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This Instagram Page Is Dedicated To Mocking The Monotony Of Working In An Office And Here Are 41 Of The Best Memes It Posted
Interview With Author
People live very different lives but you could say that they go through similar stages. They most probably go to school, then decide if they would like to study or not and regardless of the decision, they find some kind of a job.
The first part of our lives is exciting as there is always a milestone that you can look forward to, like the next grade, the next school, higher education. But after that, people often might feel lost because there are no set steps and basically you just work until your retirement, retire and eventually permanently leave this world.
There is an Instagram account that captures this stage of life and creates memes to show that we are all in this boat together. WorkRetireDie mainly shares what a white-collar employee has to deal with and the existential dread they go through every day realizing what is coming for them. At the same time, the memes are funny because they are true, but also make you wonder what this is all for and even motivate you to reach for more than just that.
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#1
No Name 3 years ago
Or other people are going through stuff too. Like really? Is that why they're screaming at me? I thought I was the only one being screamed at in my office
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Red 3 years ago
If its mandatory, it must be paid. If your lunch break isn't a paid, they have no say over what you do during that time.
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
Lol what? HR session "mandatory" during unpaid meal period required by Federal Law? I don't think so.
Erika Vanheck 3 years ago
Yep. I'm going through my burnout nr 2 and I refused to participate a 2nd time in those BS therapy sessions that always say the same "learn your limits", "dare to say no", "take time for yourself" etc. I'm a single mom section chief in an administration, how am I supposed to achieve that when my hierarchy blames you for having limits, personal life or saying no?
Id row 3 years ago
wtf is it with clueless management, it's like they put in actual effort to be as irritating and useless as possible. Scheduling burnout management during the one time of the day you should be able to have down time is just incredibly stupid. I'm so glad I'm retired from corporate life, they're so f*cking stupid.
The person behind WorkRetireDie is Jack Lawler, who founded the brand about 5 years ago and has a presence on all social media with the biggest following on Instagram where 95k people enjoy his content.
On social media, he mocks corporate America and makes relatable humor for those working in offices as it has its own ecosystem, its own language and culture.
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#2
Nevid 3 years ago (edited)
Hahaha, I just did exactly that. I wrote an email reporting everything that went wrong about the thing I was asked to check, sent it, shut down my computer and left for the weekend. Due to the way things work, I can't work from home, they can't contact me at home (at least not directly), so I'm good for at least two days. If they wanted me to fix the problems, they should have asked me to check for them earlier than 16h30 on a Friday.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I hope you solidify in time to return to work after the weekend!
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
Team Leaders: "Everyone, don't worry. We'll get this project back up and running soon. Just sit tight." All us employees: "Take your time. Don't rush. We're all getting paid regardless, right?"
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
How I feel when it time for me to leave work at times. Because when I came in this is what it felt like I was walking into at times. See ya later. Adios amigos. So it begins
#3
Charlie 3 years ago
Me when my old Manager tried to push that “the customer is always right” bull crap on me.
Trevor Nicholson 3 years ago
My manager saying I should give a more enthusiastic response when he asks me how I'm doing when I come in for work. Like sorry, covid broke me, I can't fake it. You're lucky I'm there on time.
Anders Hernandez Kristiansen 3 years ago
They are everywhere , i work in mental health and addiction , whe have them to
The Starsong Princess 3 years ago
I’m being paid a very nice salary to look like I care so I look like I care.
Jack told a bit more about the brand on a podcast with Auxoro and revealed how he came up with the name WorkRetireDie. Apparently, when it was graduation time, Jack’s friend’s grandfather said to them that when they're done with their education, everything that will be left for them will be to work, retire and die. It stuck with the friend group and Jack kind of stole it for the brand.
#4
Steve Fischer 3 years ago
This used to happen so much where I used to work. Let the peasants have the leftover scraps!
Memere 3 years ago
Same, and no one in the meeting ever bothers to cover the food so it's dried out!
