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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Thu Aug 1, 2013, 12:57 PM Aug 2013

Dilbert nails bosses who try to control perceptions of employee attitudes:

Ha!

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Dilbert nails bosses who try to control perceptions of employee attitudes: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Aug 2013 OP

That's pretty funny el_bryanto Aug 2013 #1

That reminds me of the company I retired from. The difference is that the management ... spin Aug 2013 #2

In othe news, how does Adams think men should treat women? Orrex Aug 2013 #3

That's pretty ironic considering Adams was caught using sock puppets to influence his popularity. randome Aug 2013 #4

Trouble with Dilbert is there is no Revolution. hunter Aug 2013 #5

Saw this in real life actually... Fix The Stupid Aug 2013 #6

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

1. That's pretty funny

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:00 PM

Aug 2013

Wonder if it'll spark a debate on Scott Adams's political views.

Bryant

spin

(17,493 posts)

2. That reminds me of the company I retired from. The difference is that the management ...

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:45 PM

Aug 2013

fixed the future surveys to find out which employees were disgruntled. Of course they denied this.

Orrex

(63,209 posts)

3. In othe news, how does Adams think men should treat women?

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Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:48 PM

Aug 2013

randome

(34,845 posts)

4. That's pretty ironic considering Adams was caught using sock puppets to influence his popularity.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:50 PM

Aug 2013

Weird times we live in, eh?

hunter

(38,311 posts)

5. Trouble with Dilbert is there is no Revolution.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:21 PM

Aug 2013

The employees never form a union and strike. They never take effective action against their bosses.

Just like real life. So many of us laugh with Dilbert and then we do nothing to solve the problem.

Dilbert is corporate pablum masquerading as edgy humor meant to pacify the white collar worker.

The bosses are fine with our despair so long as we are productive little mice.

What's it going to take for average U.S.A. citizens to regain their courage???

Fix The Stupid

(948 posts)

6. Saw this in real life actually...

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Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:36 PM

Aug 2013

I worked at a tobacco warehouse when I was younger....

There were 20 lift-trucks zooming around - all of them were ancient. Add in the dust and crap from the tobacco and you get a gist of the air quality we were subject to...

Certain days the smog in the plant was terrible. I can remember a few employees passing out, vomiting, etc.

Health & Safety decides to put in a CO2 detector smack dab in the middle of the plant, at eye level. Everyone could see this thing and read it whenever we wanted to...

It said right on the unit, something like, 0-10 is OK, 10-20 not so good, and anything past that was dangerous.

We routinely saw #'s in the 60's and 70's...thing was off the charts.

Managements solution? Replace the ancient air scrubbers? That would of been a great idea...but, alas, the great solution they came up with was to just remove the Co2 detector...VOILA! problem solved...lol.

I laugh about it now, but yeah, it was bad.

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