"we need to look at this from 360-degrees"...

 

Do they mean "180 degrees"? 360 degrees brings you right back to the same place. :lol:

It can happen anywhere but it only happens to me at work. The cell phone talker...on the elevator. I really don't care if your baby daddy is behind on child support.......

 

I had this happen 6 or 8 months ago. I was one of two people on an elevator, and the other passenger was this woman doing the 'ol "I think I've got to talk especially loud into my cell phone because otherwise the person on the other end of the line can't hear me" bit. She was talking about her mother's recent medical procedure, and after a short bit, she looked over and gave me a dirty look because she was frustrated with me for my "eavesdropping".

 

I looked her right in the face and said (rather loudly), "Oh, I'm sorry, there are only two of us standing in this six by six metal box, and you're mad at me for listening in to your phone conversation? My bad. And by the way, it's a cell phone, not a can with a string - you don't have to scream every word you say."

 

It was very cathartic.

Do they mean "180 degrees"? 360 degrees brings you right back to the same place. :lol:

 

Judging from the context they use it in, it means "we need to look at this from all directions", or "we need to pay close attention when we evaluate this".

^ Nothing is worse than 10 people in the elevator and no one saying a word. Talk about awkward.

 

When I was in graduate school, a classmate and I would stand jammed into the rear corners of the elevator, backs to everyone. Sometimes we would change things up and stand right in someone's face, invading their personal privacy. We rationalized our behavior as amateur social psychology experiments.

Using company computers and time to read and post on private message boards……oh, never mind.

I had a roommate once who called me in a panic wondering why the "microwave was lightning".

 

I simply told him to take his spoon out of the chili when he heated it up.

 

:lol: Once, I worked with a guy with absolutely no computer experience. He called me in an absolute panic because his "computer won't stop beeping!". I walked over to his office, removed a book he had laying on his keyboard, and simply turned around and walked out. I couldn't even come up with any words. :lol:

When I was in graduate school, a classmate and I would stand jammed into the rear corners of the elevator, backs to everyone. Sometimes we would change things up and stand right in someone's face, invading their personal privacy. We rationalized our behavior as amateur social psychology experiments.

 

Love it! Sounds like a more extreme version of what I still do — whenever I walk into a packed elevator, where everyone faces straight ahead at the doors, I'll make a point to face them instead of the doors, just to see how uncomfortable it makes everybody.

I had this happen 6 or 8 months ago. I was one of two people on an elevator, and the other passenger was this woman doing the 'ol "I think I've got to talk especially loud into my cell phone because otherwise the person on the other end of the line can't hear me" bit. She was talking about her mother's recent medical procedure, and after a short bit, she looked over and gave me a dirty look because she was frustrated with me for my "eavesdropping".

 

I looked her right in the face and said (rather loudly), "Oh, I'm sorry, there are only two of us standing in this six by six metal box, and you're mad at me for listening in to your phone conversation? My bad. And by the way, it's a cell phone, not a can with a string - you don't have to scream every word you say."

 

It was very cathartic.

I wish I was there, that's great.

I had a patient who was retired Navy. I had trouble with mineral deposits in the water over years wanting to accumulate on the wall of the whirlpool. He told me in the Navy, they would

soak vinegar on the stainless steel overnight to get rid of salt/mineral accumulation. "all you got to do next morning is hose it off". Being a fairly large whirlpool, I don't know how many gallons of vinegar I used, soaking towels with it to make contact. The next morning I was met at the door by some not too happy fellow employees, the entire office smelled like you had been canning, making sauerkraut. It was awful. By the way, all you had to do was "hose it off". It looked brand new.

:lol: Once, I worked with a guy with absolutely no computer experience. He called me in an absolute panic because his "computer won't stop beeping!". I walked over to his office, removed a book he had laying on his keyboard, and simply turned around and walked out. I couldn't even come up with any words. :lol:

 

I had this happen once. Only the guy wasn't just an employee, he was the General Manager. I replaced the keyboard.

I had this happen once. Only the guy wasn't just an employee, he was the General Manager. I replaced the keyboard.

 

Love it when the big guys panic. :lol: My GM and I were in the midst of a webinar in his office, when all of a sudden his screen goes black. He looked at me with panic on his face, and asked if we'd gotten cut off. I walked to his side of the desk and moved his mouse, and the presentation reappeared. Sometimes, I feel like a freakin' genius! :lol: Sad, really.

I had a patient who was retired Navy. I had trouble with mineral deposits in the water over years wanting to accumulate on the wall of the whirlpool. He told me in the Navy, they would

soak vinegar on the stainless steel overnight to get rid of salt/mineral accumulation. "all you got to do next morning is hose it off". Being a fairly large whirlpool, I don't know how many gallons of vinegar I used, soaking towels with it to make contact. The next morning I was met at the door by some not too happy fellow employees, the entire office smelled like you had been canning, making sauerkraut. It was awful. By the way, all you had to do was "hose it off". It looked brand new.

 

That's hilarious! :lol:

A woman in my office constantly leaves her cell on high volume and it always seems to ring when she is away from her desk. If I hear the theme song to The Office one more time I may throw it in the can.

no-no's:

 

Heating up smelly things in the microwave.

Making a page and forgetting to hang up.

Making extraordinarily long pages.

Drinking the last cup of coffee out of the pot and not making more.

Leaving all your paper work on the printer for hours.