September 2019 Moms
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GTKY 5/5 Crazy Co-worker edition
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I know we ALL have some nutzo co-workers. Go ahead and spill the beans on their crazy stories/excuses/encounters. Anything goes!!
Re: GTKY 5/5 Crazy Co-worker edition
1) my ex-boss just rehired her husband who we FIRED 6 months ago for being insubordinate.
2) We had an IT guy who was struggling with hair loss and would wear hats to work everyday. HR got wind and told him it's against our policy to wear hats to work. He flipped them off, walked out the door and never came back
3) I had an employee who would call into work ALL. THE. TIME. Her excuses ranged from "I have allergies" to "My apartment was broken into and I'm afraid that someone is waiting for me to leave to break in again" to "My vision is foggy today" to "My boyfriend had to leave last minute for a work trip and my life is in disorder". You guys I can't make this up.
I have a coworker with poorly fitting false teeth, so she’s constantly clacking them together to keep them from falling out. Like in the *SNAP* middle of a sentence. Also, don’t visit her office during lunchtime, unless you like to watch people eat with no teeth in...
I also had an old coworker who was very flashy about her material things (lots of designer stuff) and she would brag about how her husband would tell her that her paycheck was for her to spend on whatever she wanted because he paid all the bills so she bought clothes and other material things...but she also said some red-flag things about her husband that made me think they weren’t going to last (and they didn’t).
I hope they’re both doing well now!
@RedBreast35 yikes. That drive me insane.
Mine is more of a horrible boss. I worked for local government as a policy advisor. Well my boss totally took advantage and would have me do the most insane non job related things. Examples include: picking kids up from school, taking them to get haircuts, organizing her personal photos in chronological order (she handed me a box of like 1,000 printed photos with dates in the corner), addressing her personal Christmas cards... The list goes on and on. It was so crazy, but I made such good money I just went with it.
@lillywonderland Wait... she took time off for a honeymoon phase? For what? It seems like her bf would need to be at work too?? I also had a co-worker who would flash her super expensive items (we're actually still really good friends) and one time we were at lunch and she confided that she had a super big secret to tell me (she was very serious.) So I leaned in and she whispered "My handbag is fake. I paid only paid 600 for it, it's normally 6,000" and i burst out laughing and said "The real problem here is that you paid $600 for a FAKE handbag" That still cracks me up.
@nomangos23 ew. That is horrible. I bet she didnt have very loyal employees.
@lillywonderland I've definitely learned that stealth is wealth. Im sure that was mostly a show. Hopefully he really did have all that money to support her though!
So, I am lucky to work with some really awesome people and a ton of them are 100% remote so we only really see each other at our yearly sales kick off conference in Feb. Well one of the ladies who came to the conference (not one of my employees, thank god) decided not to wear a bra to the meetings. Mind you, this is a very professional setting, our CEO and all other executives are there presenting and she's just nips out like it's NBD. Me and her boss had so many people complain to us about it and when she got confronted, she said she didn't want to wear a bra because the shirt she was wearing would show the bra straps. SO YOUR JUSTIFICATION IS TO JUST NOT WEAR ONE AT ALL? This is a grown woman. She got all butt hurt when her boss brought it up to her and kept trying to get people to side with her and agree with her that her boss was being unreasonable by asking her to put a bra on.
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
Also, @b_1029 as soon as I saw this thread I thought of you immediately!! 🤣
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
@zuuls_mom I am DYING. And I can relate. I work at a tech company and our dress code used to be pretty lax. Chill is one thing, naked is another. A few years ago, our head of recruiting then literally wore the smallest frilly miniskirts that bounced all over the place as she walked. You could see her entire butt crack with every step. And also, skirts that were so low rise (while being so short, no idea how that worked) that you can see her thong straps when she reached over.
It was very uncomfortable since we worked in an open concept type of office and you can see everyone. She would walk this long corridor to our kitchen and she would strut like it's a runway. It was so embarrassing given her position in front of potential employees!
I am pretty conservative (in my style) and I literally couldn't take her seriously because she always looked like Paris Hilton at the club at our 9 am meetings.
ETA: I forgot a word
DS: 18 months
Dx DOR AMH .2
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Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
FTR, I am all about the sisterhood, especially in corporate America - but don’t sh*t where you eat. People will judge and call your work quality into question!!!
DS: 18 months
Dx DOR AMH .2
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