Stupid CoWorkers

I’m a senior manager in a small corporation. There’s a woman in our office who is the victim of what I call a “witch hunt.”

She is generally not seen as management material because she is too “soft,” and so was passed over for promotion several times, and even demoted once. She has allegedly vented her frustrations “anonymously” on sites such as these. We cannot prove it’s her, but it sounds enough like her to have angered senior management.

Stupid Things Overheard

TSA officer: You will be going through a metal detector. The key words here are ‘metal’ and ‘detector.’ Now, let’s play a game called ‘What Is My Metal Belt Buckle Made Of?’ What is my belt buckle made of?

Male on line: Metal?!

–JFK Airport

Stupid Tech Support

Customer: “I think I’ve broken my computer! There’s a message across the screen that says: ‘It is now safe to turn off your PC.’ WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?!”

Stupid CoWorkers

This is about the most awful place i’ve worked. I had just finished a long temp assign in accounts proccessing and applied for a permanent position in administration at a new company. At first all seemed fine and i received the call back to say they were offering me the position. I was so happy i finally had a permanent job when it started. I have extensive experience in administration and accounts but they said that i would be starting on traineeship wages and had to complete the government approved training course before i would receive full wages.