| Author | Message | ||
     Drkside79 |
Ok so it’s time for a rant…. I am at my whits end with the girl who sits behind me. She’s a temp and all she does is talk. Which honestly normally doesn’t bug me but the fact that her English sucks so much is grating on my last nerve. She’s ghetto not ESL by the way. From the high pitched squeals to show excitement when talking, to the atrocious grasp of English I just want to grab her shoulders and shake her while yelling what’s wrong with YOU. (note I mean that in more of a cartoon way not a serious Ike Turner way.) I mean seriously how long could you listen to this. “Come on now I’s on eleven nows it on 22. She said she aint doin nothing but I know theys be messing round up in there” | ||
| 86129squids |
Ummm, what are your circumstances? Draw a picture- are you "trapped" there? Go home tonite, pick up some good beer, some greens/beans/brats, eat 'em up, and gas her out tomorrow.  | ||
| Xdigitalx |
Record her with ur phone or DROID and post it or send it to me. Inquiring minds want to hear. Or set ur phone to video record YOU whiles she be talking in backrnd sos WE CAN LAUGH WHEN UR FACE GRIMACES..... MUAHAHAHAHA. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I smell youtube channel. | ||
| Stirz007 |
I'd go with Squids' plan: Mex platter, Indian buffet, lots of cabbage or hummus...."Set the green pick" (a.k.a., the Green Lantern) "Dayum - sumpin nassy up in dare" | ||
| Drkside79 |
lol thanks I needed the laugh. No on youtube. With my luck it's seen by the wrong person and I'm fired | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Yeah record her. Make her into a sound board. Use sound board at random intervals! | ||
| Fast1075 |
So I guess a big cup of STFU is out of the question. Other than that, give her the uuuun uuuuh and tell her to talk to the hand. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Can you get away with headphones and an MP3 player? That's my preferred solution. I call them my "virtual office door", and the door is closing. | ||
| Drkside79 |
>>>>Can you get away with headphones and an MP3 player? Nope. My Boss is an old school guy. My division is the only one in the building that cant use them. With the exception of Cus. Serv. Who also cant for obvious reasons. | ||
| Fahren |
Maybe an old school guy will understand your frustration with someone who is clearly "new school" when it comes to office etiquette. If you approach it in an old school way (respect, thoughtfulness, offering solutions, not just problems), maybe the boss can help. I'm sure if he is old school, he can understand the difficulty of the situation, for someone who wants to do a good job and needs to concentrate. If the distraction is hurting your bottom line, it is also hurting the company's, and that is an issue that needs addressing and correcting. Temps can be replaced; experienced, dedicated workers, not as easily. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Then you probably just have to grit your teeth and ride it out, or hope somebody else complains. My experience has been that escalating with the problem source, or your boss, are both lose-lose propositions. Toss in the chance for somebody to play the race card? Forget it... way too big a risk for it to go really really wrong. As Court says, it's a shame common decency isn't anymore. | ||
| Blake |
Befriend then talk. | ||
| Drkside79 |
Hey I'm over it for now. Just needed to vent. As far as turning her in i doubt I'll do that. I don't operate like that. If she was a guy I'd have told her to STFU but such is life. Plus if i complain shes a temp. They will show her the door. I don't need that on my conscience it's not what the company pays me for. | ||
| 86129squids |
Blake, hate to say it, but that's prolly wishful thinking... a. She's a temp. Prolly a reason for that. b.- He'd have to speak "Ebonics" to start. Then ask her NOT to talk "Ebonics" behind him. I'd wager that this behavior would be next to impossible to change. c. I'll be friends with anyone, but odds are she aint "friend material" for Darkside any more than "friends" is to Facebook. I like the possibilities for recording something. You'd have to do some recon, but a good recording sampling could be... SONGIFIED!!! Seen the "I Love Cats" version yet?  Discuss!! | ||
| Mtjm2 |
Drkside , I understand .My 22 year old daughter and her friends all talk like that . They spell like that on fb .Drives me nuts .My grandson will grow up learning to talk that way . Blake , I agree with you . Doesnt mean I like it, but I agree . I think it was Bill Cosby that said , If you put 4 white men in a room with 4 black men , the white men will come out talking ghetto . Or something like that . Peace out . | ||
| Blake |
Different ain't the same as bad. I was thinking she might be persuaded to lower the volume is all. | ||
| 86129squids |
Feasible, but improbable. I love the Coz. Hate to think he'd sell out on a joke like that. I used to look through the free books outside the doors of the ginormous used bookstore here... you could find any number of anthologies of classic American/English literature and poetry, REALLY good ones, and many college textbooks on writing/exposition... I'd grab them whenever I could. Most of them are sitting to the right of me as I TYPE. Yes, TYPE. All the while I feel the demon, Arthritis, slowly creep into my hands- and eventually, the rest of my bones- I shall FIGHT the bastardization and entropy of good elocution, speech, and discussion as long as I remain able to do so. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Erudition means never having to be repentant, apologetic, pardonable, excusable........ | ||
| Blake |
Bring her some home made choc chip cookies. Tough to eat and talk simultaneously. Rise above it. The attitude makes all the diff. Some here sure are lacking in that. That tends to makes life really sour. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Something else you might try is telling her you've heard on the grapevine that there's an internal performance audit going on, & ask her what she reckons. Might concentrate her mind some. | ||
| Brumbear |
Just turn to her nicely and whisper: Did ya hear? When she says what say they are conducting random grammar testing failures will be terminated. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Cookies!?! FFS! What happened to being bikers?? You want results? I have an evil-eye look that can disquiet any gasbag. $100 per hour plus expenses. | ||
| Blake |
When you are two meters tall and look like an end-times mercenary, you can get away with that. Shy, meek, attractive types like me have to use cookies. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I was told that if Shanaya gets to run her mouth, that I could listen to my radio at a reasonable level. | ||
| Hootowl |
Only between 9 and 11 and only while you're collating. | ||
| Moxnix |
Dave, around here we call it the "stink eye." My kid gives it to me for free, all the time. | ||
| Bbbob |
Tell her you are so glad to have company next to you again...the last 3 people who sat at her desk are on extended sick leave for some very strange illness... |
