Co-worker question

[DaShen]

hmmm... the guy sounds unstable or filthy rich.

Just sell it, but it does sound strange.

 

[maziwanka]

yea. im gonna say what other ppl said before. he won the lottery. take him up on his offer (or hopefully offers).

 

[fLum0x]

1/11/07 Update:

So, I come into work this morning and yesterday evening when I was leaving he started complaining to me about the "noises" we make at work occasionally and how he finds it degrading. We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it. Supposedly, he went to HR and complained that we are making fun of South Africa or something? I have no idea...but I wasn't one of the two that this affected that I know of.

Anyways, our boss pulls us all in but him (6 of us) and tells us that there will be no more messing around and having fun at work. "They pay us well and we are salary. While you are here, just do your job." They don't really pay me that well, but I understand what he is saying. Anyways, the whole department is upset about this stuff. Things like this do not positively contribute to the already dying moral...

On a partial side note, if i filmed my day yesterday, it would have been Office Space 2. Our boss reminds us to do things a number of times and then watches over our shoulders to make sure we are doing it the "right" way...aka his way. He tells us to "over-communicate" to all other departments and makes this weird ass sucking in sound...just like "mkay" from Lumberg! Given, every day isnt the worst day of my life...but everything else seems to be verbatim

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it.

WTF? :laugh:

This office is starting to remind me of those CareerBuilder.com commercials ("working with a bunch of monkeys").

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
1/11/07 Update:

So, I come into work this morning and yesterday evening when I was leaving he started complaining to me about the "noises" we make at work occasionally and how he finds it degrading. We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it. Supposedly, he went to HR and complained that we are making fun of South Africa or something? I have no idea...but I wasn't one of the two that this affected that I know of.

Anyways, our boss pulls us all in but him (6 of us) and tells us that there will be no more messing around and having fun at work. "They pay us well and we are salary. While you are here, just do your job." They don't really pay me that well, but I understand what he is saying. Anyways, the whole department is upset about this stuff. Things like this do not positively contribute to the already dying moral...

On a partial side note, if i filmed my day yesterday, it would have been Office Space 2. Our boss reminds us to do things a number of times and then watches over our shoulders to make sure we are doing it the "right" way...aka his way. He tells us to "over-communicate" to all other departments and makes this weird ass sucking in sound...just like "mkay" from Lumberg! Given, every day isnt the worst day of my life...but everything else seems to be verbatim

Well now it's simple. The seven of you must now find a way to kill him and make it look like a suicide. Everyone wins!

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: fLum0x
We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it.

WTF? :laugh:

This office is starting to remind me of those CareerBuilder.com commercials ("working with a bunch of monkeys").

It is kind of close sometimes j/k

Honestly though, our manager has no control over us at all. He goes to all the meetings and tries to talk like he knows 100% what is going on when he really makes us look bad. We have to cover for his communication errors afterwards with sales people sometimes. Nevertheless, he tries to not allow anyone into these meetings with him (he likes to try to be the important one I guess) and then he relays information to us incorrectly. 2-3 of us have really good skills and knowledge, but he doesn't really recognize it. Instead, he continues to send the b!tch work at us and no new programs or software is ever developed and test properly. Gosh...it makes me mad thinking about it.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
Get this...a co-worker starts talking to me and i drink out of this water bottle i got a year ago and he is like "i will buy that bottle off of you for $200." He is typically really tight with his money and doesn't do wierd stuff like this. Given, i am at the work place and it seems kind of fishy. So i have this water bottle and i need to decide (according to him) to sell it to him for $200 by the end of the day. Would you do it at a workplace? Does it seem fishy? what would you do?

p.s. His GF just got her car stolen and supposedly he did this with another co-worker for a sharpie and the co-worker took the $100. What the hell?!

UPDATES:

1/10/07:

He came in this morning on time and happy as can be. I just had a chance to talk to him and he brought up the subject. He said he would tell me what is going on later. I am impartial to the guy, he is just acting wierd. I did not sell the water bottle and it was still here this morning

He seems to really have no recollection of it. He gave me a look like "wtf?" when I asked if i could get that $200 of him for the water bottle

1/11/07:

So, I come into work this morning and yesterday evening when I was leaving he started complaining to me about the "noises" we make at work occasionally and how he finds it degrading. We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it. Supposedly, he went to HR and complained that we are making fun of South Africa or something? I have no idea...but I wasn't one of the two that this affected.

Anyways, our boss pulls us all in but him (6 of us) and tells us that there will be no more messing around and having fun at work. "They pay us well and we are salary. While you are here, just do your job." They don't really pay me that well, but I understand what he is saying. Anyways, the whole department is upset about this stuff. Things like this do not positively contribute to the already dying moral...

