I find it particularly annoying (the phone thing) when the people aren't multi tasking. Like, they lean back in their office chair, hit speaker phone, dial, and then lean back waiting for the person to answer.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
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Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 15, 2008 9:07:54 am PST #3327 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Lee - Jan 15, 2008 9:08:32 am PST #3328 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I do it too, sometimes. Not really sure why.
Miracleman - Jan 15, 2008 9:09:56 am PST #3329 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Why do people dial the phone and listen to the phone ring on speakerphone, and then pick it up when they get the person. Does this somehow save time? Does the 30 second you can spend without holding the phone really matter?
I hate that too. It's like they're trying to oh-so-subtly announce to the office "I'm making a phone call! I's is impo'tant!"
I've done that. All part of the cult of multi-tasking!
Yeah, see, like Sophia above I've rarely seen anyone actually multi-task while doing that. They speaker it, dial, and stare at it doing nothing, listening to it ring until someone picks up...and then they grab the handset.
I don't know why, but it drives me nuts. Sophia, I am your comrade-in-arms in this.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 15, 2008 9:10:22 am PST #3330 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Hmmm. I may have to re-think the annoying if so many Buffistas do it....
Miracleman - Jan 15, 2008 9:11:04 am PST #3331 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Hmmm. I may have to re-think the annoying if so many Buffistas do it....
No! Be strong! This changes nothing! Buffistas can be annoying, too!
I'M LIVING PROOF OF THAT!
NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2008 9:15:45 am PST #3332 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I'M LIVING PROOF OF THAT!
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Miracleman - Jan 15, 2008 9:16:12 am PST #3333 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It's true. He is.
It's true. I am.
shrift - Jan 15, 2008 9:16:37 am PST #3334 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Been a while since I had to put on a bunny suit for work. Using a screwdriver take apart clean room computers while double-gloved is, shall we say, a pain.
flea - Jan 15, 2008 9:18:30 am PST #3335 of 10001
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You can see what I wear to work many days here [link] (follow The Working Closet pool link for me and some other people, some of whom I know and others of whom I don't know at all). I forgot my camera today; the pic linked is yesterday. It's rilly fun. If you're a dork like me.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 15, 2008 9:19:34 am PST #3336 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also a phone pet peeve, but specifically for my boss. She answers the telephone (the business line) with "Hello". Even if she is answering our department's main line. It is very strange and I can tell people get confused because she then has to explain to the m who she is and where she works.
ETA: I think my cold is making me full of vitriol today!