Things that are annoying me at work today, bah humbug

[pip_the_strip]

Force feeding of cake. I know it’s Christmas. And cake is nice (ditto chocolates, and possibly mince pies) but it really stops being so when everyone insists on bringing it into the office, putting it in the kitchen, bringing it along to every single meeting, and to coffee,  in the two weeks before Christmas. It’s starting to feel more like Binge

Comments

[sushidog]

I'd be very tempted to write "Mum? Is that you?" on the "Your mother doesn't work here" signs.

[pip_the_strip]

When I saw an e mail saying that you'd commented on this post, my first thought was "oh no. She makes lots of cakes - I've offended her!!" Then I read it and it was ok.

When I worked down in Exeter one lady's daughter did actually start working there, so lots of 'hilarious' comments got added to the sign.

BTW do you get the West country's answer to mulled wine down there? Mulled cider - its very, very good.

[sushidog]

*heh* No, much as I love cake, I tend not to force it on people (except at tea parties, where I figure it's fair enough!), and I absolutely agree about people who won't take no for an answer; offering someone cake is a nice gesture, but refusing to respect their choices about what to eat and when really really pisses me off!

I haven't really been doing the festive thing so far this year, but you make an excellent point, I should try and have some mulled cider at some point; I've had it before, and it really is good even with bog-standard cider, so with the proper local stuff it's bound to be lush!

[vodkafrenzy]

Yey a festive rant. I enjoy your posts :D

I agree with sushidog - I think you need to add to the sign (when no one is looking).....

[pip_the_strip]

Round here they'd probably finger print the kitchen to identify the culprit if I did. They even seem to go through the bins. Occasionally, things have been pulled out and left with little notes on them saying things like "don't through glass away, recycle it" (we have no recycling facilities).

[vodkafrenzy]

Seriously? That is hard core.... :/

[pip_the_strip]

"save trees - use fewer labels" is a brilliant one. Might have to steal that!

Re the pissing on the seat, some women don't want to sit on a seat in a public toilet so they do a kind of squat-hover over it instead. Given females have more of an inbuilt sprinkler system it usually therefore goes all over the seat, making it dirty so that no one can use it.