On a partial side note, if i filmed my day yesterday, it would have been Office Space 2. Our boss reminds us to do things a number of times and then watches over our shoulders to make sure we are doing it the "right" way...aka his way. He tells us to "over-communicate" to all other departments and makes this weird ass sucking in sound...just like "mkay" from Lumberg! Given, every day isnt the worst day of my life...but everything else seems to be verbatim

So what happened to the guy? Why did he want the water bottle? What did "game over" mean? And where is the pic of the guy?

Your're slacking!

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it. Supposedly, he went to HR and complained that we are making fun of South Africa or something?

Yeah, cos if I was gonna make fun of South Africa, that's exactly how I'd do it

And who's standing up for Flipper? :| I don't see him getting all huffy about that.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
So what happened to the guy? Why did he want the water bottle? What did "game over" mean? And where is the pic of the guy?

You're slacking!

It's like Lost, you're gonna have to wait a few episodes then you'll forget all about the bottle and we'll be onto the fluorescent radiators of doom.

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: fLum0x
Get this...a co-worker starts talking to me and i drink out of this water bottle i got a year ago and he is like "i will buy that bottle off of you for $200." He is typically really tight with his money and doesn't do wierd stuff like this. Given, i am at the work place and it seems kind of fishy. So i have this water bottle and i need to decide (according to him) to sell it to him for $200 by the end of the day. Would you do it at a workplace? Does it seem fishy? what would you do?

p.s. His GF just got her car stolen and supposedly he did this with another co-worker for a sharpie and the co-worker took the $100. What the hell?!

UPDATES:

1/10/07:

He came in this morning on time and happy as can be. I just had a chance to talk to him and he brought up the subject. He said he would tell me what is going on later. I am impartial to the guy, he is just acting wierd. I did not sell the water bottle and it was still here this morning

He seems to really have no recollection of it. He gave me a look like "wtf?" when I asked if i could get that $200 of him for the water bottle

1/11/07:

So, I come into work this morning and yesterday evening when I was leaving he started complaining to me about the "noises" we make at work occasionally and how he finds it degrading. We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it. Supposedly, he went to HR and complained that we are making fun of South Africa or something? I have no idea...but I wasn't one of the two that this affected.

Anyways, our boss pulls us all in but him (6 of us) and tells us that there will be no more messing around and having fun at work. "They pay us well and we are salary. While you are here, just do your job." They don't really pay me that well, but I understand what he is saying. Anyways, the whole department is upset about this stuff. Things like this do not positively contribute to the already dying moral...

On a partial side note, if i filmed my day yesterday, it would have been Office Space 2. Our boss reminds us to do things a number of times and then watches over our shoulders to make sure we are doing it the "right" way...aka his way. He tells us to "over-communicate" to all other departments and makes this weird ass sucking in sound...just like "mkay" from Lumberg! Given, every day isnt the worst day of my life...but everything else seems to be verbatim

So what happened to the guy? Why did he want the water bottle? What did "game over" mean? And where is the pic of the guy?

Your're slacking!

okay.

What happened to the guy?
I still don't know. I am guessing he is in a weird state or something. This is just odd what he has done and how he did this with HR over flipper noises.

Why did he want the water bottle?
No idea, he basically has no recollection or he just won't talk to me about it now even if i bring it up.

What did "game over" mean?
From what i understand, he is close to quiting.

And where is the pic of the guy?
I have it, but i feel weird uploading it knowing that the company can track it

Just for you Krunchy, i will try to get it up there and send you a pm

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: fLum0x

Why did he want the water bottle?
No idea, he basically has no recollection or he just won't talk to me about it now even if i bring it up.

If you only knew the horrors that South Africa is planning now that it has its hands on a water bottle and a sharpie... you'd throw yourself off a bridge knowing what you've helped begin.

May god have mercy on us all.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: fLum0x

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: fLum0x
Get this...a co-worker starts talking to me and i drink out of this water bottle i got a year ago and he is like "i will buy that bottle off of you for $200." He is typically really tight with his money and doesn't do wierd stuff like this. Given, i am at the work place and it seems kind of fishy. So i have this water bottle and i need to decide (according to him) to sell it to him for $200 by the end of the day. Would you do it at a workplace? Does it seem fishy? what would you do?

p.s. His GF just got her car stolen and supposedly he did this with another co-worker for a sharpie and the co-worker took the $100. What the hell?!

