Just got this email from him the other day that made me cry with tears of laughter.
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This is how I feel about some of my suggestions for improving the quality of the work in my team.
Caveman 1: Man.. it’s cold in this cave, and it’s dark, there are wolves and sabretooth tigers out there.
Caveman 2: Hey look what I got! fire! a gift from the gods! <— Brother
Caveman 1: It looks good…. but…
Caveman 2: See? it warms you, gives light, cooks your food, keeps the predators away. You just have to feed it wood to keep it going, and make sure that you keep it in its fire pit.
Caveman 1: But it’s so hot, and it’s taking up space for my favourite club.
Caveman 2: But it keeps the wolves at bay! See?
Caveman 1: I don’t like it, it’s too much work, and it burns my fingers.
Caveman 3,4,5,6,7: Yeah, it burns us!
Caveman 1: Put it out, I don’t like it
Caveman 2: …
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Best line ever: Put it out, I dont like it
I had to keep from dying on the floor of my cubicle from laughter.
This is so funny because it’s so familiar and pathetic at the same time, having worked with people exactly like that.
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I've seen higher ups be fake bitter because they were told "Put it out, I don't like it" two years ago and now we're asking for things that are getting approved right and left and they're sputtering: but but!! I TOLD YOU SO!!!
Sad but too funny that it happens to everyone.
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LOL!!!!
\”I told you so\”.
I read that convo from my brother and it makes me laugh every time.
I haven't been in the situation in awhile, but the last job I had there was this woman who said "No" to everything. We'd have a meeting about how something wasn't working, and she would fold her arms and shoot down every single suggestion to improve the workflow. No matter what you said, she had a reason why it wouldn't work. Then she spend the rest of the day going into other people's cubicles and whispering about how the workflow was impossible to deal with. She did eventually get laid off!
See? 🙂 Karma. That\’s what I told my bro.
"Put it out, I don't like it." I've worked with that group before. 🙂
Made me laugh. Still makes my day.
What a hoot! We've probably all had that situation at work.
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It\’s funny eh? 🙂
Hilarious! Yeah, this is exactly why I’m working on my exit strategy.
It really makes me laugh every time I read it.
It’s so true I can’t even laugh at it. O__O This happens every daaaay….
It\’s why I had to laugh!
I've been in that position before too. What really kills me is when 2 years later, such ideas are re-introduced by a director or higher… then it's a great idea, but it was just stupid when it was mine!
At work, my peers just say "Good Times" when bad thinks like that happens…
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It always sounds better higher up apparently.
OMG, so hilariously true!
This is exactly why I work for myself now.
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I work for myself too, but I have to work with teams so sometimes I come across this sort of problem!
I,m still working with and for these idiots. Love your Brothers sense of humor.
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