[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#2964472 8-Sep-2022 07:30

geoffwnz:

Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

Don't want to peak too soon. I start my work day with a coffee. I can drink it while dealing with any overnight emails etc.

You do you.

I also start my workday with a coffee. I drink it to deal with overnight Geekzone forum posts.

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#2964480 8-Sep-2022 08:24

Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

Work IT takes between 5-8 minutes to log in each morning. Start log in process, go make coffee, come back and watch the end of log in.

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#2964482 8-Sep-2022 08:28

Ge0rge:
Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

Work IT takes between 5-8 minutes to log in each morning. Start log in process, go make coffee, come back and watch the end of log in.

Sounds like my work laptop. I travel for work and absolutely dread having to check something on the laptop in the car tethering.

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#2964483 8-Sep-2022 08:28

Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

It's a tradition that started in the days of switching on an x86 computer and waiting for a usable screen to appear.

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#2964581 8-Sep-2022 10:31

shk292:

Use of cheques seems to be embedded in their psyche - we had a member on here recently complaining that it was impossible to deposit a paper cheque in an NZ bank account and refusing to believe that a Wise bank account would allow direct credit in the US that could then be accessed in NZ.

Actually banks will, for a fee, still process an overseas cheque. I recently got a dividend cheque for some overseas shares, after their not paying a dividend for many a long year. Took the teller some time and much referencing of instructions, but it was cleared okay.

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#2964584 8-Sep-2022 10:35

Emailed Aramex for an update on a parcel at 10:01. Got a perfectly reasonable reply at 10:05.

I know, useless couriers, so annoying. Not this time though...

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#2964602 8-Sep-2022 11:04

Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

It's psychological, not physical. Same reason people who work in the same office will go for a coffee mid morning or mid afternoon, it's not because they're thirsty.

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#2964608 8-Sep-2022 11:36

neb:

It's psychological, not physical. Same reason people who work in the same office will go for a coffee mid morning or mid afternoon, it's not because they're thirsty.

It has nothing to do with thirst. Coffee is a wonder drug. Without it people are flatlanders. With it, they soar to the heights.

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#2964644 8-Sep-2022 12:37

Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

I have no problem with my staff starting the day with a coffee, tea or water. if it helps them get going then its all good. I prefer an good work environment to a bunch of automatons just going through the motions.

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#2964659 8-Sep-2022 13:49

I used to encourage my staff to have a coffee and a chat first thing...got them going for the day and made sure everyone got on, as well as they could.

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#2964664 8-Sep-2022 14:08

Ge0rge: Work IT takes between 5-8 minutes to log in each morning. Start log in process, go make coffee, come back and watch the end of log in.

Let me guess, you're running one or more enterprise-grade products?

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#2964703 8-Sep-2022 15:38

I start my day with the coffee in the car on the way to work. Number of reasons for this.

I'm a coffee snob and the coffee I make at home is far better than anything I can make or buy near the office.
A coffee to sip on from an insulated cup in the car with a podcast playing is the only way I can cope with the Auckland morning commute.

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#2964715 8-Sep-2022 16:26

MikeB4:

Technofreak: People staring work and immediately needing a coffee. It's work time FFS, get out of bed 10 minutes earlier and have your coffee before you start work.

I have no problem with my staff starting the day with a coffee, tea or water. if it helps them get going then its all good. I prefer an good work environment to a bunch of automatons just going through the motions.

If people cannot arrive at work ready to start work at the assigned start time they really need to think about their priorities in life. If you really need to have a coffee, arrive early and have it before start time. Don't expect your fellow workmates to carry you while you have your coffee.

I'm flabbergasted that so many people on here think it's OK to waste the bosses time at the start of the day. Not all jobs are sitting in front of a computer where you may have to wait for it to "wake up" at the start of the day.

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#2964716 8-Sep-2022 16:36

Senecio:

I start my day with the coffee in the car on the way to work. Number of reasons for this.

I'm a coffee snob and the coffee I make at home is far better than anything I can make or buy near the office.
A coffee to sip on from an insulated cup in the car with a podcast playing is the only way I can cope with the Auckland morning commute.

I'm a crockery snob.

Coffee doesn't taste good to me unless I'm sitting down and drinking it from a proper cup.

Drinking from a cardboard cup with a tiny-holed lid on? No thanks, I'd rather go without.

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#2964717 8-Sep-2022 16:37

Most people have gotten over presenteeism and are worried about whether the job actually gets done. If there’s an output problem that needs to be managed that otherwise let people organise their lives however they want.

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