Subconsultant: Hey, that's not the latest spec I sent you that you just uploaded.

Me: It's the last one you sent me.

SC: No, that's not the latest one. I sent it to you on March 21 at 1:24 PM.

Me: Yes, but you sent it again on 04/10/14 and that's the one I just uploaded and sent back to you. That would be the latest version. You sent me 2 versions on March 21, one at 1:24 PM and one at 2:26 PM.

SC: I don't have any record of that. What you used isn't the latest version.


THEN Y U SEND IT THEN?

4/15/2014 11:39:03 AM

i have the same problem and they keep doing it, so i pulled their contract to see how much money they had for document control and then back charged them all of their document control money.

4/15/2014 11:48:28 AM

Let's be honest, as much as we try to have an honest dialogue and non-passive aggressive communication with our colleagues, most people cannot handle the truth. You keep a level of professionalism so it doesn't become awkward for both parties. I have used the honest approach and it hasn't been as effective as I would like. I have an assertive tone, but on some occasion it has been misinterpreted as being mad at that person, and I don't get mad often. I can't win. If I am passive aggressive, nothing gets done and if I am honest and assertive, I'm seen as a bitch or angry.

4/16/2014 7:38:56 PM

have you tried growing a dong? that helps you not be perceived as a bitch when you are assertive

4/17/2014 12:30:20 AM

^^
some people just suck. there's no effective way of dealing with them, even if you have a dong.

4/17/2014 12:32:06 AM

AutoCAD randomly creating things and putting them in drawings...

today someone found some random points in a drawing that was messing up the border.

today I found a random pipe network in one of my files.

WHERE THESE THING COME FROMME?

4/21/2014 2:32:30 PM

Quote :

" If I am passive aggressive, nothing gets done and if I am honest and assertive, I'm seen as a bitch or angry."

This is basically just being a woman at any workplace

so I tend to agree about the dong growing

4/21/2014 2:44:05 PM

Someone just read Lean In

4/21/2014 2:46:30 PM

Quote :

"AutoCAD randomly creating things and putting them in drawings... today someone found some random points in a drawing that was messing up the border. today I found a random pipe network in one of my files. WHERE THESE THING COME FROMME?"

BTDT.

4/21/2014 4:27:14 PM

I grew some balls today. All I got was more excuses, detailed cover ups to save face. I did tell her that if she didn't do what needed to be done this week, I was going to the boss.

4/21/2014 6:01:32 PM

Quote :

"AutoCAD randomly creating things and putting them in drawings... today someone found some random points in a drawing that was messing up the border. today I found a random pipe network in one of my files. WHERE THESE THING COME FROMME?"

I've never encountered that in 6 years of using AutoCAD daily. I have seen lots of cases of someone copy / pasting from one drawing to another while zoomed in and not realizing they had additional content outside the current view that they were pasting into the drawing.

4/21/2014 8:49:04 PM

^Ive had AutoCAD reloaded on my comp twice and it still will randomly select "Delete" instead of "Move" when I right-click on my selected items to move them (even though my mouse is directly over it and I'm not a spazz). It's completely random but IT thought I was fucking with them until they watched me for a few minutes. They have no idea how to fix it, something about a corrupt file association link.

[Edited on April 21, 2014 at 9:57 PM. Reason : .]

4/21/2014 9:54:07 PM

Quote :

" Someone just read Lean In"

No, because that book is not about leveling the field. Lean in is about how to best play by old white men's rules, which doesn't address pervasive institutional sexism as a significant problem for upward mobility.

4/22/2014 10:04:16 PM

office & management are in a tizzy as of lately

gotta love the privately owned, small companies where everyone's 'family'.

4/23/2014 8:52:25 AM

Quote :

"I've never encountered that in 6 years of using AutoCAD daily. I have seen lots of cases of someone copy / pasting from one drawing to another while zoomed in and not realizing they had additional content outside the current view that they were pasting into the drawing."

that's just good luck.

4/23/2014 9:02:52 AM

Quote :

"No, because that book is not about leveling the field. Lean in is about how to best play by old white men's rules, which doesn't address pervasive institutional sexism as a significant problem for upward mobility."

