minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[nachobro]

send dick pix next time you get a text and then a quick "oops wrong convo". one way or another you won't get another text from them again.

[jorma]

I didn't fuck her and no, upper management gave me explicit orders to stop talking to her. So I've been distant at work and actually last night she told me she was pissed about it.

Uh.. if upper management wants to interfere, shouldn't they like, talk to your boss and give her the explicit orders instead of you?

[I'm a Puppy!]

Puppy, I think I'm being unclear. I had a manager I was too friendly with in my previous department. In my current department, my boss harasses me over texts on my day off. Two totally different situations.

Here's what you need to do:
"I'm off today, do you need me to come into the office? Or can we discuss when I'm back?"

[Nabbis]

Uh.. if upper management wants to interfere, shouldn't they like, talk to your boss and give her the explicit orders instead of you?

they like her, they don't like me

You could sue the shit out of them here for that. 

[jorma]

Uh.. if upper management wants to interfere, shouldn't they like, talk to your boss and give her the explicit orders instead of you?

they like her, they don't like me

well ignoring the chain of command is shitting on her and putting you in an uncomfortable situation with your boss at the same time, they don't seem to like or respect either one of you.

[jorma]

That other person isn't in the same department as me, just "outranks" me. Also my managers aren't my bosses. haven't you guys worked in a corporation before

I have, and big ones at that - but i was always at a unionised workplace, so nothing of what you describe makes sense to me. My managers were always my boss. That's what a boss is where i live - the person who manages your work. Any other person is not your boss, even if they are higher in the hierarchy.

Btw.. wait, what?? Are you harassed by someone who is your boss but don't work in the same department as you? 

[Yeti]

I thought you were a gas station attendant? What is your job?

[skullstorm]

I thought you were a gas station attendant? What is your job?

Clearly some type of child labor

[Brehvolution]

I'm supposed to write an evaluation plan for some homelessness reduction strategies, and due to constantly refreshing political twitter, I haven't written shit. 

Is there a budget? Are there any operating, but falling apart hotels in there area? I'm sure the owners would take a reduced rate for more guaranteed occupancy. Even if it's temporary. It would give the homeless and address as well.

[Raist]

Having a serious problem with ONE co-worker. It's been a while since I had to work this hard just to maintain basic civility.

You know what to do.

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[Crash Dummy]

Never had to deal with this before, but man, it is really, really inconvenient when you have a team member who you just cannot count on to write professional-level pages in a report or a business plan.

now imagine having to deal with advisors, who you are paying large fees to, who cannot put together a coherent and technically sound report

[Crash Dummy]

Surely there are other advisors you could pay in this case?

i'm finding that in this region, they all suck supersaiyan donkeydick so moving from one to another won't help

[chronovore]

Having a serious problem with ONE co-worker. It's been a while since I had to work this hard just to maintain basic civility.

You know what to do.

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[BisMarckie]

We have all this amazing tech, yet we still can't really treat a cold. Made myself look like an idiot by coughing and blowing my nose constantly during a meeting.

Calling in sick for the rest of the week. 

[Valkyrie]

I talked to my old manager for no more than one minute last night, the first time in a month because I was fucking BANNED from talking to her, and today I found out she's being fucking transfered to a different store. Cocksuckers. This is such bullshit. Fuck this shit. Fuck them. Fuck! I'm LEAVING, wtf is the big deal?!

Sex, flirting, arguments, restraining orders.

Your work life sounds like an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

[bork]

The dog made a hole in her favorite toy and stuffing started coming out.  She loves this thing and it was so hard taking it away from her.  :'(  She kept trying to eat the stuffing so it had to be taken away.  Let her keep chasing it to tire her out and I'm gonna go throw it away in a bit.  I put it on top of a table and she kept looking at it and then at me, waiting for me to throw it. 


Fortunately replacements are easy to get and I ordered two more coming on Friday.  Gonna keep a backup for the next time this happens. 

[BisMarckie]

Sorry you are sick, but I think the correct word here is asshole.

Hate when people show up at work coughing and sneezing virus everywhere;  wonder how many people you just got sick?

I was the only one who had any idea how to tackle a specific problem . I could have stayed at home and we would have probably lost the.biggest client of the year. I'm sure people will be fine with a runny nose when these bonus checks start rolling in.

[Mupepe]

Couldn’t have given your input over the phone though?

[bork]

Hate when people show up at work coughing and sneezing virus everywhere;  wonder how many people you just got sick?

There's someone at my wife's job who brings her kids to the office every time they get sick instead of staying home with them.     I can't believe that people put up with that shit there.  Apparently the boss is OK with it.

[kingv]

Shostas life is fascinating.

[kingv]

Just tell her your balls taste kind of fishy.

