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The office 'scolding email' thread

Disappointingly we are also having to deal with a number of devices which are being damaged to misuse. We have had laptops run over, had coffee spilt on, stepped on, dropped, bitten by dogs and in one instance the screen burnt with a candle.
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IT are in full on scolding mode this morning, on internal share point site following a whinge by someone about still being a desktop user
 
A terrible moment of disbelief and self-realisation in my classroom this week, my head of department has had their contract cut by 50% and put on probation the for rest of the remaining contract. I think I am next as I am directly responsible for teaching the courses. Looks like they will wait till Friday to talk to me, give me the weekend to drink.


WHY???? YOU ask, did the person yell at and frighten some of the pupils, were they hounding everyone over nearly everything from reminding teachers to help serve lunch items to students to recording via email and app every push, slap, prod, rude word and scratch of over 500 kids, so a lot of phone and emails extra work, tell other teacher's their lessons are train wreaks and then be a nightmare to have to deal with.

The reason, not remembering to cc someone in an email that was sent weeks ago.
 
extra dry said:
A terrible moment of disbelief and self-realisation in my classroom this week, my head of department has had their contract cut by 50% and put on probation the for rest of the remaining contract. I think I am next as I am directly responsible for teaching the courses. Looks like they will wait till Friday to talk to me, give me the weekend to drink.


WHY???? YOU ask, did the person yell at and frighten some of the pupils, were they hounding everyone over nearly everything from reminding teachers to help serve lunch items to students to recording via email and app every push, slap, prod, rude word and scratch of over 500 kids, so a lot of phone and emails extra work, tell other teacher's their lessons are train wreaks and then be a nightmare to have to deal with.

The reason, not remembering to cc someone in an email that was sent weeks ago.
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Holy fuck. There has to be more going on. How long have they been employe?
 
This is quite epic

Hi Everyone

It has become apparent that we have a large cohort of staff (from all floors) that think the cleaning team are here to completely clear up after you and that you do not need to clear anything up after you have vacated the café, a room, the toilets, etc.

For the avoidance of any doubt, the cleaners are here to clean overnight so that we are fresh again for the following day and during the day they are here to keep everything tidy and clean as the day progresses (within reason).

What they are NOT here to do is:-
  • Swapping rubbish from one bin to another as staff have used the incorrect bins. Please use the correct waste bins by following my email on the 6th November attached here again for reference.
  • Wipe up mess left from lunches at the tables you were sitting at. Please wipe them and tidy up after you have finished.
  • Clean up after evening socials which we pay extra for. Please put cups/glasses/plates in the cleaning area and boxes for pizza or other bought in food by the bins.
    • The only exception to this is TITNF where we are able to plan for additional cleaning in advance
  • Keep putting chairs back in the right places after using the café or rooms. If you remove chairs from one place to another, please put them back where they came from.
  • Collect up rubbish, cups, glasses, plates, etc from around the café. Please take crockery/cutlery back to the cleaning area and put your rubbish in the correct bins. And as mentioned on the 6thNovember, use one cup, glass, etc for the day not multiple.
  • Collect up cups, glasses, etc from around the office on desks. There is a kitchen on each floor, please drop the items back to the kitchen on your way out of the office.
  • Collect up cups, glasses, etc from around the meeting rooms. There is a kitchen on each floor, please drop the items back to the kitchen once you have finished in the rooms so that are free to use for someone else. The attached images are not ok to leave like this as the room is not fit for use for the next people to use it and the café has just been left a mess.
  • Clean the toilet after your use or indeed actually flush the toilets for you. Please use the brushes provided and flush once used.

Please treat the team with the respect they deserve as they, along with the Facilities team want to keep our offices looking great all of the time.


Thanks
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I have had this email saved for many years, waiting for all the people involved to have forgotten the incident so that it could be safely shared on an open forum. This was a company with around 40 employees on site, and the tone taken was not atypical of the office manager. The company was not cc’d in to the email which provoked this response, so I don’t know exactly what the mild mannered person involved had said about the fridge.


