Work colleagues

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

3 hours ago, DiegoDiego said:

5 hours ago, GordonD said:

To be fair the Kenwood food mixer company was founded by a guy called Ken Wood.

Max Factor was started by Max(imilian) Factor(owicz).

Did he make Nivea Cream?

[superbigal]

You have that shampoo range from the previous prime minister.

[V.Aye.R]

Some of the younger folk in our office are brutal man. We were all that person once, but i think this generation are soft like.

Phones, social media etc seems to have eroded their ability for smalltalk at the printer etc.

That said, i dont see many strong old school type managers to coach/encourage that i benefitted from circa 10 years ago.

[Robin.Hood]

2 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said:

Some of the younger folk in our office are brutal man. We were all that person once, but i think this generation are soft like.

Phones, social media etc seems to have eroded their ability for smalltalk at the printer etc.

That said, i dont see many strong old school type managers to coach/encourage that i benefitted from circa 10 years ago.

^^ Posting this while standing beside the printer 

[sparky88]

17 hours ago, V.Aye.R said:

Some of the younger folk in our office are brutal man. We were all that person once, but i think this generation are soft like.

Phones, social media etc seems to have eroded their ability for smalltalk at the printer etc.

That said, i dont see many strong old school type managers to coach/encourage that i benefitted from circa 10 years ago.

^^^ creepy guy that younger folk in his office go out their way to avoid at the printer 

[Busta Nut]

Guys, I own a couple os spades/shovels and after reading this I fear I am holding them wrong. 

 

How do I do it?

[coprolite]

17 hours ago, V.Aye.R said:

Some of the younger folk in our office are brutal man. We were all that person once, but i think this generation are soft like.

Phones, social media etc seems to have eroded their ability for smalltalk at the printer etc.

That said, i dont see many strong old school type managers to coach/encourage that i benefitted from circa 10 years ago.

They need to be toughened up to work in an office and photocopy documents. 

[Sergeant Wilson]

31 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:

Guys, I own a couple os spades/shovels and after reading this I fear I am holding them wrong. 

 

How do I do it?

You don't. You get someone else to do it.

[Busta Nut]

1 minute ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

You don't. You get someone else to do it.

Aw aye, her da loves the gardening. I usually leave it for him. 

[V.Aye.R]

They need to be toughened up to work in an office and photocopy documents. 

Not quite, just quite eye opening to see people in their mid 20s with loads of ability yet no confidence. A shame really.

There's a girl recently joined our team who will never speak up in meetings but will ask you loads of stuff off line. Terrified to use the phone, will actively avoid phoning suppliers etc.

The WFH and increasing reliance on Teams messages doesn't help either.

[Stellaboz]

I'm in my middle 30s and hate using the phone. Thankfully don't have it at work, it's horrible.

[GordonD]

32 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said:

Not quite, just quite eye opening to see people in their mid 20s with loads of ability yet no confidence. A shame really.

Unfortunately a lot of people in their mid 20s these days have loads of confidence yet no ability.

[LondonHMFC]

41 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said:

Not quite, just quite eye opening to see people in their mid 20s with loads of ability yet no confidence. A shame really.

There's a girl recently joined our team who will never speak up in meetings but will ask you loads of stuff off line. Terrified to use the phone, will actively avoid phoning suppliers etc.

The WFH and increasing reliance on Teams messages doesn't help either.

Maybe she thinks that asking numerous questions in the meeting is going to annoy people. To be fair it is a pain in the arse if you are in a meeting and someone is going through questions like there is no tomorrow, "and another thing". At least she is asking afterwards, opposed to not saying anything at all. 

Some folk aren't confident on the phone, just one of those things. As for speaking with suppliers etc, not a bad thing to do this via Teams or Outlook, at least then there is a visible trail in case something does go wrong. 

[Florentine_Pogen]

9 minutes ago, LondonHMFC said:

 

Some folk aren't confident on the phone, just one of those things. As for speaking with suppliers etc, not a bad thing to do this via Teams or Outlook, at least then there is a visible trail in case something does go wrong. 

Bring back Milky Gem.

[coprolite]

1 hour ago, V.Aye.R said:

Not quite, just quite eye opening to see people in their mid 20s with loads of ability yet no confidence. A shame really.

There's a girl recently joined our team who will never speak up in meetings but will ask you loads of stuff off line. Terrified to use the phone, will actively avoid phoning suppliers etc.

The WFH and increasing reliance on Teams messages doesn't help either.

I agree that there seems to be an increasing preference for sending a message where shouting out would be better. 

I like it. No need to speak to the b*****ds at work unless absolutely necessary. And i'm a reasonably old c**t. 

[LondonHMFC]

36 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Bring back Milky Gem.

Not just confident on the phone, but in life. 

She loved a chat at the printer. 

I miss her dearly. 

[coprolite]

A little mentioned perk of working from home is the ability to just delete emails about collections.  No more rummaging about in the desk for coppers and bottle tops as the envelope approaches. 

 

[Cardinal Richelieu]

1 hour ago, coprolite said:

A little mentioned perk of working from home is the ability to just delete emails about collections.  No more rummaging about in the desk for coppers and bottle tops as the envelope approaches. 

 

What a tight arse! 

[coprolite]

14 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said:

What a tight arse! 

I prefer to save my money for people i like. Or my family. 

[Guest bernardblack]

Back in the office tomorrow for the first time since September.