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
LOL... Just wait.... for everyone to leave the room.... *snatched* SUCKAHS. Mwahahahah
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Is it a grin? It looks more like a grimace to me…
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Persp Gold 3 years ago
I bring home 5 figures a month after taxes and I STILL forage after others meetings. something about that catered panera lunch for someone else just tastes magical
#5
Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago
Trick here is to engineer a failure. And blame it on taking on to much because you thought you'd get a promotion
Cheryle Rome-Beatty 3 years ago
I think I looked something like this when i pedaled home on my bicycle from Costco
MAL 3 years ago
My work wife does this. 12 hour days. Works on weekends. She's also a single mom to an 8 year old. And has a second job. I love her to death, but when she talks about how burned out she is, I just bite my tongue now. I work my 8 hours and that's it. That's all they get from me. Period.
Aldert Nagel 3 years ago
I am confused? Do you have next to your work wife another wife? You also write she is single mom, so how can she be your wife?
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Tom Jacobs 3 years ago (edited)
If it helps I'm pretty sure my company demoted me when they realised that they don't need to guarantee my working hours anymore.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
I just got a $5 per hour raise for “never saying no to a project or anyone who needs help” 😅😅😂 feeling like I kinda screwed myself over here (edit: the coworkers who “need help” watch me Google the solution right in front of them and then hail me as an IT god. I have run out of sympathy. “Why isn’t my document printing” check the printer “why does the printer have a paper jam” man it literally has a graphic on the screen in front of you that tells you how to fix it but if you wanna pay me $25/h to tell you the same thing I’ll happily do it. “How do I put new paper in the printer?” Jfc there are pictures on the screen.)
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Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago
I have a girl in legal right now who is a b*tch on wheels. I have all of her e-mails saved, as well as my perfectly written responses. What's amazing is that when I ignore her rudeness/snarkiness and am nice to her, it emboldens her because she thinks I'll take her sh*t. Stupid girl.
Lady Goldberry 3 years ago
Wow, good luck with that. Some people have no self-awareness whatsoever.
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Farmboyatheart 3 years ago
I confront people on my own. I try to be polite, what sucks is I have gotten into trouble for taking care of my own confrontations without management. I don't need a babysitter. I'm a big boy now.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
Some dimwit at work once wrote an email saying how much of a b***h she thinks I am and accidentally sent it to me. I just said "I don't think you meant to send that to me." and she said in a really shitty tone " I *did* actually!" Um... no.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Why I never say anything like yeah I want to see there face by my face no
Jack knows what it’s like to work in an office environment because he had such a job for 5 years. He really didn’t understand why everyone there took their jobs so seriously even though they weren’t saving lives.
Now he doesn’t work there anymore, but he remembers the culture and the annoying buzzwords people tend to use to make themselves sound more professional. He still remembers how pointless some of the tasks were and that everyone did that to just retire.
#7
Random Anon 3 years ago
Oh don't fret too much over automation. People are generally too pig-headed to smoothen out the kinks that will allow for automation in most cases. It takes a while for some fire to get started at the top. And then, you'll see things happen and ask yourself, why didn't you guys did that from the start?
#8
Adrian 3 years ago
Yes he was but it was three decades ago! Is that Prince Charles?
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Red 3 years ago
Spent 3 days working at McDonald's as maintenance. My manager was a fresh out of HS no-life, who had taken a HS level business-course. I mean, his voice still squeaked. Literally everything he did was straight from textbook. And he always wondered why everything he did never made things better.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
Unacknowledged until the rich ruling class become the targets instead of the perpetrators...
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AlanandLeila Hoyt 3 years ago
I used to work at a convenience store with a great assistant manager. He had been asked to be manager probably a dozen times. Declined every time because being manager means more work and more hours for a dismally small increase. He was in his 70s too and did not care about stuff at all. Was like Randall graves in clerks but with a lot more smoking.
Bored Panda also talked with Jack and we were curious what is the most enjoyable part about creating memes. He shared that he likes “taking a frustrating experience and channeling it into a funny meme that other people can relate to. A lot about office life can be unnecessarily complicated, serious or mind-numbing and [he likes] having a creative outlet to channel that into.”
According to the creator’s observations, the memes people relate the most to are the ones “relating to annoyances with coworkers, bosses, or feeling like a cog in the machine of Corporate America.” Let us know in the comments if you like these ones the most as well!
#9
Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago
So I have this project every quarter of the BOD meeting. I have to gather all competitor new releases and reformat them and put them in word. I usually wait until about 3 days before it's due to start it because it must be UTD. Why start it 3 weeks in advance and just have to go back to each web-site and re-check?
#10
phil blanque 3 years ago
From the pic....Yeah , and next week 30% more....and the next week 60% more...pay up!