UPDATES:

1/10/07:

He came in this morning on time and happy as can be. I just had a chance to talk to him and he brought up the subject. He said he would tell me what is going on later. I am impartial to the guy, he is just acting wierd. I did not sell the water bottle and it was still here this morning

He seems to really have no recollection of it. He gave me a look like "wtf?" when I asked if i could get that $200 of him for the water bottle

1/11/07:

So, I come into work this morning and yesterday evening when I was leaving he started complaining to me about the "noises" we make at work occasionally and how he finds it degrading. We try to make sounds like Flipper sometimes and a couple of us are good at it. Supposedly, he went to HR and complained that we are making fun of South Africa or something? I have no idea...but I wasn't one of the two that this affected.

Anyways, our boss pulls us all in but him (6 of us) and tells us that there will be no more messing around and having fun at work. "They pay us well and we are salary. While you are here, just do your job." They don't really pay me that well, but I understand what he is saying. Anyways, the whole department is upset about this stuff. Things like this do not positively contribute to the already dying moral...

On a partial side note, if i filmed my day yesterday, it would have been Office Space 2. Our boss reminds us to do things a number of times and then watches over our shoulders to make sure we are doing it the "right" way...aka his way. He tells us to "over-communicate" to all other departments and makes this weird ass sucking in sound...just like "mkay" from Lumberg! Given, every day isnt the worst day of my life...but everything else seems to be verbatim

So what happened to the guy? Why did he want the water bottle? What did "game over" mean? And where is the pic of the guy?

Your're slacking!

okay.

What happened to the guy?
I still don't know. I am guessing he is in a weird state or something. This is just odd what he has done and how he did this with HR over flipper noises.

Why did he want the water bottle?
No idea, he basically has no recollection or he just won't talk to me about it now even if i bring it up.

What did "game over" mean?
From what i understand, he is close to quiting.

And where is the pic of the guy?
I have it, but i feel weird uploading it knowing that the company can track it

Just for you Krunchy, i will try to get it up there and send you a pm

LOL, you might have to email it to me when you get home later or something. I really want to see what this guy looks like.

BTW, how did you manage to snap the pic of him?

 

[Fraggable]

Up to the part where HR had a meeting to ask you all to quit imitating Flipper, I would have sworn you worked with my brother. He's just totally bizarre and sarcastic, but is totally sane. Just a weird sense of humor. My whole family is like that in a way.

But now he sounds insane. I would worry what he was planning to do with that water bottle. Especially if he had a Sharpie to sniff and get high on.

 

[fLum0x]

okay...it has gotten A LOT worse since this. I might explain in time...but i can't right now...but a friend forwarded me this article and freaked the sh!t out of me. This isnt where i work, but in the same city. The worker is claiming people make fun of him all the time and such because of his race now...it has gotten out of hand.

i got the pic because i was playing with my phone in front of him and i took it with no sound on

here

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
okay...it has gotten A LOT worse since this. I might explain in time...but i can't right now...but a friend forwarded me this article and freaked the sh!t out of me. This isnt where i work, but in the same city. The worker is claiming people make fun of him all the time and such because of his race now...it has gotten out of hand.

i got the pic because i was playing with my phone in front of him and i took it with no sound on

here

Come on, tell us whats going on.

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
no i am not at work

Also, platinummike, he handed me 2 $100 bills that are real and walked away. I am sure you wouldn't let your brother hold the cereal and the $50...

He is off posting on a message board right now about how some idiot is so paranoid that he is afraid to sell a water bottle for $200.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
i got the pic because i was playing with my phone in front of him and i took it with no sound on

here

Is the link meant to go to a pic or to Yahoo news?

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: fLum0x
i got the pic because i was playing with my phone in front of him and i took it with no sound on

here

Is the link meant to go to a pic or to Yahoo news?

yahoo news...

 

[fLum0x]

Update:

So I have heard from another co-worker that he said he was going to go "columbine" on us. Our boss pulled all of us into a meeting and told us to act professional and all that. The co-worker has basically threatened us from what I think and I don't feel 100% safe at work. That is the story in a nutshell. I do not want to go into more details.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Wow, this got pretty fvcked up!

 

[BarneyFife]

WOW! So you guys fired him??

 

[Patt]

Bizarro ... I wouldn't be showing up at work until things are resolved and he's living in a padded room.

 

[domsq]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: fLum0x

Why did he want the water bottle?
No idea, he basically has no recollection or he just won't talk to me about it now even if i bring it up.

If you only knew the horrors that South Africa is planning now that it has its hands on a water bottle and a sharpie... you'd throw yourself off a bridge knowing what you've helped begin.

May god have mercy on us all.

But I still fail to see how making noises like a Dolphin has anything to do with SA

 

[mobobuff]

Where the FSCK do you work?!?

 

[fLum0x]

Update

It seems it has cooled down a lot and it is blowing over. I am just here to work today and try to stay as low as possible to make it to the weekend. A couple days away from here should help out for most of these people...gosh.