Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[FourSeasonAngler]

Ok, feel free to use this as a place to vent about your co-workers. No need to use names in case you work with fellow brewers. Let's hear the stuff they do that bugs you.

I have a co-worker that smokes heavily and is a close talker. Bleh.

Another one of my co-workers uses words like "moot" and "anomaly" in the wrong context CONSTANTLY.

Yet another co-worker I have insists on parking in the farthest possible parking space to avoid door dings in the employee lot, but whines like a little girl that the landscaping contractor gets grass on his truck when they mow next to his vehicle.



Anyone else have any co-worker peeves?

 

[mikescooling]

The owners son has no qualifications to be doing this job, yet people put up with him because of his dad.

 

[bhaskins1]

Absolutely nobody can eat an apple LOUDER than our office manager. Celery is enough to make me leave the office completely. We all work in the same room/office.


Selfish and petty, I know, but I feel better haveing gotten that off my chest. Thanks.

 

[FourSeasonAngler]

Absolutely nobody can eat an apple LOUDER than our office manager. Celery is enough to make me leave the office completely. We all work in the same room/office.


Selfish and petty, I know, but I feel better haveing gotten that off my chest. Thanks.

I have an office with 4 desks in one room and I totally get this. The guy that uses moot and anomaly wrong also listens to god awful hair band music from the 70s at a volume that is more than adequate for a small office. Repeated hints of "You should get some headphones" have not been enough to help him figure this out...

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

There is only 1 thing about my co-workers that annoys me.

They show up. And that is all they do.

 

[MustBeZ]

I have several co workers who abuse FMLA, short term disability, and leaves of absences just because they don't want to work. It really gets under my skin that they can use the system like that. It shines a bad light on anybody that truly needs to use that time off for the right reasons.

 

[USAFSooner]

I worked with a guy that could talk for 3 hours about nothing. He would bore you with stories about the first VCR he bought in 1986

 

[tre9er]

Many of them either walk straight out of the bathroom after completing their business, or they simply run water over their hands for 3 seconds, then leave. This includes after dropping a deuce...

This is an office building, but still, everyone has to touch surfaces that these jack-holes have tainted with their nasty hands. My kids could get sick from something they pass-on...I'll never know.

 

[tre9er]

There's a guy at work who doesn't understand the concept of "only give the info someone is looking for". Boss calls around in the AM to see what everyone has on their plate work-wise. Instead of just telling him which jobs and how long he has left, he starts explaining intricate processes and issues he's trying to solve, as though this helps boss get ready for the production-scheduling meeting...

If someone from another department asks him about where he's at on a job or an issue, he goes into great detail, despite the fact that none of these people have ever done our job (programming) or have any idea what he's talking about.

People want specific information. Don't give them things they don't need or wont understand. If they want to know more, they'll ask.

 

[tre9er]

One more for now.

Another guy likes to talk about why data is bad and often mentions that the customer should just send in new data. He likes to dismiss problems rather than seek to find a solution. When there's an issue, it's best to at least offer up suggestions on how it could be fixed, complete with time estimates (which translate to scheduling, labor cost, billing back to customer, etc.). It's like if you go to the mechanic and he tells you your engine is all messed up, then just walks away.

 

[tre9er]

I have an office with 4 desks in one room and I totally get this. The guy that uses moot and anomaly wrong also listens to god awful hair band music from the 70s at a volume that is more than adequate for a small office. Repeated hints of "You should get some headphones" have not been enough to help him figure this out...

I have a guy who listens to his music not "loud" but I can make out the words. He listens to one of those "Country Hits" stations, and they play some Carrie Underwood song "Blown Awayyyyyyyyyyy" song at least 7 times per day, and I hear it every time.

Same guy, our office is very quiet. Usually all you can hear is keyboards and mice clicking away. When he answers his phone he talks at like an 11. I'm like, "I'm pretty sure these phones (new in the last 2 years) work pretty well."

Ok, I just think it to myself. Seriously, it's like he's yelling into the phone. There's no background noise, and I talk to the same people at just above a whisper, they hear me fine.

 

[bhaskins1]

One more.

Borrowing tools. Couple of the night shift guys that will not buy thier own tools.
I ride a bicycle most of the time and find tools on the ground all of the time. I give them to 'em.

 

[Homercidal]

We got one guy who just happens to know everything about everything.

You would think that would be an awesome employee to have around, right?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

We got one guy who just happens to know everything about everything.

You would think that would be an awesome employee to have around, right?

we got like 20 of them. I'm smelling what you're stepping in.


the ones that really get me are anyone who works in my area when I'm not there. I have my welder set where I want it. I have things organized how I want them. quit tacking things to my work horses & table if you won't grind the tack flat. don't use the flap discs just until the edge rounds & throw it away. sweep up when you're done. and for the love of all things barley & hop related, QUIT SPITTING YOUR FLOCCING SUNFLOWER SEED SHELLS ALL OVER MY FLOCCING FLOOR!!!!

 

[SharonaZamboni]

We got one guy who just happens to know everything about everything.

You would think that would be an awesome employee to have around, right?

Only one guy who knows everything?

 

[BoomerHarley]

People who have office doors and don't use them.

"HELLO. Hi JOE. WHEN I WAS IN THE NAVY......"

