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Title: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 08:15:13 AM so, let's say hypothetically that every single day you are the last person in (that doesn't matter in and of itself, particularly as this person is also hypothetically the last one out). do you have the right to walk in, and 2 minutes later change the A/C/heat settings that the other 3 people have agreed on and are enjoying for the previous 3-4 hours?
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Uisce Beatha on December 18, 2007, 08:24:11 AM so, let's say hypothetically that every single day you are the last person in (that doesn't matter in and of itself, particularly as this person is also hypothetically the last one out). do you have the right to walk in, and 2 minutes later change the A/C/heat settings that the other 3 people have agreed on and are enjoying for the previous 3-4 hours? Kill and maim. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 08:26:12 AM [sm_devil]
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Teed on December 18, 2007, 08:29:11 AM so, let's say hypothetically that every single day you are the last person in (that doesn't matter in and of itself, particularly as this person is also hypothetically the last one out). do you have the right to walk in, and 2 minutes later change the A/C/heat settings that the other 3 people have agreed on and are enjoying for the previous 3-4 hours? No! Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 08:31:52 AM so, let's say hypothetically that every single day you are the last person in (that doesn't matter in and of itself, particularly as this person is also hypothetically the last one out). do you have the right to walk in, and 2 minutes later change the A/C/heat settings that the other 3 people have agreed on and are enjoying for the previous 3-4 hours? No! :o . ironically this guy is always cold. no matter what, he turns it up. the 15 pcs/workstations/servers in the room surrender. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: spacey on December 18, 2007, 08:32:45 AM Pillowcase party.
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: stroh on December 18, 2007, 08:33:09 AM Do not touch Willy.
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: campy on December 18, 2007, 08:36:27 AM If the guy signs your check, or is somehow directly tied into you maintaining gainful employment, then yes he can set the thermostat wherever he likes. If not, I'm all for taking the chilly candyass outside for a beatdown.
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: stroh on December 18, 2007, 08:39:17 AM That sounds like the kind of *bunghole* that steals people's half full grocery cart while they are away picking out some cheese.
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 08:40:04 AM If not, I'm all for taking the chilly candyass outside for a beatdown. i'll take this recommendation into counsel with the other colleagues who are now burning up . Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: gleek on December 18, 2007, 08:41:32 AM Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: spacey on December 18, 2007, 08:43:04 AM Do not touch Willy. Lousy Smarch weather. >:(Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Seamus on December 18, 2007, 08:44:48 AM This may be the single biggest complaint I hear from cubicle/office type peoples. The first complaint out of my wifes lips re: her new job in a cube.
I'm guessing he went a/c versus heat. If that's the case, terminate with extreme prejudice. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: gleek on December 18, 2007, 08:46:31 AM picking out some cheese. Do not touch Willy. I'm starting to detect a theme. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Clive on December 18, 2007, 09:06:41 AM :airquotes: picking out some cheese. :airquotes:
What is the thermostat interceder's status in the lab? And I know it's a crazy idea, but ... has anyone tried actually speaking to said individual about the phenomenon? One guy cold v. three people hot ... (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~touch/spock.jpg) Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: gleek on December 18, 2007, 09:15:34 AM Yeah, stick that *fudge*er in a radiation chamber and fry him!
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 09:18:50 AM And I know it's a crazy idea, but ... has anyone tried actually speaking to said individual about the phenomenon? One guy cold v. three people hot ... yeh, he plays it off on the "i dont understand english well enough" card. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Clive on December 18, 2007, 09:53:11 AM (http://www.thermostatshop.com/images/TG512A%20lock%20box.jpg)
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 09:54:52 AM (http://www.thermostatshop.com/images/TG512A%20lock%20box.jpg) great idea, unfortunately building maintainence requests require about 10 levels of approval. [sm_disgust] Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Clive on December 18, 2007, 09:56:56 AM yeh, he plays it off on the "i dont understand english well enough" card. How much English does one require to understand "Don't *goshdarn* touch this thing!" Correct him in the act one time, and "no speak the English" is no longer a valid excuse.Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Fuzzy on December 18, 2007, 09:59:42 AM Ah yes...a Lock Box!
Al Gore approves this solution to global office warming. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Spanky on December 18, 2007, 10:04:38 AM If he is so cold all the time why did he pick Pittsburgh to live in?
Another stupid question, why doesn't some just go and change it back? Call it cost savings. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 10:07:22 AM If he is so cold all the time why did he pick Pittsburgh to live in? Another stupid question, why doesn't some just go and change it back? Call it cost savings. 1. good question 2. just being too nice i guess. intraoffice infighting is certainly annoying. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: spacey on December 18, 2007, 10:07:27 AM yeh, he plays it off on the "i dont understand english well enough" card. How much English does one require to understand "Don't *goshdarn* touch this thing!" Correct him in the act one time, and "no speak the English" is no longer a valid excuse.Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Clive on December 18, 2007, 10:34:25 AM yeh, he plays it off on the "i dont understand english well enough" card. How much English does one require to understand "Don't *goshdarn* touch this thing!" Correct him in the act one time, and "no speak the English" is no longer a valid excuse.Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Uisce Beatha on December 18, 2007, 10:44:02 AM Is rubbing their nose in their own fecal matter approved or frowned upon these days?
