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I hate complaining about my job cause im grateful to have one. I break up fighs daily and sometimes send people to jail for various reasons. The worst part of my job is when i have to have a vehicle towed from our private lot, the vehicle owner never takes fault even though we have signs posted everywhere and they always wanna fight. Ohwell i guess its part of my job so im off to have a vehicle towed lol. Whats the worst part of your job?
hghclsswhitetrsh
03-12-2013, 07:33
Working in Unsanitary hoarders houses.
Bailey Guns
03-12-2013, 07:39
Stupid people who think the best place to let their dog(s) crap is right in front of their propane tanks. I've got to the point now I won't fill their tank if I have to drag the hose through dog shit. How hard is it to clean up after your dog? Freeze. I don't care.
A close second is the people who plow their steep, winding mountain driveways just wide enough for a Jeep or Subaru and then complain that I didn't deliver to them.
Some people are just too stupid to own a dangerous substance like flammable gas. They should have to go through background checks and waiting periods.
Probably just better not to post. Too honest.
tmjohnson
03-12-2013, 07:58
Dealing with people. They're idiots
Zundfolge
03-12-2013, 08:03
Worst thing about my job is my boss.
He's that lovely blend of stupid and crooked that just makes you want to strangle him (and honestly I'm amazed that he doesn't find himself in court every other week). Seriously he's the single biggest force working AGAINST the success of this company.
He screws over our venders, he constantly lets down our customers and he can't pay his damn bills on time (including payroll). Add to that the fact that when he does try to make a good decision to move the company forward he will consistently make the wrong one ... the stupid one and the one destined to fail (the man is a walking, talking, living example of the Dunning-Kruger effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect)).
Thankfully he's also extremely lazy so he's rarely in the office before noon ... rarely stays all day and is often on the road making deliveries (incompetently, but at least he's out of our hair).
Working in a hospital - working daily with people who are in what's often the worst time of their life, their family members stressed about them, kids freaked out about all the machines. Dealing with arrogant doctors, friendly but fumbling overly cautious medical residents, micromanaging upper management. And often times being in a position where if you make a mistake or an oversight, someone quite literally dies.
Employees - Employees can be awesome but are a pain is the ass as well.
Dealing with people. They're idiots
i was going to post NOT dealing with people... i see the same faces daily and miss the customer interaction. I am VERY grateful for my job though, 15 years!
Mag chloride dripping down your neck and pissed off truck drivers
BPTactical
03-12-2013, 08:26
Sitting at the same desk.
Every day.
Staring at the same computer.
Every day.
Punching in the same numbers.
Every day.
From the same forms.
Every day.
And Y'all question why I'm a goofy bastid?
However I don't feel I can do it anymore.
I work for a State entity and after firsthand witnessing the way its leadership capriciously treated its citizens and sheriffs in the recent legislative sessions I have a serious moral issue with that.
1450 mile (one-way) commute. Hotels. Bad food. Body by Marriott.
XC700116
03-12-2013, 08:31
Employees - Employees can be awesome but are a pain is the ass as well.
This^^
wARmachine15
03-12-2013, 08:34
I work in evil corporate America - ethics. There is none with my new employer (they bought my old employer). ANYTHING to make a buck.
StagLefty
03-12-2013, 08:35
Working in Unsanitary hoarders houses.
I'll miss you at Christmas [ROFL1]
Fentonite
03-12-2013, 08:41
Drug-seekers in the ER.
Bailey Guns
03-12-2013, 08:48
Drug-seekers in the ER.
Wife bitches about that constantly.
OFF TOPIC: When I went to the ER a few weeks ago after a fall I declined Percocet and Vicodin numerous times. The nurse was like, "Seriously? You DON'T want pain killers?" about 20 times.
The clinic i work at doesnt perscribe narcotics so we get alot of pist of clients lol.
Dealing with the public followed closely by corporate people that have never done my job telling me how best to do it.
Claims of diminished value and all the bullshit people tell me about well, everything.
"I've only ever driven an SUV for my whole life, I don't know how to drive any other type of vehicle, and I don't feel safe in anything but an suv. So clearly you can see why I NEED to have an suv for my rental."
killianak9
03-12-2013, 09:25
Clients that don't pay their bill
blacklabel
03-12-2013, 09:40
The lack of understanding that my boss (and the 5 other managers that I have a dotted line to) has about what exactly I do every day and just how much time and pain I save them. They also have no clue what goes into developing new reports and processes so their time lines are always "optimistic".
