Behaviours...

Senor_Mota · Dec 22, 2004, 06:58 PM

Well, I see my GOTH Girls: Rate! thread got shut down...mostly due to a few bad apples...but I want to create a thread asking you guys about the behaviours of your peers at work.

[color=red]WARNING: THIS IS A SEVERE RANT POINTED TOWARDS A FELLOW EMPLOYEE.[/color]

A co-worker of mine recently acquired a Managerial Posistion here at work. He was granted this posistion under the assumption that he had done his previous job well and he had managerial experience; when in fact, he had none of this. He is now in the same posistion I applied for, with higher pay, better benefits, and less responsibility. I have worked in my same posistion for almost a year and a half now...and I managed a Taco Bell for two years and ran the Fab room for Scrub Duds, a textile plant for hospitals. I'm seriously thinking about turning him in for some messed up stuff he did when he was on my level. What do you guys think? Have you had any similar experiences?

pr0digal jenius · Dec 22, 2004, 07:02 PM

I feel your pain...I typically play 'employee' at best buy and circuit city just because I get so mad at the employees doing a poor job...so I shoo them away and help people myself

Drakon · Dec 22, 2004, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

I feel your pain...I typically play 'employee' at best buy and circuit city just because I get so mad at the employees doing a poor job...so I shoo them away and help people myself

wow PJ, u're so talented...

Senor_Mota · Dec 22, 2004, 08:35 PM

That's some funny sh!t. I remember when I was working for Kay*Bee Toys(before their National Shutdown, that's why I don't work there anymore), my manager had left for the evening and I didn't get off for another four hours. My friend Jeremy came in to say "What's Up' and I suggested he do my job for me as a joke. He did just that, put on my smock and all, ran the cash register, etc. while I played "customer" by asking him the most f*cked up questions and the most ridiculous requests I could come up with.

Good times, good times.

Logla · Dec 22, 2004, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Senor_Mota

Well, I see my GOTH Girls: Rate! thread got shut down...mostly due to a few bad apples...but I want to create a thread asking you guys about the behaviours of your peers at work.

[color=red]WARNING: THIS IS A SEVERE RANT POINTED TOWARDS A FELLOW EMPLOYEE.[/color]

A co-worker of mine recently acquired a Managerial Posistion here at work. He was granted this posistion under the assumption that he had done his previous job well and he had managerial experience; when in fact, he had none of this. He is now in the same posistion I applied for, with higher pay, better benefits, and less responsibility. I have worked in my same posistion for almost a year and a half now...and I managed a Taco Bell for two years and ran the Fab room for Scrub Duds, a textile plant for hospitals. I'm seriously thinking about turning him in for some messed up stuff he did when he was on my level. What do you guys think? Have you had any similar experiences?

Yeah me too. What this means is that the management dont really like you enough to make you one of their little club. I had gotten myself all geared up for a promotion in my old job after being more or less promised by my (then) boss. Unfortunately his boss didn't really like me that much because of a couple of mistakes I made during my training years ago.

End result, he promoted the guy who sat next to me without consultation or interview.

The best part of this story though - our company lost the contract and the staff got moved into the company who won the contract, but they didn't want any of the management and both of those guys were made redundant after 3 months. hehehehe

Powercolour · Dec 22, 2004, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

I feel your pain...I typically play 'employee' at best buy and circuit city just because I get so mad at the employees doing a poor job...so I shoo them away and help people myself

lol, it pisses me 2, considering that they're staff, u'd think they at least no basic terminology.........., i don't play staff tho, if some staff is pissing me offf i just ask them a question they can't answer then answer the question and laugh at them.

Senor_Mota · Dec 22, 2004, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Logla

Yeah me too. What this means is that the management doesn't really like you enough to make you one of their little club.

I figured that was part of it, but still, track records show a straight race, not the drive and effort it took to finish. "Underrecognized" is a good term for it.

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Originally Posted by Logla

The best part of this story though - our company lost the contract and the staff got moved into the company who won the contract, but they didn't want any of the management and both of those guys were made redundant after 3 months. hehehehe

That kicks @$$ - but I doubt this will happen in my case...

Logla · Dec 22, 2004, 11:19 PM

Without being harsh mate, its time to move on and find some new opportunities. The guys who underrecognize new are very unlikely to give you a chance in the future.

And btw - you never know what the world holds, your colleague may just catch rabies or plague or something worse. And then you will be able to smile again. Mwuhahahaaaa!

Senor_Mota · Dec 22, 2004, 11:34 PM

I just might take your advice. Things can only go downhill from here...unless that guy dies of Malaria! LOL

riles9262 · Dec 23, 2004, 05:31 AM

rally up those mosquitoes

Sargentwhitey · Dec 23, 2004, 05:58 AM

Best Buy is full of many "non-intelligent" workers... I remember helping a guy looking for a video card and had stuff written on a piece of paper that said "Absolutely no PCI Express" yet the guy had recommended an X600XT.... Thank god I helped that poor bastad out....

digerati · Dec 24, 2004, 08:33 AM

I'd like to get a job at best buy or circuit city, I've even helped customers when the guy didn't know shit because I friggin HATE my job at costco. Not for the job, but my co-workers and my supervisors, bastards have refused to give us our lunch break on more than one occasion. I'm only staying until they lay me off so I can put them on my resume.

