I thought I had the best boss around!! I’ve been in this job for 5
years. My boss was always understanding, helpful, kind, considerate,
etc. Then I had an issue with a co-worker. She would sit on the
internet all day, constantly take care of personal business and I
would have to pick up her slack while trying to get my job done. I let
this happen (mea culpa) for too long. I spoke to our boss (who sits
right in the same room with us) and he said he was going to talk to
her because he had enough of her do personal business also. He told me
later that day that he spoke to her while I was at lunch. He claims he
told her the personal business has to stop – now. She was cold for the
rest of the day. The next day is when I had the epiphany that I need
to find another job…the boss told me that he told my co-worker that
I was the one complaining; he threw me right under the bus!!! That was
4 days ago & she is still ticked. I know because the air in here is so
thick you could cut it with a knife. Yep, everyone said “talk to
your boss if things are that bad”. NOT!! Spineless & bad management!
You should have had the balls to do it yourself. But no, you had a problem, and instead of trying to handle the situation yourself like an adult you had to get the boss involved. You only go to the boss after you tried to take care of it and got no where. And now you want to run like a little bitch because there’s tension. All you need to do is talk to this chick. I speak for all females when I say, she won’t be the one to break the silence. You just need to sit down and say “Look, I’m sorry I got the boss involved. I have a lot of work I need to get done and you taking care of your personal business puts extra work on me.” Tension is gone and ball is in her court. Communicate. But sure, finding a new job would be so much easier.
Stop being a whiny little c*nt, OP, and tell your lazy co-worker in no uncertain terms that she needs to knock it off and actually do some work. Then if she doesn’t, start documenting every time she slacks off and report it to your boss’s boss.
Let her get the cold shoulder if it continues go to HR.
I had a coworker a few years ago exactly like that. She did nothing and everyone else had to pick up her slack. She ended up getting fired because everyone had had it with her.
In other words, I like looking at those pictures underneath the story, above the comments. I am especially fond of the hot asians who randomly appear but right now, I’m staring at some blonde chick in an insanely tight black dress in the grocery store. FAP.
F*ck that bitch. She should have been doing her job. There’s no need for you to communicate with her. If she can’t understand that she needs to do her job then she should be fired. Your boss is a dick bag for throwing you under the bus.
As long as the cold shoulder isn’t affecting your ability to do your job, be grateful for it. Slackers are a one way ticket to a bad reputation. What’s the worse she’s going to be able to say about you? That you like to work at work? She’s digging her own whole.
The purpose of work is to work. Not for personal, fluffy, feel good time.
Hush, t-rex. One of my best days at work was when I got a BJ right in my office. It was definetly feel good time.
If you all sit in the same room, it’s not going to be a problem to say to her, loudly enough that your boss can hear, that you don’t care if she likes you or not, you have a job to do, and she can go fuk herself.
Unless her job function interacts with yours constantly, who cares if the atmosphere is cold? Are you looking for a job, or for a friend?
And, by the way, if you’re going to complain about a co worker using the internet all day, stay off thatsmyboss.com when you’re at work.
Stupid, was the BJ from a lackey, or from a person not employed by the same company? Or was the BJ from your boss?
I am the biggest pussy ever when it comes to confrontation, but sometimes I realize I have to be an adult and grab the bull by the balls. I had a co-worker who thought she was a princess once. One morning she brought in something to work on for an event for her sorority. I ignored it the first time, as things were slowish and I thought no big deal if it was a one time thing. The second time she did it, I told her it would be a good idea to work on work stuff when she was being paid and social stuff during her off time.
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OP, I agree your boss handled it poorly. At the crucial moment where he needs to assert some authority and be a boss he boyed out and blamed you. He’s a spineless sort of a bitch.
Oxford, I once had a female coworker announce to a group of us in the cafeteria that she was having her period and she wanted everyone to be warned not to talk to her or stress her because she wasn’t up for it. This was more of a loud, bitchy rant accompanied by a glare. Everyone shut up and looked away. Pussies. I told her while she’s on the clock to get rid of the attitude and be a part of the team, and it wasn’t something she had a choice about. She shut up after that.
OP, unless you need to interact with the coworker, don’t worry about it. i usually have coworkers that don’t like dealing with me. i don’t let it get in the way of me doing an actual job.
This lazy c*nt of a COW-worker will sooner or later end up digging her own grave. Document and report.
She reminds me of the woman in a story a friend told me when we were both in high school. Seems his very rich dad’s first wife had passed on, and his dad had married a whiny, hot-looking b*tch [after forcing her to sign a prenup.] My friend was 17 at the time this happened.
He goes to his dad one night as the two of them are chilling, with second wife sleeping in the master bedroom. “Dad, what’s the difference between a p*ssy and a c*nt?”
Dad: “I’ll show you. Come to the master bedroom and keep your voice to a whisper.”
They go into the master bedroom, where dad gently pulls the covers back, revealing stepmom sleeping naked with her legs spread. Dad gestures to her exposed slit. “That, son, is a p*ssy.”
“Can I touch it, dad?”
“No, son. That might wake up the c*nt.”
True, the boss was spineless. But, you were spineless first, OP. You should have spoken to your coworker directly before getting the boss involved.
OP, you did the right thing. Unless you are in some sort of supervisory position, you have no justification for chastising another coworker. If the coworker is not properly doing their job, you bring it to the boss’s attention. Think about how much more angry your coworker would be if you tried telling her how to do her job. The boss handled the situation completely wrong, but you can’t change that now. Simply do your work and document any infractions on her part. Unless she shapes up, she probably won’t be there much longer anyways. Regardless, it will probably blow over after a while.
