9frtg3xRj07ju3f5hDfeQw 0 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 This made me laugh. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4167585.stm The biggest thing wrong with my office is the people in it. Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I just want spend my time on the mountain, not in office Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 The main thing wrong with it is that I wake up every morning and it's still there waiting for me. I was so jealous to see people lugging snowboards around this morning, as I lugged my sorry a** to work yet again. Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 You put it so well. I'm off out now, on the way to the office. If only our office had a David Brent. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 The problem with my office is that it is subject to the ludicrously strict and finicky UK Workplace health and Safety regulations. I ordered a smashing bagel toaster online, had it delivered to work and within a week my breakfast operation was shut down as it did not comply with about 3 different clauses of the regulation. I have a nice big kitchen area with a sink and a kettle in it, that's all, all other appliances are banned. Oh and 3 large junk food vending machines that get emptied every day by unhealthy people who don't know any better. Other than that I like my office. It is home to some fantastic modern art (the company owns a massive collection that is distributed throughout the office areas). I get the in-house art curator to rotate the pictures that hang near my desk on a regular basis, I have some good ones at the moment. The floor I am on is about the size of a football field and has 700 people, so there is always something going on. If not, there are more huge plasma tv screens on the walls than you can count and one usually has some snow sports playing (at this time of year). I also have an in-house coffee shop (Benugos) about 30 meters from my desk, right in the middle of the company office area. I like my office. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 gray cubicles...no privacy...furniture that is too small...fluctuating temperatures...smoke billowing in from the stairwell...slow internet connection... The Coffee is pretty good though...think I'll run and get a cup now. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Where to start: 1. Oyaji clipping nails, hands and feet, at their desks. 2. Oyaji shaving at their desks. 3. Oyaji not working. 4. Incompetent oyaji employed all the time. 5. Incompetent oyaji promoted all the time. (Nenkoujyouritsu is so prevalent here.) 6. Ladies with hairy legs. 7. Oyaji and ladies whom never appear to bathe. 8. No greenery. 9. Gas chamber smoking room on the 12F of a high rise with no opening windows and no ventilation. 10. Bad Dydo, Polka coffee machines. 11. Everyday clutural clash of Foreigners vs J's. I do like the fact that there are 4 different large chains of coffee shops in a 5 mins radius. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by mogski: 11. Everyday clutural clash of Foreigners vs J's. For example?? if you don't mind me asking? A lot oyajis in your office!!!!!! Ladies with hairy legs = shemale???? Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 yes...oyaji clipping dead things off of their bodies...had that annoyance just today!! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Dead things? Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 I think finger nails, skin, hair, etc. are comprised of dead protein... Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Different business culture and the general lack of acceptance from the majority of Oyaji to assimilate and accomodate other more productive wasy to do business. A general unwillingness to accept changes to bring moderness and hi tech features to business practices. Sometimes the blind pride and follow attitude I see around here makes me wonder just how in the hell this big arse company got to be big. Every day here I am reminded of my friends description for this place and in someways Japan; "A highly organised poorly entity" Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 I got my own office! Company just built it for me last month! Love it! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Yeah mogski, tradition always gets superior here which i really dislike sometimes if that is what you meant. New things or new ways are hard to be accepted Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 If they were world first stuff I can kind'a understand it, but most of the stuff has been in use around the world for 5-10 years. The ignorance is very frustrating! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Maybe coz of so many oyajis with old brains around! If there were so many youngers with cotton brains ( not sure you say this or not - I mean brains which can get new stuff quick ), things there are less frustrating to you. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Sponge heads perhaps? If this were the case it would be even more frustrating cause they would be like me and spend too much time on the net during work hours and no work would get done! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Sponge heads!!!!!!! Do you say that? Soungs like BSE beef which one of my kiwi friend says baka beef Hum... youngers tend to surf the net at work? So anyway frustrating to you, huh? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Mr Confused Identity. You're office sounds a bit like mine. We might even be colleagues. Link to post Share on other sites
kjj 0 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 my super eats all day, which would be fine except that he makes disgusting sounds when he eats and he hoiks (sp?) after every bite. makes the office an uncomfortable place to be! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Yes, the noisy eating. Been covered before, I hate hate hate it, luckily I don't have to put up with it in the office that would drive me absolutely nuts. Link to post Share on other sites
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