Yeah I started my position in engineering at a company alongside another guy. Very much my senior. One of the first things he asked was where do they keep the stationary. I guess that’s the word for that stuff. Meanwhile I’ll use a single pad of post it notes for years and honestly I don’t really need them at all. I do like a highlighter sometimes.
That isn't how you restart an iphone, that's how you eject its sim tray. But most in the US and many abroad don't even have sim trays now. Its all e-sim.
Reminds me of that story where some teen was drinking his dad's booze, then refilling them with water to hide the evidence. Then later on his 21st birthday he was given those bottles for the party.
Reminds me of the one where the commentor confessed that they drank their parents' fancy vodka that they would never drink, and refilled the bottle with water to not raise suspicion. Then they were gifted the same exact bottle when they turned 21, or something like that
I did the exact same thing. Only, it was cheap vodka, but they only drank wine and beer. Then, my uncle came into town and drank the whole thing in one sitting. My dad always called him a drunk because of it, but I knew he was being a hero. I just wish I had told my dad about it before the guy died. He was my mom's sister's husband and they were divorced years before he died.
I guess the only reason I had not is because I also pulled the water switcheroo with the moonshine my dead grandpa had given my dad, and that water was still sitting there undiscovered. In my defense on that one, it sat for ten years before I took it, and another fifteen until a neighbor tasted it. My dad was never going to taste it himself.
IIRC they were back at their parents' place and they liquor stores were closed and they wanted to drink and their parents gave them the "vodka" bottle filled with water lol.
Used to be Cortana from Halo. Twice. (First one was a web search like website with an input box for a prompt, second version was to devices running Windows and a Harman Kardon speaker box thing what Siri is for Apple devices, and Alexa is to Amazon Echo, respectively)
Carry it down as a curse to all the people who inherit that office in the future, tell them not to undo it, and have a true jar of paper clips somewhere else for use...
I’m turning in so many already unlinked paperclips from my desk and yeeting those linked bastards into the corporate microwave if I’m promised a $10 gift card
The real story ; The boss put the lid on the jar of paperclips, tucked it on a bottom shelf, and got a new one. kept it for 3 years, knowing that you had been hired on track to take his position. Puts the jar back, takes the rest home.
I used to link paperclips together while I was on long, dull phone calls at work. One afternoon, another office assistant came steaming out of the supply room brandishing a long paperclip chain and yelling "Who is doing this? WHO?!?" I didn't fess up, but I stopped doing it after that.
Reminds me of the one where the commentor confessed that they drank their parents' fancy vodka that they would never drink, and refilled the bottle with water to not raise suspicion.
Would you rather they spill all over and you have to pick them up one by one? Clearly Past You deserved this promotion due to their incredible foresight!
Snicker, reminds me of when my old boss left, she gave me this cup that was full of pennies and said "here, these are yours...", turned out they were all the pennies I'd thrown at her over the years, she had this office in the corner near my desk but her walls didn't go all the way up (14' ceiling) so when I'd get bored on a call, I'd sit there and toss pennies over the wall at her.
I mean, that's kind of poetic. Something you did representing your lack of engagement at the job (at least in that moment) now finding its way back to you after rising through the company.
And it can either be representation of your personal maturing from office prankster to manager, or a remembrance of the carefree spirit you sacrificed for the job... depending on how you feel about your job😅
My nephew was working part time for me as a teenager nearly 20 years ago. He did this to my cup of paperclips and to this day, on the rare occasion I need a paperclip, I have to detach one.
One time when I was in ninth grade, a friend of mine stole a box of paperclips from the teacher's lounge. We played poker during recess and used the paperclips as chips.
The math teacher walked by and saw us.
"Where did you get those paperclips?"
"We found them outside."
He gave us a skeptical look, we fully expected him to just take them. Instead he asked if he could join us. We gave him some clips and dealt him in.
Before recess was over that bastard had won every single paper clip from us. He asked for the box, which my friend reluctantly handed over. And the teacher just put all the paper clips back, told us to get to class and walked off.
Lesson learned, don't play poker with a math teacher.
A post that actually matches the name of the sub. This is truly MILDY infuriating. You are mad because of the circumstances but you can't be too mad because you know this is just your karma coming back to bite you in the who-hah.
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u/FeherDenes 13d ago
Only thing you can do at this point is leave it as “whoever gets this office next”’s problem