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"RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

Oznell — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:45:04 GMT

Re: "RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

QVCkitty1 — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:49:33 GMT

Every workplace has a Wally, ours was named Kevin. I just love Dilbert !

Re: "RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

Witchy Woman — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:28:00 GMT

@Oznell

This made me laugh a lot....having worked with many people who employed this technique.

However, one year a new manager arrived and, at that point, we had a new email system that allowed her to set up a notification to see WHEN we opened any emails sent from her.

In a staff meeting, she cautioned, "you'd better check your email constantly because I'm going to KNOW WHEN you've opened my mail."

That ended those shenanigans of "not seeing" something

Re: "RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

Mz iMac — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 17:13:45 GMT

There's always one in every office. In my case, it was Mz Dilbert. She would would float from unit to unit sitting on the desks of the folks she was chatting up with. This was before cubicles.

Once cubicles were put up, Mz Dilbert floated from cubicle to cubicle.

Re: "RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

Porcelain — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 17:42:25 GMT

Ugh. Unpopular opinion but I can't stand dealing with people like that at work. They get lowest priority when they want something. And then like a miracle they suddenly care about timely responses.

Re: "RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

chrystaltree — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:13:37 GMT

Happens in real life too. It's called prioritizing and in one way or another, we all do it. We have to or the most important things would not get done and we would be bundle of stress. Ironically, we had a work Zoom meeting that discussed the importance the avalance of emails we all get.

Re: "RULES" FOR GETTING ALONG AT THE OFFICE OR IN LIFE, BY SCOTT ADAMS

spiderw — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 19:17:42 GMT

Funny and so true!!! There are people who work and earn their pay and there are those who manage to take the easy way out and still collect a pay check. They also do very little or just enough to get by. I think we all worked with those type people, I know I did. Also once you are known to be conscientious and do your job, you are the one the higher uppers go to, they won't bother the lazy and stupid for obvious reasons.