[brawndolicious]

I had a bit of a blow up via email exchange yesterday arguing about unfair labor practices with my manager and another team lead sideways to her. Realistically, does it affect anything if you quit without notice?

[bork]

I had a bit of a blow up via email exchange yesterday arguing about unfair labor practices with my manager and another team lead sideways to her. Realistically, does it affect anything if you quit without notice?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2017/08/14/ten-good-reasons-to-quit-without-giving-notice/#3b36fd0f751a

I wish the working world were civil and human enough for me to tell working people "Never, ever quit a job without giving two weeks notice!" but I can't.

Too many hard-working and honest employees have been walked out the door like criminals just for giving notice at their job. It's unethical to refuse an employee's notice without paying them for that time, but there are skeevy managers who do it anyway.

There is too much fear in too many organizations. There is no business justification for ripping off an employee who is only trying to quit their job in a dignified and professional way by giving notice. Some managers are so fearful that they think anybody who quits their job is a traitor and a risk. They don't realize that their own fear is their biggest enemy.


Unless a manager trusts themselves enough to trust the people they hire, they will never be a leader. They will only be equipped to manage through fear, because they don't know how to build trust.

Here are ten good reasons to quit your job without giving notice.

1. Quit your job without giving notice if you don't  believe that you will be allowed to continue working through your notice period (and you need the money). It is preferable to give your manager two weeks notice when it is possible. However, if you know from past experience with a particular manager or organization or your gut knows that your manager will not honor your two-week notice, then forget it! Just pack up your stuff and go. You can tell your manager you're leaving on your way out the door.

2. If you've found a better job and they need you to start right away, and your current manager has given you no reason to offer them the gift of two more weeks of your time, then forget the notice period and bolt.

3. Quit without giving notice if there is nothing for you to train anyone else on, your time in the job has been miserable and you aren't planning to include the job on your resume.

4. Don't worry about giving notice if the company is laying people off and looking to save payroll dollars.

5. Forget the two-week notice if you and your manager at having a major conflict and/or your boss has started a "paper trail" in order to eventually fire you. They want you out anyway, so the two-week notice is pointless. They are hoping you find another job and move on.

6. You can leave without giving notice if your manager or someone else in authority does or says something horrible to you, and sadly it happens. You do not have to stick around to put up with two more weeks of abuse. You can say "I will be leaving now" and dip!

7. Get up and go without giving notice if you are going to work for a competitor -- and your employer sees a move to  a competitor as an unforgivable sin.

8. Quit your job without a notice period if you've only had the job for a month or two and there really isn't anything for you to do for two more weeks.

9. Leave your job the minute you find a better job if your managers require or expect you to do anything illegal, unsafe or ethically wrong. Our young friend Monica ran into a situation like this. She was hired into a boiler-room sales operation and given a script to read to customers. The script was full of lies. Monica hated the job but she needed an income. The minute she found something better, she fled. No two-week notice for slime bags!

10. Above all, quit without notice and get out of any job that makes you feel unsafe. Just get out. Don't assume that because you work for a well-known company or because your friend got you the job, somehow that will protect you. Get out of any unsafe work situation right away. Trust your gut!

Makes me wish I just walked out of my last job...damn.    I went through some crap the same day I put in my notice and there were no bridges to burn since just about everyone I knew there has since quit or been fired.

[chronovore]

I had a bit of a blow up via email exchange yesterday arguing about unfair labor practices with my manager and another team lead sideways to her. Realistically, does it affect anything if you quit without notice?

It doesn't sound like you'll be expecting a stellar reference from them, so... no.

[kingv]

Do companies ever actually contact references?

I’ve never contacted a reference when hiring nor have I ever had a reference contacted when being hired.

[bork]

Do companies ever actually contact references?

I’ve never contacted a reference when hiring nor have I ever had a reference contacted when being hired.

Maybe it depends on the field?  Had it happen at my last job numerous times and have been called by people when my friends have listed me before.  Had someone ask if they could list me as a reference a few months back and said sure.  TBH I didn't even remember how good or bad of a worker she was (She was one of the newer people who came in right before I quit) and was glad that the person who phoned me to ask about her never called back for info. 

[kingv]

If I ever get phones as a reference I will refer to the person exclusively as Old girl or old boy.

[Madrun Badrun]

I will refer to the person as Old dog or old salty dog if the call is about the cabin boy position. 

[Tasty]

[Madrun Badrun]

"Hello is this Old dog?  I'm calling regarding old salty dog.  He says he cabinned boyed under you in ... lets see ... from 2013 to 2015?  Could you tell me about that."

[I'm a Puppy!]

I've been called for references multiple times;  they ask all manner of questions.. don't beleive the BS that "they can only ask if you worked there and how long" that you'll hear.

Yes, references matter.

