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[STICKIED] Community Question Post #38 - HOW 'BOUT THEM COWBOYS?

Jun 19, 2015 04:57

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theidolhands asks: Do you discuss current events at work?

Why or why not?

What's one of the stupidest things a co-worker/boss has said as commentary on the news?

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kelemvor June 19 2015, 12:35:43 UTC

[It should be noted that I work in an IT department, and my line manager is a former RPG programmer.]

We were discussing the rise in scammers cold-calling people, claiming to be from "Windows" and wanting to connect to home PCs. While various colleagues mentioned receiving such calls and brushing them off, my manager said (quite cheerfully) that when one called him, he gave out his connection details and only became suspicious when they crashed his PC. (He has also stuck a Post-It note over the webcam aperture on his work laptop, because someone trolled him by saying that the members of another team can spy on us through them.)

theidolhands June 20 2015, 01:51:55 UTC

I understand that there is an app that allows one to easily see through the molecules of a Post-It, he should probably upgrade to kryptonite.

wind_shadow2008 June 19 2015, 15:10:10 UTC

Yes, we do. However, I will note that, luckily, everyone in my group (including my boss) has similar political/social views. If that were not the case, I probably wouldn't engage in these discussions as much. I have my views, you have yours...let's not make things awkward by fighting over them at work. ;-)

theidolhands June 20 2015, 01:55:10 UTC

I have my views, you have yours...let's not make things awkward by fighting over them at work. ;-)

If only more people could be this reasonable. I used to say, "You don't have to marry them, you just have to work together."

xchanceofrainx June 19 2015, 16:56:44 UTC

Usually we refrained, because our GM was ultra-conservative, ultra-republican, ultra-Christian and the rare times we would, you could see him getting visibly agitated at our views, so it was just better that we didn't.

theidolhands June 20 2015, 01:52:36 UTC

Definitely.

omni_videns June 19 2015, 18:37:34 UTC

Nopenopenopenopenope.

I'm still having to correct a coworker on using the correct pronoun for another employee who transitioned nearly two years ago. Another coworker will bitch from Nov. 1st until New Years about the "War On Christmas".

I do a ton of eye-rolling.

theidolhands June 20 2015, 01:53:49 UTC

Time to start whistling jingle bells.

kharmii June 19 2015, 20:29:50 UTC

Yes, mostly sports and the weather. Sometimes local politics comes up, like when Chuy had a run off against Rahm. That created a buzz. Another popular political topic that comes up is anything to do with legalizing marijuana, which I'm not interested in talking about the least bit. Sometimes the gay guy and the black guy will start in on race/gay issues. I always respond the same way, by reminding them that power grabs are always behind all the race/gay pandering. I could almost put my favorite quote out there from a useful article I read, "Like all such deceptions, its sole purpose is as a vehicle to transfer power from individuals to an increasingly centralized state."

http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/08/how-to-escape-the-age-of-mass-delusion/

I've been luckily because nobody has said anything stupid at work in a while. That seems to be all over Facebook these days.