Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[drainbamage]

I want to include female co-workers who want to know every little detail about your marriage/relationship and then act like your SWMBO is their best friend (without ever having actually met her). I'm not even talking basic information like, "what's her name?", "what does she do for a living?"...more like:

Where did you meet? What was your first date?
Does her family like you?
How long did you date before you proposed? Really, why that long? How did you propose? Did you pick out the ring yourself? How did she react?
Does she have any tattoos? What are they? Does she care that you don't have any?
What TV shows does she watch? Does she listen to [band name]?
While talking to her on the phone: "Tell her I said 'hi'!"

I'm fine with talking about stuff other than work, but geez, I'll volunteer the history of my relationship if and when I feel like it.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

if I was on a conference call, I'd crack one off real loud & ask right away in a serious tone, "Alright, who was that?"

 

[MoonshineJane73]

My favorite? The boss who tried to get me to do work that I wasn't qualified for and hadn't been hired to do. And then she yelped at me for asking questions. I finally just walked off the job and haven't been back.

 

[Dan]

My favorite? The boss who tried to get me to do work that I wasn't qualified for and hadn't been hired to do. And then she yelped at me for asking questions. I finally just walked off the job and haven't been back.

Most of that comment reminds me of my career in the Navy. Now I'm in the civilian sector and they do the same thing. I'm okay with that, I like what I do and always enjoy learning something new.
A good company and good bosses make the difference between hating a job and enjoying any challenge that comes along.

 

[GrogNerd]

Most of that comment reminds me of my career in the Navy. Now I'm in the civilian sector and they do the same thing. I'm okay with that, I like what I do and always enjoy learning something new.
A good company and good bosses make the difference between hating a job and enjoying any challenge that comes along.

it did remind me of the Navy

a good company, good bosses and GOOD COWORKERS. the ship I was on had a damn good crew; my shipmates kept me sane on deployments

well... relatively sane

 

[Dan]

it did remind me of the Navy

a good company, good bosses and GOOD COWORKERS. the ship I was on had a damn good crew; my shipmates kept me sane on deployments

well... relatively sane

Yes you are correct!! Good shipmates. People you trust and they trust you. Gawd I do miss the Navy sometimes.

 

[paulster2626]

When I actually want to sit and do my 2 hours of work for the week, I have these headphones I wear and listen to music. Helps drown out the idiots around me. Anyway they are these big honkin' sony headphones, you know with the big foam earpads and nice bass. I look like an astronaut wearing them.

Anyway, why the hell are people tapping me on the shoulder to interrupt me and ask me a stupid question? Yeah... I wasn't busy...

Just send me an email!

 

[BinghamtonEd]

We have a guy at work who drives a full size pickup. Quite a few people here do, actually, including myself. Everybody, except this one guy, knows how to park it within the confines of a single parking spot. I have never seen this guy take up less than 2. This is not an exaggeration. Every time. Today he parked directly in the middle of 2, with the back end hanging 1/4 into 2 other spots. What's the tactful way to say, "Dude, you park like an *******?"

Edit : He's also the type who has no need for a full size pickup. Myself, I do a lot of woodworking and routinely haul 12+ ft boards of hardwood, or multiple sheets of plywood. Other people here hunt, farm, etc. This guy is a 60 year old loafer.

 

[paulster2626]

We have a guy at work who drives a full size pickup. Quite a few people here do, actually, including myself. Everybody, except this one guy, knows how to park it within the confines of a single parking spot. I have never seen this guy take up less than 2. This is not an exaggeration. Every time. Today he parked directly in the middle of 2, with the back end hanging 1/4 into 2 other spots. What's the tactful way to say, "Dude, you park like an *******?"

Edit : He's also the type who has no need for a full size pickup. Myself, I do a lot of woodworking and routinely haul 12+ ft boards of hardwood, or multiple sheets of plywood. Other people here hunt, farm, etc. This guy is a 60 year old loafer.

Take photo of ****ty parking job.
Print photo, write something directly insulting.
Post your new sign on the door heading out of the office.

Try to make it funny so it doens't get ripped down. And don't let anyone see you!

 

[n240sxguy]

+1

 

[MaxStout]

People who ask questions on topics for which they have already made up their minds. Then they get mad and/or argumentative when the other person's response isn't the one they wanted to hear. They are just looking for a concurring opinion and a sympathetic ear. They don't always get one.

 

[tonyp063]

What's the tactful way to say, "Dude, you park like an *******?"

 

[DrunkleJon]

We have a guy at work who drives a full size pickup. Quite a few people here do, actually, including myself. Everybody, except this one guy, knows how to park it within the confines of a single parking spot. I have never seen this guy take up less than 2. This is not an exaggeration. Every time. Today he parked directly in the middle of 2, with the back end hanging 1/4 into 2 other spots. What's the tactful way to say, "Dude, you park like an *******?"

Edit : He's also the type who has no need for a full size pickup. Myself, I do a lot of woodworking and routinely haul 12+ ft boards of hardwood, or multiple sheets of plywood. Other people here hunt, farm, etc. This guy is a 60 year old loafer.

Print up a "Sh*tty Parking" Award and place it on his car. Have a threat on it saying next time it will be on adhesive paper. And the time after that it will be stuck to the paint and not the windshield.

 

[paulster2626]

Cut his valve stems. Serioulsy f*ck that guy.

