OMMFG: lady I work with is DEMANDING sick/vacation workarounds

[illusion88]

The women I work with are great. But I don't work in a corprate office.
None of the women I work with have kids, or husbands. We are just a group of 20 somethings.

 

[rh71]

this is when the ability to work from home is a good thing... for everyone.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Britboy
wow, calm down. If you understood the law you would not be making so many ignorant comments. I understand some of your frustration but you also have no idea what it's like to have kids, maybe one day you will and I bet you would bitch and moan if your wife was not able to come home when they were sick etc.

I suppose you also think we should turn the middle east into a parking lot eh?

are you kidding me??

I will NOT know what it's like to while I have kids because IT WON'T HAPPEN. If my wife wants to work and we have kids, then fine. I will stay home and watch them. If we can't afford that, then we WON'T HAVE KIDS.


WTF does the middle east and parking lots have to do with this? GET A FSCKING CLUE.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: sixone
I'm not saying you're completely wrong...but I hope you're not posting from work.

No, I'm not. I took the day off after this incident in our dept meeting. Out of 10 people, 7 agreed to switch or GIVE UP vacation time. I refused to do either. I explained that I already had plans, and it sucks, but there's nothing I can do. The lady I am speaking of started talking about how the company doesn't adapt to women in the workplace, etc.

I was like WTF. my boss was like WTF. his boss was like WTF. After that I took the day as a personal day. I had stuff to do anyway. bleh.

 

[ThePresence]

That's a 9/10 rant.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: kukyfrope
I've noticed this trend a lot too, and this may contribute to why women get paid less? Just a thought.

I tried to explain this theory to my wife. Boy did she get pissed. All I said was that just because some one isn't laid off for taking a year off to have a baby doesn't mean they will get a raise for doing an outstanding job of not being at work.

 

[iamwiz82]

I proposely schedule my days off to conflict with school time. Good Friday? Check! Wed after Easter, Check! Wed. before Thanksgiving, Check!

 

[crownjules]

Originally posted by: armatron

I was like WTF. my boss was like WTF. his boss was like WTF.

I can just picture this, in rapid succession.

 

[Hacana]

From my brothers' experience it works with both sexes, too.

Example. My brothers' workgroup consisted of three people. He had a week of vacation to take before the year was over, or he lost it. So, at the beginning of October, he put in for vacation time over Halloween and into the first part of November. His coworker Dave, demanded that he delay his vacation so that he could go trick-or-treating with his kids. That got a big WTF from my brother and resounding No.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: illusion88
The women I work with are great. But I don't work in a corprate office.
None of the women I work with have kids, or husbands. We are just a group of 20 somethings.

Dude, you're living in a sitcom! One other sign: Alway finding a parking space. Have you noticed the cameras yet?

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: crownjules

Originally posted by: armatron

I was like WTF. my boss was like WTF. his boss was like WTF.

I can just picture this, in rapid succession.

LOL

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Hacana
From my brothers' experience it works with both sexes, too.

Example. My brothers' workgroup consisted of three people. He had a week of vacation to take before the year was over, or he lost it. So, at the beginning of October, he put in for vacation time over Halloween and into the first part of November. His coworker Dave, demanded that he delay his vacation so that he could go trick-or-treating with his kids. That got a big WTF from my brother and resounding No.

What the hell does he need a day off to go trick or treating for? Skip out of work early...or sh|t, just go later.

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: ColdFusion718

Originally posted by: crownjules

Originally posted by: armatron

I was like WTF. my boss was like WTF. his boss was like WTF.

I can just picture this, in rapid succession.

LOL

That would have made agreat video.

 

[HN]

no problem with women; it's the demanding people that get me :|
if you ask me nicely to help accomodate your schedule, then i might consider it.
demand it of me and i will laugh maniacally and take it one step further to influence people around me NOT to help you.

 

[sygyzy]

Women also get special treatment because they have children. They get to work from home and others have to take up their slack. There are plenty of articles about this.

 

[MrsBugi]

Originally posted by: armatron
she has kids, and is DEMANDING (not asking) that the rest of the dept redo our vacation days to revolve around her kids time off from school.


WTGDF.

I hate to say this, and this is JUST my experience; but I HATE, HATE working with women. I have worked with 5-6 different women throughout my professional corporate experience of a measly 6 years, and EVERY one was horrible to work with. a couple were power-hungry psychos, a couple were complete losers ALWAYS calling in sick or with problems, one had a newborn and was NEVER there (company was expected to accomodate this, even though it was a huge hassle) and now this whore who has a ~7 year old who is always going through some issue.


Look, I know you have kids, damn, I know you fell down the stairs, got pregnant, and had no choice in the matter. I also know that you HAVE to work, which means someone else is halfass watching your rugrat where for some reason you always have to go home.

OMFG abort that thing or quit your job. If you couldn't afford to have kids and properly raise them, THEN DON'T HAVE THEM.

