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ixigia
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| red_avatar wrote: | Female colleagues are the worst. I used to hear stories from others before I got my job and thought they were just being silly and sexist until I got my first job. Then it not only turned out to be true, but it turned out to be even worse than I expected:
- they back-stab ALL THE DAMN TIME. See, if I speak ill of a co-worker to a fellow male co-worker, he'll keep that to himself. If I do the same to a female co-worker, she'll tell on me! Note: they all speak ill of each-other ALL THE TIME and if you'd dare to tell on them as well, oh dear ... .
- they are two-faced - will often nod and then go behind your back to do the opposite.
- they have terrible work ethics - I'm yet to find a single female worker who is passionate about her job and doesn't simply treat it as a way to make money. While I don't expect everyone to be perfect workers, it does mean they often leave you to clean up their shit because, heck, they don't care. They screw up, they'll try to avoid responsibility instead of trying to make it so it doesn't happen again
- they're horrible at efficiency. This has actually been scientifically proven: women will find a way that works and they are comfortable with and stick with it. Men will find a way and then try to find an even better way, and another better way, and will adapt until they become more efficient. Women will also fight changes in their environment which they themselves haven't made (married men will confirm this) so if you have female co-workers and you want them to use a more efficient way of working ... good fucking luck.
Honestly, I switched jobs from where it was 3 men vs 4 women (and they did my head in) to a job where it's me vs 3 women and dear lord, without them it would be a brilliant job! With them, I've had loads of stress the past months because the constantly FUCK UP and blame ME!
True story today:
Our server has a faulty disk. Backup? None. None of the women there had any idea what a backup was and before I was hired, they had no-one else to do stuff like that. When they offered the server, they thought it was a bit expensive (because hey, their computer at home cost a third of that! Who knew servers would be costly) so they got the IT company to drop the price with $200 and in exchange, he removed two $150 SCSI drives *facepalms*. I discovered this when I called the IT company and complained saying "what idiot builds a server without any backup?" to which they replied "your co-workers didn't want any and you got compensated". I confront them with it, they all act as if it wasn't a big deal and used the excuse that they didn't know what a backup was for *facepalms*
So then, one of them starts to accuse me: "we've had that server for SIX years! You started working her 6 months ago and now it suddenly broke! It never broke when it was just us 3!" *facepalms more*
Think that's bad? It gets worse.
"I saw you hook up a new computer on Friday! I don't think it's a coincidence that the server suddenly has a faulty drive! It must have had a virus or something!" *bangs head on desk*
Note: the computer I "hooked up" was an old server which had some files I needed. This server was only given power, not network access, and it was ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
And then even better: they start bitching at ME for no work getting done because the server is down. And when I clearly state that it was a huge fuck up to not add any backup, they reply with "well why didn't you ADD a backup then when you came to work here if you know so much about it?". Yes, because I make it a habit of examining a server to see if it uses RAID when every damn server I ever used uses RAID as a backup system - THEY demanded the backup to be removed, not me. And heck, the server was not configured for RAID so it was impossible to just add drives and have them act as backups - if the drive had crashed, it would still have damaged the database because of the way the system is hooked between the two drives (they are two databases running in tandem).
See what I mean? And crap like that happens every day - several examples each day. Women ... |
Women and technology, it was to be expected 
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| Posted: Tue, 9th Oct 2012 21:34 Post subject: |
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Wow that is quite depressing. I definitely agree with the "they say something else but do something else" and "they'll always tell on you" parts. 
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Tue, 9th Oct 2012 22:25 Post subject: |
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| Yuri wrote: | | Wow that is quite depressing. I definitely agree with the "they say something else but do something else" and "they'll always tell on you" parts. |
And that's why I never talk shit about anyone else at work.
I am, however, an excellent listener and secretly take note on all the relationships, factions, opinions so in the long run I usually use those to know who I'll ask to do what and with whom.
Little bit of a manipulator but oh do I enjoy it when it works out fine 
And I pretty much never get shit because I treat everyone in the same respectful way and make sure that I do things right even if I have to stay an extra 30-45min, not because I expect the same from anyone else (oh those days of ignorance are long gone) but because when shit happens they know they can't blame me for it.
And if they do then that long memory kicks in and I truly put the smack-down on them for even trying to pin it on me.
