Posted on 10/19/2006 by the cynic
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Hey everyone, I know I don't post that much anymore, except to drop the occasional whine (which I'm not sure if anyone saw as there were no replies). Well, the good news is that as this job progresses, there is less and less to whine about. Work has picked up, so I'm no longer bored--and am actually grateful for the slow days.
Yes, my boss has his mood moments where he might get a little nit-pickier than usual, but he's actually turned out to be fairly nice. Something happened to him on his vacation where he came back really cool, now thanks me for my work and gives me props, and is civil about it when he corrects things I've done wrong. This is the first job for me where the negative stuff went in a more positive direction, and it feels pretty good!
The bad news is very superficial....I CAN NO LONGER HANDLE "The Songbird." I posted about him too and about whistling in the office, but this guy takes the cake. He whistles so loudly that it carries across the whole floor, and this is not a small office. Not only did he start to whistle LOUDER once it was pointed out to him, but he whistles all day, every day, at the desk, while walking to the john or the pantry, all the damn time.
You can't really tell WHAT he's whistling, just THAT he's whistling, since he has volume but no musical pitch (unlike what he thinks). When someone glares at him for whistling as he walks by, he does this little "WHIT WHIT TOOOOODLE DOOOOOOO WHIT WHE WHE WHE" on his way back to his desk, with a Bush-like smirk. What an a$$.
So, that's my news, and if anyone has any advice for dealing with The Songbird, let me know. He seems like a hopeless cause as far as confrontation goes, as he's either an immature type who will say "But I LIKE whistling" if you ask him to stop, or he'll act like he's 5 and do it even louder, just for laughs (his own) and attention. Oh well.
POST A COMMENTHaveADamnNiceDay(10/24/2006)
Dump lemon juice in his drink. The acid actually strips the surfaces of your lips and tongue temporarily and actually prevents you from whistling! Go ahead and try it! Go drink some lemonade and try to whistle! It works!
the cynic(10/24/2006)
HaveADamn---AHAHAHAHHAA!!! I hadn't thought of that one. That guy does need some not-so-nice treatment.
twiz (10/20/2006)
My only advice for blocking out the whistler would be to invest in some headphones. If the boss asks why you need them, tell him why (the whistling) and let him handle the problem if he feels it necessary. Which he probably will since he doesn't want all his employees wearing headphones. Good luck!
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