So we had this big logo redesign due last Friday for a client downtown and my manager said he'd 'jump in and assist' since I was swamped. Big mistake. He completely ignored the brand guide the client handed us and went with some trendy gradient mess instead. I spent 4 hours after he left undoing all his edits and redoing them the right way, while the clock was ticking. Has anyone else had a boss who 'helps' but just makes double the work?
I paid $60 extra for a lifetime warranty on a Craftsman drill set from the hardware store back in March. When the chuck started slipping last week, the store told me the warranty only covers manufacturing defects, not normal wear and tear. Has anyone else fallen for those add-on warranties that sound good but cover nothing?
I was having lower back issues at my desk job, so I dropped 80 bucks on this fancy memory foam chair pad everyone was raving about. First week felt like a dream, I was telling all my coworkers to get one. By week three my tailbone was screaming at me every afternoon. Turns out the pad was too thick and throwing off my posture, making me sit crooked on the seat. My boss kept making jokes about me squirming in meetings like I had ants in my pants. I finally ditched it and went back to the regular office chair, and the pain vanished after a few days. Anyone else fall for one of those overhyped ergonomic fixes that just made things worse?
So I work at a gas station off I-75 in Macon. Last month the register was off by $8. I know because I checked the tape. Manager says no, we need to count all the pennies in the safe to make sure it wasn't a rounding error. That's 800 pennies. Eight rolls. She made me dump them on the break room table and count them one by one. Took me an hour and a half. Come to find out the glitch was from a coupon that didn't scan right. Learned that some bosses will waste your time before they'll trust your word. Has anyone else had a manager make you do some pointless busy work just to prove a point?
I'd been doing it one way for years, always going in with the smallest file first and working up slow. Last month the periodontist walked by my chair and said I was wasting time, that I should go straight for the largest file that fits and save the small ones for tight spots only. I tried it on my next three patients and cut my prep time by almost 10 minutes per tooth. Now I feel stupid for not asking sooner. Anyone else get a piece of feedback that made you realize you'd been doing something the hard way for no reason?
My coworker chews gum like a woodchipper all day, and I was about to lose it. $200 later and I haven't heard a single crunch in two weeks. Has anyone else dropped cash on gear just to survive an open office?
I stopped by my old warehouse job yesterday to grab some paperwork I left behind. Walked into the break room and there it was, that same dented Mr. Coffee machine we had back when I started. The pot has a brown stain ring that no amount of scrubbing will ever get out. We used to have this unwritten rule that whoever brewed the last cup had to start a new pot. But by 2015 nobody followed it anymore, you'd walk in at 6 AM and find burnt sludge sitting there from the day before. The new crew must have it worse because I saw three different empty creamer cartons on the counter, all half full. Has anyone else gone back to a old job site and found their ancient break room relics still in use?