| Author | Message | ||
     Rum_runner |
Well i finally had enough of the sh!t. Every year at work around this time of year really pisses me off. All these trucking companys & cold converters and customers start sending us gifts hats,t-shirts,fruit baskets,candy,gift-cards,and on and on. But heres my problem with that. They never seem to bring enough for everyone they always just seem to bring enough for the office people. Never enough for my guys on the shop floor and this really burns my a$$. I think why this burns me is because i know what it feels like to load trucks in 0 degree weather snowing so hard you can't see 5 feet in front of you or 100 degree weather feeling like your going to pass out and the trucks are lined up around the building waiting their turn. So i'm doing something different this year everytime i receive this gifts nobody in the office are aloud to have them im locking them in my office and next week my shop guys are getting everything. And what started this little ti-rade is last week we got a box of candy. It was sitting in the office and one of my shippers ate a couple pieces. And when i walked in the office people were throwing a fit because of it. Well to say the least i lost my temper. And i told the girls exactly what i thought of why they really didn't need anymore candy. Yes i know i shouldn't of did that. But boy it felt so good. Well i got told on. A couple hours later i got a e-mail from the president of the company. He started it out with Dear Mr Grinch etc,etc,etc, but he ended it with Good for you. What the office people forgot to think about is the president of the company started out on the shop floor just like me and worked his way up. The the moral of the story is just because you get to sit your fat a$$ in a heated/air conditioned office doesn't make you anymore special than the guys busting their a$$ out in the shop. Ok im done bitching now Happy Holidays you got to love them. | ||
| New12r |
Right on man, When I worked in the Car Dealer it was the same way, screw the service dept. but anyone with a suit and tie got everything, even though the service dept. was pulling the weight of the dealership cuz car sales were down. Just because we get dirty we are looked down upon and that is a joke! | ||
| Rum_runner |
New12r i dig the tattoo be careful its addicting. I've been trying to get time to get my upper sleeve done for awhile now. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
i didn't think there were any decent people left in PA. i'm originally from the pitts. area, i think most of the the good ones left the state. my hat(or helmet) is off to you. | ||
| New12r |
Rum, Thanks, already thinking of a couple more. I have a memorial I am going to do but it will be my whole upper right arm and will take some time. This first one was to get a "feel" for it. | ||
| Irideabuell |
As the owner of the company I work for always says, "There are no cash registers in this office". If any office employee displays an attitude that they are better than any operations person (warehouse included), they buy themselves a week of picking orders in the warehouse. If any of you know what it's like on a sunny August day in Florida, you know a warehouse without air conditioning is at least 100 degrees. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Run, Hit it square on the head. Nice job. I hate PC..... | ||
| Rum_runner |
Nevrenuf i almost have to agree with that must be why i dream of going south the carolina's somewhere nevermind its winter i hate. other than to day though it was 60 degrees this morning i freakin love it. | ||
| Bullseye |
I work in an Audi dealer and it just grinds my gears to see all the gifts my service advisor gets while we do all the work in the shop. I have a few customers that will leave things for me or ask for me to come see them up front but for the most part all the good shortbread cookies, bottles of liquer, 6-packs and gift certificates go to the desk jockeys and phone slingers that act as our middle man while we get down and dirty. Its a shame but think about it the next time you take your bike in for service! The grease monkey in the back is holding your bike in his/her hands. Complain about the price to the advisor not the tech he'll more than likely cut you a break if you make nice with him. | ||
| Garp |
We used to put all the gifts to one side until Xmas Eve and then we held a random drawing for all the gifts. One year I got the CEO's cashmere sweater and his Lead Crystal Ice Bucket  | ||
| Nevrenuf |
out of seven kids there are only 2 left in pa. the rest of us are spread from coast to coast. my little bro. is the shipping manager for ductmate industries and is always getting comps. but he passes them out to the guys in the warehouse when he can. if every one in the warehouse quit, do you think that someone in the office is going to go out and get dirty! | ||
| Clown |
Rum_runner, if you want you can borrow the suit I made for my company Christmas party. It might lighten things up a bit. Me and my wife Cindy Lou Who.  |