I've had the exact opposite. If someone puts me as a personal reference then yeah I give tons of honest feedback.
But if it's just a company check every company I've been with has had a strict policy that you can verify that they were employed and if  you fired them or not. That's all. Even if they ask why they were fired, we were told to not disclose and just say they were let go and that's that.

[brawndolicious]

The problem is with my manager's director. My manager has tried to negotiate on my behalf for the past year and is also happy to be a reference for the other places I'm applying to.

Y'all don't know how bad it is in a unionized company that has no official performance metrics.

[CatsCatsCats]

Filled with Jack Remington levels of rage and just trying not to blow up at work. Tell me more about this quitting without notice

[Raist]

Fortunately replacements are easy to get and I ordered two more coming on Friday.

Uh oh.

[CatsCatsCats]

Hopefully they’re sent the same route as bork’s packages usually are

Update to my work mood: I went into my bosses office, closing the door behind me, and had a really good 2 minutes hate and I’m feelin better — plus my new famicom clone I won on toreba was on my desk when I came out

[jorma]

The problem is with my manager's director. My manager has tried to negotiate on my behalf for the past year and is also happy to be a reference for the other places I'm applying to.

Y'all don't know how bad it is in a unionized company that has no official performance metrics.

I'd give notice and suffer through it if i wanted to use the manager as a reference, since leaving without giving notice is going to affect her the hardest and her review of you might be less than stellar if she's wading in shit because of you leaving on the spot..

[CatsCatsCats]

What even set you off?

Carrying the vast majority of the work load due to coworker incompetence and laziness

[Atramental]

I know that feel.

[benjipwns]

Whenever Windows 10 has an update it wants to restart for, my right mouse button loses about 90% of its sensitivity. I can't decide if I appreciate this notification or not.

[Madrun Badrun]

Woke up in the middle of the night with a severe charlie horse - thought I was having a stoke for a second. 

[kingv]

Woke up in the middle of the night with a severe charlie horse - thought I was having a stoke for a second.

I get those in my calf like twice a year.

It’s excruciating.

[CatsCatsCats]

Same

[Huff]

wasn't paying attention to my barber when he asked a question (i find haircuts relaxing and had zoned out)

so now I am sporting a clean shaven face for the first time in years. rut row

[Huff]

I look like a less fat rich Evans. I don’t know how to classify this

Except need to get to the gym more

[I'm a Puppy!]

I woke up this morning after having slept with the window opened and was immediately like "Smoke! I smell smoke! Something's on fire!" I jumped out of bed in a panic and after I woke up a little I realized that it's just the smell from the outside from the state being on fire. I'm sure all this ash in the air is going to be great for me.

[CatsCatsCats]

Waiting to go to brunch with my wife, starving and in need of caffeine. I made the mistake of putting on a sweater and now I look “nice” and she needs more time

[Raist]

Dress nicely, "oh shit, gimme five more """"minutes"""" "

Dress not nicely, "so you legit think you're gonna go out in public with me, dressed like this?"

[benjipwns]

I have a tendency for lipoma on my thighs, particular the right leg, and a new one has popped up that seems to be situated on a nerve or something so I feel like I have a pulled quad 24/7.

Wow, what a lazy limp noodle legged bitch. Probably a gamer.

[chronovore]

Went to lunch with two new-to-the-team guys and two regular lunch friends today, and as I'm paying the bill, one of the regulars says, "Oh, but the new guys aren't going to pay, right? Just us?"

I'm sure he was just trying to reinforce that he planned to pay, but at that point, I had to cover the two other guys' lunch or look like a cur.

(The place was cheap, but I think I'll have to think hard before inviting that guy to the Trattoria I'd been hoping to revisit soon.)

[Madrun Badrun]

Had a sex dream only to wake up and realize the girl had her vagina on backward relative to her butthole.

[Madrun Badrun]

what-what in the literal front butt

[kingv]

So she wiped back to front!

[I'm a Puppy!]

I...wait. Then wiping poop off could be a nearly orgasmic experience since the clit would become a poop nub.

[Madrun Badrun]

I am disgusted. 

[CatsCatsCats]

Driving the shittiest loaner car a mechanic has ever given me. 98 Plymouth Voyager, heat stuck at full blast with one of those heat activated air fresheners, and within the first quarter mile from the mechanic the whole instrument panel went out. Shit better be done tomorrow

[Mupepe]

So your mechanic's loaner car is busted? That's be a bit concerning if he can't keep his own cars in working order 

[CatsCatsCats]

.....  :'(

[Yeti]

Your mechanic is probably using your car as a loaner car to the next customer, and then using their car as a loaner car to the customer after that, and on and on until they give you your original car back as a loaner

[Madrun Badrun]

Its loaners all the way down.

[Joe Molotov]

You should take the loaner to another mechanic and see if you can get a better loaner.