General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Wolverine]

That, plus college football, the NFL and the MLB playoffs.

 

[Everdark]

Team building exercises are an excellent opportunity to improve your bonds so you and your coworkers can truly feel like a family.

 

[Zany Clowny]

Apparently us overworked and understaffed accountants have to do a pumpkin carving contest later this month bc the new CFO who works out of our office instead of Florida likes team building activities

when you show up with no pumpkin

Spoiler

 

[Chris]

Team building exercises are an excellent opportunity to improve your bonds so you and your coworkers can truly feel like a family.

I don't disagree but I wish she was mindful enough to schedule them in the middle of the month instead of at the end when I'm forced to work weekends or nights due to deadlines

 

[Zany Clowny]

i wanted to ask if it was a woman so bad and had no idea how to word it, was midway through translating it into Latin

 

[Chris]

i wanted to ask if it was a woman so bad and had no idea how to word it, was midway through translating it into Latin

mid 40s white woman, yes you were picturing correctly

 

[Chris]

I do like her I should specify lol she's way better than the last old fuck

 

[Chris]

And she's made a lot of good tangible changes already that aren't related to team building

 

[Zany Clowny]

sweet middle age white lady asks you to do some cute goofy shit, she usually gets her way. the Karen meme hasn't slowed her down unfortunately

 

[Zany Clowny]

i am always three steps removed from gluing popsicle sticks to a pine cone and it's terrifying

 

[Chris]

I wonder what we do in november lol make turkey hand paintings maybe?

 

[Everdark]

I don't disagree but I wish she was mindful enough to schedule them in the middle of the month instead of at the end when I'm forced to work weekends or nights due to deadlines

Oops, sorry, meant it more as sarcasm, I can't stand the whole ''work family'' culture, like no, I'm here to put in my hours and go home.

 

[Chris]

Oops, sorry, meant it more as sarcasm, I can't stand the whole ''work family'' culture, like no, I'm here to put in my hours and go home.

lmaooooo I don't really mind it in theory, the issue is you have to know the audience and not just do the first suggestions on Google (like pumpkin carving)

 

[Chris]

And it's funny bc I feel like we have a rwally healthy office for the most part despite everyone being behind and stressed, we just have issues with people at the locations mostly

 

[Chris]

Someone actually asked her at our team building meeting yesterday what other changes she was going to be implementing because this felt like a "paradigm shift"