Way more than that!
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off-topic You know what really grinds my gears?!?
- Thread starter Lucky Dog Hot Sauce
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When I was young I went to rome every year to pick apples. The whole family damn near went. It was a thing that we did. Would fill up bushells of apples took home. We never didnt have a apple pie for any event. We could store the apples in basment for months.
P.S. this does not grind my gears.
P.S. this does not grind my gears.
You know what grinds my gears? People in the "Grind My Gears" topic reminiscing about happy childhood memories without anything to grind their gears about.
Im sorry.
What grinds my gears and its more an irritation than anything else.
That there is not a forum like thp for tomatoes lovers.
I've looked around and have was never satisfied thank goodness for thp other growing section!
That there is not a forum like thp for tomatoes lovers.
I've looked around and have was never satisfied thank goodness for thp other growing section!
TrueNorthReptiles said:pepato...
Might have to pick a different name though. All I keep thinking of is a potato that eases indigestion.
This is one of mine as well! Add to that associates who don't want to work long days and six days a week anymore, but gripe and complain when I hire people to help cover all of the hours. You can't please everyone all of the time, but some people can't be pleased at all.laynlow said:
SadisticPeppers
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Here's a gear grinder: Having to carry your coworkers. I don't mean literally, but doing their jobs for them, especially when they should know how do it by now, they either choose not to, or simply have too few brain cells to do so and are stealing oxygen from someone who could actually do some good in that slot.
salsalady
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Sadistic... this isn't the first time we've heard about this. Others have also posted repeated gripes about "whatever".
At what point does it move from the "GrindsGears" realm to the "GrowAPair" sector?
In Sadistic's case, it might be time for a "ComeToJesus" situation. That may be- not doing anything other than your assigned tasks for a month. Make any excuse you have for not doing the favor. Reply "yea, sorry, I don't have time for that right now. You'll have to figure that out on your own."..."that's not my responsibility"..."that's your job, not mine."..., to telling the boss/supervisor what's going down and let them sort it out.
BUT- on the other hand, the GrindsGears thread was created for the purpose of bitching and complaining without recourse or recrimingation. So I guess, based on that assumption, the same-subject bitching can continue at will.
edit- it's late and I've re-wined a couple times. Just winding down, love y'all...see ya in the AM....which it already is here......
At what point does it move from the "GrindsGears" realm to the "GrowAPair" sector?
In Sadistic's case, it might be time for a "ComeToJesus" situation. That may be- not doing anything other than your assigned tasks for a month. Make any excuse you have for not doing the favor. Reply "yea, sorry, I don't have time for that right now. You'll have to figure that out on your own."..."that's not my responsibility"..."that's your job, not mine."..., to telling the boss/supervisor what's going down and let them sort it out.
BUT- on the other hand, the GrindsGears thread was created for the purpose of bitching and complaining without recourse or recrimingation. So I guess, based on that assumption, the same-subject bitching can continue at will.
edit- it's late and I've re-wined a couple times. Just winding down, love y'all...see ya in the AM....which it already is here......
SadisticPeppers
eXtreme Business
No worries SL
In my case, when the guy I was referring to fails to pick up the phone promptly, the phone calls roll over to one of us, meaning we have to take that extra call they would have done, and several of us have had to walk through this guy thru how to create even the simplest work ticket, who to send it to, etc., even two years and change into the job. And the emails we try to get him to do, he ignores our requests to do them, and when he grudgingly does a few here and there, asks us a million questions on what to do. He's resorted to calling one of us, since he thinks there's no evidence of what was said/done if it's done over the phone. When he doesn't do what others request of him, my entire department gets yelled or thrown under the bus because one person failed to do their job, since the other departments make no distinction between individuals in my group, so when one person screws up, then in their mind, the entire department is a collective screwup. And considering I work for the gov't, firing someone is nigh impossible (I've only seen it done once successfully after that person was caught red-handed committing multiple felonies), and requires stacks of written and documented evidence as to why this person should be let go, complete with dates and times of what they did, when they were spoken to as to why they did wrong,what was done before to attempt to correct it and why they didn't do that even, that they acknowledge it was wrong and that they wont do it again, and in the case of the person I was referring to, he does just the absolute bare minimum to avoid that, so on paper, he's on the good graces of HR. Other than that, he's usually off in the weeds working on personal projects he was asked not to do (but which he'll never admit to), being almost unreachable by phone, email, etc. In one case, it took my boss more than 2 hours to reach him, for something that can be done in about 5 minutes, even by him. So basically, he plays the system, collects a paycheck every two weeks, and is taking up a slot, when the rest of us doing our jobs refer to him as an oxygen thief, when someone who's far more eminently qualified and worked their butts of has waited years for a position like the one we have, and this kid rolls in, with a resume almost certainly written by someone else, 18 certifications that aren't written the paper they're printed on, and a work background that is at-best anemic and hilariously ill-suited to my department.