 

[MaxStout]

A quick GIS of "funny parking notices" will give you lots to choose from. Find one you like, download and print a bunch to keep in your glove compartment. Next time Mr. MyTruckIsBetterThanAllTheRestAndDeserves4Spaces parks like an a$$hole, slap one on his windshield. Be sure to stick around to watch the hilarity ensue when he reads it.

 

[dkwolf]

 

[dkwolf]

Alternatively, you said a bunch of you drive trucks. I bet at least a few of you have tow straps and/or chains.

Move his truck.

Or, slightly more passive-aggressive, get a couple guys to park so close on either side of him that he physically can't get in his truck. And then send those guys on a road trip.

 

[Dolomieu]

A small pebble or bb inside the valve stem cap works well. It releases the air slowly so down the road, maybe the next stop or next morning it will be flat. usually when they go to fill it up they won't notice the pebble drop out.

Most annoying thing about my coworker at the moment is that they are getting away with charging twice as much as everyone else on the same project. Same setup, same driving distance, same sample collection, same issues and she always comes back with twice as much time as the rest of us.

Time for a career move.

 

[JonM]

Or this...

 

[dkwolf]

And back to the topic.... People that abuse speakerphone. We just remodeled our office, and it's now an open floor plan. Four people actually have doors on their offices, another 5 have doorless offices, and then the rest of us are in cubicle land in the middle (with actuall steel-stud, sheetrocked cubicle walls instead of the typical movable cube walls). Because of this, from my desk I can overhear damn near EVERYTHING that goes on in the office. Now, I get that you sometimes need to take a call on speakerphone because you need hands free to look at plans, or because you've got another person in the room with you that needs to be involved in the call. But if you answer a call via speakerphone just because you're too lazy to hold onto the phone, I'm going to punch you in the teeth. The guy whose office is closest to me was TERRIBLE at it -- and then he felt like he had to drive-through yell at the phone. Drives me friggin' crazy.

 

[paulster2626]

And back to the topic.... People that abuse speakerphone. We just remodeled our office, and it's now an open floor plan. Four people actually have doors on their offices, another 5 have doorless offices, and then the rest of us are in cubicle land in the middle (with actuall steel-stud, sheetrocked cubicle walls instead of the typical movable cube walls). Because of this, from my desk I can overhear damn near EVERYTHING that goes on in the office. Now, I get that you sometimes need to take a call on speakerphone because you need hands free to look at plans, or because you've got another person in the room with you that needs to be involved in the call. But if you answer a call via speakerphone just because you're too lazy to hold onto the phone, I'm going to punch you in the teeth. The guy whose office is closest to me was TERRIBLE at it -- and then he felt like he had to drive-through yell at the phone. Drives me friggin' crazy.

You guys don't have these? They are expensive, but amazing.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

guy across from me is hawking his snot up his nose loudly rather then getting a tissue.

 

[GrogNerd]

guy across from me is hawking his snot up his nose loudly rather then getting a tissue.

I work at home but once a week I go to the boss' house to work there. his wife also works from home at a desk right next to me and she does this all the time. gak

plus, she talks on the phone so loud I'm convinced she's unaware that the phone allows the other person to hear her without direct sound waves

 

[paulster2626]

People who shut a conference room door at the first sign of any outside noise.

 

[dkwolf]

People who shut a conference room door at the first sign of any outside noise.

People who start a meeting in a conference room without shutting the door to begin with.

Goes along with my "people who insist on using speakerphone in an open-plan office". The rest of us don't need your conversation disrupting our work.

 

[ColoHox]

One coworker in particular smells pretty offensive, naturally I guess. Then she uses a slightly less offensive perfume to "mask" it. The mix is overwhelming and can be smelled a long way down the hall. When the issue was addressed, she pulled race. Now, we just have to bear it.

The other is the "I've done that" girl. She's not a one-upper, per se, but she has tried/done/seen/smelled/watched/touched everything. And she joins any and all conversations to contribute her anecdotes.

 

[g-love]

One coworker in particular smells pretty offensive, naturally I guess. Then she uses a slightly less offensive perfume to "mask" it. The mix is overwhelming and can be smelled a long way down the hall. When the issue was addressed, she pulled race. Now, we just have to bear it.

The other is the "I've done that" girl. She's not a one-upper, per se, but she has tried/done/seen/smelled/watched/touched everything. And she joins any and all conversations to contribute her anecdotes.

Throw unnecessary users of the race card in the book.

 

[JoeyChopps]

The other is the "I've done that" girl. She's not a one-upper, per se, but she has tried/done/seen/smelled/watched/touched everything. And she joins any and all conversations to contribute her anecdotes.

We call those Topper McGees. Because they top everything everyone has done. The best thing to do is screw with them come up with something super outlandish and watch them try to top it and quietly laugh to yourself.

 

[Grannyknot]

I currently work in the building construction industry. Its the most cut-throat business I've ever been a part of. Every single person it out to make their lives easier, at any cost, not least of which is the detriment of other peoples lives. Lying, corruption, scamming, & verbal abuse run rampant throughout all levels of the construction industry. I never cease to be amazed.

People in my office refuse to work as a team. They refuse to communicate, pass information along, or give help where help is needed. I suppose this is down to poor management, but its really a trend within the industry.

I suppose I could start an entirely separate thread about the construction industry, so i'll stop here.

 

[MaxStout]

The other is the "I've done that" girl. She's not a one-upper, per se, but she has tried/done/seen/smelled/watched/touched everything. And she joins any and all conversations to contribute her anecdotes.

There's one of those in every crowd.