I reckon the co-worker should have been reported to law enforcement for committing time theft. This is a form of crime which is rarely reported and costs businesses millions of dollars. It is to be taken seriously. Story teller, by not properly reporting this crime you became an accomplice. It is your duty to report each and every instance of time theft you observe. Apathy such as you have described in this story is the reason this country is failing, it is as though we are turning into Mexico!
I’d have spoken to the coworker, but made sure the boss heard it, too. If they weren’t working in the same room, I’d tell the boss I have an issue with a coworker, and ask them to please come to where the coworker is because I want a witness to what I’m saying, and then I’d tell the coworker myself.
We had an employee at a former job who did something like this. When there was a task to do that needed multiple pairs of hands, he’d suddenly be very busy with something else – usually on a computer. Another coworker (very soon) confronted him directly, after calling the boss and myself over so there were witnesses of both the boss and non-boss variety, and did so when said coworker was on a computer so that we could see he was dinking around playing PC games. He got told to cut it out by the boss, and got watched a bit more closely. THAT is how you do it!!
Walt, you made me laugh really hard! Time theft is NOT a criminal offense anywhere in the country. It’s very bad, but the police don’t have jurisdiction over that, there’s no law on the books for it. They’ll tell you to take it up with the company bosses.
In my current part-time job, I don’t have time to notice time theft, if there is any; I’m too busy DOING MY JOB to watch any other employees. It’s the bosses’ jobs to do that.
Not every employer has an hr department. Fucking retards.
Pushing elevator buttons is SO demanding!
That part of the job is easy and I’ve said so before. It’s so easy that I consider it barely part of the work; the real job is talking about the building and answering questions. But when I say I’m too busy working to keep tabs on other employees? When I’m on-the-clock, I can’t WATCH other employees because I can’t SEE any other employees. I get a quick glimpse of others at stops, but not long enough to be able to really see what they are or aren’t doing.
Barbara, I have to respectfully disagree this time. Performance issues should be addressed by the boss.
Mr. Hitler, what an inappropriate comment to make on this world wide website! Performance issues should not be discussed with one’s boss, or in any sort of a public forum as it is between a man, his wife, and the Lord! Shame on you!
If one of my employees is having a personal problem with another, I hope they will resolve it by themselves. If, however, there is a problem relating to the job and how it is (or is not) done, I hope they will ask me to be part of a discussion with said employee or — if the issue is something for which they might be expecting trouble — they will discuss it with me privately.
Not that I would anticipate this. I, thankfully, have very happy, hard-working and dedicated employees, all of whom have been here for years, and all of whom pull their weight and know that I do the same. I feel lucky in this regard.
Really, Walter!? We’re talkin’ about JOB performance, and someone says “performance” and you jump to sexual performance? Been looking at porn while reading That’s My Boss again, huh? Don’t worry, creepy old man, your secret (*shudder*) is safe with us.
Off to commit the not-horrible not-sin of *gasp* sleeping during the day. ‘Cuz it’s my day off both jobs, and I get to do whatever the fuck I want.
Flow chart time:
Co-worker’s habits affect your ability to work -> boss handles it.
Co-worker’s habits are annoying to be around -> you handle it.
Everything else -> suck it up and deal.
I think I can stand behind that, t-rex. Mind me amending the first one? I’d add “…or affects the amount of work you do.” This covers times where the fact that one employee slacking off means you, and maybe others, have to do more than your normally-required share to pick up the slack. It’s not affecting your ability to get your work done, per se, it’s giving you more than you’re assigned.
Nope, just the work that you do. If you can handle the the rest, you brag to the boss about how efficient you are at your work during a personal performance review.
Work isn’t about equality, it’s about getting stuff done. Certain people here do less work than I do. I could care less. I like to be kept busy and if I have more work to do, that is one less minute I spend wondering what else I could be doing. And one less minute I spend reading websites.
Speaking of reading, time to get back to homework. Cheers all.
goddamn it trex that wasn’t a fuckinnnn flow chart….gees…ive never held a job a day in my life and i know that much…
Now, talk us through a Venn Diagram, T.
I can’t figure out what in the world the title of this story has to do with the actual story. But, it did remind me of something. Few years ago, I developed some minor skin problems. The problem was pretty bad on my face so to cover it up, I grew out a pretty cool beard…kinda like the guys on Duck Dynasty. The problem didn’t really get bed, it actually kinda got worse because I stopped washing my face. Any how, the skin under my beard was horribly flakey. One night, at dinner, I sneezed and my beard sprinkled dead skin skin all over my steak. I thought, what the hell, and ate it anyway. It didn’t ruin the flavor at all. Actually, kinda helped. I wonder if skin is made out of MSG or whatever. Oh, and that skin problem was on my nipples too. But it was worse there. Infected. But, I like pain so I picked the scabs off my nips and put them in a dixie cup. Got so drunk one night, I drank it with some milk. LOL.
lol barbara..how about a fishbone analysis tsex
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| tell boss |
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| | affecting your | |
| | ability to work | |
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| employee conduct |
| ____________________|___________
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| | annoying you | |
|_______|___________________| |
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| suck it up and deal |
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I tried, formatting didn’t work.
I’ve got better things to do than to sit around and be teased.
Nothing an assault rifle couldn’t fix.
still wasn’t a flow chart
I wasn’t teasing you, T. Well, I was. But, not in a mean-spirited way–in a friendly, cameraderie-building way.
lol