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OT - Oh My, Office Gossip
I am so shocked I can't get my jaw off the floor!
The woman who works for the manager of the division as his administrative assistant - I'll call her Lisa, because, well, that's her name - was never my favorite co-worker. She is a big gossip, walking around the office all day, talking to everyone about who did what, and never doing her job (and always taking off so that I, and the other admins were always having to do her job for her - and she managed to be "sick" every time she had a big project come up). She is one of those people who always have to have the latest fashion, brags about owning over 300 pairs of shoes, buys only "Coach(? something that starts with a C or G or something)" handbags (they cost $500), has her children in private school, etc., etc. She looks down at anyone who isn't in her "class" - gawd knows what she thinks about my perfectly nice clothes bought at a second-hand shop ;. I always thought her husband must make a really hefty salary - they just bought a new house, a new car, she's *always* shopping (I ought to know, when it's my turn to get the mail I'm always picking up packages and catalogues for her from stores I won't even walk into for fear of buying a $1,000 key chain). Last Friday, our office manager (not the division manager) called me into her office and asked if I had said something nasty about her, because Lisa told her that I'd told Lisa that I was p*ssed off about her taking a long lunch (two days before when Lisa was out sick yet again, and the other admin was out and I was having to take the reception desk for lunch while the office manager went to lunch with the receptionist (everybody got that? ;)). I told her, truthfully, that I hadn't even talked to Lisa since she was back in the office. I was VERY p*ssed off about her telling a bald-faced lie about me to try to get me into trouble (I found out why she did it today - more later). I told my husband, this job may just be something to pass the time, for her, but since DH got laid off, this is our only livelihood!!! I couldn't believe anyone would even repeat such a gripe even if it HAD been made (which it wasn't) - the only reason to do so is to stir up trouble. Well stirring up trouble, as a smoke screen, was exactly what she was trying to do. We found out today that over the weekend she had been fired. She was using her boss's corporate credit card to pay for a full year's tuition for both her girls in a private school!!!! As a lesser offence (but more aggravating to me and the other admins), she was taking off work and not recording her PTO (I wondered where she got 60 - 70 days of PTO each year, you can only buy 2 weeks extra PTO in addition to your normal 2 weeks - with all the health problems I had last year I'm at NEGATIVE 24 hours of PTO and that was WITH skipping a week's pay and getting only 2/3 pay for another 2 weeks). Now, aggravating as this woman is, I never thought she was stupid. But, I mean, how stupid can you get - using your boss's corporate credit card! Even though she did the expense statements for her boss, there are still many other ways it could come to light (obviously, since it has). Where do people get the b*lls to do stuff like that???! Anyway, I was told all this in confidence to I can't tell anyone at work - you know how it is when you have something really shocking going on but can't talk about it? So I'm burdening you guys with office gossip! But what do you think about something like this???! -- Hugs, CatNipped Visit all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... I am so shocked I can't get my jaw off the floor! The woman who works for the manager of the division as his administrative assistant - I'll call her Lisa, because, well, that's her name - was never my favorite co-worker. She is a big gossip, walking around the office all day, talking to everyone about who did what, and never doing her job (and always taking off so that I, and the other admins were always having to do her job for her - and she managed to be "sick" every time she had a big project come up). She is one of those people who always have to have the latest fashion, brags about owning over 300 pairs of shoes, buys only "Coach(? something that starts with a C or G or something)" handbags (they cost $500), has her children in private school, etc., etc. She looks down at anyone who isn't in her "class" - gawd knows what she thinks about my perfectly nice clothes bought at a second-hand shop ;. I always thought her husband must make a really hefty salary - they just bought a new house, a new car, she's *always* shopping (I ought to know, when it's my turn to get the mail I'm always picking up packages and catalogues for her from stores I won't even walk into for fear of buying a $1,000 key chain). Last Friday, our office manager (not the division manager) called me into her office and asked if I had said something nasty about her, because Lisa told her that I'd told Lisa that I was p*ssed off about her taking a long lunch (two days before when Lisa was out sick yet again, and the other admin was out and I was having to take the reception desk for lunch while the office manager went to lunch with the receptionist (everybody got that? ;)). I told her, truthfully, that I hadn't even talked to Lisa since she was back in the office. I was VERY p*ssed off about her telling a bald-faced lie about me to try to get me into trouble (I found out why she did it today - more later). I told my husband, this job may just be something to pass the time, for her, but since DH got laid off, this is our only livelihood!!! I couldn't