OK, need to vent. I work at a large law firm located in Downtown Minneapolis with lots of women. Day in and day out is the same thing over and over again. Backstabbing, bickering, cat fights, and bad attitudes. I am pretty sure that every one of them once a week tells me how overworked and underappreciated they are. I have worked some hard jobs before (warehouse, semi loading, factory) and I honestly believe that not one of them knows what real work is. I want to just tell them to stuff it, but then I will be banned to leper island. When I was working as a stock broker we had an almost entirely male office, never had this kind of stuff going on. So, if this is applicable to you, how in the world do you deal with it?
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October 17, 2006 at 3:47 pm #489652
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So, if this is applicable to you, how in the world do you deal with it?
Drink Beer.
-J.
timmyPosts: 1960October 17, 2006 at 3:50 pm #489653I supervise a crew of the cackling beasts. It helped me to put a picture of my wife and son on my desk. I just look at that and am reminded why I put up with the bickering. Then when I get home, I like Jon Jordan said.
TimjhalfenPosts: 4179October 17, 2006 at 3:52 pm #489656Sprinkle some midol throughout the office. Your problems should end a couple hours later….
October 17, 2006 at 3:56 pm #489659There’s a door between my warehouse and the front office where the women work. I stay in my warehouse and hide
Rootski
October 17, 2006 at 4:05 pm #489665Quote:
I supervise a crew of the cackling beasts.
Still laughing Oh good stuff, good stuff
October 17, 2006 at 4:07 pm #489666Start picking your nose and scratching yourself. Works pretty well around my house.
October 17, 2006 at 4:12 pm #489668Buy them food, that will end it. If their mouths are full, then your ears will be at rest. See…I know this will work, I have seen some of those gals you call co-workers
October 17, 2006 at 4:22 pm #489672Quote:
Sprinkle some midol throughout the office. Your problems should end a couple hours later….
Wow!! That’s harsh!! If you really wanna tick a woman off, say something like that!
You know guys… there are some of us on this site!!drakesdemiseResiding in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper MidwestPosts: 976October 17, 2006 at 4:30 pm #489678Hey Whiskers,
In my book, that automatically excludes you from the group refered to as the “cackling beasts”
cheersOctober 17, 2006 at 4:37 pm #489680Quote:
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Sprinkle some midol throughout the office. Your problems should end a couple hours later….
Wow!! That’s harsh!! If you really wanna tick a woman off, say something like that!
You know guys… there are some of us on this site!!
It was in jest. Especially after I made a remark like that at home and took a good smack in the back of the head.
October 17, 2006 at 4:44 pm #489682Quote:
Buy them food, that will end it. If their mouths are full, then your ears will be at rest. See…I know this will work, I have seen some of those gals you call co-workers
Brilliant…simply brilliant.
A guy could go broke doing that but it would be worth the piece of mind.
October 17, 2006 at 4:51 pm #489685Blue Fleck-I know it was in jest. As hard as it is for me to admit, it was actually pretty funny!
Drakesdemise- Thanks!!
October 17, 2006 at 5:02 pm #489697Whisker? Aren’t you cooking dinner for the old man?
…ok, next time you see me you can step on my toe.
October 17, 2006 at 5:25 pm #489705Leper Island doesn’t seem half bad compared to listening to those women
Remember, the people doing the majority of the talking are doing the minority of the work. Man or Woman. Let it blow out your ear.
Ohh yeah, and have a
October 17, 2006 at 5:54 pm #489712All your advice seems very sound, I guess I will just stay the course and maintain my liquid therapy regiment after working hours. By the way Bobby, Amber is having pizza for lunch again today… She is about 3/4 of the way through a large Davanni’s as I write this…. I can hear the seams on her pants start to creak and whine, and can feel the floor trusses bow from the pressure!!!!
October 17, 2006 at 5:57 pm #489717MMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Thses gals need lovin too!!!!!
October 17, 2006 at 6:03 pm #489720Send them out “Cattin” with FisherDave. I will give them something to talk about that you might actually enjoy.
BesoxPosts: 588October 17, 2006 at 6:21 pm #489727I feel your pain. I must admit I deal with the same stuff in my office and it is good to know I am not alone with my pain. They only thing that keeps me here is the fear of something worse down the road! Try a few different things to build some space between yourself and the moody mob. Start some bad rumors about your past, page yourself once a day, bring one of those fart machines in and let it rip at just the right time. Use you imagination, youo might come up with something. Good luck!
October 17, 2006 at 6:28 pm #489730Live trap a raccoon or squirrel, let it go in the office, give the hens something to really cackle about.
October 17, 2006 at 6:31 pm #489734Quote:
Whisker? Aren’t you cooking dinner for the old man?
…ok, next time you see me you can step on my toe.
BrianK-Actually I just cooked dinner for him last night! Oh, and don’t worry I won’t step on your toe! Although, maybe it will make you forget about the pain in your back from reeling in your monster!
October 17, 2006 at 6:38 pm #489740Quote:
MMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Thses gals need lovin too!!!!!
Marry a “big” girl, and you will never be hungry, and you will never be cold
October 17, 2006 at 6:51 pm #489752Dan, your a ladies man, just make them all HAPPY! You had a baseball team started a few months back, just add some new players to the team
October 17, 2006 at 7:03 pm #489762Too funny……What is better is that my wife (a.k.a.. The Better Half) works at a law firm downtown and comes home with these amusing stories. It’s just like high school all over again. Fortunately she is in the middle ground between the 2 cliques.
October 17, 2006 at 7:04 pm #489763I can remember two women on my team many years ago. The “major catastrophes” they came to me about were the most trivial things I have every heard …she talked on the phone too long… she didn’t do this right…..she didn’t follow the rules…etc.
I could have cared less about their bickering and they expected me to get in the middle and solve their petty problems. So I can relate to what you are saying — I just attentively listened to their problems and smiled while thinking of fishing.
On the other hand, most of the women I had on my teams were very professional and a joy to work with. But I will never forget those two.
2Fishy4UPosts: 973October 17, 2006 at 7:28 pm #489774Retired now, but for almost 20 years I was in charge of a US Treasury Department in Milwaukee that focused heavily on hiring women and minorities. There were a few ladies that stuck the knife through my back and had no problems with being dishonest.
However, on balance most did a super job. I suspect the problem is your/their boss. I had the authority to hire or deny so it is not the women causing the problem, but whomever hired them.
trzPosts: 32October 17, 2006 at 8:09 pm #489802I can see most guys read this post and say…I am not going to touch that with a 10 foot pole…I am glad some of you guys did. Made me laugh today for sure!!!
-Tamara
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