4/23/2014 9:21:41 AM

Quote :

"office & management are in a tizzy as of lately gotta love the privately owned, small companies where everyone's 'family'."

The hell with that shit. I spent 3 years at one of those. Never again. Not unless it's MY company.

4/23/2014 9:24:50 AM

Someone keeps rearranging the plants in my office. It is really pissing me off. I think it's the cleaning lady.

4/25/2014 11:28:48 AM

Y U NO USE PROJECT FILE STRUCTURE THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED?

4/28/2014 4:55:32 PM

sorry fucks who will spend 8 hrs getting out of a 30 minute job and want to argue about some technical shit after they ask me a question and i give them an answer they don't like

wanting me to hang my livelihood on the line to keep him from having to do a little fucking work

[Edited on April 28, 2014 at 8:30 PM. Reason : went off on this stupid motherfucker today and i'm still pretty hot about it]

4/28/2014 8:22:14 PM

and trying to get replacement parts for Y strainers made by a company in Italy and bought from a company in Ontario, neither of which knows their ass from a hole in the ground.

4/28/2014 8:37:10 PM

Having all these corporate managers, store managers, loss prevention managers, and associates in for several weeks to basically rearrange our store because the C.O.O of our company is coming by on Wednesday. FML


And not to mention, my former EVIL and racist store manager was also present. Thought I didn't have to deal with her ass anymore. Ughhhhh.

4/29/2014 12:55:05 AM

Quote :

"office & management are in a tizzy as of lately gotta love the privately owned, small companies where everyone's 'family'. The hell with that shit. I spent 3 years at one of those. Never again. Not unless it's MY company."

Did 12 yrs at a place like that... You know this, and the bullshit that has resulted, but for the rest of you, SERIOUSLY you guys, if something seems wrong GET OUT ASAP. Don't ride it in.

[Edited on April 29, 2014 at 2:15 AM. Reason : d]

4/29/2014 2:14:59 AM

yay these Italians may actually come through

4/29/2014 9:52:40 AM

people who talk like every minor issue is the biggest, craziest problem they've ever seen

relax bro

4/29/2014 10:43:00 AM

HOW FUCKING LOUDLY CAN YOU EAT THOSE POTATO CHIPS?????

it's like he's trying to outdo himself with each subsequent bite.

4/30/2014 1:27:57 PM

Calling this place a clown show is an insult to actual clown shows.

4/30/2014 4:13:02 PM

CEO talked to us today about work life balance and how "it doesn't exist in San Francisco because they know what it takes to make it big" and how we need to emulate that here. Your work is your life, if you put everything into it, we'll all get a "cut of the payday."

4/30/2014 4:32:35 PM

4/30/2014 5:07:56 PM

^^ you should follow up to ask if he meant company shares or partnerships and what kind of vesting period


... and then quit

4/30/2014 5:44:45 PM

^^^I put up with that for a while too. Then I started referring to all company documents as "propaganda," and challenging anyone who disagreed to prove me wrong.

Propaganda: A form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position.

Most people believe the word to need be malicious or deceptive, but that is not the case.

[Edited on April 30, 2014 at 7:09 PM. Reason : n]

4/30/2014 7:08:39 PM

i, too, call many of my employer's communications "propaganda"

4/30/2014 7:15:15 PM

Quote :

"CEO talked to us today about work life balance and how "it doesn't exist in San Francisco because they know what it takes to make it big" and how we need to emulate that here. Your work is your life, if you put everything into it, we'll all get a "cut of the payday." "

He's 100% right If you make your work your life, you'll make him richer, and you'll get a cut too.

Of course, you'll be miserable, alone, and won't have the chance to actually enjoy your money. But hey, WORK WORK WORK PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT!

4/30/2014 7:29:40 PM

Ask your boss what good is money if you don't have time to spend it on the people or things you love?

There's the old adage that no one lays in their deathbed wishing they had spent more time working.

4/30/2014 7:39:01 PM

getting a call from draftsman @ sister company that the PE he's been working with will be calling me to ask about a design I advised on (small, basic structural steel design...methinks no biggie....)

he forwards the email conversation with said drawing, and included is another drawing for a separate structure that he's pinned the design on me as well, that I had nothing to do with.

