Bell Cheeses at work

Box of Frogs said:

I work till 4 in an office where most people work 9 till 5 and quite often get the 'see you Part timer' comment when I leave.

They forget/don't know that invariably I am in at 7.30 (7.45 latest) whereas they roll in through the door bang on 9 and spend the next 15 minutes getting themselves a coffee, switching on their computer, selecting which pen to use for that day and asking everyone how their evening was!

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Peter Grummit said:

Easy. Reply and explain why. Then just take your hour for lunch every day. Flexibility cuts both ways.

Christ, I'm glad I work for myself now. Mind you, without presenteeism, NSC would probably fold.

PG

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Wilko said:

This brings back memories. I used to work in an office that was flexitime. I used to do 7-3 so I could get out the door early to really enjoy the rest of the day, loads of people used to give the 'part-timer' comments as I left. I had to remind them every day that their 9-5 was EXACTLY the same and that they must be thick as PIGSH!T to not understand this.

I think I made a point of saying 'couldn't get out of bed this morning, I've been here 2 hours already' at 9am everyday just to annoy them,

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Badger said:

It always seems that staying late in the office shows that you're really committed to the job and going the extra mile, where as coming in early is completely IGNORED. What really pisses me of is when the late-stayers arrange meetings at 5pm because they think EVERYONE will still be in the office and should be expected to attend, yet if you try and arrange a meeting at 8am (or even 9am) people kick up a fuss or just don't bother attending.

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nwgull said:

Could always regularly send a work related email at 7.05am, or do you think your respective bell-cheeses will fail to notice?

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TWOCHOICEStom said:

Seen plenty of those guys in my time. Reply to emails after 10pm and before 7:30am conveniently copying in the boss.

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Badger said:

They're nearly always project managers in my experience. I usually try and make it clear to them that I only work during working hours and then SWITCH OFF from any work related activities.

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Gullflyinghigh said:

I think it's a clear divide between those that embrace the blackberry lifestyle ('I was just checking my mails before bed and I saw...') and those that run from it ('bugger off, I don't actually care about any of this crap outside of work') with all haste.

Personally, I hope to be running for a long time yet.

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Badger said:

I've always managed to avoid being contactable outside of work, I especially don't check work emails. I even had a work iPhone once and I don't think it ever got used for a work-related phone call (apart from a couple of times when I was WFH), the email alerts were promptly turned off too.

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8ace said:

I cunningly avoid this situation by never saying hello or goodbye to anyone.

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Kinky Gerbils said:

Sorry if this has already mentioned.

People that eating cereals/porridge at desks, not so much the eating more the eating but the force they slam the spoon down and the scrapping of the spoon to make sure they get every last bit, in a quiet office this really grates.

Also half roll in at 8:59 then spend the next 15 minutes preparing and eating whilst everyone else is working.

Plus the milk runs out halfway through the day because people have used gallons of it on the cereal

#cerealwankers

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hans kraay fan club said:

Yep.

Crisp Monster, loves her bowls of various stuff.

And YOGHURTS. She has the weightwatchers ones, naturally, although obviously she always eats TWO at a go. It is utterly baffling how much noise can be made scraping a yoghurt pot with a teaspoon. For about five minutes.

Its ****ing EMPTY, you stupid bitch.

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Kinky Gerbils said:

Sorry if this has already mentioned.

People that eating cereals/porridge at desks, not so much the eating more the eating but the force they slam the spoon down and the scrapping of the spoon to make sure they get every last bit, in a quiet office this really grates.

Also half roll in at 8:59 then spend the next 15 minutes preparing and eating whilst everyone else is working.

Plus the milk runs out halfway through the day because people have used gallons of it on the cereal

#cerealwankers

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tinycowboy said:

Just reading this as I finish my cereal at my desk I don't scrape though.

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Postman Pat said:

Yup, I concur. Irritant here drinks gallons of the stuff in some weird belief that the diet element is somehow eating the calories in the king size twix she has polished off 30 seconds earlier.

The hilarious thing is, pretty much every time, she buys the bigger twix as it is "only 30p more than the normal", she eats one bar and claims to be saving the other one until the following day, hence a 40p saving..... I have never seen the second bar last more than 5 minutes before it follows the first.

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Kinky Gerbils said:

I did think about adding this but my rage was fully aimed at the person sitting over from me trying to smash a bowl.

On the weight watchers comment, this cereal is clearly special K, that is not going to help you hideous loud whale.

O and when they are questioned about it the answer is always the same "well I didnt have time, to eat at home" in a way that suggests you broke all human rights laws going

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Kinky Gerbils said:

How have I never found this thread before!

We have a woman her who on a weekend shift eats as par 2 McDonalds/KFC etc, 3/4 isn't unheard of.

Anyway, when she goes to KFC she buys a family Bucket and claims it is for her dinner as well, its all gone within 45 minutes

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