Why do Men act like this?

BigDave · Jan 31, 2004

The following statements represent random opinions of BigDave. These statements have not been approved by the FDA and shouldn't be taken seriously without consulting your doctor, lawyer & clergy. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

( Why do men act like this? )

Have you read Men are from Mars & Women are from Venus? It's just the way we are programmed. Note that you have already been corrected for saying "everytime." That's a typical guy thing. It took me awhile to understand that when my wife spoke in absolutes. She really didn't believe they were absolutes.

Remember tractors, tractors, tractors !!!

BIGUN · Jan 31, 2004

Safety meetings
Empowering
Self Directed Workgroups
Team Building excercise's
Diversity Training
Lets have a meeting about the last meeting we had.

RET,

I think anyone who works for a large corporation is VERY familiar with these phrases. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I hear this stuff comes out of Harvard Business School. Do you ever read the Dilbert comic strip?

Dilbert

wroughtn_harv · Jan 31, 2004

Good morning Roger,

Your post hit me sideways, on the blind side. The only place I've seen less than cordial discourse has been here, related topics. And it's usually involved the same characters having a tete uh tete.

So I looked up your posts and found out that all your posts this year have been on related topics and on the threads that have involved those same characters.

You need to get out more. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

"Out" being into the heartland of TBN. Related topics is sorta kinda like our woods or maybe our pond. Someplace we like to visit wouldn't take our tractor intentionally.

I've been internetting since 96. I've never found a place like TBN for nice people. And what's interesting is the ones I've met face to face have been just as nice if not nicer one on one.

In fact I took the best part of a day to visit Muhammad and the family when I was in Arizona last year visiting my father. We like to go there every fall. And this year we're going an additional nine hours west for the sole purpose of spending some quality time with one our TBN friends.

You'll have to excuse me now. I've got to go to a thread where a westcoaster insinuated that a flat bed pickemup is ugly. Mine is bigger than his and prettier too.

txdon · Jan 31, 2004

"I bought a LITTLE BITTY 'Bota
The BOSS has a huge Disney World visit PLANNED for out family of 4.
If I HAVE to do this trip
How many of you have actually stepped back a few days later and re-read some of these silly threads" 

RET, Good morning! if you reread your posts you can find out what made you lash out at TBN posters.
1. You need a Vacation (even your Boss thinks so)
2. You need a bigger Tractor!
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Just Kidding! Have a great vacation and stay away from the gin.

Old_Hickory · Jan 31, 2004

From my personnal experience the safety training is a must in the work place,but it is sometimes corny the way they come across on some of the safety video's etc.Safety is a good thing and a necessity in the work force.

But the other crap,team building,empowerment ,self directed work groups.I have seen millions wasted on thae garbage.
The Harvard business school?
I wondered where the junk was thought up at.

Old_Hickory · Jan 31, 2004

Thanks Junkman,
I had seen that already but I wondered where it came from,good link.

RET · Jan 31, 2004

Harv,
You are correct....been spending too much time in 'related topics' lately...probably 'cause that's where I've been spending my $$ the last few months....new generator last year, new pick'em up truck, etc, etc. Shopping for a new metal shop now (~30X40 or so); but I'll resist the urge to ask any questions in related topics.
I'll take your advice from now on...stay away from 'related topics' as much as possible....and don't let the know-it-alls get under my skin.
Gotta go now. Me and my daughter are headed to Home Depot to pick up some lumber for dad-daughter wood working projects this weekend (son ain't interested in power tools yet...but daughter loves it).
Only wish I had your beautiful flatbed truck so I could pick up even more lumber today! My wimpy 04 F150 Supercrew will probably get blown away at the 1st redlight by one of those new Nissan Titans. And, I'll have to lower the tailgate just to carry the preverbial 4X8 sheet of plywood. I told the wife we really needed a F350 flatbed back when we were shopping!!
(Actually, me and wife did spend an afternoon driving a F250 S-crew diesel thumper before I talked myself back down to the more-practical-for-my-needs F150)
have a good one,
roger

Tractors4u · Jan 31, 2004

( What I retracted....
Safety meetings
Empowering
Self Directed Workgroups
Team Building excercise's
Diversity Training
Lets have a meeting about the last meeting we had.
)

Wow, that hit home. I clicked on your profile to see if you might be a co-worker of mine. You don't work for the government also do you?

Old_Hickory · Jan 31, 2004

LOL
Brent,I hope I did not ruin your day. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Brent,I do not work for the Goverment,I work for a big company though.
There is so much money wasted on this crap/games they play in corporate America,it adds not 1 cent of value to the business. But you have to play along when they sign your pay check.

Tractors4u · Jan 31, 2004

You left out one thing. Consultants. In the last department I worked in, me and a co-worker of mine would go to the boss and tell them of a problem and give a possible solution. We would be told that we didn't understand the complexities of the situation. A consultant would be brought in from time to time and they would interview everyone to find out what their jobs were and problems faced. When the consultant went to the boss with their findings the boss was ecstatic. Wow what insight you have, we need to hire you full time! I guess the problem was solved in a round about way, but gees we could have saved them $200K by listening to the peons!