night. I knew the company was full of sociapathic cunts but that was a new standard. I told the AM to bugger off and after he shouted at me for 5 minutes I offered the lads (15 stone middle wight boxer) phone number so he could call him in. At that point he declined and made another manager come in. I do not miss retail.Simon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:20 pmIt's neither stupidity nor awkwardness though right? Just another self-entitled prick who thinks you're gonna call someone and probably wake them up in the middle of the day when they've pulled an all-nighter just because they think that a laptop bag is 'important'. He probably bashed Brannen's car too.NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:49 am I'm just going to use this post as dumping ground from now on.
Half of my team have been working overnight (10pm to 6am) decommissioning our old office and migrating the last few services out of the old server room there.
Marketing User walks into our area.
MU: "Is [John] around?"
Me: "No, he's not in today as he was working overnight, anything I can help with?"
MU: "I sent him an email earlier about getting a new laptop bag. It's really urgent, can you call him?"
Me:
MU:
Me:
MU:
Me: "I'll get him to have a look when he's back in tomorrow"
Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
Night and day different to how I got treated at my place when we lost ours back in November. It was very much "See you when we see you, take all the time you need. If you want anyone to cover anything just let us know."Gavin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:44 pmI once had an area manager tell me to call a sales person back in to work after I had told him he was off due to his Mrs having a miscarriage through the night. I knew the company was full of sociapathic cunts but that was a new standard. I told the AM to bugger off and after he shouted at me for 5 minutes I offered the lads (15 stone middle wight boxer) phone number so he could call him in. At that point he declined and made another manager come in. I do not miss retail.Simon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:20 pmIt's neither stupidity nor awkwardness though right? Just another self-entitled prick who thinks you're gonna call someone and probably wake them up in the middle of the day when they've pulled an all-nighter just because they think that a laptop bag is 'important'. He probably bashed Brannen's car too.NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:49 am I'm just going to use this post as dumping ground from now on.
Half of my team have been working overnight (10pm to 6am) decommissioning our old office and migrating the last few services out of the old server room there.
Marketing User walks into our area.
MU: "Is [John] around?"
Me: "No, he's not in today as he was working overnight, anything I can help with?"
MU: "I sent him an email earlier about getting a new laptop bag. It's really urgent, can you call him?"
Me:
MU:
Me:
MU:
Me: "I'll get him to have a look when he's back in tomorrow"
And I work for a US based internet company. Even other employers in our industry aren't as sympathetic to their staff.
The artist formerly known as _Who_
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Re: Stupidity or awkwardness?
A: is such and such in today?NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:49 am I'm just going to use this post as dumping ground from now on.
Half of my team have been working overnight (10pm to 6am) decommissioning our old office and migrating the last few services out of the old server room there.
Marketing User walks into our area.
MU: "Is [John] around?"
Me: "No, he's not in today as he was working overnight, anything I can help with?"
MU: "I sent him an email earlier about getting a new laptop bag. It's really urgent, can you call him?"
Me:
MU:
Me:
MU:
Me: "I'll get him to have a look when he's back in tomorrow"
Me: no, they’re out on holiday and we’re understaffed so haven’t got cover
A:
Me:
A:
Me:
A: do you work on that project?
Me: no you need to speak to the person who’s out the office
A: well I just need to know [insert really specific project detail] by [insert massively unrealistic deadline]
Me:
A: can you please follow up on that request
Me: sorry, I literally know nothing about what’s going on with that project
A: can’t you call someone or speak to a few people?
Me: like who?
A: I don’t know
Me: good, so you know as much as I do
A: sends out email saying I am now responsible for the action
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