believe anyone would even repeat such a gripe even if it HAD been made (which it wasn't) - the only reason to do so is to stir up trouble. Well stirring up trouble, as a smoke screen, was exactly what she was trying to do. We found out today that over the weekend she had been fired. She was using her boss's corporate credit card to pay for a full year's tuition for both her girls in a private school!!!! As a lesser offence (but more aggravating to me and the other admins), she was taking off work and not recording her PTO (I wondered where she got 60 - 70 days of PTO each year, you can only buy 2 weeks extra PTO in addition to your normal 2 weeks - with all the health problems I had last year I'm at NEGATIVE 24 hours of PTO and that was WITH skipping a week's pay and getting only 2/3 pay for another 2 weeks). Now, aggravating as this woman is, I never thought she was stupid. But, I mean, how stupid can you get - using your boss's corporate credit card! Even though she did the expense statements for her boss, there are still many other ways it could come to light (obviously, since it has). Where do people get the b*lls to do stuff like that???! Anyway, I was told all this in confidence to I can't tell anyone at work - you know how it is when you have something really shocking going on but can't talk about it? So I'm burdening you guys with office gossip! But what do you think about something like this???! About ten years ago, I worked at a smallish business run by a woman who was the craziest person I've ever encountered. It was a very strange situation. It was so extreme that there was virtually no office politics as I'd come to understand them-- it was simply her against us, and vice versa, straight up. We were all in the foxhole together, fighting for our lives against this lunatic. Paying us wasn't her problem-- she was actually generous, which was how she retained a lot of people. But she made us all so crazy in so many other ways that there was always a turnover. When she called me into her office and "reported" to me that one of my colleagues had said something about me-- and I knew the tale she was carrying simply was not true-- I finally realized that this woman just liked to have her private little zoo of people to mess with, and was willing to pay them for that. When I realized she was actually lying to us to amuse herslf, I waited a couple of months, and a few more paychecks, and gave my notice. -- Theresa and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Forever: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh -- Theresa and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Forever: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh |
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CatNipped wrote: Anyway, I was told all this in confidence to I can't tell anyone at work - you know how it is when you have something really shocking going on but can't talk about it? So I'm burdening you guys with office gossip! But what do you think about something like this???! We've had several similar instances here (which made the nightly news, in Phoenix, Arizona). These were government employees (State or Local) and one or two who worked for non-profits. Most of the offenses involved using their employer's credit cards for personal purchases, but one was a matter of two women appropriating holiday gift cards donated to charity by local merchants. (Apparently the two decided "charity begins at home", and the intended recipients never saw them.) |
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On Jan 12, 3:34*pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
I am so shocked I can't get my jaw off the floor! The woman who works for the manager of the division as his administrative assistant - I'll call her Lisa, because, well, that's her name - was never my favorite co-worker. *She is a big gossip, walking around the office all day, talking to everyone about who did what, and never doing her job (and always taking off so that I, and the other admins were always having to do her job for her - and she managed to be "sick" every time she had a big project come up). *She is one of those people who always have to have the latest fashion, brags about owning over 300 pairs of shoes, buys only "Coach(? something that starts with a C or G or something)" handbags (they cost $500), has her children in private school, etc., etc. *She looks down at anyone who isn't in her "class" - gawd knows what she thinks about my perfectly nice clothes bought at a second-hand shop ;. *I always thought her husband must make a really hefty salary - they just bought a new house, a new car, she's *always* shopping (I ought to know, when it's my turn to get the mail I'm always picking up packages and catalogues for her from stores I won't even walk into for fear of buying a $1,000 key chain). Last Friday, our office manager (not the division manager) called me into her office and asked if I had said something nasty about her, because Lisa told her that I'd told Lisa that I was p*ssed off about her taking a long lunch (two days before when Lisa was out sick yet again, and the other admin was out and I was having to take the reception desk for lunch while the office manager went to lunch with the receptionist (everybody got that? ;)). *I told her, truthfully, that I hadn't even talked to Lisa since she was back in the office. *I was VERY p*ssed off about her telling a bald-faced lie about me to try to get me into trouble (I found out why she did it today - more later). *I told my husband, this job may just be something to pass the time, for her, but since DH got laid off, this is our only