I swear that this is a true story. I am a professor of accounting at a midwestern college. About one-third of the students in one of my courses were cheating on exams. When I took steps to stop the cheating, they complained to the dean. The dean told me that, because I was preventing the students from cheating, I was, therefore, setting them up for failure.
My boss works maybe 25 hours a week. We work in a department of 3 people. The boss, myself, and one other person, so if one of us is gone, it can be a big burden on the other two to cover the workload.Nonetheless, my boss has no problem working 25 hours a week or less.She takes an hour and a half to two hour lunches to go work out at the gym almost every day. She comes in about a half hour late most days, and leaves a half hour early most days to avoid traffic. She takes off at 11 a.m. or noon many Mondays and often leaves 2 or 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.The worst part is she lies on her timesheet and reports that she’s here all of this time that she’s skipping out. As a result, she has 15 vacation days to use, while I, as a result of being honest on my timesheet and actually reporting the hours when I am not here, have only 3. I’m sick of doing her work and covering for her lazy ass. I’m also sick of hearing her complain about how she is overburdened and not paid enough. She’s a warped, twisted, dishonest woman and I’m so sick of having to work harder as a result of her laziness.
Woman #1: Where are you from?
Woman #2: Hong Kong.
Woman #1: What kind of Asia is that? Korea?
I swear this is a true story. At a previous company there were restrooms tucked away in all corners of the office space. Some were marked “men” and “women” and some were unisex.
In a weekly progress report session with my immediate supervisor, I was told that a Department Manager from another department had called to complain that they noticed an offensive odor in one of the unisex bathrooms after I had used it.
I laughed it off and said, “Well, it’s supposed to if you use it right.”
I was informed, with all seriousness, that to “avoid future trouble” I should not use that particular restroom any longer. I went to the head of HR and was told the same thing; “Perhaps you should use another restroom in the future to avoid any misunderstandings.”
Later, the same Department Manager called my supervisor to complain that I was frequently seen on their side of the building and they wanted to know why. I looked at my supervisor and and said, “Well, if you move my company mail box and the employee lunchroom and vending machines to this side of the building, I’d never go over there again.”
My supervisor agreed that I had a “good point.”