So I slipped and called a coworker by her nickname...

[MBrown]

We have a Shrek where I work at. :laugh:

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Platypus
We had a guy at work that looked/talked/acted exactly like Butters from South Park two jobs ago.

He worked forever on some project that sucked and half worked so whenever the job failed on the server it would email out the message: 'Oh, hamburgers! My code crashed!' along with a more detailed real message.

He was on the mailing list and never understood the reference.

Oh man, I'd just be following that guy around and getting him to say stuff so I could laugh hysterically. I love Butters.

KT

I think this was some kind of pipe dream to a coder that became his boss.

 

[lightstar]

you can explain that it was a term of endearment and that little pigs are really cute.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: MBrown
We have a Shrek where I work at. :laugh:

Hope you aren't referring to Ken Cockrel Jr

😛


(if you are living in Metro Detroit you know what I mean)

 

[ultimatebob]

Geez, what kind of sissy co-workers do you have at that place? Hell... I have co-workers that throw ethnic slurs and f-bombs at each other all day and don't seem to even get angry about it.

They wouldn't last two hours in your department before getting called into HR for sensitivity training 🙂

 

[mattgyver]

Half the people at my job have nicknames, like Sparky (welder), Boots (not sure about that one), Superman (always ready to leave on a service call at a moment's notice), Trick Pony (the guys say he's only good at one particular job) and a bunch of others I can't think of right now. Plus any and all appropriate curse words and racial slurs. I'm sure I have a nickname (since I'm the boss' son) but I'm not aware of it.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Geez, what kind of sissy co-workers do you have at that place? Hell... I have co-workers that throw ethnic slurs and f-bombs at each other all day and don't seem to even get angry about it.

They wouldn't last two hours in your department before getting called into HR for sensitivity training 🙂

Probably less than two hours.

 

[HardcoreRomantic]

When I was in high school, I took a couple summer science courses at a nearby community college. The professor looked and sounded just like Ned Flanders, so we'd call him Ned when we were referring to him. We ended up calling him Ned one day, so we explained it, he went home and watched The Simpsons (he'd never seen it), and from then on started doing Ned impressions. He was a great guy.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: sswingle
Pack up your desk

lol yup.

 

[KingGheedora]

Derogatory nicknames at work are a stupid idea. I've never gotten the urge to use them. Some of the people I eat lunch with constantly rags on another employee behind his back. Part of this victim's name rhymes with "penis", and so the guy just swaps in penis and ALWAYS refers to the victim that way. It's so bad that I'm afraid that I will one day call the victim by the nickname by accident because I only hear people refer to him that way, and I don't know him well at all so it's not like I can play it off as a joke.

Seriously, it's such a stupid, immature thing to do. Badmouthing coworkers diminishes peoples' respect for you.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: SnipeMasterJ13
Ha, I worked with a girl that would go a million miles an hour and still not get anything done. We all called her TurboMosey. I don't think anyone ever told her though...lol.

I've noticed that folks who run around like mad and dont get shit done generally impress the managers more.
Much more than the slow, ponderous types who actually accomplish things during the day.

 

[dartworth]

update?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: dartworth
update?

yeh... did you actually have a meeting about this with HR?

 

[SirStev0]

We used to call one of the Managers "Old Man Manowitz". I once said that he needed me to do something special to one of the deliveries. Turns out he was right behind me.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: dartworth
update?

yeh... did you actually have a meeting about this with HR?

No, nothing happened, I guess she just let it go.

I was scared for awhile, we had a nickname for a guy a lil while back, we called him goose, idk what he did, but they shot him. Musta been a whistle blower or something.

 

[mrizvi66]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Maybe because I have been the brunt of teasing all my life for being overweight that when I became the unofficial default leader of a department and because I have a very devilish and dry sense of humor, I was often the one to bestow nicknames on people. Most times I was very upfront with them about it, but there were a few times they were derogatory and only used behind their backs. I can't say I ever slipped, but I did hear others do so. A harsh factory environment can be a breeding ground for gallows humor, but will also build a high level of camaraderie. I always went by the theory that don't dish it out if you can't take it.

There was one press operator that couldn't have stood more than 4' 9" tall and was terrible at his job, I used to call him "half an operator." I heard a guy call him that and he heard it. He wasn't pleased.

Bingo...i live my life like that

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: dartworth
update?

yeh... did you actually have a meeting about this with HR?

No, nothing happened, I guess she just let it go.

I was scared for awhile, we had a nickname for a guy a lil while back, we called him goose, idk what he did, but they shot him. Musta been a whistle blower or something.

lol

well played. 😛

 

[Finalnight]

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: dartworth
update?

yeh... did you actually have a meeting about this with HR?

No, nothing happened, I guess she just let it go.

I was scared for awhile, we had a nickname for a guy a lil while back, we called him goose, idk what he did, but they shot him. Musta been a whistle blower or something.

Epic win.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

You're done
-AE

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: dartworth
update?

yeh... did you actually have a meeting about this with HR?

No, nothing happened, I guess she just let it go.

I was scared for awhile, we had a nickname for a guy a lil while back, we called him goose, idk what he did, but they shot him. Musta been a whistle blower or something.

lol

well played. 😛

Well I had to throw that in there to make up for the lame ending "nothin happend"

 

[torpid]

I don't remember piglet being that annoying in the books. I haven't seen much of the cartoons though. Owl, on the other hand...

 

[getbush]

People were talking about letting gay slip. It's kind of strange because back in the day the word queer basically meant strange or odd. Then it was used as a derogatory term for homosexuals. Then homosexuals adopted it and made a tv show about metrosexualizing straight men (damn crab people). And now gay/queer are used interchangeably so people say gay when they see something strange or odd and gay people get upset over it.

 

[GenHoth]

You don't need HR, you need Terry Tate!

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: getbush
People were talking about letting gay slip. It's kind of strange because back in the day the word queer basically meant strange or odd. Then it was used as a derogatory term for homosexuals. Then homosexuals adopted it and made a tv show about metrosexualizing straight men (damn crab people). And now gay/queer are used interchangeably so people say gay when they see something strange or odd and gay people get upset over it.

LOL. I had to shoot a project in one of my video production classes in college and I changed the script around to make it dorky/funny. Well, one of the characters said "that's queer" after a strange occurrence.

This one femi-nazi type girl flew off the handle and started to yell at me about making fun of gays. Everyone yelled back about how it meant 'weird' and that she was overreacting, including my gay sort-of-friend (now friend) in the class.

It was pretty funny. But was more funny was that she was a hardcore feminist, and yet was also a Muslim that wore that head-covered (but face reavealed) outfit.

Also, she was my partner for a few assignments and had to have her husband with her every time. I believe so she wouldn't be alone with another male.

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: moshquerade
HR is definitely going to have a talk with you over that?

ffs, people are so super sensitive.

you should've just oinked in her general direction.

You've got THAT right, jismlips! 😛 😉

:shocked: **drool** 😀