How to have a meeting with HR

Started by Last Hussar, 14 May 2025, 02:52:37 PM

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Last Hussar

14 May 2025, 02:52:37 PM
Guy I share an office with is Dutch.

Me - Why is there a red dot next to your name on Outlook?

Him - I leave my 'Occupied' indicator on.

Me - Well, you're Dutch, you are used to being occupied by the Germans.

Him - How do I contact HR?
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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14 May 2025, 06:36:47 PM #1
Ouch!
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d_Guy

14 May 2025, 06:46:47 PM #2
We always suspected that HR put Adderall in our food.
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

Ithoriel

15 May 2025, 01:24:30 AM #3
HR .... or Human Remains as we knew it, back when I worked for a living!
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steve_holmes_11

15 May 2025, 09:56:38 AM #4
Hans Reicke?

Last Hussar

15 May 2025, 11:43:18 AM #5
(He wasn't serious... at least I hope he wasn't!  ;D )
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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Orcs

15 May 2025, 06:41:27 PM #6
Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 May 2025, 11:43:18 AM(He wasn't serious... at least I hope he wasn't!  ;D )

I hope not. In the current climate you would be dismissed and he would get £95,000 compensation for the racist comment and the damage to his mental health.

At least he wasn't German and you didn't ask " Are you going to Belgium for your  holidays this year?"
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Last Hussar

19 May 2025, 12:08:57 PM #7
Quote from: Orcs on 15 May 2025, 06:41:27 PMAt least he wasn't German and you didn't ask " Are you going to Belgium for your  holidays this year?"

Poland first.
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Ithoriel

19 May 2025, 01:00:55 PM #8
I briefly worked on a project that included in the team a German and a Dutch member.

In a rare moment of downtime, waiting for a server to crunch a couple of large files, we got to talking about our plans for the upcoming holiday weekend.

The German guy  announced that he was taking some annual leave as well so that he and his wife could meet his parents on holiday in Holland.

Without missing a beat the Dutch lady said words to the effect of,"Perhaps you could ask your parents to bring my father's and grandfather's bikes back with them."

Instant ice in the air!
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Kiwidave

20 May 2025, 09:31:55 AM #9
Ouch!

This made me laugh out loud  ;D

flamingpig0

20 May 2025, 11:43:57 AM #10
Quote from: Orcs on 15 May 2025, 06:41:27 PMI hope not. In the current climate you would be dismissed and he would get £95,000 compensation for the racist comment and the damage to his mental health.

At least he wasn't German and you didn't ask " Are you going to Belgium for your  holidays this year?"

Depends
I once  attended an employment tribunal involving alleged racism and the first thing the the tribunal judge said was that he wasn't " interested in racism". Which one would have thought  would have disqualified him from the tribunal
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