5/2/2014 4:04:42 PM

Quote :

"...if you put everything into it, we'll all get a "cut of the payday.""

And then you find out that you should have cornered them on their definition of "we." I bet it's not as inclusive as they would lead you to believe.

5/2/2014 4:29:29 PM

Quote :

"This is basically just being a woman at any workplace"

man or woman, if they can show me they KNOW THEIR SHIT, I will respect them. I don't work around too many women, but from my first-hand experience, maybe 1 out of 10 have satisfied this criteria versus maybe 3 out of 10 for guys.

(production support environment + its middle management)

5/3/2014 12:07:27 PM

I bet you're a joy to work with.

5/3/2014 1:22:09 PM

Quote :

"He's 100% right If you make your work your life, you'll make him richer, and you'll get a cut too. Of course, you'll be miserable, alone, and won't have the chance to actually enjoy your money. But hey, WORK WORK WORK PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT! "

"America has always been defined by its excess. The Grand Canyon, professional sports contracts, Wendy’s baconator, extra bacon! I myself have 18 Lamborghinis, and a Subaru station-wagon. And it’s because of this excess that I have flourished. I implore you, please do not stop profiting. Live for excess, it’s the American way."

5/3/2014 1:49:53 PM

^^I am

if you know your stuff

on the other hand, the women work harder, cut less corners, and stay on-task better

[Edited on May 3, 2014 at 2:47 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2014 2:32:34 PM

clients claiming they've never seen a design when they fucking approved it already for construction in another contract

WTF ARE YOU DOING?

5/5/2014 11:09:17 AM

6 weeks ago- i'm still awaiting approval for my change request for additional scope that has been added, we are running the risk of having a demobilization and stopping the project

5 weeks ago- i'm still awaiting approval for my change request for additional scope that has been added, we are running the risk of having a demobilization and stopping the project

repeat until last week with in person visits, phone calls, and meetings letting them know that we are almost out of money and the project can't absorb these additional changes without additional funding.

today I get an email with "I need more than 2 weeks to approve a change request. I will not pay for demob/mob, it is your responsibility to alert me with appropriate notice"

i don't even care at this point if i eat mobilization costs out of contingency, but wtf?

5/5/2014 11:35:32 AM

haha, the last two confessions speak to me all too well

Additionally, we keep getting pushed more and more on schedule and they get frustrated at us that we can't move mountains in 1 week instead of the 3 weeks we allotted and they approved on the schedule. Yet, when we need their support in getting information required to complete these expedited tasks I get crickets in terms of reply emails or returned calls. And then they still want to know why we didn't complete the task on time...

5/5/2014 1:15:10 PM

Tomorrow, someone is about to get busted for blatantly lying about an experiment. This might be smoking gun to finally get rid of this wordsmithing sociopath.

5/5/2014 11:15:37 PM

this bitch just HAS to be the loudest in the room, ESPECIALLY when something even remotely funny happens.

so glad my desk isn't near hers and I don't have to hear it but only so often. but when I do I want to rip my ear drums out

5/6/2014 9:14:33 AM

Choosing a place to eat lunch with a group of co-workers is the most difficult task imaginable

5/6/2014 9:21:00 AM

Get your damn design requests coordinated. Too many people chiming in = 3 different designs for the same thing.

WHY AM I LAYING OUT A ROAD TO NOWHERE? IS PALIN INVOLVED IN THIS?

5/6/2014 11:17:19 AM

Listening to a voicemail from a Director who called my work line well after work hours and was annoyed I wasn't there to pick up.

5/6/2014 12:11:04 PM

i hate when i get asked if i would like to save changes for an excel sheet when closing when i didn't think i made any changes

5/6/2014 12:37:14 PM

Staff gets email "Chick-fil-a has provided cookies and lemonade in the workroom for teacher appreciation week during 3rd period!"

sweet. 3rd period is split up into thirds and everyone either has first, second, or 3rd lunch, with class during the other 2/3rds.

announcement comes over the intercom at the beginning of 3rd period "cookies will be available for 15 minutes in the teacher workroom"

so only people with first lunch get cookies. I have second lunch

5/7/2014 11:00:00 AM