Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Call them all Cathy... When they ask why - tell them they are as annoying as the doll you had when you were a kid... Chatty Cathy!
Originally Posted By avromark I must really say that corporate "America" is really starting to irritate me. Some workers seem to get away with everything. Some jobs seem redundant. Some policies seem counter productive. Then when someone has an important job, they either stupidify the process, pile on the work or put up some other impediment. I wonder what exactly these girls. I'm just going to make a guess but it's probably a less essential job function with more free time. I'm guessing as a "financial wrangler" you get to deal with more calls and more protocols and more "dealing with feelings" that is probably under appreciated by the company. Just assumed get it done. It just sings of "too much higher level" management. That said at my one job I'm a "Consultant/Expert" (ha!) so I guess I'm part of that fat. I like things run with a no BS! policy. Get it done, don't worry about procedure if it's counter productive. (But don't let the powers to be know we skirted their SOP). If you do your job, you probably know it better then me. It is your specialty. Too bad "Worker Empowerment" is only a business term for more work. (Just like multitasking). Too bad "Customer Satisfaction" means how much can I leach out of our client without putting in the time or truly caring how satisfied the client is with a quality job. Sorry for the rant. I truly hate seeing things like this happen to honest hard working people. Good luck. Na-noo Na-noo.
Originally Posted By Horse Crazy You could try finding one of those recording devices that play back people's conversations if they are close by. My daughter had a stuffed dog that had one in it. I took it to work once and put it under a co-worker's desk as a joke. It might just drive your chatty cathy(s) crazy with their own talking coming back at them. It's not very noisy, so it shouldn't bother you. Of course they will find it and stop the operation, but maybe it would send a message.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS The funny thing about all this IS their names...Kathy and Ria Chatty Kathy and Dia-Ria of the mouth LOL!! I finally said something again outloud to both of them yesterday because I just couldn't stand it any more!! I'll probably be written up for it but at this point it's beyond my caring about it. They were quiet for the afternoon, but wouldn't you know they started up this morning even worse than before. My HR rep is in a meeting, but I'm going to go talk to him this afternoon about it. The gal in the other room said that Kathy was in their area yesterday just blabbing away about nothing. Avromark - Kathy has a higher position than I do! You'd think she'd do some work.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb How are things going with Chatty Kathy and Dia-Ria? Did your HR rep do anything the help?
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Here's an update for anyone who was wondering... I was told by my boss not to record anything because it could be considered illegal. So instead, I have been keeping track for the last few weeks how much chatty-Kathy is chatting at my cubicle section. Can you believe that at least 2.5 hours a day is spent talking? I'm not kidding. How in the heck can anyone get anything done if they are not at their desk for 2.5 hours? Then also take an hour lunch? Holy Moses. New development: It appears that Chatty has been "sharing" her workload with my boss, because she claims there isn't enough time in the day to get her work done. HELLO????? If you sit at your desk and do your work you might just find there's enough time! Anyway, my boss is furious about this and has the CFO involved now, and they both have a meeting with the owner to talk about her chatty behaviour. I guess I'm a nobody and now that this is affecting my boss, something might be done about it after all. The plot thickens.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Well it's sad it took your it affecting your boss to get results... But in the long run you win since now you will actually be able to work... If Chatty was passing off work because it was too much for her to do - you would have thought the boss would have looked at her work performance to see where the problem was. The worse part of this is that apparently Chatty has no conscious (sp?) since she knew she was Chatting and not working... and then passing the work off - all while collecting her pay!
Originally Posted By avromark So this may turn into "Justice is Served" kind of. Question, is she the only one with her job profile? Or is there others they may be comparing her output to? So we'll soon see a "It's so quiet, I'm going nuts at work" topic perhaps?
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thanks for the update 999HAUNTS Sounds like something will be happening soon.
