Strange People at Work

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not_nadine

Comfortably Roont
Nov 19, 2011
29,655
139,785
Behind you
We all have to see them everyday. Let's hear it.


Today.

This older guy who visits everyone's desks. My turn. I've been out with surgery.

"You are looking good, have color in your face again" "How are your feeling?, do you mind if I know?
Grabs my arm and start feeling/rubbing it. "Feels good"

This 50's mindset place I work in. ew. creep.
 

ghost19

"Have I run too far to get home?"
Sep 25, 2011
8,926
56,578
51
Arkansas
We all have to see them everyday. Let's hear it.


Today.

This older guy who visits everyone's desks. My turn. I've been out with surgery.

"You are looking good, have color in your face again" "How are your feeling?, do you mind if I know?
Grabs my arm and start feeling/rubbing it. "Feels good"

This 50's mindset place I work in. ew. creep.
Ok that's just friggin' creepy...left hook to the jaw perhaps?
 

skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
15,683
92,168
USA
Nope, nope. I don't deal well with being touched by strange men.

My week has been brightened because my smarmy, insufferably sweet co-worker is having a rough couple of weeks. Basement is flooded, daughter is getting married in two weeks, bridal shower for over 100 people was this weekend, and she's funeral coordinator for her church and there are three this week. I'm not full of shadenfreude, but it's nice to see her without the cloying cheerfulness--even her voice has changed! It is normally a very high tweet, but today it was in a normal register. I actually like her better now.

In other news, my slow train to hell is picking up speed.
 

ghost19

"Have I run too far to get home?"
Sep 25, 2011
8,926
56,578
51
Arkansas
Nope, nope. I don't deal well with being touched by strange men.

My week has been brightened because my smarmy, insufferably sweet co-worker is having a rough couple of weeks. Basement is flooded, daughter is getting married in two weeks, bridal shower for over 100 people was this weekend, and she's funeral coordinator for her church and there are three this week. I'm not full of shadenfreude, but it's nice to see her without the cloying cheerfulness--even her voice has changed! It is normally a very high tweet, but today it was in a normal register. I actually like her better now.

In other news, my slow train to hell is picking up speed.
Sometimes it's good to see a little of the shiny, happy smeared a bit...
 

muskrat

Dis-Member
Nov 8, 2010
4,518
19,564
Under your bed
Oh yeah, our 'supervisor' (I use the term as loosely as possible) is an ultra-creepy weirdo, with perpetually greasy hair and dried white crusts at the corners of his mouth, who just talks and talks and talks--usually about things so perverse I dare not mention them here. A real close talker, too, who constantly feels the need to either nudge or grab your arm as he's speaking. And while he's speaking, he's either picking his nose or fidgeting with his crotch. Just...ugh. He doesn't bother me as much anymore, not since I threatened him with physical violence, but he's constantly pulling my younger co-workers aside, slowing down production in order to tell yet another of his rambling, endless, pointless stories. Ugh...just mentioning him makes me nauseous...
 

Doc Creed

Well-Known Member
Nov 18, 2015
17,221
82,822
47
United States
Oh yeah, our 'supervisor' (I use the term as loosely as possible) is an ultra-creepy weirdo, with perpetually greasy hair and dried white crusts at the corners of his mouth, who just talks and talks and talks--usually about things so perverse I dare not mention them here. A real close talker, too, who constantly feels the need to either nudge or grab your arm as he's speaking. And while he's speaking, he's either picking his nose or fidgeting with his crotch. Just...ugh. He doesn't bother me as much anymore, not since I threatened him with physical violence, but he's constantly pulling my younger co-workers aside, slowing down production in order to tell yet another of his rambling, endless, pointless stories. Ugh...just mentioning him makes me nauseous...
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Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
61,289
239,271
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nope, nope. I don't deal well with being touched by strange men.

My week has been brightened because my smarmy, insufferably sweet co-worker is having a rough couple of weeks. Basement is flooded, daughter is getting married in two weeks, bridal shower for over 100 people was this weekend, and she's funeral coordinator for her church and there are three this week. I'm not full of shadenfreude, but it's nice to see her without the cloying cheerfulness--even her voice has changed! It is normally a very high tweet, but today it was in a normal register. I actually like her better now.

In other news, my slow train to hell is picking up speed.
That's pretty funny!

:encouragement::lol_pig:

Is her secret nickname Pollyanna?
 

Sundrop

Sunny the Great & Wonderful
Jun 12, 2008
28,520
156,619
Are you kidding?.......I work in a hair salon in a college and tourist town, and have a nut magnet embedded in my head.
Strange people flock to me in droves......like the woman who swore I was trying to kill her because I "came at her with my scissors"......or the woman who won't get her perm done if it's raining.....or the woman who said she wanted highlights, but only wanted them done with toner (toner has no lightening action). I could go on and on, but we'd be here all day.
 

do1you9love?

Happy to be here!
Feb 18, 2012
9,284
70,566
Virginia
We all have to see them everyday. Let's hear it.


Today.

This older guy who visits everyone's desks. My turn. I've been out with surgery.

"You are looking good, have color in your face again" "How are your feeling?, do you mind if I know?
Grabs my arm and start feeling/rubbing it. "Feels good"

This 50's mindset place I work in. ew. creep.
Gaahhh! Nope! Don't touch me old guy!! ((Nottie))

I have plenty of odd characters at my office. We've got about 80 people on our floor, and 6 floors, so at any given time, I'm no more than 100 feet from a wacko!;-D
 

DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
Nov 14, 2013
22,864
129,998
Poconos, PA
I'm easy to get along with, as long as people don't invade my bubble. I'm not a touchy feely, hugging sort of person in the first place, so my first reaction is to go stiff as a board. Shin or groin kicks aren't off the table if it's a pervy sort of invasion.
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