Ludwig
Hopeless romantic
- Location
- Lissingdown
I've met a few and they tend to give the illusion that they are busy by embellishing their acheivenments always walking around with a piece of paper or clipboard.
Do you have a lazy person at work?
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User482
Guest
You're all talking about laziness as if it's a bad thing...
Nearly there
Veteran
- Location
- Cumbria
When I was 20 I got laid off from my painting and decorating job so because I did'nt want to sign on I got a job as a part-time warehouse assistant and Ill always remember my first shift when I was got my tour of the place with the Manager and warehouse manager then half way round the(positive up beat) manager got a call and had to leave,once out of ear shot the warehouse manager pointed to a shelf and said that's were I sleep at which I laughed then he proceeded to tell me what a Joke the company Is etc etc and that he sleeps to prove a point.The bloke worked but would only do "the minimum"as he called It and at 4pm that day he shouted me over to the shelf he'd pointed at previously climbed on then asked me to surround him with boxes which I did
he said giz a shout at half five.I remember walking away thinking maybe this was a test or something,A few weeks later when he was having his knap the Manager came in looking for him and we were stood right next to the shelf he was asleep on and me being daft covered for him and said I think he's gone to the toilet,when I think back now I done most of the work and he did indeed do the minimum.
he said giz a shout at half five.I remember walking away thinking maybe this was a test or something,A few weeks later when he was having his knap the Manager came in looking for him and we were stood right next to the shelf he was asleep on and me being daft covered for him and said I think he's gone to the toilet,when I think back now I done most of the work and he did indeed do the minimum.
carolonabike
Senior Member
- Location
- Boldon
I work with both, my immediate boss has doormat written on his forehead and is well and truly taken advantage of by the MD, doing a lot of the MD's job as well as his own. I also have a team member who is really good at delegating stuff she doesn't want to do, which is quite a lot. She also wanders around looking as if she has the weight of the world on her shoulders, but I think that has more to do with her private property empire which she also runs while she's at work. 
Risex4
Dropped by the autobus
- Location
- The Green/Gray Hills Of Debunshire
I've known many. Some there are under-lying factors and when you can work out which buttons to push they turn into quite constructive colleagues, others are just born without the desire to do anything other than seek out a corner to text in or someone to chin-wag to. What amazes me most about the latter kind is watching when your chin-wagger is trying to do their usual skieve with an actual worker. The worker will be there actually trying to get on with something, and its as if the lazy barsteward in some way just doesnt comprehend the concept of work at all. No guilt of "oh, they're working so perhaps I should be to"; nothing.
Although this is a sore point for me at the mo'. I was for over a decade the afore-mentioned mug - filled any role, worked any hours -often unpaid (or more precisely for "time owed" - what a joke), did any tasking which came up, often to the benefit of colleagues happy to free-ride alongside. This "muggness" did get me a little more in terms of gradual pay increases and the like, fair enough, but then that was a double edged sword; when it became apparent hours/costs needed to be saved somewhere, guess who was the first target for performance management on the grounds of output vs. remuneration? So while those who are happy to doss, do the mimimum, shirk responsiblity etc are still happily and ignorantly employed on near minimum wage, I am now not...
Although this is a sore point for me at the mo'. I was for over a decade the afore-mentioned mug - filled any role, worked any hours -often unpaid (or more precisely for "time owed" - what a joke), did any tasking which came up, often to the benefit of colleagues happy to free-ride alongside. This "muggness" did get me a little more in terms of gradual pay increases and the like, fair enough, but then that was a double edged sword; when it became apparent hours/costs needed to be saved somewhere, guess who was the first target for performance management on the grounds of output vs. remuneration? So while those who are happy to doss, do the mimimum, shirk responsiblity etc are still happily and ignorantly employed on near minimum wage, I am now not...
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Depends what impact it has on others and your particular work sitation.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
I'd tell you but I can't be arsed.
citybabe
Keep Calm and OMG.......CAKES!!
- Location
- Lowestoft Suffolk
There's at least 3 people I can think of
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
There might be other things going on that make a person appear lazy - for example, when my dad was dying I found it impossible to concentrate on what I was supposed to be doing - but the laziest people are easy to spot because they don't even try to look busy!
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Hey, hello Col me old mate, long time no see. I didn't know you were on here!!!!I worked a night shift for a year and a colleague once actually had the cheek to bring a sleeping bag in, intending to sleep during some of his shift. (We were sometimes unsupervised overnight.) I told him that if he did it, I would stop on until the management came in next morning and report what he had done. We had production targets to meet and he seemed to think that the rest of us should work harder to make up his deficit. He got a major strop on and told me to mind my own business, but ... he stayed awake and worked through the night!
The same man used to stuff a copy of The Sun up his shirt and disappear into a toilet cubicle 20 minutes before every break and not emerge until the break was about to start. He'd extend the breaks by 5 or 10 minutes when the foreman wasn't watching him, and he'd always be at the head of the queue waiting to clock out at the end of each working day.
He started work later than everyone else, worked slower than everyone else, apparently had a really terrible bowel problem, and was always off the premises before anyone else. If it had been my company, I'd have had him in the office and given him a good talking to!
Yes - he was one lazy bugger!
How ya doing these days, I can't complain as I won the Euro Lottery last year and bought our old firm. Any time you want a job mate...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ha ha!
I heard that they went bust after I left - obviously because average productivity dropped by about 50%!
classic33
Leg End Member
If they are expected to do the same amount of work as everyone else and don't. Day in day out. Finding excuses for not doing something they should be doing.
Every job I've had, I've ended up doing part of someone elses work. Often just so that the work got done. I know there will always be someone who'll take advantage of that. However the last time it was done I wasn't even in work when they tried to pass the blame.
You'll often find them propping up walls, leaning on work surfaces. Moving out of the way when there is work to be done. Got one at work like that.
Hip Priest
Veteran
God, there are a lot of toilers on here aren't there? I'm quite idle in work, but I still do okay. I don't work hard, I work smart. I'd only feel guilty if I had the sort of job where my laziness would mean my colleagues having to do work harder.
classic33
Leg End Member
Wasn't that was the point of the question asked.
I don't think anyone has said that they work harder than anyone else. However the feeling that you/they are having to do extra work because others where they work cannot be bothered doing their share is what most seem to be having a go at.
