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Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby Ferretlover » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 10:53:23

And people still insist that the changing future is going to be, oh, so smooth!
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby emersonbiggins » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 11:09:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')People are coming to work after a long commute, sitting in traffic watching their discretionary income burn up. They're ready for a fight or just really upset," he said.


This will end well.

What we need are the calm, cool and collected voices of reason that bleat "DURRRRRR, I can afford $10/gallon at the pump before it makes sense to quit my job." Yeah, you might. But what about your neighbor? Is he the resentful type?
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby PrairieMule » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 11:12:55

Over the last year, I have heard reports of the occasional fistfight over at Countrywide.
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby eastbay » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 11:24:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'O')ver the last year, I have heard reports of the occasional fistfight over at Countrywide.


I wonder what they're fighting over PM? Not much there these days.
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby PrairieMule » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 12:27:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'O')ver the last year, I have heard reports of the occasional fistfight over at Countrywide.


I wonder what they're fighting over PM? Not much there these days.


Late last year thousands of Account "Executives" :roll: (aka subprime pushers) closed a lot of loans but got canned a few days before they funded. They got their butts kicked to the curb and their pipeline went to someone else. Lots of AE's had commision checks in the neighborhood of $5K-$8K on deals they did all the work on passed on to someone else.

Many of these hyper agressive sharks were wound up tight to begin with. I heard a few managers got socked in the jaw while employees were on their way out.
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby eastbay » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 12:39:24

Ahhhh I get it. Not very nice.
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby holmes » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:46:53

Everything can be solved if we just drill more.

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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby Fredrik » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 14:31:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]financially strapped workers having to cut back on paying for personal pastimes that might serve as an antidote to work pressures.


I guess people must have beaten each other up continuously before those expensive pastimes were invented. Or maybe there are other ways to release pressure if you use your imagination... like boxing or wrestling. :)
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby catbox » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 15:52:27

Glad I work with happy people!
And on those not so happy days...people are allowed to drink at their desk.
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby POAlex » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 22:24:55

The sand is shifting.

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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby bobaloo » Fri 11 Jul 2008, 22:38:32

My work involves dealing with the public and in the last couple of months I've really noticed an increase in people getting out of control, ranting and raving and getting hysterical over things. The general stress level out there really seems to be going up.
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Re: Move over, 'road rage'. Here comes 'desk rage'!

Unread postby dukey » Sat 12 Jul 2008, 12:34:35

i think if i was tied to a desk 9-5 i'd go fuc.king nuts
humans aren't meant to sit down hour upon hour like vegetables
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