MisterShouty

Something that has been grinding on me somewhat of late is yet another irritant of the office world.

Let me set the scene a little.

The office in which I work is pretty massive. Several hundred people at open-plan desks sharing a space about as big as 2 football fields. So you can imagine how often the sound of ringing phones fills the air.

Now, phones have been the subject of many a rant on my part in the past, but this time it is specifically about office desk phones, all of which are set to the same generic ringtone and are ringing, quite literally, CONSTANTLY.

OK, headphones (or earplugs) fix this, but there are times when you just want to unplug your ears and let some air in! And to have them assaulted in this manner as soon as you do is enough to make you want to throttle the nearest person to you until the light drains out of their glassy, lifeless eyes.

This situation is only exacerbated by the fact that there are assholes out there ringing people in this office that, when they don’t get answered within the standard phone-answering time (which I judge to be about 45 seconds), they don’t hang up! No. They just let the fucking thing ring.

And ring.

And fucking ring.

So, as if it’s not bad enough that new calls pollute this office every few seconds, we also have these CUNTS that refuse to hang up! Do you REALLY think that the person is there, just sitting listening to the phone ring? You think it’s a weird game some people play?

Just give up, you fucking freak!

I’ve come so close to picking up one of these constantly ringing phones and asking exactly how long they need to hear that tone ringing in their ear before it gets through their thick fucking skull that no one is at the fucking desk! Send an email! Try again later! Do ANYTHING BUT JUST LETTING IT RING in an office FULL of people trying to work!

Of course, the problem with that is, if I did launch into a four letter tirade, it’d be ME that would be punished. Fucking uptight HR people! What a load of fuckheads they are!

Yet another thing to add to the list of crap that makes me want to bring a gun to work.

~ by mistershouty on January 17, 2012.

Posted in General Misery, Office, People Skills