Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[AzOr]

“Well, to make a long story short”
Umm, you’re about 25 minutes too late.

 

[bleme]

“Well, to make a long story short”
Umm, you’re about 25 minutes too late.

Do you work with my MIL???

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

My coworker who “could care less” about a lot of things. I haven’t corrected her b/c she’s kind of dumb and loud.

My first boss after college would get exasperated in meetings and say, "Hey... I care less, okay! I care less!"

Granted, he was a Pakistani expat, so although he spoke perfect English (and was a GREAT boss), I'll let him slide on some idioms.

But every time I hear people who can't get "I couldn't/could care less" correctly, I think back fondly to him.

 

[AzOr]

An older coworker who couldn’t drive to save her life.
When this happened, I had her name called on the intercom to move her car. When she got outside she asked if the grey car was mine. I said yes. She then mumbled, “you coulda gotten your car out if you wanted to”.
Mine is the Subaru on the right.

She was actually a really nice person. Just couldn’t drive.

 

[GrogNerd]

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[easttex]

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I'm not sure that's how that's supposed to work....

 

[GrogNerd]

I'm not sure that's how that's supposed to work....

thanks for pointing out I posted in the wrong thread.

 

[ehall]

when you get laid off and your coworkers call and say 'I'm sorry, that sucks, ok bye!'

 

[GrogNerd]

I have no coworkers, so I post customers who annoy me

customer: yeah, I'm having problems with report filters, using AND & OR, I can't get the output right

me: remember that time in geometry class, learning sets and subsets, unions and intersections and you probably told the teacher you would never have to use this again after you graduate?

guess what?

 

[Brew_Dude41]

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An older coworker who couldn’t drive to save her life.
When this happened, I had her name called on the intercom to move her car. When she got outside she asked if the grey car was mine. I said yes. She then mumbled, “you coulda gotten your car out if you wanted to”.
Mine is the Subaru on the right.

She was actually a really nice person. Just couldn’t drive.

Too bad there aren't lines on the ground to help in defining the proper space required for parking and opening one's door. Then all one should have to do is park in middle of one of these marked spots (not on the line or askew in the spot), and everyone could live in an orderly manner.
On a side note, I personally find it quite amusing when snow is on the lot and line are covered-oh the chaos. Better yet is after the lot is cleared and the one set get a pile on the one side and then some person will try to park on it... sometimes it works out ok, some times the vehicle sinks into the pile.

 

[GrogNerd]

One of those icy piles ripped my bumper off

Too bad there aren't lines on the ground to help in defining the proper space required for parking and opening one's door. Then all one should have to do is park in middle of one of these marked spots (not on the line or askew in the spot), and everyone could live in an orderly manner.
On a side note, I personally find it quite amusing when snow is on the lot and line are covered-oh the chaos. Better yet is after the lot is cleared and the one set get a pile on the one side and then some person will try to park on it... sometimes it works out ok, some times the vehicle sinks into the pile.

 

[balrog]

I love the hidden guard posts, covered in snow piles, silently waiting for the selfish parkers who know one should not park where the signs say don't park, and quietly lure them in, chum in the parking waters to the predatory selfish parkers circling their elusive prey, and then as Mr Expensive Car Who Can't Be Bothered To Walk Too Far SWOOPS IN FOR THE KILL...and **CRUNCH**

It's hard to capture, like lightning pictures on film, but the satisfaction is orgasmic.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

I'm about to make some enemies.

I always roll my eyes when I hear coworkers say "I don't have any kids. My dogs are my kids!"

No. You are not going to pay a fortune to send your dog to college, and I'm not going to have my kid put down if he gets sick.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

One of those icy piles ripped my bumper off

Sorry to hear about that one. Those one's at the end of every spot can suck.

I was referring more to the ones that may encroach on the lateral side of a spot. At our facility one guy (a real a$$) thought that his 4 wheel drive was meaner than old man winter and backed into a spot with the 2 passenger tires up on the pile. When he came out after his shift he found the the tires sank 1/3 to 1/2 way into it and the temperature dropped turning the slushy pile into ice.

Rather than pay for a wrecker to pull him out he let it sit for a week until it melted enough to drive out.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I'm not going to have my kid put down if he gets sick.

I don't know about you, but it is not when they are sick that I think about "alternative solutions " if you will...
But I have had those thoughts (judge me if you will)

 

[balrog]

...also, hopefully, you don't have to take your kids out a couple times a day so they don't poop on your carpets.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

...also, hopefully, you don't have to take your kids out a couple times a day so they don't poop on your carpets.

Funny if it wasn't true.
2.5 kids still in diapers. The .5 is the one that is potty training now. For the past week we have been setting a timer to run him in to the bathroom to avoid such incidents but those things will occur.