I'm not falling into this trap... I've already caught enough hell in the past- and I'm pretty sure most on here know the only real thing I dislike about my job...
Actually, there is one complaint about my job, and it's legitimate... People who think that market value and replacement cost of their home are the same. We insure you for $400,000 and you call and say "But the market value is only $280,000! Insure me for less so I can pay less." No dumbnuts, your insurance company doesn't care how much you can sell your house for, they care how much it will take to rebuild your house in the event of a total loss. Insurance 101 should be a class your senior year of HS... I think.
The fact that nothing I do or say will make a difference. The proof, the documents, the past history, it does not matter. The State/Gov LOVES to WASTE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
lllRorlll
03-12-2013, 09:55
what do you call a garage full of mechanics?.... the whine cellar
ChadAmberg
03-12-2013, 10:16
Wife bitches about that constantly.
OFF TOPIC: When I went to the ER a few weeks ago after a fall I declined Percocet and Vicodin numerous times. The nurse was like, "Seriously? You DON'T want pain killers?" about 20 times.
Off topic again: When my wife was in the ICU with meningitis, when she came out of the coma, she told them to take her off the morphine. Same response, even got asked if she's a recovering addict or something.
On topic: In a global corp, getting good engineers jobs shipped overseas to people who only read from scripts and don't have the competence to figure out problems on their own.
ChunkyMonkey
03-12-2013, 10:25
Claims of diminished value and all the bullshit people tell me about well, everything.
"I've only ever driven an SUV for my whole life, I don't know how to drive any other type of vehicle, and I don't feel safe in anything but an suv. So clearly you can see why I NEED to have an suv for my rental."
Irving, now that you work by the DTC area, you really need to stop by. There are always few coarf members taking extended lunch hours here. It's becoming my back office too, I havent been to my office for over 45 days.
Dealing with people. They're idiots
That was going to be my reply [Rant2]
I work in evil corporate America - ethics. There is none with my new employer (they bought my old employer). ANYTHING to make a buck.
We have online ethics training, so I know my company is ethical.
Snowman78
03-12-2013, 10:34
Claims of diminished value and all the bullshit people tell me about well, everything.
"I've only ever driven an SUV for my whole life, I don't know how to drive any other type of vehicle, and I don't feel safe in anything but an suv. So clearly you can see why I NEED to have an suv for my rental."
+1,000!
50 chiefs, 10 Indians.
Shoot, you should see when you get a ton of E-3's around with no NCO... As an E-4 (CPL) I came upon a ton of PFCs that were supposed to do something, no leadership established... out of the 9 of them there was ONE Indian... [facepalm]
mtnrider
03-12-2013, 10:52
I used to really love my job and what the work I did stood for. After seeing the decline of this nation over the past several years I can say I no longer enjoy doing work that helps protect the freedoms of these itdiots. Very frustrating.
Bailey Guns
03-12-2013, 10:57
I used to really love my job and what the work I did stood for. After seeing the decline of this nation over the past several years I can say I no longer enjoy doing work that helps protect the freedoms of these itdiots. Very frustrating.
Yep. Along with too much militarization, that's a main reason I left LE after almost 15 years. Most people I had to deal with weren't worth the potential sacrifice.
Winey people... why do they think I care? Thats just the employees and management staff.
Working with lazy, entitlement rich, arrogant, un educated Liberal .gov workers. Other than that at least I can be on here all day long (if thats a bonus).
anaphylaxis
03-12-2013, 11:42
Dealing with people. They're idiots
This. At least in some cases. 1% of people cause 99% of my problems.
dwalker460
03-12-2013, 12:00
Other than dealing with the .gov machine out to destroy small business, theres nothing I really hate about my job.
You know what you tell a driver who is being a PITA? Remind him the easiest part to replace in a race car is the driver.
You know what you tell a customer who wont pay thier bill? Nothing, you let the paperwork tell them after you file a lien against it for non-payment.
You know what to do with illegitimate customer complaints? Fire the customer. In the rarefied air that my business operates in, customers are rarely right, and once they realize that its a much better working relationship. If they knew what I know they would not need me to do it.
At one time I had 5 employees and that was a true PITA. I am much happier now that I only deal with a few contractors.
The day job. Customers think they're always right and managers change the rules so they can please the customers and make the employees who go by the book look like an ass.
