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    Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work

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    Image of shag_carpet_bomb shag_carpet_bomb
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    It is kind of whiny, BUT, sometimes the office parks are miles away from any kind of food service industry. So, you know, get in your car and drive to 7Eleven for a Mt. Dew? Or??? My husband actually buys sodas he likes (hansens diet!) and people at his office drink his damn sodas. The mini fridge he kept his lunch in was banned, and now people eat his damn food. It kind of sucks. He works at a big 3 game co. Bunch of morons.
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    Image of Chocolate Sex Bunny Chocolate Sex Bunny
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    My company made the list and everyone is creaming themselves.


    They put up "thank you signs" and are totally whoring out the status.

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    Image of Nearsite00 Nearsite00
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    At what point do we stop with the 'just be happy you even have a job' bit? What if all those of you that are complaining about the original poster, had to pay for parking at work every day? Should we not complain becuase 'free parking' is a perk? Someone's gotta pay to maintain the asphalt, why not the implementation staff whose back the company profits from in the first place. Dam, I sound like a socialist.
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    Image of NOLA girl NOLA girl
    02/12/09

    @Nearsite00: I pay $160/month for parking. Yes, free parking is a perk. Shut the fuck up.
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    Image of tammyfey tammyfey
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    Hey, it's a great place to work!


    Wait, oh, I see. I thought we were talking about Crisco.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/12/09

    @tammyfey: And by "work" you mean "roll yourself around in warm vats of lard making soft cooing noises all day."
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    Wow, that's rough. Next thing you know, Cisco employees will have to start paying for their daily foot massages.
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    this falls under the category of white whine.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/12/09

    @yourfriendandneighbor: Yeah, I think any place that still offers paychecks would be one of the best places to work.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    Never ever ever take away your employees' caffeine. Productivity will go down, grumpiness will go up, and if they weren't so darned sleepy, those employees could stage a coup d'etat.
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    Image of ShrabanaDampyre ShrabanaDampyre
    02/12/09

    @misslinda:

    Not true at all. I'm guessing you've never worked as a dev/engineer. Get back to work you gawker troll.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    02/12/09

    @misslinda: I've never understood why companies give employees bad coffee. It's like they are saying, "Please take 20 minutes 2 or 3 times a day to go down to the coffee place and buy drinkable coffee. It's cool. We won't miss you."
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    Image of celery celery
    02/12/09

    @ShrabanaDampyre: To be fair, employees who spend all day in search of their next caffeine fix instead of working are usually too addled to believe that not everyone shares their all-consuming craving for the bean.


    Sorry, that wasn't really fair at all :/

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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    02/12/09

    @celery: This is all reminding me that I need my afternoon fix.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    I'm just happy when I don't get the lash.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    02/12/09

    @BadUncle: Wait, I thought you were happy when you did get the lash. So confused...
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/12/09

    @BookishLookish: It depends if it's the "happy lash," or the "sad lash."
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    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    These seem like logical cost-cutting measures to me.
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    12-13 million a year in free drinks? What were they giving away, Cristal?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/12/09

    In reply to Cisco, the Best Lousy Place to Work
    You know, water's a free drink.


    Quit being such a pussy.

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/12/09

    @Pope John Peeps II:


    Tap water is free, but they make it taste terrible and spread rumours about how it's full of bacteria, virii, lead, and mercury.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/12/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: virii isn't actually the plural. Viruses is the plural. Virii would be the plural were it an actual latin word being spoken by an actual person from the Roman Empire maybe...
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    02/12/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: And then they spread these rumors that make people fear microbes. We're your friends, really! Just ask me or that virus what wears shoes.


    Us prions just want to make your brain fizzy!

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/12/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: That would be a Senator strolling through the halls of the Bacterium, right?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/12/09

    @BadUncle: Yes, the Bacterium. Which as everyone knows is located on the Hackcougholis.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/12/09

    @Pope John Peeps II:


    What, so you have a problem with stewardi too? Oh the humanity.

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/12/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming:


    Ok, Uncle Wiki tells us why:


    Virus was a mass noun, so no plural. For it to be pluralized as virii, the word would have to have been virius. It *could* have been pluralized as viri, except that word is already taken. So we're stuck with boring old viruses.

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    Image of Turncoat Turncoat
    02/12/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Veni, Veci, Virii?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/13/09

    @Turncoat:


    Veni, Vici...


    ...vomitorium!

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