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I scared a coworker today with my rather "blunt" analogy...

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What a freaking day. I feel like the poor bastard chum that got tossed into the tank of frenzied ravenous greatwhites 😱.

Power went out. Then on. Then out. Then back on. Then out again this time for a good 3 hours. I was out of the office working off site when all this went down. My servers are on UPS systems but they are only good for 15 minutes and the didn't auto shutdown.

The fax machine got fubared somehow, the server had a bunch of database files open when it crashed, a couple PC's refused to boot afterwards, ect. Generally just a major SNAFU.

When things finally got back up and running, some of the workstations that had the open database files were having problems signing into the accounting system that used the DB. A coworker(who is at the top of my "I wish you would just quit" list) asked me - "Why is everything so screwed up when the power goes out".

My reply - "If I beat you unconscious with a baseball bat, how do you think you'd feel when you woke up? That's how the server is after a hard crash".

She blinked. Did an about face, and went back to her office.

 
That's quite the analogy, but I see where you're going with it. Good job for being so straight with her!

😉
 
Originally posted by: Ameesh
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My HR person drinks in her office and discusses blow jobs at the front desk, I don't think she's going to mind 🙂

 
Dude, go apologize 😉 Tell her it was bad judgement and you thought she'd take it lighter or something 😛
 
Ok, the analogy was funny as hell 🙂
but ... very poor judgement in today's environment with all the workplace violence & such.

I think you ought to make some apologizes and expect to be watched a bit more closely for awhile.
 
Originally posted by: ergeorge
Ok, the analogy was funny as hell 🙂
but ... very poor judgement in today's environment with all the workplace violence & such.

I think you ought to make some apologizes and expect to be watched a bit more closely for awhile.
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woudln't that depend on his work environment.... something you probably wouldn't know about...
 
For those saying I should apologize, well that's nice and all, but I actually got complements from coworkers for it. This lady's a cranky old bat with a failing marriage(which is soley due to her control freak problem) and many of the other people in the office can't stand her.

I'm not going to go postal. I'm not going to go through with my "threat". It's actually the first time since my employment here that I actually verbally expressed any frustrations in a non-professional manner.

I usually come hear and piss and moan 🙂
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: Ameesh
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My HR person drinks in her office and discusses blow jobs at the front desk, I don't think she's going to mind 🙂
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blow jobs given at the front desk or discusses blow jobs at the front desk?
 
Originally posted by: ergeorge
Ok, the analogy was funny as hell 🙂
but ... very poor judgement in today's environment with all the workplace violence & such.

I think you ought to make some apologizes and expect to be watched a bit more closely for awhile.
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How exactly do you apologize for something like that?

"Hi, I just wanted to apologize for what I said earlier. I looked up, saw your face, and the baseball bat analogy just sprang to mind... uhh... let's start this over..."

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: ergeorge
Ok, the analogy was funny as hell 🙂
but ... very poor judgement in today's environment with all the workplace violence & such.

I think you ought to make some apologizes and expect to be watched a bit more closely for awhile.
Click to expand...

How exactly do you apologize for something like that?

"Hi, I just wanted to apologize for what I said earlier. I looked up, saw your face, and the baseball bat analogy just sprang to mind... uhh... let's start this over..."

Viper GTS
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huhuhuhuhuhuh 😀
 
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