Writes our submitter in Madison, Wisconsin: “This note appeared in the staff bathrooms the day after a meeting I had with my boss…a meeting that included some discussion about how large parts of my day involve looking for things to do. So…I guess I’m ‘uninteresting’?”
related: A few clues that you might be stuck in a soul-sucking job
43 responses so far ↓
#1
Grumbler
In the bathroom? Really?
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:07 pm rating: 16
#2
Dee
Ah, those were the “big jobs” Thx Sandra kept referring to. It’s all so clear now.
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:09 pm rating: 21
#3
J.
If your “job” is as big as you are, see a doctor. Maybe that note would be better near a desk and not a toilet.
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:10 pm rating: 20
#4
infant tyrone
Mr. Hubbs, there’s a Daryl Hannah and an Allison Hayes here to see you.
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:14 pm rating: 1
#5
Danny
Each of those sentences would’ve been an acceptable quote. Together, this is just some asshole who likes to ramble a lot. There’s no reason to keep saying the same thing over and over. Sometimes it’s enough to just make your point and go. People don’t like hearing the same thing reworded over and over. I don’t know why this note doesn’t just get to the point. There’s no reason for those three sentences to reword the same idea. Repetition is not something anyone enjoys.
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:20 pm rating: 124
#6
unsatisfied
how can our submitter complain of his/her workplace being so “uninteresting” with such interesting signs containing such interesting quotes in such an interesting location as the bathroom?
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:28 pm rating: 17
#7
aliceblue
Just what the night janitor cleaning the toilet needs to see. Scrubbing shit stains not “interesting?” It’s all your fault.
Nov 9, 2011 at 10:20 pm rating: 43
#8
Dr. Knight
“The world is filled with willing people…
Some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”
– Robert Frost
Nov 9, 2011 at 10:24 pm rating: 17
#9
cafn8d
If your note is becoming uninteresting, maybe you should liven it up with Papyrus.
Nov 9, 2011 at 10:28 pm rating: 7
#10
Canthz_B
I don’t want my work lively and interesting badly enough to cook myself in a spoon over a candle, draw myself up into a hypodermic needle and inject myself into its veins in some shooting gallery on the seedy side of town.
Can’t I just be bored for eight hours and go home?
Nov 9, 2011 at 10:47 pm rating: 8
#11
Palomon
Can you hand me a roll, I need to wipe some interesting work off my Hubbs.
Nov 9, 2011 at 11:53 pm rating: 6
#12
SmokeEntity
I can definately see my workplace putting up a sign like this :/
Nov 10, 2011 at 1:19 am rating: 1
#13
The Elf
I bet George C. Hubbs never had to balance spreadsheets.
Nov 10, 2011 at 7:10 am rating: 10
#14
Nahhh
Nothing screams “I AM REDUNDANT; FIRE ME!” like telling the boss that “…large parts of my day involve looking for things to do.”
Nov 10, 2011 at 7:55 am rating: 27
#15
johnnyboy
Hmm, I wonder why I can’t find any solid information on “George C Hubbs” on the web, apart from that idiotic quote. On the top site that comes up, his entry actually has the picture of Clarence Thomas – perhaps because Thomas is similarly full of shit ? It seems more and more appropriate that the quote was posted in the toilet, where it belongs.
Nov 10, 2011 at 8:27 am rating: 3
#16
Rattus
George C. Hubbs knows not whereof he speaks. I am plenty interesting when I’m not trapped in a cubicle and can drink freely.
Nov 10, 2011 at 8:51 am rating: 17
#17
Charlie
“Your job is only as big as you are.” Perhaps this quote should be used by all of the folks critical of workplace candy/cookies/cake/donuts.
Nov 10, 2011 at 12:01 pm rating: 3
#18
Noelegy
Sure, they SAY that, but the last time I tried to make work interesting by wearing a tutu, army boots, and a gorilla mask, I got in trouble for violating the dress code…
Nov 10, 2011 at 12:38 pm rating: 9
#19
mutzali
My job’s got a huge ass. It needs to walk more at lunch.
Nov 10, 2011 at 12:57 pm rating: 3
#20
Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff
George C Hubbs never worked in a call center.
Nov 10, 2011 at 4:45 pm rating: 8
#21
Spencer
Hostile work environment, what?
Nov 11, 2011 at 9:00 am rating: 2
#22
jezzielea
a) I seriously love the commenters on this website. Seriously, the comments are like the scrumptious icing on the best cake EVER.
b) George C Hubbs was a dick.
c) I love that someone actually looked up George C Hubbs’ bio & everyone now knows he didn’t know what the crap he was talking about.
Well done, you guys. Well done
Nov 15, 2011 at 1:02 pm rating: 3
#23
Laura
I worked at KFC for a long time and if we didn’t have anything to do, I would get twitchy. It’s booooring just sitting around. Some people aren’t like that, I know. I would wipe down the tables three or four times each during the lunch lull because I was A) bored to death and B) not willing to listen to my coworker Judith’s boring (and often horribly insensitive) diatribes.
I kind of miss it, though. The working, I mean.
Dec 1, 2011 at 10:25 pm rating: 0
Comments are Closed