The evening and weekend job. Boss is a slave driving asshole who sets unrealalistic goals
Yes I work for myself and a corporation
TheWeeze
03-12-2013, 12:09
Most definitely having to be the person that has to clean up other people's messes. If a customer gets something from us, which was shipped wrong, I have to deal with the backlash (and figure out how to right the wrong) as one of my warehouse workers just sits two states away and eats his sandwich.
skierbri10
03-12-2013, 13:30
Working in a place I can't be armed. (DIA) whiny aircraft mechanics and the pilots we try to keep safe. Dealing with a loser .gov agency day in and day out. (FAA)
gnihcraes
03-12-2013, 14:08
Everyone saying "We're going to lunch, you can work on it now..." Gee thanks.
Once I told a pretty important person "Sorry, I can't do that, I'm going to lunch too." Got some High Fives from other chiefs.
Byte Stryke
03-12-2013, 16:44
stupid people....
"Whats a configtee?"
[facepalm]
MileHighOutlaw
03-12-2013, 17:04
Working in Unsanitary hoarders houses.
This! I get one at least once a week
tmjohnson
03-12-2013, 17:14
DFBRews I don't know anything about Mag Chloride but I live to piss bull haulers off !!!!!
Dealing with people. They're idiots
I used to be a "people person". People ruined that for me.
At the moment, NOT having a job.
When I did have one, I hated working for corporate-ladder climbing assholes whose only concern was advancing their own careers with the sweat and blood of their underlings. Whip-cracking number-watchers to whom "metrics" were most important, and kissing the asses of those above them. All trying to get another rung up that ladder before the next guy, reaching for that gold ring, while jumping up and down on the heads of the poor slobs actually doing the work.
And not a damn one of our "leaders" were actually capable of doing anything that they were constantly flogging the grunts to do faster and more of. They were like military officers that had no clue which end of a gun the bullets come out of, yet they still salivated over the higher ranks, higher pay, and fancier uniforms. All about power and prestige, and having a photo on their mantle of themselves posing with God Himself, the CEO.
Cocksuckers. I worked in telecom for 26 years, and I'm not even sure I'd want to go back into it. I just want a job where I do the missions given to me and go home.
Goodburbon
03-12-2013, 17:59
Right now. A coworker quit and his responsibilities are now mine.
Every day. That I have to be unarmed.
Tinelement
03-12-2013, 18:03
Today, meeting with my accountant for taxes.......
Tomorrow, who knows.
SideShow Bob
03-12-2013, 19:23
Having to deal with Bert on a daily basis. (When he decides to actually show up at work, that is.). [ROFL1]
I just want a job where I do the missions given to me and go home.
That is why I love my job, once you walk out the door work is over.
dodgefreak8
03-12-2013, 20:39
Literally shit... I'm a plumber ;-)
Dunecrazzy
03-12-2013, 21:01
Literally shit... I'm a plumber ;-)
Smells like money .
I love everything about my job.
Literally shit... I'm a plumber ;-)
we need people like you. Nasty, just plain nasty.
People who say things like "Didn't you see me backing up?!"
That is why I love my job, once you walk out the door work is over.
For 13 years, I was on call 24/7/365, unless I was taking PTO. My area covered 16 sites, from Grand Junction to Norton, KS, to Raton, NM. And they had no reservations about calling me out in the middle of the night in any kind of weather. I don't miss that, and don't really want to do it again. Driving several hundred miles at night in snowstorms sucked balls.
lazy union pieces of shit, "that's not my job".
The best part of the job is dealing with people.
The worst part of the job is dealing with people.
I'm self employed and have an asshole for a boss.
NightCat
03-13-2013, 00:31
...getting way under paid, and not enough hours...
Thanks ObamaCare
The best part of the job is dealing with people.
The worst part of the job is dealing with people.
I'm self employed and have an asshole for a boss.
Damn, yer pretty much fucked.....
Mag chloride dripping down your neck and pissed off truck drivers
What he said. There's really no avoiding it in some cases.
24/7 365 days on call. Basically just trying to get there with a 2 hr call. Not having any scheduled days off sucks also. Being a single father, raising 2 girls and this schedule really sucks, but I have a good paying job and without that you have a lot harder life.
Going to bed. [blah-blah]
tmleadr03
03-13-2013, 07:03
The best part of the job is dealing with people.
The worst part of the job is dealing with people.
I'm self employed and have an asshole for a boss.
Yes.
ETA: let me expand on this. Cars are the easy part. People fucking suck.
strm_trpr
03-13-2013, 09:06
The pay, but manly the management coming up with new and inventive ways to make my job harder and more complex with no increase in pay in the last 6 years.
