was from an "ex" employee. He left me to start his own business. After about 3 years I ran into him again.
He gave me the best "left-handed" compliment ever:
"ya know all that *small* stuff you used to get on my case about....
Now I understand why its important!"
Barry
I got annoyed when a former collegue said to us when we bought an edger "finally the boss is spending money." This collegue worked on commission and was paid very well.
One time I caught a new employee throwing wet paper towel balls at other employees (this during his first week on the job and he'd been continually screwing up and not listening). So I said, "you can go back and see Ann(admin office) to get your last cheque". Then he said, "Really? Awesome!"
Then we all laughed. Then he left.
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One time this super-cheap supervisor was directing us as we moved a lens generator (about 1000 lbs.) from one place to another. We just got the machine up in the air, and he yelled, "Wait! Wait!" So we paused with this thing precariously balanced while he crawled underneath(!) to retrieve the dime(!) he'd seen below. We all started laughing, and he said, "Hey, that's 20 cents, don't knock it!" So I said, "What do you mean, 20 cents, that's a dime!" And he says, "No, it's 20. Tax free."
Once I had four women working for me who asked: "Why can't we run the business like a democracy?"
Chip
that they were going to get a bottle of water and we haven't seen her since. The joke now is no one is allowed to go for water!
Days where my gratitude exceed my expectations are very good days!
When I was a manager at McDonald's we would have people ask to go to the bathroom, we would tell them to take the kit so they could clean it too.. and 30 mins later, a customer would be telling us that the supplies were left in the bathroom. Employee was gone..
While at the Crafters, we had a lady who was a bit quirky. This didn't bother me, as I pride myself on being unique. What bothered me was her making comments like, "we both are wearing Khaki pants, we could be twins!" "We both have young boys, we could be twins!" "We both like playing the Sims..we could be twins!" One this girl wasn't well coordinated.. two she was way too needy if you get my drift..
The day she came in with the same hair color.... was the day my husband decided to change the locks on the door..
Cassandra
"Some believe in destiny, and some believe in fate. But I believe that happiness is something we create."-Something More by Sugarland
I can see some kid coming up to his superior in the late '50's saying: "Why can't we mould these lenses out of plastic?" At that time the answer would have been plastic lenses have bad optics.
Chip:cheers:
When I had my lab in the 70s..............it was unionized, (one of the only 2 in Canada)
I said ..............."Leo why cant you work a bit faster ?????"
answer:
"Boss.................if I work faster you dont pay me more...............and if I work slower you dont pay me less" :(
1970 at the B@L lab in newburgh , new york, we were still writing out the generator slips on a pink piece of paper, (curves and CT), and using the power charts that you would cross reference to the lens size. I suggested that this should be put on a computer. They thought that was the funniest thing they ever heard.
Had a former co-worker show up at the lab a few weeks ago. All he could say was "If I had only known, I would have been nicer to you"
Just a few months ago I had one of the licensed opticians stick thier head in th lab door and asked me " Is an 8 base lense more curved on the front than a 6?" I just shook my head in silence.
Back in the day, when I used to run a facility where we made lenses "in about and hour", I was interviewing a young lady for a position in the lab. I asked her how many times in the last year she had been late or absent. Well, she hadn't been at her current job for a whole year, just about four months, but in that time she hadn't been absent more than four or five times. As for being late, that hadn't happened more than 10 or 12 times. It seems she was applying for this job because her current employer had cut her hours back to 3 hours per week. As it turned out, I did not hire her, I guess I missed out on a golden opportunity!
I recall supervising a night shift at a lab where the practice at the time was to hire the cheapest labor possible. After telling one of the slower employees to 'get the lead out' he stopped, felt his pockets, looked at me and said quite frankly. 'I don't have a pencil'.
Must be with the one from our office that was going to Wal-mart to buy a sweater..she's still looking 5 years later
Originally Posted by Framebender
Had an employee ask me "How often should you clean your glasses?" Ummm...when they're dirty?!
3 month employee:
"What do these machines do?"
Husband of many years..."when do they put the medicine in?"
He was joking...I hope
Worked for this one lady. She gave me permission to do nothing. So a client came in for with a price of lenses that she got somewhere else and really wanted to buy from us. She asked if we could match that price. It was reasonable that we could, but I had no power.
So this lady that I worked for really did not like to go to work. She would come in for five minutes, then go visit her friends and go for drinks. She had one of her friends come in and they were talking for about 30 minutes. They then decided to go for dinner and drinks. I then asked to speak to her and asked her about the client and if we could match the price. She blew me off and blew off the client.
A week later I got a lecture for slowing her down for her very important meeting that night.
I've heard this before somewhere. Is it a southern thing for saying Rx?
Well, he's from Jacksonville, FL....
Believe me, I was running for cover from the lab!!
Judy, how about husband of many years "What time do you get off work?" Been working here as long as we have been married. Where has he been?
All quotes from office support staff which I have had the displeasure of training in our office proceedure.
-- when do I get my free glasses? (asked first day on the job)
-- do I have to be here right at 9 (was sooooo tempting to tell her no, she didn't, just so she'd get fired for tardiness. Wasn't fired for tardiness, was fired for stupidity; she had to recite the alphabet whilst filing, among other things like not understanding the difference between payables and receivables)
-- if i sell a pair of glasses how much do I get (well, um, if you were an optician you would be selling glasses. Since you're the receptionist, you're answering the phone, filing, etc. etc. Yes, I'm an optician, and yes, I have been doing these things up till now CAUSE THE LAST RECEPTIONIST GOT FIRED!)
Ohhhh, there's more. I'll have to consult my co-worker Dave to get his input.
I feel your pain...same husband of many years calls me at my shop(where I worked ALONE) and asks "watcha doin'?" What do I say...dancing naked in the parking lot?
Ya gotta love 'em.
thanks Judy, now everytime I phone my wife at work and ask what she's doing, I now know she'll be rolling her eyes and giving a sigh. Anything else we do bugs you we don't know about? (by the way, its just as annoying to us to find the toilet seat DOWN as it is to you to find it up.):finger:
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