Does it make a difference if they're immigrants? Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: birdymaker on December 18, 2007, 11:04:31 AM waterboard his azz. [sm_devil]
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: dystopia on December 18, 2007, 02:38:55 PM I second the lockbox idea (assuming you install your own lockbox and don't involve facilities).
Can you remove pieces from/disable the thermostat and store them in your desk, so that his changes don't have any effect but you can still change the temp? Obviously allowing access to those parts to your other coworkers. * I've been in a few workplaces like this and some people ended up getting space heaters but then got in trouble for fire safety reasons. *or maybe give 1 piece to each coworker so that all pieces must be present to change the setting. Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: stroh on December 18, 2007, 02:42:54 PM I think Clive nailed. If the dude has a PHD, I don't care what his native tongue is, he'll understand: "Dude! Don't *fudge*in' touchy el knob-o? Capisce, Kimosabe?"
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Aske on December 18, 2007, 02:57:25 PM i appreciate everyone's comments. im going to discuss this with the other people, we'll decide whether to take it straight to our boss or give the offender a (nice polite) verbal confrontation.
i really can't be bothered with it, i have too much work and posting to do [sm_devil] Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: dystopia on December 18, 2007, 04:15:43 PM Just saw this story on yahoo. Fight over heat makes wife hot http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_fe_st/odd_temperature_tantrum;_ylt=Ar2Wb2ZitqDGa6nxt5zP1nrtiBIF Quote WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A woman who was angry because her husband wanted her to turn up the heat pulled out a gun and shot their flat-screen TV while he cowered behind a pillow, Macomb County authorities say. The 65-year-old man called 911 Sunday night from the basement of their Washington Township home, about 25 miles north of Detroit. "My wife's got a gun. She's shooting at me," Joseph Grucz said in the recorded call. He told the operator that Cheryl Grucz, 61, was angry because he wanted the heat turned up. She fired a round while he hid his head in a pillow, striking the plasma TV, then went upstairs, the Detroit Free Press said. "She's all excited about it because she's so cheap," the husband said. His wife, who had picked up another extension, told the operator she wanted to tell her side. (more...) Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: birdymaker on December 18, 2007, 04:24:43 PM Just saw this story on yahoo. Fight over heat makes wife hot http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_fe_st/odd_temperature_tantrum;_ylt=Ar2Wb2ZitqDGa6nxt5zP1nrtiBIF Quote WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A woman who was angry because her husband wanted her to turn up the heat pulled out a gun and shot their flat-screen TV while he cowered behind a pillow, Macomb County authorities say. The 65-year-old man called 911 Sunday night from the basement of their Washington Township home, about 25 miles north of Detroit. "My wife's got a gun. She's shooting at me," Joseph Grucz said in the recorded call. He told the operator that Cheryl Grucz, 61, was angry because he wanted the heat turned up. She fired a round while he hid his head in a pillow, striking the plasma TV, then went upstairs, the Detroit Free Press said. "She's all excited about it because she's so cheap," the husband said. His wife, who had picked up another extension, told the operator she wanted to tell her side. (more...) one of our locals that REALLY knows how to hurt a guy. :crying: :shoothead: Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: campy on December 18, 2007, 04:31:15 PM Just saw this story on yahoo. Fight over heat makes wife hot http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_fe_st/odd_temperature_tantrum;_ylt=Ar2Wb2ZitqDGa6nxt5zP1nrtiBIF Quote WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A woman who was angry because her husband wanted her to turn up the heat pulled out a gun and shot their flat-screen TV while he cowered behind a pillow, Macomb County authorities say. The 65-year-old man called 911 Sunday night from the basement of their Washington Township home, about 25 miles north of Detroit. "My wife's got a gun. She's shooting at me," Joseph Grucz said in the recorded call. He told the operator that Cheryl Grucz, 61, was angry because he wanted the heat turned up. She fired a round while he hid his head in a pillow, striking the plasma TV, then went upstairs, the Detroit Free Press said. "She's all excited about it because she's so cheap," the husband said. His wife, who had picked up another extension, told the operator she wanted to tell her side. (more...) Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: stroh on December 18, 2007, 04:34:09 PM (http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/tv/ff/foodnetwork_hd.jpg)
Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: stegerman on December 18, 2007, 07:39:23 PM And I know it's a crazy idea, but ... has anyone tried actually speaking to said individual about the phenomenon? One guy cold v. three people hot ... yeh, he plays it off on the "i dont understand english well enough" card. http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Title: Re: Office Etiquette Question Post by: Walfredo on December 19, 2007, 07:09:03 AM Just saw this story on yahoo. Fight over heat makes wife hot http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_fe_st/odd_temperature_tantrum;_ylt=Ar2Wb2ZitqDGa6nxt5zP1nrtiBIF Quote WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A woman who was angry because her husband wanted her to turn up the heat pulled out a gun and shot their flat-screen TV while he cowered behind a pillow, Macomb County authorities say. The 65-year-old man called 911 Sunday night from the basement of their Washington Township home, about 25 miles north of Detroit. "My wife's got a gun. She's shooting at me," Joseph Grucz said in the recorded call. He told the operator that Cheryl Grucz, 61, was angry because he wanted the heat turned up. She fired a round while he hid his head in a pillow, striking the plasma TV, then went upstairs, the Detroit Free Press said. "She's all excited about it because she's so cheap," the husband said. His wife, who had picked up another extension, told the operator she wanted to tell her side. (more...) |