#11
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 3 years ago
Yeah...These people COMPLETELY SUCK--because all that chaos and damage ends up having to be cleaned up and fixed by everyone else.
Jon S. 3 years ago
I am stealing that phrase to use the next time someone asks me to take over their s**t-show project
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NOMAD Anshelm 3 years ago
I do that every day except it's not my fault. We have a system I am convinced was designed by a dive year old or possibly a chimpanzee. For 2 years I tried to improve our routine and the system but the bosses just said "we'll take it into consideration" and didn nothing until I finally realized they didn't give a Fakk, they're lazy elites axxholes who doesn't care about effectivity or fair work environment as long as the cash roll in. So instead I ACTUALLY use their "system", complete chaos always follow and when they want me to work over time to fix all the s**t THEIR system caused I give just about the same laugh as depicded and just turns around and leave.
White-collar jobs are the ones who work at a desk in an office and usually don’t require physical labor. That sounds lovely, but it comes at its own cost. According to the CDC National Occupational Mortality Surveillance Database, white-collar workers like doctors, dentists, veterinarians, financial workers, lawyers, and engineers have a higher suicide rate by 1.5 times or more.
Though the deaths are not linked to what type of a job a person has, it is still an interesting observation. And it is concerning to note that the rates are increasing every year.
#12
Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago (edited)
I truly hate working for companies that need acronyms. That I, in turn need to learn so that I can show people who don't know my job, that I know what I'm doing, so that I waste less of their time explaining it to them ...
Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago
This happened once, where I explained the process of my job,.. Upper management - is their an acronym for that?.. .. Me- probably... .. Um- do you know what it is.?.. .. Me- useless,... I know how to do my job and explain in great detail how to do it. I am not learning anything that comes frome up top that doesn't help me do my job better or make it more efficient. . .. Um-... (to district managers) mumble mumble.. Blah blah... .. My direct manager pops his head in, about 20 minutes later, says how about I warn you when they're coming a day or so early and you just take the day off.? .. Me - sounds good to me.
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Reality Check 3 years ago
That's a pic of worlds most wanted when it comes to child trafficking
#13
Taylor Carroll 3 years ago
Nope. If I'm on break, I'm on break. You'll get a response in 15 minutes when I am done.
Memere 3 years ago
Slack is a business messaging app used for communication within the company.
Load More Replies... Lydia Languish 3 years ago
I don’t understand the part about leaving your desk at lunch…is that a thing? Also what is “lunch break”?
The CDC doesn’t provide conclusions about work-related suicides and it is hard to find out if a person chose to leave this world because of work-related issues, but it is hard to deny that people feel stressed at work.
A survey conducted by the American Institute of Stress shows that the main causes of stress are workload (46 percent), people issues (28 percent), juggling work and personal lives (20 percent), and lack of job security (6 percent).
#14
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
It's for a friend....and it's APRIL'S FOOL....an early one...or late...LOOK BEHIND YOU THERE'S A SHARK
Red 3 years ago
Prior security. During my post up times, I'd work on other things. I wrote countless chapters for my online novel, and even filled out the paperwork for my auto detailing business. Now, I own my business. And its all thanks to slacking off.
David Henry 3 years ago
Just say, "I'm sorry but I don't feel like my last paycheck reflects the kind of loyalty we respect here at GoFuckYourself Industries."
Jo Choto 3 years ago
Back in the late 80s, we were playing this AMAZING game called Civilization, a DOS-based computer game that would seem very lame now, but we loved it. All of us in the office were playing it during our imaginary lunch hour, when we were supposed to keep working anyway, and when the boss came out, we would hit a button that would show a blank screen (this is before Windows or anything like that). We thought it was so cool.
Katinka Min 3 years ago
Seriously, don't do that at work! It's moronic and will very likely result in being written off and for good reason
#15
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
Or you wake up early for a conference call, get online, and it's been canceled. :/
#16
Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
I've never paid attention to the ethics training course and always easily passed the quiz because they make it so obvious.
Dyson Fey 3 years ago (edited)
If a customer says your mom is a whore, you should (a) kill him/her and their entire family (b) just kill their dog (c) let it go. You're an adult (d) go on a rant and post it on social
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bumble bee 3 years ago
How degrading to have to take this kind of BS training. This is why HR is hated by everyone.