livelihood!!! *I couldn't believe anyone would even repeat such a gripe even if it HAD been made (which it wasn't) - the only reason to do so is to stir up trouble. Well stirring up trouble, as a smoke screen, was exactly what she was trying to do. *We found out today that over the weekend she had been fired. *She was using her boss's corporate credit card to pay for a full year's tuition for both her girls in a private school!!!! *As a lesser offence (but more aggravating to me and the other admins), she was taking off work and not recording her PTO (I wondered where she got 60 - 70 days of PTO each year, you can only buy 2 weeks extra PTO in addition to your normal 2 weeks - with all the health problems I had last year I'm at NEGATIVE 24 hours of PTO and that was WITH skipping a week's pay and getting only 2/3 pay for another 2 weeks). Now, aggravating as this woman is, I never thought she was stupid. *But, I mean, how stupid can you get - using your boss's corporate credit card! Even though she did the expense statements for her boss, there are still many other ways it could come to light (obviously, since it has). *Where do people get the b*lls to do stuff like that???! Anyway, I was told all this in confidence to I can't tell anyone at work - you know how it is when you have something really shocking going on but can't talk about it? *So I'm burdening you guys with office gossip! *But what do you think about something like this???! -- Hugs, CatNipped Visit all my masters at: *http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ Man, that is nervy. It just kind of proves what I've only learned in later years. The people that tend to show off their wealth usually aren't wealthy at all, they're just in debt big-time. I might have been somewhat impressed by showy people when I was younger, but now I just think how stupid you are for spending $500 on a handbag. And I feel quite superior :-) Some kind of weird phenomenon hits when you're in your mid-fifties. You like money in the bank better than cool stuff. Ack! I can't believe I said that. I have turned into my parents. I'm rather jelous of the office soap opera you have going on there. I used to wallow around in office gossip back in the day. Now I don't have anything remotely interesting to tell. Let's see. I let Frank outside today because he was begging hard, and what I *didn't* see was a black and white stray cat in the flower bed. So he took off ninety miles an hour to kick its butt -- Frank can run like a rabbit -- but he didn't catch it. First stray I've seen in a couple of years. I've left the garage door cracked and food out for it. Highlight of the day. See, look how much more intersting YOUR day was? Sherry Sherry |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... Now, aggravating as this woman is, I never thought she was stupid. But, I mean, how stupid can you get - using your boss's corporate credit card! -- Hugs, CatNipped Never mind the boss' credit card. I worked with a couple of people who were issued corporate cards for business travel. They were trainers so they did travel and were entitled to have corporate credit cards. But they were fired for using their corporate cards for non-business stuff. Like buying furniture and expensive clothes. It's just stupid. Even if they paid the bill themselves (which they didn't, they were submitting false expense reports) that is not what a corporate card is issued for. It's like the time I worked for a vending machine company doing their route accounting. There was a series of robberies that occurred over several weeks. Always right after the vending machines had been emptied of coins and the trucks were full of bags of cash. Funny how it was always the same driver. After the second "robbery" the company got suspicious so they switched his route with that of another driver. There was a lull for about a week, then suddenly this same driver was robbed again on his totally different route. Talk about stupid. They didn't just fire him, they brought him up on felony charges. Maybe he had friends he blabbed to about how much money he was toting around... who knows. But he was definitely complicit. Jill |
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"Sherry" wrote in message
... On Jan 12, 3:34 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: I am so shocked I can't get my jaw off the floor! The woman who works for the manager of the division as his administrative assistant - I'll call her Lisa, because, well, that's her name - was never my favorite co-worker. She is a big gossip, walking around the office all day, talking to everyone about who did what, and never doing her job (and always taking off so that I, and the other admins were always having to do her job for her - and she managed to be "sick" every time she had a big project come up). She is one of those people who always have to have the latest fashion, brags about owning over 300 pairs of shoes, buys only "Coach(? something that starts with a C or G or something)" handbags (they cost $500), has her children in private school, etc., etc. She looks down at anyone who isn't in her "class" - gawd knows what she thinks about my perfectly nice clothes bought at a second-hand shop ;. I always thought her husband must make a really hefty salary - they just bought a new house, a new car, she's *always* shopping (I ought to know, when it's my turn to get the mail I'm always picking up packages and catalogues for her from stores I won't even walk into for fear of buying a $1,000 key chain). Last Friday, our office manager (not the division manager) called me into her office and asked if I had said something nasty about