Especially since most of the time there are mechanisms that who did what and when he did it. 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Oct 2012 15:10 Post subject: |
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| tonizito wrote: | | Yuri wrote: | | Wow that is quite depressing. I definitely agree with the "they say something else but do something else" and "they'll always tell on you" parts. |
And that's why I never talk shit about anyone else at work.
I am, however, an excellent listener and secretly take note on all the relationships, factions, opinions so in the long run I usually use those to know who I'll ask to do what and with whom.
Little bit of a manipulator but oh do I enjoy it when it works out fine
And I pretty much never get shit because I treat everyone in the same respectful way and make sure that I do things right even if I have to stay an extra 30-45min, not because I expect the same from anyone else (oh those days of ignorance are long gone) but because when shit happens they know they can't blame me for it.
And if they do then that long memory kicks in and I truly put the smack-down on them for even trying to pin it on me.
Especially since most of the time there are mechanisms that who did what and when he did it. |
That used to be my own way of doing things - the women at my last job liked me a great deal despite me often banging my head on my desk due to their incompetence. However, at my new job, the incompetence is simply too high for me to overcome. Especially since they backstab me at each opportunity.
Example: today I happen to see the invoice from our telecom company. €400. I decide to take a close look at that invoice and take it to my desk where I compare it to other telecom offers. Turrns out you can change to another telecom company and pay a third of that for faster Internet and a bunch of other extras.
I mention this to two female colleagues and I later hear from one female colleague that the other had said "why the hell does he stick his nose in matters that don't concern him!". So yes, the fact that I could easily save the company €250 a month doesn't matter - I should stick to my own stuff. Logic  .
Second example today: I see another invoice and notice that several items that were supposed to be supplied for free, got charged. One of the women (same one who bitched in the example above) KNEW this yet she had failed to spot it and was about to pay the complete amount. I tell her that she should "freeze" the invoice and that I would contact the company to ask for a credit note. She replied by saying "it's MY job to do that and to pay invoices, what on earth are you getting involved?". I ignore her, call the company and get a credit note of €250 in less than an hour time and staple it to the original invoice. She then goes to my employer and complains how I keep getting involved with her job. My employer has no idea what happened and says she'll talk to me about it. So she comes to me and I explain that I just saved her €250. She goes to the colleague in question and basically says "why on earth are you being difficult when he's saving us money?". Her reply: "I don't care about that, he should mind his own business. I don't go to his desk and go through his papers and mess things up for him either." And my employer then said "yes but then again he does his job well, and if you had done yours well, he shouldn't have had to go through your papers!"
But yeah, bless male colleagues - they may be stubborn at times but at least they will bow to logic and will accept help.
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2012 12:03 Post subject: |
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Well providing an update/rant here.
Last week here and to say it was terrible is a huge understatement. All the females here (interns included) are so full of themselves and arrogant that unless you don't go and say hello to them they just ignore you. I'm not even going to mention that I'm older than them, granted its by 1-2 years in most cases but still quite laughable that they do this. Not to mention I was the one rallying all the interns (all girls) together and getting them to each lunch with each other and what do they do now? They just go and have lunch together without even asking me. Honestly, if it weren't for me making them meet each other, those girls would never have talked to each other thinking it would have made them the lesser person or whatever lameass logic girls follow. Then the fact that having a good knowledge of windows, I'd help some out with problems or any network glitches but when I needed their help on some video editing/ingesting/imac stuff they'd just "disappear". Not to forget how they'd bitch about each other inbetween and it was really too much.
Well screw that. Last week now and I'm not saying hi/hello to anyone except my senior boss lady. I even got a free corner booth away from all those idiots where I can work quietly.
Still don't feel all that happy even after that rant 
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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deelix
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2012 12:05 Post subject: |
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They need to get back to the kitchen damnit...
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2012 12:12 Post subject: |
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Actually in this case they are in the perfect industry (media) and it is me who should GTFO of it quickly 
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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deelix
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| Posted: Mon, 29th Oct 2012 17:54 Post subject: |
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I'm still annoyed that I wasted time in talking/helping them only to find out that they'd disappear in the time of need. Not to mention all that other crap that happened.... only 4 more days to go.
I hope I can survive them...
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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