Andy Leach 3 years ago
So ironic that the people who actually *need* a course on ethics are usually the ones forcing you to attend a course on ethics. 🤷♂️
Maggie Hood 3 years ago
Well it's usually pretty easy since I'm already fluent in being a decent human being
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I used to love doing those. I would do literally dozens of these free courses on some external website provided by the government department I worked for. I wanted to see how many I could do before they would either reward me or tell me to stop. Neither happened.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Ugh these training things are such BS. In the event that a customer has a complaint, should you a) laugh at them b) listen c) set fire to a child.
Michael King 3 years ago
How to ethics 1. Don't be a d**k. 2. If you make more than 50 times what the average worker below you does... See #1 Thank you for listening to my ted talk Note: Average executive pay is 350 times that of their workers. It 1960 it was 20 times
Jack has a few suggestions about what could make an office job more enjoyable. He thinks that there should be “More realistic expectations from people and the understanding that there is more to life than work. I’m all for working hard and pushing yourself, but at the end of the day, a lot of work that’s done in offices feel redundant or unnecessary to me. If you’re done at 4 pm why can’t you just go home instead of having to stick around to look good for your boss?”
We also wanted to know if Jack has any advice for workers who are really fed up with their office work and he feels that you should “Find something you like to do and care about. Instead of moping around and wasting your day, take the free time you probably have to figure out a passion.”
#17
Persephone 3 years ago
Omg I haven't laughed so hard at a meme in a minute!
Load More Replies... Andy Leach 3 years ago
Not to cast shade, but as someone who spends *minimum* 8 hours a day and most lunch breaks doing actual work and still not being able to keep up with the unrealistic workload, this sounds like an absolute dream-come-true.
Jessica N 3 years ago
At accounting firm i also had the task of "make to-do list of things I've already done" lmao. The boss liked to see things crossed off in calendar but our clock in system required entering description of what you did for each block of time, ie payroll, entering bills. Double the task description 🙄
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Your body becomes acclimated, hence caffeine headaches when you don’t get your Joe on time!
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Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
As a previous 22 yo consultant who knew all my Googles I can tell you this is accurate af
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Bi-Polar Express 3 years ago
I'm no where near 22 but the amount of awe I get when I simply Google someone else's problem and have the answer in seconds...And then when they try to pretend it is because they are old...dude, I'm 51. We spent our 20s on using the internet. You have no excuse.
TheHermit 3 years ago
Awesome attitude, much wow, well done sir. Hell, I'm embarrassed each time I see people younger than me - I'm 35 - NOT knowing how to use the internet for anything else except porn and social media i.e. posting statuses, not anything more in-depth. And this is ironic and sad since I only started using the net extensively at 19 but still always curious AF and learning everything I was interested in fast from searching. Goddamn, we're having the entirety of human knowledge at your disposal and some of us still go around thinking its arcane knowledge.
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Julie Frasher 3 years ago
Welcome to Gen X. Your education and experience are worthless. Now, take a seat in the back, the millennial gods are speaking.
Daniel Moisan 3 years ago
I only experience 20 year olds that don't know how to google or troubleshoot whatsoever. I'm 45, I have to say with all modesty that I am a master at that.
Knowing that other people go through the same somehow consoles you and when it’s presented in a meme format it even makes you laugh and bond with others over the annoying and stressful things at work.
Do you relate to any of these memes? Which ones are your favorite and what causes the most stress at your work? Feel free to have a conversation in the comments!
Also, Jack has a full blog site with “relatable satire articles that [he writes] every Friday (with occasional help from an intern who covers college topics) on topics around work, adult life and everything in between.” He is also present on YouTube and TikTok, so you can chose the social media that you like the most to what he is posting.
#19
Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago
I volunteered to start to go in to the office. I have to get away from my mother. She didn't raise me and moving back home at 45 after a nasty divorce has been hell. We fight every single day and I can't take it anymore. Come on April!!!
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
You can do the omission of the truth thing with the unwanted house guest and still not go into the office. I've avoided unwanted company for weeks before by leaving the house in the morning and going somewhere with public wifi (you can get a good VPN inexpensively thats still cheaper than gas) or using my cell phone as a hotspot. A public defender friend put me onto government buildings because many(libraries, rec centers, courthouses) have small spaces you use or reserve for a short time with free wifi. I regularly go now to the local municipal court that has 10 consulting rooms that all have beautiful views of the local mountains. There's only 2 court rooms in the building so I've never had to worry about keeping someone who actually needs a room from getting one because the most I've ever seen is 4 in use. My local rec center (built this year) has small rooms with doors overlooking the pool and basketball courts for parents to work in while the kids are playing.