I usually just get up and close the door for them.

 

[JusBiz]

Guy I work with watches youtube videos ALL day long. When I ask him for help (which is his job) I get, "uh, pretty busy today."

 

[GoldMiner]

People who say they're going to do something...but don't...ever!

 

[Ctforte]

I got this one kid who constently whistles the same few bars of the same song over and over and over all day long

 

[Goofynewfie]

Nobody speaks @#$!&#@ english!!!

 

[drainbamage]

My boss is notoriously non-confrontational. Most of the time it's ok, because he doesn't try to micromanage or start trouble where there doesn't need to be any, but there have also been times where there have been serious interpersonal problems between employees, and he won't step in to do anything about it until people are ready to kill each other.

He's also really slow to return phone calls and emails, so usually by the time he asks me to respond or the person calls back and reaches my desk, they're livid at the lack of response and I'm the one that's left looking bad.

 

[morticus]

The guy in the cubicle behind me likes to slurp his tea all day long. He also belches, and hums really loud all day long. He clips his finger nails at least twice a week, it's so loud and I keep waiting for a nail to come flying over the wall and land on my desk. To top all that off after eats he swishes and gargles water in his mouth to clean his teeth then swallows it.

 

[ong]

My co-worker meows loudly all morning, then falls asleep on my desk. (I work from home.)

 

[vineyardbmw]

I work in a far flung remote mine and I'm there for a month at a time. Half the guys I work with are constantly badgering me to find god and come to church. I'm evil for reading science magazines and brewing beer. I swear to grist if I hear that im going to hell if I don't change my ways and find Jebus one more time I'm going to scream.

 

[tx-brewer]

I have several co workers who abuse FMLA, short term disability, and leaves of absences just because they don't want to work. It really gets under my skin that they can use the system like that. It shines a bad light on anybody that truly needs to use that time off for the right reasons.

Yup, calls in sick more in a month than I have in my whole working life and nothing they can do about it, except make me do my job and hers.

 

[tx-brewer]

we got like 20 of them. I'm smelling what you're stepping in.

the ones that really get me are anyone who works in my area when I'm not there. I have my welder set where I want it. I have things organized how I want them. quit tacking things to my work horses & table if you won't grind the tack flat. don't use the flap discs just until the edge rounds & throw it away. sweep up when you're done. and for the love of all things barley & hop related, QUIT SPITTING YOUR FLOCCING SUNFLOWER SEED SHELLS ALL OVER MY FLOCCING FLOOR!!!!

Oh that would Piss me off to no end. I cut meat and sometimes the night guys avoid the 20 "community" knives and take mine out if my wrapped up knife sheath, then to top it off, leave my knives and steel scattered around the wet sink to rust overnight (and you can bet your balls they have figured out how to get them dull everytime).

But if I were you billy, I think I would lose it

 

[Yesfan]

I have several co workers who abuse FMLA, short term disability, and leaves of absences just because they don't want to work. It really gets under my skin that they can use the system like that. It shines a bad light on anybody that truly needs to use that time off for the right reasons.

Thank you for making this remark. My place of employment is full of nothing but drama queens and gossip kings and nothing pisses me off more when these people lump ALL people who have to take FMLA as abusers.

I have asthma and I could easily take FMLA for it. I don't. One, because it's extra money for my hobbies when I work and, two, I don't want to be lumped in as 'another abuser'.

You should think about changing your username to "MustBeCool".

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Oh that would Piss me off to no end. I cut meat and sometimes the night guys avoid the 20 "community" knives and take mine out if my wrapped up knife sheath, then to top it off, leave my knives and steel scattered around the wet sink to rust overnight (and you can bet your balls they have figured out how to get them dull everytime).

But if I were you billy, I think I would lose it

I left a note on my welder last Thursday: "Leave my ^%$#&^&* settings alone!" I will down right flocc with these a-holes if it persists. and there is nothing worse than a dull knife when you expect a sharp one. I can deal with my coworkers irritations, but there's no place for a dull knife.

 

[Bigjack68]

How about the folks that repeatedly bitch about stuff that you can do absolutely nothing about....

 

[MustBeZ]

Thank you for making this remark. My place of employment is full of nothing but drama queens and gossip kings and nothing pisses me off more when these people lump ALL people who have to take FMLA as abusers.

I have asthma and I could easily take FMLA for it. I don't. One, because it's extra money for my hobbies when I work and, two, I don't want to be lumped in as 'another abuser'.

You should think about changing your username to "MustBeCool".

Look here, I said in that post that it shines a bad light on people who NEED to take that time off for the right reasons. When the lazy bastards I work with run out of personal time they sign up for FMLA due to "stress and anxiety". If your job is so stressful to you but not the others that do the same job, QUIT! Nobody is forcing them to stay there and when they pull that bull**** it only puts the workload on people that aren't so lazy they can't show up to work.

We have another guy that has a cyst in his wrist that he got while in the military years before starting this job. It didn't hurt him or stop him from doing his job until they moved him to a job he didn't want to do. To spite the company he goes to medical and has THEM pay for the surgery to remove the cyst and pay him to do next to nothing for 3 months while it heals.

I'm sorry but I'm just simply not a fan of doing somebody else's well paying job only because they're lazy.
You should think about changing your user name to "NotAFanOfReading"