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Stupid questions and learned helplessness

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:50:29 GMT

What stupid questions have you received from your coworkers recently?
Here's a sample conversation I had with a colleague last week:

Bimbo: I can't log into my internet banking account. Why can't I do that?
Me: (this has nothing to do with my job) I'm really not sure. Why don't you call your bank?
Bimbo: (launches into a long winded story about how she used to be able to do internet banking and now she can't, and then launches into another story about a friend of a friend of a friend whose account disappeared while doing online banking )
Me: I really don't know. Why don't you call your bank and find out?
Bimbo: (continues her saga of how she's tried several times to log in without success). Why can't I login in?
Me: Why don't you call the bank?
Bimbo: Do you know their phone number?

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Need advice - what to do about the WHISTLER

LauraAlvarez — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:58:35 GMT

Ok, so I'm about to lose my mind. I've been listening to this guy on the other side of the cube wall WHISTLING for about a month or so and I can't take it anymore! (Sometimes he sings, too.) What should I do? Any ideas??

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SUICIDE BUNNIES

terese — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:45:37 GMT

people.freenet.de/schnubelken/bunnys/

Enjoy!

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Lovely Perfume - Must You Marinate In It????

terese — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:46:08 GMT

How would you approach (notice I didn't use the word confront?) a person whose perfume makes you gag???

Whenever this person leaves an area, you can almost see the fog she leaves behind - even 5 minutes later!!! I stuck a note in the ladies room that read "the Vanilla Musk is a little much" as a hint - she didn't take it. I then spoke to her manager who spoke with her and she stopped wearing it for awhile. Unfortunately the replacement was barely tolerable. She started up wearing it again and I finally spoke to her.

(SIDENOTE: I wasn't working on getting the nerve to speak to her. I just wanted to make sure it came out OK without offense.)

I took the straightline approach. I started out with, "This is a little awkward.....". I said that her perfume was really causing me to have breathing problems. That for a while she wore a different scent that was more pleasant and could she please wear that one to work instead of the vanilla musk. She didn't say much and left my cube rather abruptly.

As far as how well did she take it???? SHE DOUBLED UP ON THE STUFF TODAY!!!!!

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Cubicle decor

sonya — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:18:34 GMT

So what do you add to your beige cell to make it more homey?

I have little goodies like toy cars, a statue of Gutenberg, a miniature of the chopping block used to behead Henry's wives (that makes me smile when I think of some folks here), photos of my cats and my hubby, some peacock feathers in a vase, a picture of the two of us drinking wine in Germany, a mosaic pencil holder...lots of paper and crap.

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just had to join

FingerHoop — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:08:04 GMT

when i read your description.

especially now that I had the taste of office life for a brief four months, and now BACK in a cube ... ten years in this place and i'm still a mole in a giant corporate whack-a-mole game.

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Happy birthday to the cubicle!

sonya — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:34:06 GMT

Here's an article about the man who invented the cubicle, Bob Propst:
http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_1198/no98man.htm

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I can hear you!

sonya — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:04:05 GMT

What do you hear over those cloth and metal walls? I have a coworker who has protracted arguments with her brother, which often end up with abrupt hang-ups. For some reason, they make me cringe.

Headphones are good.

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Wasting away in Cubeville

sonya — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:00:09 GMT

There must be millions of us out there; mouse-clicking, paper-stacking, fresh-air-yearning drones of The Great Hive. Our walls are beige, our carpets are grey. We are...cubicle nation.

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