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#21
Talon 3 years ago
Same! Our wifi at school is pretty glitchy so a lot of my classmates just say the wifi is glitching again
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Nubis Knight 3 years ago
Server ate two hours of productive work - twice! My mood to redo and go on is slightly above zero. -.-
AmazingAmazon 3 years ago
The best office work day I had working for online company was when the internet went down. I taught yoga to my coworkers.
Reality Check 3 years ago
The real work of today's young adults. Want free stuff dont get it then this happens and they cry their cry room when they are fired
#22
Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
I was confused about free apps but... Is that just supposed to be short for appetizers instead of applications here?
I Am LoKitty Of Meowsgard 3 years ago
I just don't show up. Remember, if they offer food, it's a trap. Don't fall for it. Besides, half the time the food sucks anyway. I'm an adult, I can buy my own food.
Felkey Felkey 3 years ago
It's been a couple years since we've been in the office but the last time we had an in person all office meeting, we didn't have food when we normally do. I asked the admin person who organized it why (she's a friend) and she said the head of another department actually complained about her ordering bagels and other breakfast type things the previous time we had a meeting so she couldn't this time. What kind of b***h actually does that?
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Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
Fortunately, most HR folks have learned the futility of giving IT team building events.
Jill Hojnacki 3 years ago
Heh. For years, the plant where I worked held the company “picnic” at a well known (for roller coasters) amusement park. It was great. Everyone showed up with their families and went their own way, waving to each other and getting together as each saw fit. Lunch & raffles/games, etc were provided in the picnic area, but a lot of folks just skipped that part and had a great day. Then we hired some young, newly graduated, HR reps who decided that this wasn’t building enough unity because peeps were off doing their own thing instead of bonding. They switched to a real picnic held in a park - think swings, a slide, some monkey bars, and a field for softball or whatever. About 200-300 people, plus their families, in forced company togetherness. As with any group of people, some of them didn’t particularly like one another. It devolved into an out-&-out brawl. Rather than go back to what worked & what people liked, they declared employees ungrateful and stopped having picnics of any kind.
AmazingAmazon 3 years ago
I spend enough time with my coworkers. Don't expect me to spend my free time with them.
#23
Kookamunga 3 years ago
I want to piggyback onto what James016 is saying about Bingo. We'll need to circle back later. You can ping me, but I do believe it's best to take this offline so we can all stay on the same page.
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Jo Choto 3 years ago
My government department sent out a memo to say that nobody should be using jargon or acronyms any more because it was very confusing to newer people (it really was.) So in the first big meeting, when someone used an acronym, I asked them to elaborate, and they did. And every time anybody did jargon/abbreviations, acronyms, I just raised my hand. I raised my hand a lot. I think they got the message. It was fun for one meeting. Couldn't be bothered after taht.
#24
Dawn C 3 years ago
guilty of not fully processing what I perceive as a slight against me before going completely off the rails an issuing my own blistering attack🤦🏾♀️
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah I went off on a customs agent today because she was not understanding my situation - was just trying to get some keychains that I’d ordered for my company into the country - guys, please be nice to customs people. They’re just doing their jobs. Don’t be a d**k like me, I was having the hardest time and my girl disconnected before I could tell her thank you, she solved like 8 of my problems. Victoria the Canada border agent lady if you’re out there, you did a great job and I’m sorry I got frustrated :(
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Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Smiling through the pain just smile and say nice stuff ........not so nice stuff in my mind
#25
Lullabybecca 3 years ago
Working as a sub during the Instapot faze was truly uncomfortable. At lunch tables everyone raved about their Pots and new recipes while I watched with a polite, glazed expression while playing a mental game of anywhere but here.
#26
David Henry 3 years ago
"Oh no...who put a thumb drive full of viruses in my work computer over the weekend!?!" 😱
Lady Goldberry 3 years ago
And yet if had all disappeared, your heart will sink into your toes and you will instantly try 'switching it off and switching it back on again', in the faint hope that you can somehow get out of this.