And the problem with me not doing my job for a month or so is to prove a point, that I take pride in my job, and doing it to the best of my ability, and I'd feel legitimitely bad if I didn't do something to deserve my paycheck, and that I'd turn into the very thing I despise. This guy, in the eyes of my supervisor, has only just risen to the level of being considered marginally adequate, after more than 2 and a half years on the job. Last night, he freely admitted he had no idea what an entire department did, one we're in frequent contact with, and which we send tickets to almost daily. And this was over a ticket we've dealt with so many times over the last two years, that the rest of us can effortlessly route it blindfolded with one arm tied behind our backs, and beaten about the head with a baseball bat, but he still had to ask us where to send it, and what the department (the one he originally thought would work on it) did.
In my case, when the guy I was referring to fails to pick up the phone promptly, the phone calls roll over to one of us, meaning we have to take that extra call they would have done, and several of us have had to walk through this guy thru how to create even the simplest work ticket, who to send it to, etc., even two years and change into the job. And the emails we try to get him to do, he ignores our requests to do them, and when he grudgingly does a few here and there, asks us a million questions on what to do. He's resorted to calling one of us, since he thinks there's no evidence of what was said/done if it's done over the phone. When he doesn't do what others request of him, my entire department gets yelled or thrown under the bus because one person failed to do their job, since the other departments make no distinction between individuals in my group, so when one person screws up, then in their mind, the entire department is a collective screwup. And considering I work for the gov't, firing someone is nigh impossible (I've only seen it done once successfully after that person was caught red-handed committing multiple felonies), and requires stacks of written and documented evidence as to why this person should be let go, complete with dates and times of what they did, when they were spoken to as to why they did wrong,what was done before to attempt to correct it and why they didn't do that even, that they acknowledge it was wrong and that they wont do it again, and in the case of the person I was referring to, he does just the absolute bare minimum to avoid that, so on paper, he's on the good graces of HR. Other than that, he's usually off in the weeds working on personal projects he was asked not to do (but which he'll never admit to), being almost unreachable by phone, email, etc. In one case, it took my boss more than 2 hours to reach him, for something that can be done in about 5 minutes, even by him. So basically, he plays the system, collects a paycheck every two weeks, and is taking up a slot, when the rest of us doing our jobs refer to him as an oxygen thief, when someone who's far more eminently qualified and worked their butts of has waited years for a position like the one we have, and this kid rolls in, with a resume almost certainly written by someone else, 18 certifications that aren't written the paper they're printed on, and a work background that is at-best anemic and hilariously ill-suited to my department.
And the problem with me not doing my job for a month or so is to prove a point, that I take pride in my job, and doing it to the best of my ability, and I'd feel legitimitely bad if I didn't do something to deserve my paycheck, and that I'd turn into the very thing I despise. This guy, in the eyes of my supervisor, has only just risen to the level of being considered marginally adequate, after more than 2 and a half years on the job. Last night, he freely admitted he had no idea what an entire department did, one we're in frequent contact with, and which we send tickets to almost daily. And this was over a ticket we've dealt with so many times over the last two years, that the rest of us can effortlessly route it blindfolded with one arm tied behind our backs, and beaten about the head with a baseball bat, but he still had to ask us where to send it, and what the department (the one he originally thought would work on it) did.
SadisticPeppers
eXtreme Business
My first car was a Ford Explorer. Ended up in a canal with it when it hydroplaned, but not before I paid roughly $3500 in repairs into it over the 18 months I owned it... That also grinded my gears...
Let's see, Master Air Flow sensor and several others failed in it, brakes had to be replaced twice, transmission needed to be rebuilt, and a bunch of other repairs. The hydroplaning, as scary as that was, was a merciful death for that car, and ended up getting a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with the insurance money I got, which I ended up having for over 5 years before it eventually died of old age (bought it used in '01)
Let's see, Master Air Flow sensor and several others failed in it, brakes had to be replaced twice, transmission needed to be rebuilt, and a bunch of other repairs. The hydroplaning, as scary as that was, was a merciful death for that car, and ended up getting a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with the insurance money I got, which I ended up having for over 5 years before it eventually died of old age (bought it used in '01)