Things that are pissing you off. - Page 2944

This is how I feel when I see issue oriented bumper stickers on 15 year old, beaten up Hyundais.

And on Priuses

Reminds me of last Friday. I slept in (damn cold) and drove into work around 8am. I took a different route hoping to avoid some traffic. I passed by a local high school and it was a traffic jam all up and down a two block radius. Just a crap ton of Priuses and similar dropping their special flower off to school. If you are so worried about the environment you drive a hybrid make your kid take the fucking bus.

Also - stupid fucking daylight savings time

Stevie, how'd you break your beats by Dre?

We have a new-ish guy in the office (started about six months ago) who has probably been sick at least four times since he started. Despite this, and despite the fact that our office is really good about letting people take sick leave when they need it, he refuses to take a day off when he's sick. Seriously, he hasn't taken a single one. Rather than take a day or two to get better, he seems to prefer to come in and share his misery with the rest of us. There's really no reason for it, either. He's not so critical to our operations that he just can't miss any time, and, like I said, management very, very, very rarely (if ever) gives any resistance to people who need some sick leave.

Other than that, he's a nice guy and does good work, but it's really aggravating that he sees no harm in coming in here and spreading his illness.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I've always thought it was absurd that we continue with such a ridiculous anachronism, but it has gotten even more aggravating now that I have a kid whose (and responsibilities that prevent me from sleeping in to compensate).

motherfucking usps.

at least you wont be seeing him much longer.

G, I pretty much agree with you, particularly if you're in health care. I did just drag my ass into work with a cold though, which I rarely do, but had some shit I needed to do last week and I can hibernate in my office. If you're in cubi-land or see clients just stay home.

GD Daylight Savings.

I mean, it's nice having it be light when you leave work and all. But now its just darker in the morning, which makes it way harder to get up. Leaving for work when it's dark out feels so much worse to me than coming home when it's dark.

Maybe he just doesn't get your office culture yet and needs to be informed that management would prefer that he stay home rather than show his utter devotion to work by showing up and infecting everyone. There are plenty of businesses that have the "come to work unless you're dying" culture, and in this economy, he might not want to take any chances unless explicitly told otherwise.

Absolutely. His manager just needs to talk to him and tell him seriously, he needs to go home, it's OK.

 

I disagree. The train back to NJ is a million times more tolerable post daylight savings. The pollution around Newark/Elizabeth/Secaucus makes for beautiful sunsets.

Well now, that's ironic.

Indeed!

Yeah, I'd imagine it's even worse in health care, especially if you're dealing with vulnerable people.

I am sympathetic to the fact that sometimes people just have to come in, especially in management, but there's no good reason for him to be here today. There's nothing pressing to be done, and he's not nearly important enough to be here at all costs.

Agreed. The mornings are terrible. Getting up today was nearly impossible. Now that I have a kid who will be in school in a few years, I also think about kids going to school when it's dark out.

Still, I'd even take just sticking with the DST schedule year round if it meant we don't have to do the stupid clock shifts.

I think that was the case early on, but I know for a fact that he's been told repeatedly that it's perfectly okay to take the time if he needs it. I've told him they're really great about it, and I've heard our boss tell him it's not a problem at all if he needs the time. He just has this weird stubbornness about it. I was talking to him earlier, and I said something along the lines of, "man, you look like you feel terrible. It really is okay if you want to take some sick time." His response was basically that he'd spent all weekend sitting around the house convalescing, and he really wanted to get out for a while. I really wanted to respond with, "well, that's great and all, but I'd really rather you not come get the whole office sick just because you're bored."