L. Marcus Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Either that or the worst ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Mainly because as a senior director I would manage my replacement So you like the prospect of managing a slobbering nitwit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "James Bond? He's African-American, right?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. So my GF and I were sitting at the breakfast table morning, "enjoying" the cool, dreary, rainy weather, when she looks outside and states: "What is it with all of this rain? I thought we we supposed to have gotten all of this in April!" ::beat:: Me: "It is April!" GF: "Oh!" Looks back outside. "Carry on, then!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. You could send a little of that rain our way. We wouldn't mind too much at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. So my GF and I were sitting at the breakfast table morning, "enjoying" the cool, dreary, rainy weather, when she looks outside and states: "What is it with all of this rain? I thought we we supposed to have gotten all of this in April!" ::beat:: Me: "It is April!" GF: "Oh!" Looks back outside. "Carry on, then!" Keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. So you like the prospect of managing a slobbering nitwit? I like terrorizing slobbering nitwits. I like hiring minions that bribe me with red velvet cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I like terrorizing slobbering nitwits. I like hiring minions that bribe me with red velvet cake. I'm actually the opposite. I have a really hard time delegating any work that I know I could do better and more efficiently than whoever I would have delegated it to. Usually by the time I have sufficiently communicated and documented what it is I want, I might as well have done whatever it is myself. So my plate fills up and things start to fall off. Of course this company has managed to drive away half my engineers in the time I've been here, so I really don't have anyone to delegate to anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I'm actually the opposite. I have a really hard time delegating any work that I know I could do better and more efficiently than whoever I would have delegated it to. Usually by the time I have sufficiently communicated and documented what it is I want, I might as well have done whatever it is myself. So my plate fills up and things start to fall off. Of course this company has managed to drive away half my engineers in the time I've been here, so I really don't have anyone to delegate to anyway. It's my nature to do the same. I had to train myself to delegate and there are some things I just won't delegate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Me: Where's your cohort? Co-worker: I don't have a co-whore. :bewildered: Me: That's not what I...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Me: Where's your cohort? Co-worker: I don't have a co-whore. :bewildered: Me: That's not what I...! Similar story: Boss: Where's your cohort? Vimes: Defending Rome from the Visigoths! Boss: Why are you so weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Similar story: Boss: Where's your cohort? Vimes: Defending Rome from the Visigoths! Boss: Why are you so weird? "Why are you so normal?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Keeper. Hence, why I am keeping her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Introducing my crew... Me: Here's Smith, Johnson, and V-8. Newb: Why do you call her V-8? Me: Read her nametag aloud. Newb: (Tries, fails). What language is that? V-8: Hawaiian. Newb: We allow Hawaiians in the navy? Me: (Facepalm) For the record, V-8's name has only two consonants. I've suggested she get with a CPO I once knew, a Ukrainian we called G-11, whose name only had one vowel, so they could do some trading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Introducing my crew... Me: Here's Smith, Johnson, and V-8. Newb: Why do you call her V-8? Me: Read her nametag aloud. Newb: (Tries, fails). What language is that? V-8: Hawaiian. Newb: We allow Hawaiians in the navy? Me: (Facepalm) For the record, V-8's name has only two consonants. I've suggested she get with a CPO I once knew, a Ukrainian we called G-11, whose name only had one vowel, so they could do some trading. ...Y'know, I don't normally agree with hazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Why are you so normal?" I gave him "Art of War" before he went to Hawaii on vacation and when he got back I asked how his trip was. My boss slammed "Art of War" on the desk and said: "Now I finally understand everything you've said for two years!" So, the other day when he asked "Am I Empire building with our department?" I said "Yes, but it's the Mongol hoard, we're mobile and take what we need and leave the husk behind, we encircle what we want and they join or die." He paused, nodded and said: "I'm so glad I hired you." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. You guys hiring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. You guys hiring? Yep. I have serious need for a problem manager. Wanna move to Georgia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Tempting! I am a manager, and I am a problem. Georgia is very far, though. And didn't the Russians invade you last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Tempting! I am a manager' date=' and I am a problem. Georgia is very far, though. And didn't the Russians invade you last year?[/quote'] Yes. But the rednecks refused to eat borscht. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. To them, it's cannibalism. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I was expressing my annoyance to a co-worker, that another forced a confrontation between my boss and I before I'd intended the subject to be raised, thus leaving me arguing my point from a point of weakness and having to roll over and show my throat. He's fond of her (as am I) and sprung to her defense, to which I shrugged.. "She just got her degree in Developmental Psych. Her head right now is all full of aggression behavior patterns and conflict resolution. Mine is full of Sun Tzu, Musashi, Machiavelli and Nietzsche. What she did was perfectly right if we were trying to get along. Unfortunately, this is politics." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "That's right! I'm the princess of the family." "We'll just call you Cinderella from now on." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. To them' date=' it's cannibalism.[/quote'] Rednecks are not made of beets! Sour cream, yes, but not beets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. *says something witty about vegetables* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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