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ugh, and since other officemate told him to mute his computer last time (which was only last week!), I suppose I have to say something this time. This person doesn't seem to retain knowledge well. Officemate is doing a lot of their training and the convos have lots of "remember when I showed you this", "remember we walked through this before?" "can you let me finish what I'm saying?"
He has a bad habit of like, assuming what someone is going to say and cutting them off mid-sentence with "yes, yes, I know, I've got it" and then it turns out they actually didn't. I could tell coworker was getting frustrated with that yesterday. Hell, I was just half-listening and it was annoying to me. I'm like let them finish the damn sentence!
He has a bad habit of like, assuming what someone is going to say and cutting them off mid-sentence with "yes, yes, I know, I've got it" and then it turns out they actually didn't. I could tell coworker was getting frustrated with that yesterday. Hell, I was just half-listening and it was annoying to me. I'm like let them finish the damn sentence!
Training people like that IS frustrating.
I've had difficulty training some international students who come from cultures where you're not supposed to admit you don't understand, because it makes the person training you look bad. So, they will say yes yes yes when you're explaining things, and when you ask "Did you understand that?" the answer is ALWAYS yes. I've learned that instead of asking if they understand, I need to ask them to repeat the instructions back to me, or demonstrate the way they will perform the task. It gives me a better insight into how much they really understood.
You & your co-worker might want to implement some form of that; at the very least, it should convince the trainee to LISTEN to all the instructions.
Its friday and i still dont have a costume. Im tempted to just say **** it and be that guy that goes out without a costume.
I don't do slash & gash (Freddy, Jason, Mike Myers et al) or "torture porn" (pants, I LOVE that description). But I love a good creature feature. Hell, I love BAD creature features (although I was unable to stoop to the level of sharknado). Some movies are more scary without seeing the blood & gore...
Weather forecaster on the morning news was wearing a t-shirt over her dress that said "this is my costume". You could try that...
I once had a friend who was not ambitious when it came to stuff like Halloween. He went out on Halloween and when people asked what he was he told them he was a drunk college student.
I wanted to go with no shirt on...when someone would ask me what I am for halloween I would say "I'm a premature ejaculation, I just came in my pants". But I was only going to do that if my friends threw a party (too cold to be walking around with no shirt and wouldn't feel comfortable at a random party with no shirt on).
One year in college I was not planning on doing anything until some friends decided to have a party at the last minute. So I put on a polo, popped the collar grabbed my aviators and went as a bro.
Training people like that IS frustrating.
I've had difficulty training some international students who come from cultures where you're not supposed to admit you don't understand, because it makes the person training you look bad. So, they will say yes yes yes when you're explaining things, and when you ask "Did you understand that?" the answer is ALWAYS yes. I've learned that instead of asking if they understand, I need to ask them to repeat the instructions back to me, or demonstrate the way they will perform the task. It gives me a better insight into how much they really understood.
You & your co-worker might want to implement some form of that; at the very least, it should convince the trainee to LISTEN to all the instructions.
hmmm, this person is international, so that makes me wonder. I am going to keep this in mind, thank you for the insight!
the bro costume is a good idea. Could always pull out the ole JT anatomy in a box costume.
Went to a party with a bunch of microbiologists back in the day. The prof hosting wore a yellow t-shirt with some basic lab results written on the front.
Yup. He was a urine sample.
Yup. He was a urine sample.
Not really. Slutty yes but not topless.
I think the bro costume would be good. With the recent South Parks I could pull it off as PC Principal.
Oh and your have to go full bro. I was yelling "DUDE" and what not. It only got worse when another guy showed up as a bro. I was not going to be out bro'd.
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