 

[MaxStout]

I'm about to make some enemies.

I always roll my eyes when I hear coworkers say "I don't have any kids. My dogs are my kids!"

No. You are not going to pay a fortune to send your dog to college, and I'm not going to have my kid put down if he gets sick.

/We don't have kids, but we don't talk about it to coworkers.
//None of their damn business, anyway.
///Got work to do.

 

[marc1]

we're sold, and shutting down the oracle databases in January, been in process since October announcement

today, at about T-minus 10 days, get the emails -- "where are you storing the data so we can go back if we need to?"

The, um, database is go bye-bye. There is no storage without it, it ceases to exist, it's shuffling off this mortal coil, joining the bleedin choir eternal, pushin up daisies, bereft of life

"Yeah, haha, monty python, but seriously, where can I go to get it?"

<Blink> <Blink>

So how did the shutdown go?

There's got to be a good story about someone who was given months of notice and many warnings being surprised when it was gone...

 

[balrog]

So how did the shutdown go?

There's got to be a good story about someone who was given months of notice and many warnings being surprised when it was gone...

Did get a couple HR questions, but I'd saved several tables on a sql server because I knew these folks so well.

I am sure in the greater spectacle of life in this universe, my foresight and planning are being well-appreciated, but not by the idjits I used to work for.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'm about to make some enemies.

I always roll my eyes when I hear coworkers say "I don't have any kids. My dogs are my kids!"

No. You are not going to pay a fortune to send your dog to college, and I'm not going to have my kid put down if he gets sick.

I have 4 kids... Three human, one furry. Guess which one is the favorite lol

 

[seatazzz]

My new job (3 months in) is wonderful, love what I do and my coworkers (all three of them) are amazing; however there are some quirks that annoy me. My boss, a great guy, has his office around the corner from mine; not much stuff in our office so every sound echoes. He's constantly telling me things I need to know but all I hear is the adult sounds from Peanuts (squawk squawk squawk). He knows he does it and I can kid him about it. My other co-worker (a lady about my age) however, is something else. She's very nice, works her tail off, but she's one of those people that has home issues (in this case, her husband's kids moved back in and are lazy, no-good, messy, etc), and every day I have to hear the new things they did that irritate her. I've asked why she doesn't just tell them to shape up or ship out, but she ALSO has issues with her husband and she's afraid of what might happen if she yells at "his" kids. Annoys the hell out of me. Cannot stand martyrs no matter the situation.

 

[eldernut]

I can definately say nothing, because I work from home these days.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I can definately say nothing, because I work from home these days.

Oh, I've worked from home for over two years now, but I still have coworkers, and they still annoy me...

 

[GrogNerd]

worked from home for almost 20 years. company is just me & the boss, so no "co-workers"

just customers who annoy me & I post about them all the time

I am a misanthrope cursed with a career in customer service

 

[MHBT]

Lazy co workers really chap my keister, ones that ask you to cover for them regularly, ones that are late, ones that call in sick often, ones that complain, ones that dont put any effort and love money but hate working those kinds

 

[bracconiere]

Lazy co workers really chap my keister, ones that ask you to cover for them regularly, ones that are late, ones that call in sick often, ones that complain, ones that dont put any effort and love money but hate working those kinds

wait. the only reason i clicked this thread was to say that..

especialy the calling in sick...but i'm a light hearted person most of the time, so i laugh to myself..think about how i must be SOOO blessed to be the healthiest man alive, and i only let them call ME in on my days off enough to where i can say 'NO' i'm drinking....and i swear in the fight, it comes in waves!

 

[Kharnynb]

I'm about to make some enemies.

I always roll my eyes when I hear coworkers say "I don't have any kids. My dogs are my kids!"

No. You are not going to pay a fortune to send your dog to college, and I'm not going to have my kid put down if he gets sick.

why would i pay a fortune to pay for my imaginary kid to go to college? it's free...
My dog isn't my child or anything, but she is my favourite

As for co-workers annoying me, i've got a new trainee that likes to hover right behind me when he needs to ask something instead of just approaching from the front and opening his freaking mouth...he's gonna get an elbow in his ribs if he does it one more time...

 

[GrogNerd]

spent 40 minutes trying to get a customer's email going thru our app, couldn't figure it out. boss pointed out my brain fart, so I went & corrected it.

tested by sending a support request to our support email account & received it. then we sent the email the customer originally couldn't send & it did send.

bounced right back "no such user"

 

[GrogNerd]

trying to connect remotely to customer. she gives me the Teamviewer id.

i put it in -> "your partner does not have teamviewer running"

I confirm. 2x. 3x. 4x

then she says, "there's a 1 in front, does that matter?"