I've just been told that "in fairness to [colleague] she works 10 hour days so was likely too busy to finish it"
as an explanation as to why something has landed on my desk.

I take issue with this. She doesn't have to work 10 hour days. We certainly aren't paid enough to work that long all the time, and we do have some flexibility with regard to how much work we get assigned.

I don't mind working overtime when a deadline demands it, but doing it every day and still not being able to get everything done smells of inefficiency to me, or that someone is doing the wrong job.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:09, 24 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wholeheartedly agree.
I employ a fellow who works longer hours even than I do, and mine are ridiculous. Whilst to a certain extent this shows diligence and reliability, it also shows that he is FUCKING SLOW: if he didn't put in this extra time I'd be forced to have words with him because everything takes him twice as long as it should.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:13, Reply)

this girl is good at her job
and certainly gives the appearance of efficiency and stuff, I think she allows too much stuff to be piled on her, several of the similar role women here do the same, and as such have all ended up stressed and frustrated by the company, whereas the blokes seem better at controlling their workloads and as such deal with things better.

not something I'd noticed until the last couple of weeks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:21, Reply)

Punch her in the minge.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:25, Reply)

she's on holiday for a week
which is why I've been lumbered with this proposal
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Proposal: By Vipros aged 28 1/4

Dear lady colleague, MTFU.

The end
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:28, Reply)

It'll keep.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:33, Reply)

needs to be with the client by 4pm on monday
more pertinently though, I have a day off tomorrow, and have a load of other work to do, and this stupid proposal will now take all my time until then because I rarely do them and as such don't know where to find most of the info I need.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:40, Reply)

I was referring to the punch in the minge.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:52, Reply)

erm....so was I....

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 12:00, Reply)

Yeah, can you tell me what else you reckon?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:15, Reply)

I reckon a lot of things
can you be more specific?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:19, Reply)

What's your favorite fruit to eat?
I quite like mango.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:23, Reply)

I reckon mangoes are too much of a pain in the arse and are too messy to prepare
I'd either go for an apple (granny smith or equally crunchy one for preference) or melon.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Tangerines and nectarines

tangerines can be a bit of a gamble though, but hey I like to live dangerously
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

I prefer clementines
if going for something from the orange family
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Could you tell the difference in a blind taste test?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:28, Reply)

I have no idea

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:33, Reply)

I'm currently doing 14 hour shifts
But that's because of a complete fuck up with a customer recently, that required me and my boss to spend 2 entire days working on one job only each, so I've had others piling up.

Not the best really.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)

You just hate women.

( girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)

couldn't be much further from the truth
the one in question has lost too much weight though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:23, Reply)

Then she's probably too tired to work as she's not eating enough.
Slyly slip a banana on her desk.
( girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

on her desk up her chuff
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Wimps, when I were young

I had to work 23 1/2 hours a day, with only cabbage soup to sustain me and nowt but cardboard on my feet, but I never complained, even when I had to do 4 hours overtime...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Hey.
If you don't like it why don't you go live in Russia you fag.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 11:42, Reply)