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Originally Posted by wannabee
That's so funny and tragic at the same time.  I let out a laugh when I read that. This is an open plan office. 
Sometimes you have to fire the customer. |
Trust me if I could fire my Feking Stupid Customers (FSC) I would, but they pay for me to do their bidding.... like signing a pact with the Devil, really
I found the whole incident rather distasteful to be honest, but I look back at it now and laugh, both at his writing, which was very inventive, and at my squeamishness of having to deal with it, now I would just fire him off hand without thinking about it, much!
I hate staff discipline.
My biggest rant, why are all the new effin employees (FRESH GRAD's) so effin stupid about the common sense things?
FSE: Is it safe to put my fingers in that machine while its running?
ME: Well do you think putting your fingers inside gears of a spinning machine is safe or even a really good idea?
FSE: Well, I guess not.
ME: Why would you ask me that if you knew it was a bad idea?
FSE: Well I wanted to be really sure.
ME: Your Mechanical Engineering degree didn't cover that?
FSE: Well maybe, but I drank a lot of beer at Uni, ha ha.
At the time I was a Manager at a large printing company, and I assure you that conversation actually happened.
Now when did the term "Manager" become "Babysitter"? I used to spend a large amount of time telling junior staff not to do things that I felt like their mother.
Thankfully I've gone consulting, which is a whole other rant