An even better question is how much crap equals a "crap load"?

I've been pretty lucky so far. In my paid positions, I haven't had to put up with much crap at all. My co-workers are generally friendly and helpful (though they're busier than I am, so sometimes it's hard to get a word in with a manager or someone I need something from), my direct manager is communicative and helpful, and the customers I interact with haven't been verbally abusive or rude. So that's always a plus.

As to how much crap I WOULD put up with... Not much. I have a low threshold for things like hypocrisy, favoritism, gossip, lying, and general business politics. I'm here to do a job, and as long as I do that job well, I don't like having my performance judged based on what other people do or say.

I don't. Usually the ITs are the ones I am very careful around cause rumor has it that they can go postal.

<=== flips off self. That was interesting.