her, because Lisa told her that I'd told Lisa that I was p*ssed off about her taking a long lunch (two days before when Lisa was out sick yet again, and the other admin was out and I was having to take the reception desk for lunch while the office manager went to lunch with the receptionist (everybody got that? ;)). I told her, truthfully, that I hadn't even talked to Lisa since she was back in the office. I was VERY p*ssed off about her telling a bald-faced lie about me to try to get me into trouble (I found out why she did it today - more later). I told my husband, this job may just be something to pass the time, for her, but since DH got laid off, this is our only livelihood!!! I couldn't believe anyone would even repeat such a gripe even if it HAD been made (which it wasn't) - the only reason to do so is to stir up trouble. Well stirring up trouble, as a smoke screen, was exactly what she was trying to do. We found out today that over the weekend she had been fired. She was using her boss's corporate credit card to pay for a full year's tuition for both her girls in a private school!!!! As a lesser offence (but more aggravating to me and the other admins), she was taking off work and not recording her PTO (I wondered where she got 60 - 70 days of PTO each year, you can only buy 2 weeks extra PTO in addition to your normal 2 weeks - with all the health problems I had last year I'm at NEGATIVE 24 hours of PTO and that was WITH skipping a week's pay and getting only 2/3 pay for another 2 weeks). Now, aggravating as this woman is, I never thought she was stupid. But, I mean, how stupid can you get - using your boss's corporate credit card! Even though she did the expense statements for her boss, there are still many other ways it could come to light (obviously, since it has). Where do people get the b*lls to do stuff like that???! Anyway, I was told all this in confidence to I can't tell anyone at work - you know how it is when you have something really shocking going on but can't talk about it? So I'm burdening you guys with office gossip! But what do you think about something like this???! -- Hugs, CatNipped Visit all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ Man, that is nervy. It just kind of proves what I've only learned in later years. The people that tend to show off their wealth usually aren't wealthy at all, they're just in debt big-time. I might have been somewhat impressed by showy people when I was younger, but now I just think how stupid you are for spending $500 on a handbag. And I feel quite superior :-) Some kind of weird phenomenon hits when you're in your mid-fifties. You like money in the bank better than cool stuff. Ack! I can't believe I said that. I have turned into my parents. I'm rather jelous of the office soap opera you have going on there. I used to wallow around in office gossip back in the day. Now I don't have anything remotely interesting to tell. Let's see. I let Frank outside today because he was begging hard, and what I *didn't* see was a black and white stray cat in the flower bed. So he took off ninety miles an hour to kick its butt -- Frank can run like a rabbit -- but he didn't catch it. First stray I've seen in a couple of years. I've left the garage door cracked and food out for it. Highlight of the day. See, look how much more intersting YOUR day was? Sherry ================== Nope, I like your gossip *MUCH* better than mine. I don't ever gossip, not because I am so noble and good, but just because I really don't care about people and what they do (unless it directly involves me and my livelihood as this did). Hugs, CatNipped |
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On Jan 12, 2:34*pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
I am so shocked I can't get my jaw off the floor! snipped Well stirring up trouble, as a smoke screen, was exactly what she was trying to do. *We found out today that over the weekend she had been fired. *She was using her boss's corporate credit card to pay for a full year's tuition for both her girls in a private school!!!! *As a lesser offence (but more aggravating to me and the other admins), she was taking off work and not recording her PTO (I wondered where she got 60 - 70 days of PTO each year, you can only buy 2 weeks extra PTO in addition to your normal 2 weeks - with all the health problems I had last year I'm at NEGATIVE 24 hours of PTO and that was WITH skipping a week's pay and getting only 2/3 pay for another 2 weeks). Now, aggravating as this woman is, I never thought she was stupid. *But, I mean, how stupid can you get - using your boss's corporate credit card! Not stupid, complacent. She got away with it, for how long? She got sloppy. I have an acquaintance who used her position as accountant to use the company credit card to buy her groceries, gasoline, airline tickets to fly wherever, make her insurance payments, etc... Because she did the books, she figured she could cover/hide it. She's sweating buckets now because the company went bankrupt *but* the investing partners are looking into the money trail. See, they were smarter than she gave them (a group of lawyers) for being. They knew that 'X' amount of dollars was coming in, and going "somewhere", they just haven't found out where yet. She thinks that because she "lost" the credit card statements, that they will never find out (um, guess again). Or should I say she thought that. She knows that charges are coming, and she's trying to get "out of Dodge" as it were. She's flat broke though, that's what happens when you try to live the high life, without anything to "fall back on" when the roof fell in. Even though she did the expense statements for her boss, there are still many other ways it could come to light (obviously, since it has). *Where do people get the b*lls to do stuff like that???! They get away with it a few times (because they were desperate, and promised "whatever" that they'd never do it again...), then begin to think they are "smarter" than everyone else, and since they got away with it before, and no one 'caught on'.... |