From: Office Manager
To: Person
Cc: THE WHOLE COMPANY
Subject: RE: Fridge


Dear PERSON

This is the second fridge communication I have had from you. Firstly, the cleaners barely put on the dishwasher if we are lucky. Secondly, if it offends, why don’t you do something about it? I am completely baffled by the continual need to ask other people to do things for us at COMPANY . If we need kitchen rolls, why doesn’t someone go and buy them? If the fridge is smelly - clean it out. We may used to have had “rules” about office etiquette, in the past however, they have not worked for a very long time. I am very sorry if I sound offensive in any way, but I really cannot tolerate this emailing me about such trivial and mind-numbing crap. I apologise in advance for the fuss this will create, but really!

Signed, Office Manager
 
Silas Loom said:
From: Office Manager
To: Person
Cc: THE WHOLE COMPANY
Subject: RE: Fridge


Dear PERSON

This is the second fridge communication I have had from you. Firstly, <snip/>
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Bet this person had an HR file as thick as a bosun's forearm. Ooft.

Straight to a disciplinary / sack in 2023 if you send an e-mail like this, unless of course you have kompromat on the bosses and a bit more headroom to be this shouty.
 
equationgirl said:
Yeah those hazmat suits for cleaners don't come cheap
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I had a nosebleed at work, the amount of blood was quite frightening, the bogs looked like an abattoir. I did offer to come back after I'd been to hospital and clean it up, but was told that the cleaners would deal with it. I had tw over three days, the first was at work, the second at home, both needing an A&E visit. The second time they got an ENT guy down to look at it, he cauterised it with silver nitrate. Ouchie, ouchie ouchie. :eek:
 
Sasaferrato said:
I had a nosebleed at work, the amount of blood was quite frightening, the bogs looked like an abattoir. I did offer to come back after I'd been to hospital and clean it up, but was told that the cleaners would deal with it. I had tw over three days, the first was at work, the second at home, both needing an A&E visit. The second time they got an ENT guy down to look at it, he cauterised it with silver nitrate. Ouchie, ouchie ouchie. :eek:
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Ooh super painful. Hope that resolved it though.
 
No scolding, but I quite enjoyed this for the, presumably, playful repetition:

Hi all,

Following on from the below, the root cause of the issue has been narrowed down to a faulty router. One of our technicians is currently en route to the office
 
steeplejack said:
Bet this person had an HR file as thick as a bosun's forearm. Ooft.

Straight to a disciplinary / sack in 2023 if you send an e-mail like this, unless of course you have kompromat on the bosses and a bit more headroom to be this shouty.
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In my experience, office managers can get away with it because senior management hire them to be rude to staff and be the bad guy, so they don't have to be.
 
equationgirl said:
Holy fuck. There has to be more going on. How long have they been employe?
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only since August this year. She has stayed on for the time being to keep running things. One teacher is being bullied by a parent right now, odd questions like 'because the school suspended my son for three days, isn't like child abuse??' and other bazzar things
 
Can’t work out a suitable thread for this but it was an email so hey! Anyone else work in a school where at the end of term, teachers get to leave half day and support staff have to work normal hours. First time for me in well over a decade of working in different schools. I reckon this would fit nicely in the could be Christmas thread if there’s a grinch section
 
Some stationary items (roll of brown paper, sticky notes, marker pens and spray mount) was delivered to xxx on the 7th Dec. 'Graham' is shown as having kindly received the delivery. Alas we have no idea where it is. If you're Graham, or know where our delivery is please get in touch as it's urgently required for a workshop.
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I think we all know what Graham's family and friends are getting for Christmas...
 
I have gone above and beyond for my employer all year - saved contracts, made sales, covered his shortcomings and put in initiatives that have saved him lots of money. Last Xmas I got a £100 bonus but this year - nothing. I’ve finished for the year but have emailed him saying how disappointed I am at this lack of appreciation and that I will be looking for some alternative employment in the new year. Fuck him.
 
seeformiles said:
I have gone above and beyond for my employer all year - saved contracts, made sales, covered his shortcomings and put in initiatives that have saved him lots of money. Last Xmas I got a £100 bonus but this year - nothing. I’ve finished for the year but have emailed him saying how disappointed I am at this lack of appreciation and that I will be looking for some alternative employment in the new year. Fuck him.
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I’ve applied for a good job today. It would be very gratifying that, if I get it before New Year, that I don’t have to return and can leave him in the shit. However, I intend to leave him in the shit regardless.
 
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