Does anyone else HATE working in offices???

To be honest,,, I LOVE my "office:. Mine is on a datacenter floor. I have NO contact with anyone and I do not go "visiting" like the others here. I sit here,,, do what I want and take care of my business.

NO ONE BOTHERS ME

Low profile,, don't participate in gossip or rumors

I also work all the OT I can. So I am here a lot more than anyone.

But I don't do the normal office BS. Fuck the lunches out, the pizza parties,, drinks with the boss.

I come in,,, do my job and split

Sorry about all the "cubies" out there.

I'm a 27 year old accountant who's been working for 4 years and it's finally dawned on me that I can't stand working in an office environment! I was laid off from my first job last year and now I'm working in a government office (as an accountant), and it sucks just as much as my old job.

I hate the stupid rules we have to put up with, the gossip, the kissing up, ACTING FAKE ALL THE TIME. I feel like I go into work every day as an ACTOR, 8 hours a day 40 hours a week. The fake smiles, the cheesy "how was your weekend," "how is your wife's new baby doing", the constant small talk about what restaurant you like to eat at, the latest reality tv moron, etc. etc. GAGGGG!!!!!!!!

It just SUCKS!!! What kind of job should I get where I don't have to put up with that bullshit anymore?? I'm about ready to staple my eyelids shut.

That's pretty much how I feel. I have been in an office for 15 years. I don't participate in the office activities. I get along with everyone just fine, but just don't care to hang out with them outside of work. As much as I would rather be outside, my office is full of windows I can open, a fireplace, and I get to have my maple candle, lol. No one really bothers me all that much, I pretty much just do my job and hang out on GLP :).

fireplace? open windows? you a wall street banker?

I'm a 27 year old accountant who's been working for 4 years and it's finally dawned on me that I can't stand working in an office environment! I was laid off from my first job last year and now I'm working in a government office (as an accountant), and it sucks just as much as my old job.

I work in an office and i hate every single minute of it. I work with mostly good people but there are a few that are either giant assholes or flat out morons that ruin the entire experience.

I got lucky this year and made 100k profit working my own business at home but I'm afraid it is not a steady business model. Also I'm going to get raped on taxes this year because of it. So i keep my crappy job just to cover my ass. Perhaps I should get some balls and just quit, and really give this home business a chance.

Honestly the best job I ever had was when I was a janitor while I was in college. Nobody to hassle me, easy job, up on my feet walking around most of the time.

My dream is to get a few hundred k saved up so I can buy a nice house and about 50 acres of land to live on. If I can pay cash for some thing like that I could easily get by on 25-30k a year, provided its in an area where your undeveloped land isnt hammered by property taxes.

janitor

One thing that the OP did not mention, but I am sure that most office workers can relate to... Someone has always got their God-damned hand out for money. A wedding gift for this person, a baby shower gift for that person, a contribution for flowers because some bitches 135 year old aunt died, etc etc etc. I worked in a bank severel years ago, and the was a weeky occurence. On one occasion you had a ghetto sister who was pregnant with her 3rd out of wedlock kid supplied by a 3rd baby daddy. The branch manager, who was a politically correct zealot insisted that all 23 member of the office contribute $ 30.00 toward the cost of a baby gift for this trash. Many people did not HAVE $30.00 dollars to contribute, as they were working to support their OWN kids. Anyone who did not contribute were chastised, publicly humiliated , and called racist. In the end, it all worked out well- the same manager who insisted on the money for the ghetto sister lost her job when the ghetto sister later accused her of being racist.

LONG! DISTANCE! TRUCK! DRIVER!

Story of my life. I constantly feel like I'm walking on eggshells, always afraid that using the wrong choice of words around the wrong person will get me canned. I know EXACTLY what you mean by acting.

I work in an office and i hate every single minute of it. I work with mostly good people but there are a few that are either giant assholes or flat out morons that ruin the entire experience.

I got lucky this year and made 100k profit working my own business at home but I'm afraid it is not a steady business model. Also I'm going to get raped on taxes this year because of it. So i keep my crappy job just to cover my ass. Perhaps I should get some balls and just quit, and really give this home business a chance.

Honestly the best job I ever had was when I was a janitor while I was in college. Nobody to hassle me, easy job, up on my feet walking around most of the time.

My dream is to get a few hundred k saved up so I can buy a nice house and about 50 acres of land to live on. If I can pay cash for some thing like that I could easily get by on 25-30k a year, provided its in an area where your undeveloped land isnt ammered by property taxes.

Nearly 40 years of office work and almost all of it sucked. What a waste.

You ever see the great black comedy "Office Space"? Says it all. Here's a SPOILER: at the end the hero becomes a construction worker. I think it's a good decision.