MANAGERS:
FIRE THEIR LAZY ASSES. Stop worrying all the time about getting sued, etc. SOMEONE has to stand up to this ******.

WOMEN:
YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL IN THE WORKPLACE. There is NO reason for you to boss anyone around (when you are no manager, etc) and NOONE is respecting you or thinking higher of you, 'women' or whatever you are standing up for.




cliffs:
Women in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.

I could make the exact same assertions about males in my former workplace (several of them were single fathers).

I'm not going to be obnoxious and make overgeneralizations like "cliffs: Men in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.", though. It's a shame you've had such experience, but blame it on the individuals themselves instead of generalizing such assertions to all women.

It's disappointing how many people take a handful of personal experiences and feel that gives them enough evidence to generalize to millions of others.

You appear to have some very serious and disturbing issues with misogyny.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: BigB10293

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Lawnchair... CHECK
Cold beer... CHECK
Good, now I'm ready for this thread

Dude, it's dead week. Don't you have something better to do?

George P Burdell never has any finals

Originally posted by: crownjules

Originally posted by: armatron

I was like WTF. my boss was like WTF. his boss was like WTF.

I can just picture this, in rapid succession.

ROFL

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Women also get special treatment because they have children. They get to work from home and others have to take up their slack. There are plenty of articles about this.

also I'd like to note, that ANYWHERE I've worked I would get FIRED for this crap. A warning, maybe two, then the boot.


This should NOT be expected/allowed.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: MrsBugi

Originally posted by: armatron
she has kids, and is DEMANDING (not asking) that the rest of the dept redo our vacation days to revolve around her kids time off from school.


WTGDF.

I hate to say this, and this is JUST my experience; but I HATE, HATE working with women. I have worked with 5-6 different women throughout my professional corporate experience of a measly 6 years, and EVERY one was horrible to work with. a couple were power-hungry psychos, a couple were complete losers ALWAYS calling in sick or with problems, one had a newborn and was NEVER there (company was expected to accomodate this, even though it was a huge hassle) and now this whore who has a ~7 year old who is always going through some issue.


Look, I know you have kids, damn, I know you fell down the stairs, got pregnant, and had no choice in the matter. I also know that you HAVE to work, which means someone else is halfass watching your rugrat where for some reason you always have to go home.

OMFG abort that thing or quit your job. If you couldn't afford to have kids and properly raise them, THEN DON'T HAVE THEM.

MANAGERS:
FIRE THEIR LAZY ASSES. Stop worrying all the time about getting sued, etc. SOMEONE has to stand up to this ******.

WOMEN:
YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL IN THE WORKPLACE. There is NO reason for you to boss anyone around (when you are no manager, etc) and NOONE is respecting you or thinking higher of you, 'women' or whatever you are standing up for.




cliffs:
Women in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.

I could make the exact same assertions about males in my former workplace (several of them were single fathers).

I'm not going to be obnoxious and make overgeneralizations like "cliffs: Men in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.", though. It's a shame you've had such experience, but blame it on the individuals themselves instead of generalizing such assertions to all women.

It's disappointing how many people take a handful of personal experiences and feel that gives them enough evidence to generalize to millions of others.

You appear to have some very serious and disturbing issues with misogyny.

For every working mother who has to leave the workplace early to deal with a sick kid or school cancellation there's a father who doesn't have to be bothered.Also, let's not forget that come divorce time these same guys would be screaming about how the lazy biatch needs to get off her arse and get a job.

That said, I've had to deal with people like the OP is complaining about and it's annoying
as all get out.If you KNOW you need certain days off for whatever reason, put your requests in way ahead of time, don't wait till last minute and then expect others to switch their plans.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: MrsBugi

Originally posted by: armatron
she has kids, and is DEMANDING (not asking) that the rest of the dept redo our vacation days to revolve around her kids time off from school.


WTGDF.

I hate to say this, and this is JUST my experience; but I HATE, HATE working with women. I have worked with 5-6 different women throughout my professional corporate experience of a measly 6 years, and EVERY one was horrible to work with. a couple were power-hungry psychos, a couple were complete losers ALWAYS calling in sick or with problems, one had a newborn and was NEVER there (company was expected to accomodate this, even though it was a huge hassle) and now this whore who has a ~7 year old who is always going through some issue.


Look, I know you have kids, damn, I know you fell down the stairs, got pregnant, and had no choice in the matter. I also know that you HAVE to work, which means someone else is halfass watching your rugrat where for some reason you always have to go home.

OMFG abort that thing or quit your job. If you couldn't afford to have kids and properly raise them, THEN DON'T HAVE THEM.

MANAGERS:
FIRE THEIR LAZY ASSES. Stop worrying all the time about getting sued, etc. SOMEONE has to stand up to this ******.

WOMEN:
YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL IN THE WORKPLACE. There is NO reason for you to boss anyone around (when you are no manager, etc) and NOONE is respecting you or thinking higher of you, 'women' or whatever you are standing up for.




cliffs:
Women in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.