#27
Eppe 3 years ago (edited)
A deck? Is that what a slideshow is now called? I quit working in an office many years ago, and quite happily I might add
ZAPanda 3 years ago
yes sadly. It helps you synergise when you take the convo offline. (there, I think that's at least three buzzwords)
Load More Replies... Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
I'm sorry, but the girl looks like she gambled on a fart and lost...badly. VERY badly...
Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago
😉 Because everyone who watched the presentation, remembered it from 2 years ago, but its a new manager
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
I slowly get the impression that about 2/3 of all jobs are completely pointless lol.
Red 3 years ago
Unrelated, but I had a boss would played magic the gathering. He found out I played. One day, he asked if I wanted to bet. I agreed and ask what he wanted to bet. We decided on time. If he won, id work the weekend. If I won, I'd get a paid day off during the week. I started using my blue/black zombie apocalypse milling deck. I never lost another game.
Reality Check 3 years ago
That's one of the worst young adults in all of the world. Nobody took her seriously and nobody ever will. Her entire family has lived off of lies. Democrats love that family though.
Potato 3 years ago
She's clearly not the worst adult in the world if you're still here.
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Random Anon 3 years ago
And plays a video in the entire training, ripped off from some other company. My own "ethics training" for my staff consists of a simple question. If what you are about to do is done to your momma, will you hunt down the person that did it? If yes, don't effing do it.
#29
Mari Bryant 3 years ago
It's even better when they leave in a blaze of glory, confirming everything that everyone has said.
Trevor Nicholson 3 years ago
When I was quitting my job, I immediately told my former coworkers and they were all so happy for me.
Memere 3 years ago
A few months after I was let go from my last job, I was working part-time at a grocery store with a really good little deli. Some of the people from that office came in to get lunch & it really made my day when they all told me how great I looked & how much happier I seemed to be! I told them I felt 10 years younger, lol
#30
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
Make sure you discuss wages while you’re at it :)
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David Henry 3 years ago
Time your nastiest medical stories for when someone has something revolting smelling for lunch.
Porch Santa 3 years ago
No joke, nervous talker and boy howdy did some things just change with our employee manual.
#31
David Henry 3 years ago
Go sit in the ER waiting room, and try to begin from there with the words, "Now I may get a little incoherent but I'm a trooper and determined to get us through this meeting no matter how much blood my body keeps rejecting!"
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Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Aren't interns there to kinda "learn the ropes" as it were? I imagine that they would get alot of grief over mistakes and faux pas that they make,even though it isn't necessarily deserved.
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Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
“Me who approved the deck without looking at it” is the literal story of my life
#33
Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
Maybe for like ceos... I've never heard of it. Gotta stay sober at work functions.
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StealTheFruit 3 years ago
For a second, I was wondering why everyone relates to this but it's seen as a unique thing to do, but you're all here while they're at the event.
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Jason isa Knob 3 years ago
Do you actually have OCD or are you just ‘that guy’?
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Tami 3 years ago
Also "reach out." What's wrong with "talk about" or "contact?"
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Charlie 3 years ago
I’m 19 and have never really worked in a place that isn’t retail yet but I never understood the purpose of Secret Santa. It sounds like a fun game but Christ the fact you have to pay for it feels like it would suck the fun out of it. Especially if you end up receiving garbage.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
Secret Santa has way too many problems and it has repeatedly been shown in studies to lower overall morale instead of raising it. Top 3 causes of the anxiety. #1 - Do not celebrate Christmas #2 - Not truly anonymous/feelings hurt by gift #3 - Cannot afford. $25 is 3 hours of minimum wages after taxes at a time you are already pinching pennies for to afford gifts for your own family.
Trevor Nicholson 3 years ago
*Sending an email about an online mental health course* Wow, thanks, it's not like my burn out has solutions you could actually implement.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
So wish people would stop crying about returning to the office job they signed up for... God, this generation is pathetic
David Henry 3 years ago
So, I'd always keep my eye out throughout the year for a 20-30 dollar item on a HUGE discount...then buy it and save it in the closet until the next Secret Santa was inflicted upon my life.
Curtis Durrenberger 3 years ago (edited)
I once got my boss "the world's okayest boss mug" he was a shitty boss
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*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Remember when the teachers would ask you to awnser the phone? It was the best.
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Della Brown 3 years ago
Been wondering for the past 5 mins....bc ....never in my LIFE before this article, have i heard the term.