I used to not have any problems with my job..... then I moved to Pueblo, I think they breed a different kind of stupid down here. Dealing with them and being the "face" of a company people get to yell at. Good thing I can not be much of a listener and ive heard it all before.
Also grateful to have a job, but hate the cubicle. I was clearly not designed to sit on my butt all day and somehow stay healthy. Trying to come up with a new plan that would involve some travel.
losttrail
03-13-2013, 09:24
Working with Democrats, many of them gun owners, that fail to see the consequences of their voting.
Yes.
ETA: let me expand on this. Cars are the easy part. People fucking suck.
All the mechanics I know say stuff like this all the time... "Fixing your truck is awesome, too bad you're a douche!"
JM Ver. 2.0
03-13-2013, 10:06
"Customers".... Worst part of my job.
low ballers and stitch nazi's
Now that I think about it, the commute.
"Customers".... Worst part of my job.
Look at who your customers are... [LOL] I think some of my customers are criminal in their behavior at times... yours actually are! Could be worse. I have a buddy who works down at Git-mo...
JM Ver. 2.0
03-13-2013, 11:12
Look at who your customers are... [LOL] I think some of my customers are criminal in their behavior at times... yours actually are! Could be worse. I have a buddy who works down at Git-mo...
Yeah.
Just so ya know...
Passed the test. Did the interview. Withdrew myself from the process before I found out an answer.
Too many budget issues for my liking. Plus, I'm not sure I wanna go from one jail to another.
Yeah.
Just so ya know...
Passed the test. Did the interview. Withdrew myself from the process before I found out an answer.
Too many budget issues for my liking. Plus, I'm not sure I wanna go from one jail to another.
That's too bad... It's cool, I might take this opportunity to finish my degree... of course I might end up applying to University of Wyoming... ya know, since WY is much more 2A friendly! [Coffee]
JM Ver. 2.0
03-13-2013, 11:48
That's too bad... It's cool, I might take this opportunity to finish my degree... of course I might end up applying to University of Wyoming... ya know, since WY is much more 2A friendly! [Coffee]
Well, since applying, I've figured out a lot about myself and why I'm not as happy with my job anymore.
A jail setting isn't for me anymore. I gotta do something else.
Well, since applying, I've figured out a lot about myself and why I'm not as happy with my job anymore.
A jail setting isn't for me anymore. I gotta do something else.
I hear you... I'm having buyer's remorse with my career right now too. Trying to get a business off the ground with one of my friends, but keep hitting delays.
patrick0685
03-13-2013, 16:53
training...i hate training
DingleBerns
03-13-2013, 17:58
trying to adjust from graves to normalcy and be happy on my days off....
JM Ver. 2.0
03-13-2013, 18:13
trying to adjust from graves to normalcy and be happy on my days off....
You too?
hurley842002
03-13-2013, 18:17
training...i hate training
Ahhh, I love training, just had training today. Much prefer shooting someone else's ammo....
jonny450r
03-13-2013, 18:33
Ignorant coworkers. That's the easiest way to put it.
sent from my fancy dancy phone that'll soon be outdated or broken
jerrymrc
03-13-2013, 19:27
I think the worst part of my job is I get a new boss every 12-24 months. They are fresh out of school and many think they know everything. Had one of those fun moments with the last one.
He comes to me one day and says "I need a copy of your 214 and Resume" I kind of looked at him with what could only be a deer in the headlights look. He said that he was serious and needed it by COB. I laughed and he started to get upset. I then explained how the Resume might take a bit.
He said No, I am serious! and I said "I understand but the last time I had a Resume YOU were SEVEN YEARS OLD".[LOL]
The entire shop busted out laughing. I now have a current Resume. [Flower]
Metalhed
03-13-2013, 20:44
Managing production employees
trainees
ungrateful people
Kraven251
03-13-2013, 20:47
mostly dealing with the 2 people on my team that think it is ok to make adjustments to the business critical systems on the fly because "they know what they are doing" ...so many late nights fixing shit they broke, I get the "atta boy," and yet the people breaking shit are still employed with the company. [Bang]
DingleBerns
03-13-2013, 22:52
You too?
Yup, was a jailer for 3 years until last year...
Having to deal with my bosses know it all know nothing dumb ass spoiled kids. They always think they how to do it better or faster when all they do is make you have to do it twice because its wrong.
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