I could make the exact same assertions about males in my former workplace (several of them were single fathers).

I'm not going to be obnoxious and make overgeneralizations like "cliffs: Men in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.", though. It's a shame you've had such experience, but blame it on the individuals themselves instead of generalizing such assertions to all women.

It's disappointing how many people take a handful of personal experiences and feel that gives them enough evidence to generalize to millions of others.

You appear to have some very serious and disturbing issues with misogyny.

For every working mother who has to leave the workplace early to deal with a sick kid or school cancellation there's a father who doesn't have to be bothered.Also, let's not forget that come divorce time these same guys would be screaming about how the lazy biatch needs to get off her arse and get a job.

That said, I've had to deal with people like the OP is complaining about and it's annoying
as all get out.If you KNOW you need certain days off for whatever reason, put your requests in way ahead of time, don't wait till last minute and then expect others to switch their plans.

It would be nice if it was a handful, or 10% or something like that. This is gender-wide.


I can handle the divorce-excuse. This doesn't apply to this woman, or the power-issue problems, or the general 'losers' who don't need their job and it's obvious
. She's married and 'wants to work'. (doesn't NEED to, and points this out often)

 

[crystal]

I wonder why his mother didn't abort him so I don't have to read his crap.

 

[MrsBugi]

Originally posted by: armatron

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: MrsBugi

Originally posted by: armatron
she has kids, and is DEMANDING (not asking) that the rest of the dept redo our vacation days to revolve around her kids time off from school.


WTGDF.

I hate to say this, and this is JUST my experience; but I HATE, HATE working with women. I have worked with 5-6 different women throughout my professional corporate experience of a measly 6 years, and EVERY one was horrible to work with. a couple were power-hungry psychos, a couple were complete losers ALWAYS calling in sick or with problems, one had a newborn and was NEVER there (company was expected to accomodate this, even though it was a huge hassle) and now this whore who has a ~7 year old who is always going through some issue.


Look, I know you have kids, damn, I know you fell down the stairs, got pregnant, and had no choice in the matter. I also know that you HAVE to work, which means someone else is halfass watching your rugrat where for some reason you always have to go home.

OMFG abort that thing or quit your job. If you couldn't afford to have kids and properly raise them, THEN DON'T HAVE THEM.

MANAGERS:
FIRE THEIR LAZY ASSES. Stop worrying all the time about getting sued, etc. SOMEONE has to stand up to this ******.

WOMEN:
YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL IN THE WORKPLACE. There is NO reason for you to boss anyone around (when you are no manager, etc) and NOONE is respecting you or thinking higher of you, 'women' or whatever you are standing up for.




cliffs:
Women in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.

I could make the exact same assertions about males in my former workplace (several of them were single fathers).

I'm not going to be obnoxious and make overgeneralizations like "cliffs: Men in the workplace (in my experiences) SUCK.", though. It's a shame you've had such experience, but blame it on the individuals themselves instead of generalizing such assertions to all women.

It's disappointing how many people take a handful of personal experiences and feel that gives them enough evidence to generalize to millions of others.

You appear to have some very serious and disturbing issues with misogyny.

For every working mother who has to leave the workplace early to deal with a sick kid or school cancellation there's a father who doesn't have to be bothered.Also, let's not forget that come divorce time these same guys would be screaming about how the lazy biatch needs to get off her arse and get a job.

That said, I've had to deal with people like the OP is complaining about and it's annoying
as all get out.If you KNOW you need certain days off for whatever reason, put your requests in way ahead of time, don't wait till last minute and then expect others to switch their plans.

It would be nice if it was a handful, or 10% or something like that. This is gender-wide.


I can handle the divorce-excuse. This doesn't apply to this woman, or the power-issue problems, or the general 'losers' who don't need their job and it's obvious
. She's married and 'wants to work'. (doesn't NEED to, and points this out often)

I can assure you it isn't gender-wide, as I know some very powerful (but not power-hungry), assertive (but not controlling), respectful and competent women in the workforce. The former VP at a place I worked at for several years was a black female, and infinitely more able, competent, and reliable than the white male President. Do I think that all white males are problematic and incapable of performing their job functions because of this example? No.

It sounds like the individual you are complaining about is a major pain, but I wouldn't be so rash as to make assumptions about ALL women based on your experience with a limited number of females in one of thousands of companies and occupations.

 

[Majunior]

Man... you might think it's because women are treated horribly in the workplace.. nah, that can't be why. Gender inequalities don't exist anymore. I mean, who would be "bitchy" becuase they get paid less than their male counterparts? Oh, and I hate it when females try hard to get ahead, cause for goodness sake, we all know they'll never get into management.....

[sic]

 

[Xyo II]

For those of you who haven't seen it

 

[RandomFool]

That woman might be nuts, they all aren't. I know a couple of women i'd perfer over some of the guys around hereany day.