I Hate Your Job

The Fantastic Five

It was hard to narrow the field down to just five entries, but I did what had to be done. I think this might become a regular feature, though, so there will be a chance to give some other deserving participants their due at a later date. Some of these below are just excerpts, so here’s a link to the complete list of stupid work comments.

The five finalists are:

1. Melanie’s entry: “Well, I have ADD, so I can’t really be expected to know what’s appropriate and what’s inappropriate.”
2. The Colonel’s entry:“Leasing a car is for poor and stupid people that don’t know any better.”
3. Simone’s entry:“Let’s see, it’s so hard to choose. I’ll start with one from a partner of ours, when presenting us with the new person who’d be working our account. “She’s Phi-Beta Supersmart.” They also “heart” a lot of things. We loathe them.”
4. SoftwareMack’s entry:“This is fantastic!” said our manager. “What tool did you use to do this?” And the developer said - “The one that our department makes. This is what we do in this department.”
5. Fernie’s entry: “An old coworker of mine, known for two things: For having horrible spelling/grammar in email/docs, and for being a flirt who drank a little bit too much at office parties. Her final email when leaving the company: “I wanted to send you all one last massage…”

The super-secret judging panel (select readers of this blog who aren’t finalists) will choose a winner from these five. The winner will be contacted by email and announced Friday along with what it is that they have won!

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