Senor_Mota · Dec 24, 2004, 10:40 PM

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I'd like to get a job at best buy or circuit city, I've even helped customers when the guy didn't know shit because I friggin HATE my job at costco. Not for the job, but my co-workers and my supervisors, bastards have refused to give us our lunch break on more than one occasion. I'm only staying until they lay me off so I can put them on my resume.

If you don't mind my asking, how much income do you rake in per hour? Cashiers at the Costco here in Twin Falls, ID make $12.50/hr, and Service Crew posistions come in at about $18.00/hr. Do you recieve similar pay? And if so, isn't that a reason to enjoy working there?

digerati · Dec 25, 2004, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Senor_Mota

If you don't mind my asking, how much income do you rake in per hour? Cashiers at the Costco here in Twin Falls, ID make $12.50/hr, and Service Crew posistions come in at about $18.00/hr. Do you recieve similar pay? And if so, isn't that a reason to enjoy working there?

We get $10.00 per hour, I have had to supply my own backbrace and rope even though they were supposed to give them to me, they didn't.

**dj_stick** · Dec 25, 2004, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ^_^

We get $10.00 per hour, I have had to supply my own backbrace and rope even though they were supposed to give them to me, they didn't.

you should complain

Dark Lord · Dec 25, 2004, 05:42 AM

i wouldnt mind wokring at someplace like bestbuy. i know more about what im talking about there then most of the employes. although there have been a few times they actually knew what they were talking about. i must say i was completly shocked when i heard them say something inteligent and informative.

hell just last week i was helping out another customer about some video game stuff when the employes didnt know the diffrence between an xbox and a PS2.... they were going on about how the games were made for both systems so either version could be used on either system....

digerati · Dec 25, 2004, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_stick

you should complain

To who? When I boss wouldn't give me the stuff I needed, I went to his boss about it, he said he'll see what he can do. The next day my boss gave me shit and said if I needed that stuff so badly then I should get it myself.

They also bitch when I said I had to leave at 9pm even though it was my day off and I called in to say I'd help as much as I can since some co-workers called and said they were getting swamped.

Dec 22, 2004, 06:58 PM	#1
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 99 System Specs	Behaviours... Well, I see my GOTH Girls: Rate! thread got shut down...mostly due to a few bad apples...but I want to create a thread asking you guys about the behaviours of your peers at work. [color=red]WARNING: THIS IS A SEVERE RANT POINTED TOWARDS A FELLOW EMPLOYEE.[/color] A co-worker of mine recently acquired a Managerial Posistion here at work. He was granted this posistion under the assumption that he had done his previous job well and he had managerial experience; when in fact, he had none of this. He is now in the same posistion I applied for, with higher pay, better benefits, and less responsibility. I have worked in my same posistion for almost a year and a half now...and I managed a Taco Bell for two years and ran the Fab room for Scrub Duds, a textile plant for hospitals. I'm seriously thinking about turning him in for some messed up stuff he did when he was on my level. What do you guys think? Have you had any similar experiences? __________________

Dec 22, 2004, 08:35 PM	Thread Starter #4
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 99 System Specs	That's some funny sh!t. I remember when I was working for KayBee Toys(before their National Shutdown, that's why I don't work there anymore), my manager had left for the evening and I didn't get off for another four hours. My friend Jeremy came in to say "What's Up' and I suggested he do my job for me as a joke. He did just that, put on my smock and all, ran the cash register, etc. while I played "customer" by asking him the most fcked up questions and the most ridiculous requests I could come up with. Good times, good times. __________________

Dec 22, 2004, 11:34 PM	Thread Starter #9
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 99 System Specs	I just might take your advice. Things can only go downhill from here...unless that guy dies of Malaria! LOL __________________

Dec 23, 2004, 05:31 AM	#10
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	rally up those mosquitoes __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Dec 23, 2004, 05:58 AM	#11
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	Best Buy is full of many "non-intelligent" workers... I remember helping a guy looking for a video card and had stuff written on a piece of paper that said "Absolutely no PCI Express" yet the guy had recommended an X600XT.... Thank god I helped that poor bastad out.... __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Dec 22, 2004, 07:02 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I feel your pain...I typically play 'employee' at best buy and circuit city just because I get so mad at the employees doing a poor job...so I shoo them away and help people myself

Dec 22, 2004, 11:19 PM	#8
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Without being harsh mate, its time to move on and find some new opportunities. The guys who underrecognize new are very unlikely to give you a chance in the future. And btw - you never know what the world holds, your colleague may just catch rabies or plague or something worse. And then you will be able to smile again. Mwuhahahaaaa!

Dec 24, 2004, 08:33 AM	#12
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	I'd like to get a job at best buy or circuit city, I've even helped customers when the guy didn't know shit because I friggin HATE my job at costco. Not for the job, but my co-workers and my supervisors, bastards have refused to give us our lunch break on more than one occasion. I'm only staying until they lay me off so I can put them on my resume.

Dec 25, 2004, 05:42 AM	#16
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i wouldnt mind wokring at someplace like bestbuy. i know more about what im talking about there then most of the employes. although there have been a few times they actually knew what they were talking about. i must say i was completly shocked when i heard them say something inteligent and informative. hell just last week i was helping out another customer about some video game stuff when the employes didnt know the diffrence between an xbox and a PS2.... they were going on about how the games were made for both systems so either version could be used on either system....