Anonymous wrote:Old workers who should just retire already. Nothing but pests hanging around. Nobody wants you here. You know, where we actually do work.

One day you'll be an old worker. Sure, you say now that you won't be like "them," but wait until you've had a few decades of the same old thing day in and day out, the same old office politics, the same old barriers to change. It will wear you down, too, and unless you're amassing a fortune, you'll still need the paycheck.

As for the "nobody wants you here," speak for yourself. We've had a few of our long-time people retire, and the office has changed dramatically -- not for the better. All of the new younger people are arrogant, pompous, think their work is perfect (when it's not) and think they know it all. I miss the old folks.

People who clip their nails in their cubicle. So gross to listen to the noise or walk past their desk and see a little pile of nails that they couldn't even bother to put in the trash (yet for some reason felt the compulsion to sweep into a little mound on the corner of their desk). We have three people (out of seventy) who regularly clip their nails in the office. One of them does his toe nails too. Blech!

People who chronically bit h at work, but don't have a solution.

Old workers who should just retire already. Nothing but pests hanging around. Nobody wants you here. You know, where we actually do work.

Anonymous wrote:This thread blows my mind. All feds, I assume?

I complained about the speakerphone thing. Not a fed.

This thread blows my mind. All feds, I assume?

Your boss sounds cheap. The no-frills office where people have to pay for water, mints, coffee, tissues, etc is just amazing to me. I was part owner in a small business run by 6 employees and we still provided those things. Yes, we cut corners and some people did contribute their own things out-of-pocket (like tissues or candy) but if supplies ran out and no one had contributed, the business paid for those things to be replenished. And since we were all part-owners, it came out of all of our pockets.

However, if you have a problem with moochers, just stop providing and be blunt about it. For the guy who eats 2-3 pieces of public cake and asks you why you don't bring in snacks anymore, just say "Sorry, I realized that I was spending my own money paying for all those snacks and I'm the lowest paid person in the office, so I stopped." For the people who forget their badges, you make them wait a few minutes or have to buzz 2-3 times when they do and if they express annoyance about having to wait just say "Sorry, I was in the middle of something when you buzzed. I got here as soon as I was free." and let them realize how inconvenient it is for everyone. Also in our office, the receptionist keeps a handful of "guest badges" that can be signed out to regular visitors (like the HVAC or copier repair crew who we see regularly) or visitors for long meetings/conferences and employees who forget. The badge is signed out to the individual and signed back in when it is returned. If the badge is not returned on time, then the badge is canceled in the system so that it is worthless as a key and they issue a replacement. We keep about 4-5 such badges at a time.

We already had a long thread on office crapping. People are way too neurotic.

Anonymous wrote:People who poop at the office instead of doing it at home like a civilized person.

I don't think my bowels really care that I'm in the office sooo....

People who poop at the office instead of doing it at home like a civilized person.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are contributing to the perception that Feds have too much time on their hands and constantly nitpick about stupid things that do not matter. If you have extra time on your hands, read a book or do some soduku or something.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again - if you forget your ID and we have to buzz you in to the office, it's a $1 penalty. It's just office culture. Even our boss does it. Our last deputy used to forget his ID so often he prepaid into the "forgot my badge" fund. It's building policy that you can't walk the hallways without ID, so this has been the office culture since before I got here. I pay into it, everyone does.

Except 2 people don't. Because they don't want to pay. Yet we still have to stop what we're doing to buzz them in. One forgets his ID at least once a day.

It's just living off the system and generosity of others. Funny how these are the most right wing people in my office (including making jokes about how they wish they had the names of black women so they could get favorable small business loans). People notice cheapskates and don't want to include them in anything. If you're the one left out, I apologize.

What if you just don't get up to buzz them in??

OP, you are contributing to the perception that Feds have too much time on their hands and constantly nitpick about stupid things that do not matter. If you have extra time on your hands, read a book or do some soduku or something.

Playing music on speakers instead of using earphone.

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How about you don't contribute to the office mint fund and just bring in mints for yourself?

I'm all for that. Some people do that just because it's easier to have them with you. They don't - they just walk by, grab a handful of mints, and keep going. Yet someone's providing those mints (a group of people who contribute). I don't contribute nor do I use the mints. It's not that difficult to know that others paid for these things, if I'm not contributing ever, I shouldn't contribute. And one or two offenses....overlooked. It's the same cheap ass people that do all of these things combined.

Water, mints, coffee, food...if all you do is take and never contribute, you're cheap. Not frugal.

Sounds like your boss needs to give you more work to do. You have too much free time at work to monitor others.

Yes, agree. Also, she said she was a Fed.