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Kreisleriana wrote:
About ten years ago, I worked at a smallish business run by a woman who was the craziest person I've ever encountered. It was a very strange situation. It was so extreme that there was virtually no office politics as I'd come to understand them-- it was simply her against us, and vice versa, straight up. We were all in the foxhole together, fighting for our lives against this lunatic. Paying us wasn't her problem-- she was actually generous, which was how she retained a lot of people. But she made us all so crazy in so many other ways that there was always a turnover. When she called me into her office and "reported" to me that one of my colleagues had said something about me-- and I knew the tale she was carrying simply was not true-- I finally realized that this woman just liked to have her private little zoo of people to mess with, and was willing to pay them for that. When I realized she was actually lying to us to amuse herslf, I waited a couple of months, and a few more paychecks, and gave my notice. OK, now I'm dying to know what had been said about you. I once worked in an office, about 30 years ago, that was full of petty, bitchy "politics". (I hesitate to use that term because this was just beyond petty and very low-level.) This was when I was doing clerical work at an insurance company. I was a bit of a misfit in terms of my general outlook on life, as well as how I dressed. I obeyed the company's explicit dress code rules, but I didn't follow office conventions, which was to wear dresses or nice slacks and tons of makeup. I dressed as casually as company rules allowed, did the absolute minimum in hairstyling (ie, washing and brushing), and wore no makeup. This apparently bothered my officemates intensely. Another crime was the fact that I carried my belongings in a knapsack rather than a purse. The girls were absolutely horrified by this. OK, it was a low-paying, incredibly boring job, and people needed something to distract them - but why did it have to be picking on me?? Anyway, one day my supervisor called me aside and told me that there had been numerous complaints that I "smelled bad". The supervisor told me that if I didn't "clean up", she was going to move my desk out away from the rest of the section's desks, in an obvious way that would be basically like being put in a stock for public humiliation. So I said that if she did that, I'd quit on the spot. When I got home that day, I asked all my friends, including my boyfriend at the time, if this was true about me. I *begged* them to be honest and not try to spare my feelings. If I really did have a problem with body odor, now was the time to tell me! Well, they all either laughed or got angry (on my behalf). The answer was a resounding, unanimous "NO!" It was just harassment, that's all. They didn't like how I looked, was what it came down to. Thank god I finally came to my senses and got another job. Not only did people behave more maturely at the new job, but it paid a lot more, too! -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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Sherry wrote:
You like money in the bank better than cool stuff. Ack! I can't believe I said that. I have turned into my parents. LOL, I've always been like that. Even in my teens. Maybe this means that I will soon abandon my sensible, thrifty habits and start buying cool stuff. I'm rather jelous of the office soap opera you have going on there. I used to wallow around in office gossip back in the day. Now I don't have anything remotely interesting to tell. Let's see. I let Frank outside today because he was begging hard, and what I *didn't* see was a black and white stray cat in the flower bed. So he took off ninety miles an hour to kick its butt -- Frank can run like a rabbit -- but he didn't catch it. First stray I've seen in a couple of years. I've left the garage door cracked and food out for it. Highlight of the day. See, look how much more intersting YOUR day was? Well, I find cat stories infinitely more interesting to listen to, but if you're seriously bored, maybe there's some volunteer work you could do, or a class you could take, something like that? -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote:
I have an acquaintance who used her position as accountant to use the company credit card to buy her groceries, gasoline, airline tickets to fly wherever, make her insurance payments, etc... Because she did the books, she figured she could cover/hide it. She's sweating buckets now because the company went bankrupt *but* the investing partners are looking into the money trail. See, they were smarter than she gave them (a group of lawyers) for being. They knew that 'X' amount of dollars was coming in, and going "somewhere", they just haven't found out where yet. She thinks that because she "lost" the credit card statements, that they will never find out (um, guess again). Or should I say she thought that. She knows that charges are coming, and she's trying to get "out of Dodge" as it were. Wow. That woman's going to jail for sure! -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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