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Flash Henry 3 years ago
I've let my boss make a fool of himself enough times that he actually listens to me now.
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Anthony Gemayel 3 years ago
Dude I promise replying to every picture is not mandatory
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David Henry 3 years ago
People always worry about calling exes when drunk. THIS was always my biggest worry: calling work when drunk to tell them how things REALLY are, dammit!
Carol Emory 3 years ago
That happened at a Christmas Party for NOA. We received 3 tickets for alcoholic drinks, but some of us didn't drink. One guy collected the unused ones and got trashed. We had a room where you could get pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus (married couple that worked for the company.) Guess who tried to grab Mrs. Claus's chest? Guess who also showed up to work the following Monday to find a pink slip where his badge used to be at security....
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PauWow 3 years ago
Sure...especially when the message starts with: Hello [insert name] 😅
Load More Replies... Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago
What's frustrating are recruiters who you KNOW FOR A FACT, have NOT looked at your experience contact you about some great opportunity. Yeah, I'm gonna leave my $65K/year position as a c-suite assistant to work in customer service for $12/hour and it's temporary for 3 months. Or even better, I got a teaser for a CFO position. Dude, really? I'm a secretary, not an accountant.
rn42 3 years ago
I like to start with "before we continue, out of curiosity, what made you think I was a great fit for this position?" Always crickets. Always. I guess that's when they actually read my CV and realize they done ducked up.
Load More Replies... Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago
I eat red flags for breakfast.. Or at least as a snack for the morning meeting.
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Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
I'm seeing the term "deck" here a couple of times, I've never heard of that used to refer to a slideshow. My first thought was for a card game...
Bryce Harris 3 years ago
Thank God I'm a blue collar worker. I feel like being a white collar worker is like being stuck in school forever. Projects, presentations, paperwork, due dates. Meanwhile as a dock worker I just show up, load freight, and go home and make just as much money as people with bachelor's degrees while doing it 😂
SilentBob731 3 years ago (edited)
Yup, I'm a boat-builder in a relatively small shop and the bull**it factor is extremely low. While office work is definitely easier on your body, I don't think it would be a good fit for my, shall we say, unique personality. ;-)
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Roald 3 years ago
Have been sitting decades in offices. I am telling you: it is not worth it. Every office day takes away a bit of your soul and will to live. The tasks never stop. The emails never stop. Best are the calls to me because my colleague did not have time to answer the email immediately because she has a stack of about a meter high on her desk. Or another classic: we give explicit instructions, client ignores them, things go wrong (obviously) and then client leaves a 1-star review. Any nice, normal, polite customer really makes our day. Thank God for them. Having said that: if you can choose to be free, don't get caught in a cubicle.
Vidark007 3 years ago
I agree with you 100% and I would love to quit my office job ( I hate it so much) , but I do not know how I would continue to pay my rent without this stupid job. So what do you do now for living ?
Load More Replies... Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
I'm seeing the term "deck" here a couple of times, I've never heard of that used to refer to a slideshow. My first thought was for a card game...
Bryce Harris 3 years ago
Thank God I'm a blue collar worker. I feel like being a white collar worker is like being stuck in school forever. Projects, presentations, paperwork, due dates. Meanwhile as a dock worker I just show up, load freight, and go home and make just as much money as people with bachelor's degrees while doing it 😂
SilentBob731 3 years ago (edited)
Yup, I'm a boat-builder in a relatively small shop and the bull**it factor is extremely low. While office work is definitely easier on your body, I don't think it would be a good fit for my, shall we say, unique personality. ;-)
Load More Replies... Roald 3 years ago
Have been sitting decades in offices. I am telling you: it is not worth it. Every office day takes away a bit of your soul and will to live. The tasks never stop. The emails never stop. Best are the calls to me because my colleague did not have time to answer the email immediately because she has a stack of about a meter high on her desk. Or another classic: we give explicit instructions, client ignores them, things go wrong (obviously) and then client leaves a 1-star review. Any nice, normal, polite customer really makes our day. Thank God for them. Having said that: if you can choose to be free, don't get caught in a cubicle.
Vidark007 3 years ago
I agree with you 100% and I would love to quit my office job ( I hate it so much) , but I do not know how I would continue to pay my rent without this stupid job. So what do you do now for living ?
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