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Did you write this from your office?
Ok, I've been holding on to this for too long and I have got get it out or I'm gonna puke all over myself.
First off, this isn't meant to be a sexist thread or a gross generalization of all females in a work environment, BUT..
It's amazing to me how much time the women I work with waste, I just listened to a female co-worker down the hall from my office have at least a 20-30 minute discussion about how she was going to get her hair cut differently next time.
Another female co-worker has 3 HOURS scheduled off tomorrow so that she can go get her hair cut in SA.
And finally there is our office manager, who is going through a divorce. She is constantly emailing friends and going back and forth, talking non stop about every imaginable detail of her divorce. I'll often go up to the front office where she works and sometimes find 2-3 other female co-workers discussing the issue with her.
What am I doing while listening to this non-stop drivel every day? WORKING. I work a 4 day work week and easily put in at least 45-50 hours in those 4 days. It just continually amazes me how much time my female co-workers waste.
BUT, I'm not the department director so I can't call them out on this stuff. And before the females out there get all worked up, I'm not saying the behavior of females where I work is representative of all female workers. I'm also sure there are plenty of male employees who waste time.
It's just that I work with mostly all females. Ok, I'm done with my rant. Comments, similar observations from your workplace?
Did you write this from your office?
yap yap yap. that's all i hear over here too. we're about 70% women. the hen house happens just down the hall from me and i just roll my eyes to all of it. it clearly is office phenomena.
Yup, wrote it from my office on LUNCH BREAK, which is usually the only break of the day I take.
I do most of my ST posting from the office... like now
I hear you loud and clear friend. Women fight fight fight for equality but demand preferential treatment. They spend more time getting out of work than actually doing it.
Why you might ask?
Answer: Because most women who act this way have a man there to handle the bulk of the expense. Its all a luxury for them. Most women who work like that do it for the extra money not a means to survive or worse have found a way to survive off of doing very little. Then cry or look pretty to get their way or elude losing their jobs.
Before you hens get all any willdo about it more women act this way then men and I'm not accusing all women of acting this way only most women. Its a generization based on years of seeing it.
I make damn sure none of the females in my employment get off that light. They still gossip and do nothing around the office, but I'm getting all the BJ's my junk can handle.
This my friend is exactly how you work the system instead of the system working you.:
The only reason you see this behavior in women specifically is because that's the only place you're looking for it. We are a lazy culture of lazy people: most of us, regardless of gender or anything else, spend more time getting out of work than actually doing it. I see it every day from men AND women.
It just continues to amaze me how long this kind of thing goes on. I've been here close to 7 years and it has actually seemed to increase as times goes by.
Do I have free time on my hands? Yes, but I don't occupy it by talking about a divorce or discussing how I'm going to get my hair styled. , what I've been doing lately with extra time is down loading RFP's and trying to figure out to fill the damn things and out and maybe acquire some additional funding for our departments.
, just realized I hit my 1,000th post.
Mostly women. I stand by my point. Yes all people do it but women or most of them have a build in failsafe in the form of a man working fulltime.
Mas triste' is the woman on FMLA.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...es.html?page=1
And what gender is the majority of fantasy football players ... hmmm ....Fantasy Football distractions on the job could cost American businesses as much as $7.4 billion in lost company time this season, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
I disagree about it being women. There are gay dudes that do the same here at work. One veryone hates because he walks around decorating and "planning events" while everyone has to pick up the slack for him.
The point is irrelevant to this argument because it doesn't compare the loss to time lost by women babbling about. Not to mention the article was written by a women.
Every 2 hours lost by a man probably equates to 6 hours lost by a woman.
When we say women we mean the gays too.
With a screen name like "Ballcox" I can see how women can get on your nerves!
I am willing to bet your perception of women workers largely rests on the nature of the work that these women are doing.
It's true. It's so true. But there are different breeds and cross breeds of women. Some are very meticulous and earnest and are kind of admirable in how diligent they work. They take what they do seriously. Now when they're off the clock, your guess is as good as mine as to how pointless their time is, but that's nobodies business but theirs. I've run across the ones you're talking about. Their idea of working is getting up and arriving at their place of employment. If they start actually making strides towards benefiting the person they are working for - as in their job description - then they expect a bonus or "sumpn". The highest level of efficiency you'll extract out of them is if you can get them do to a constructive activity as they chatter about nonsense. For example, hanging clothes or sorting merchandise every four of five minutes while they talk to their girlfriend that they're about to go spread negative rumors about.
The spending money thing - watch out. Finding yourself a frugal wife comprises about 94% of staying solvent.
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