How to complain like a polite human.

1f2frfbf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:03:59 -0800

How do I complain to a corporation without coming off as a prude? Full explanation: I bought my brother-in-law a gift certificate to Timbuk2 for Christmas so he could get a new computer bag, when it arrived it contained a tag like this one. I personally would not have had an issue with this, but he is using the bag in a professional environment and was embarrassed enough by the language to cut the tag out of the bag. I'm embarrassed about the situation myself, since I initially gave him the gift and had no idea they would include a tag like this. I would like to express my displeasure to Timbuk2, but how can I do this and actually get results without being treated as a random nutcase?

What do I do about my boss?!

dearest — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:00:15 -0800

How do I deal with the most unprofessional and innapropriate boss? I'm about 7 months into my first full time job out of college. My boss is constantly innapropriate and unprofessional.

Lately he's made it point to pick fights with my co-workers and me, calling us liars, lazy and slow. He complains about his job constantly and demands to look at our paychecks because he "swears we get paid more than he does."

He brags about how he dropped out of high school, and we should have "never wasted our time in college." He's made numerous racial slurs against clients, and has made suggestive comments toward us females that work in the office.

Just yesterday he threw a temper tantrum and started throwing things across his office, and slamming doors and drawers. He's gone weeks giving us the silent treatment before.

I guess the icing on the cake was when looking at the history of his browser while he was on vacation, I found that he's watches porn all day long.
I guess I can't really report this because I shouldn't have been snooping. Or can I?

As far as business dealings are concerned he fudges sales numbers and monthly goals in order to make himself look better to the corporate office. He even fell asleep during a meeting today.

I like where I work, It's a job that wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't there.

Talking to his supervisor is nearly pointless because they live together.
(I know, that's unprofessional as well)

I can't take it any longer. I'm not sure what to do.
Is this what I should expect in the real world?
How do we get this guy outta here?!

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