Anybody else caught in an environment where they're forced into close proximity with utter, utter smacktards?

I work corporate IT support for a resources company. The tasks that cross my desk are many and varied, unfortunately they often only involve plugging in a cable.

Long story short, on Friday someone wanted a cable plugged in while I was in the middle of something else. She got upset because I didn't panic and apparently didn't appreciate how important this cable getting plugged in was, even after I stressed to her that it would be done in less than five minutes (and it was), giving her a full half hour before she needed it running for her meeting and for some reason this still wasn't good enough.

She cannot seem to grasp the concept that some problems crossing my desk are more urgent than hers. She works in Public Relations for fucks sake, she shakes hands and kisses babies all damn day then struts around the office as if this place simply couldn't turn out the millions of dollars of ore without her valuable input. If I had a shovel and a bag of quicklime she'd already be in a shallow ditch out the back....

Anyway, when I'm told by somebody that I "Clearly don't understand how urgent the situation is" and "This just can't carry on" after kissing her ass and calling it ice-cream, I get cranky. First though, I laughed in her face. This probably wasn't wise, but holy hell it felt good. I laughed in her face and walked out of the room. It was either laugh, or grab the coffee cup she had just filled, breaking it over her fucking face while screaming; "You fucking ingrate, you go to hell and you die!"

Here's an email I sent to my boss on the subject just after the event (names removed obviously..)

So... anybody else work with people that just seem hellbent on making your life miserable?

I either need a new job, or a good criminal lawyer to help me plead down to manslaughter for dropping this bitch.

I should mention this isn't the only problem I've had with this woman, it's just the proverbial straw on the camels back. Constantly unreasonable demands on our time and resources, a real snooty fuckin' attitude and committing the department to things without even checking with us first, as well as calling me on my personal mobile on my fucking days off to ask stupid questions, this bitch needs a bullet.

Yes I work with someone hellbent on making my life, and the lives of everyone else in the vicinity, difficult. I wont get into details, because it'll make your epic post look like a simple query

Put it this way....we have a large vessel of sodium hydroxide out the back (a coupla thousand litres), and oh how I'd like to accidentally push her into it one day..

I'll bring my bitch down, we can make a party of it.

I work in the mines...........


enough said!!

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09 Evo X

that farken suks dude.... u should have enough experience to get another job surely?????


is there many jobs atm in the IT industry?

Be your own boss, at least when u put up with fucktards you get paid for it.

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I work in IT, I sit smack back in the middle of an open plan accounts department consisting of only 3 males, including myself. We're outnumbered about 4:1. It's crazy!

I feel your pain.

PS - If I hear that moaning bitch next to me whinge about someone calling her husbands maintenance service at night I'm going to slash her fucking tires!

The IT industry sucks nard at the moment. If I left here I could have another job tomorrow but the pay just wouldn't be able to match up. Shit, most places I'd be looking going down to about 65-70% of my current payslip, others would be half that. It's just not realistic to leave unfortunately, no matter how miserable the job is.

Not until we have some sort of nest egg sifted away and I can invest some time in my own business... there's plenty of freelance IT work around this town, but taking the plunge with a new wife and house on the line would just be totally insane. I could make a lot more doing that and the work is far more satisfying, but just way, way too much risk right now.

I would love to sir, believe me.

Next time, ask her how much her $18's an hour would cover of the mortgage without her husband working his ass off, that should shut her up.

Not trying to sound sexist, but shit if the dude's working as hard as that then she shouldn't be bitching about it.

I think you need to take one for the team mate.

She probably just needs a good root.

We have them here too, they are a bunch of fucktards but what can you do.

I worked for BHP Iron Ore for close to 4 years and only had a few fucktards which everybody else on site hated so it was good.

Thanks a lot, fucker. Coffee and shit shot out my nose then.