Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[DrunkleJon]

At least they dont axe you questions.

 

[n240sxguy]

Mine always says "hey, I got a quessin fo ya." Axe would be too much. He isn't young enough to be in that group. Of course he's been there for a year longer than I've been alive, and I've been there for four years. I'm almost 32. He started asking me questions about our process after I had been on shift about six months. Not like a pop quiz. Actual questions about how something ran. Ridiculous!


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[dkwolf]

The woman I work with who constantly asks me "Can I ask you a question?". I think I may start saying "Sure" and walk away. The only reason I haven't started yet is she's hot!

My default response to that one is "Didn't give me much choice there, did ya?"

 

[paulster2626]

My default response to that one is "Didn't give me much choice there, did ya?"

No, the correct action is to permit the hot girl to ask or say whatever the hell she wants. Always.

 

[dkwolf]

No, the correct action is to permit the hot girl to ask or say whatever the hell she wants. Always.

Ah, but if you use the right tone of voice, and crack a little smile while you say it, it's not condescending, but a fun lighthearted jab that may or may not be able to be considered flirting. Or just having fun with a coworker, depending on office policies

 

[The Moravian]

Their presence.

 

[Zuljin]

At least they dont axe you questions.

I do it on porpoise.

Lemme ax you dis...

 

[GrogNerd]

jess doen axe dems wut dey fikkin fer breffess

 

[Jupapabear]

Their presence.

This...

jess doen axe dems wut dey fikkin fer breffess

And what's this?

I probably agree anyway...

 

[GrogNerd]

And what's this?

I probably agree anyway...

taking the ridicule of those who pronounce "ask" as "axe" and applying it to an entire sentence

you and I would say, "Just don't ask them what they are fixing for breakfast"

 

[Zepth]

I had a coworker complain to management because I hooked him up with a paid break. That's right. I let him get paid to drink a coffee and he wasn't happy with it. For those wondering it didn't even come from company coffers, so our company didn't lose money either.

 

[geoffey]

A guy on a different shift than me has the biggest heart, but possibly the smallest brain. Here's a couple things he has said.
1. His little watchman portable tv worked better when we got 3G.
2. He hoped the storm in North Carolina didn't blow back to us in KY. (We just experienced that storm from two days earlier. Guess he thought the jet stream might change directions.)
3. His wife left their GMC Yukon running for a couple hours since she locked her keys in it. By the time he got home to unlock it the windows were so hot you couldn't touch them, and the spark plugs were burnt up. Cost him $1500 to have them replaced. (Not sure how that works. The most I've ever paid for plugs was $8 each.)


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Spark plugs burnt up from car running for two hours? And $1500 to replace? Guy got jobbed. Spark plugs don't "burn up" from the car running. That's pretty funny stuff actually.


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[n240sxguy]

I had a coworker complain to management because I hooked him up with a paid break. That's right. I let him get paid to drink a coffee and he wasn't happy with it. For those wondering it didn't even come from company coffers, so our company didn't lose money either.

Give that one the ole F off quick.


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[n240sxguy]

Spark plugs burnt up from car running for two hours? And $1500 to replace? Guy got jobbed. Spark plugs don't "burn up" from the car running. That's pretty funny stuff actually.


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Based on 60,000 miles, he would have to let the car run for 1,000 hours to get close to what would burn them out. That would probably only get half way there.


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[Jupapabear]

taking the ridicule of those who pronounce "ask" as "axe" and applying it to an entire sentence

you and I would say, "Just don't ask them what they are fixing for breakfast"

Funny thing is I reread the thread posts before I noticed your reply, to catch up and all, and I understand every word this time... I've also had a few homebrews...

 

[Beernik]

You would not believe how tough it is to get approved to go to a conference when your travel, hotel, registration, and meals are being comp'd.

It costs us nothing but my time. Why are you trying so hard to say "no"?

 

[beaksnbeer]

Someone dropped my India med/coarse-ultra/fine sharpening stone broke it and stuck it back together with silicone caulk

 

[Zepth]

Someone dropped my India med/coarse-ultra/fine sharpening stone broke it and stuck it back together with silicone caulk

Ah yes, the classic "left something unattended" syndrome. Here's an extension of that. At the time there was a series of breakins and thefts around work. I had before this modified a compartment on a truck to be just mine, and keep personal tools and equipment for the job in there. Well some <expletive removed> decided that it would be brilliant to NOT LOCK the truck doors. Said thieves then went into the cab, broke down the damned wall between said compartment and truck from the inside, and stole my s***. Not too happy, considering the only thing they had to to was turn a key 90 degrees to lock a door and it all would have been prevented.

Well, now I'm angry again. The world has returned to it's natural state. Drinking time.

 

[beaksnbeer]

have one on me


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[CreamyGoodness]

Here's one that bugs the crap out of me. I havent been working with bona fide ******** for over a year (awesome) but I do still have a few things people do that I dislike.

#1 is trying to "calm" my frustration with a half-assed attempt at humor. If my computer has locked up and makes beeping noises while I am typing, saying "are ya breakin it again, hee hee?" does not endear you to me. Its stupid.

Also, if I have been working on something all day and finally I devolve into "what. the. F%$@!?," I would think I am giving off vibes that ask for either space or perhaps "something I can help with?" Jokingly saying "yeahhh... what the fuuu#@ man" like Bob Hope doing his putrid hippy impression is just plain irritating.

I hurt a very nice coworker's feelings on Thursday... one I consider a friend actually... because she did that and I responded "its really not funny. Actually its pretty ****ty"

This is almost as bad as when friends and family say "its alright" or "its going to be alright" when they have no idea what the problem is to begin with. You're not going to calm me with "its alright!!"

sigh.

 

[drainbamage]

I'm walking to my car at the end of the day a couple weeks ago. A coworker pulls up by me and rolls down her window:

"Are you mad at me?"
Me: "No...do I have reason to be?"
Her: "Kinda. We'll talk tomorrow." *drives off*

Whatever. A couple days pass and I don't hear or see anything of her. Eventually I run into her again and tell her that I assume whatever I was supposed to be mad about wasn't a big deal after all. She giggles and says, "oh, you'll find out next Friday!"

Finally I ask some of the other people in my department if there is something going on with her that I should be aware of. Apparently she just started dating a guy in the building who is separated from his wife but not yet officially divorced. Aside from a couple close friends in the office, she was trying to keep it quiet. So then why bother dropping hints all over and then acting coy when asked about it? What bearing does this have on me?

I thought I got out of high school years ago...

 

[mattd2]

Here's one that bugs the crap out of me. I havent been working with bona fide ******** for over a year (awesome) but I do still have a few things people do that I dislike.

#1 is trying to "calm" my frustration with a half-assed attempt at humor. If my computer has locked up and makes beeping noises while I am typing, saying "are ya breakin it again, hee hee?" does not endear you to me. Its stupid.

Also, if I have been working on something all day and finally I devolve into "what. the. F%$@!?," I would think I am giving off vibes that ask for either space or perhaps "something I can help with?" Jokingly saying "yeahhh... what the fuuu#@ man" like Bob Hope doing his putrid hippy impression is just plain irritating.

I hurt a very nice coworker's feelings on Thursday... one I consider a friend actually... because she did that and I responded "its really not funny. Actually its pretty ****ty"

This is almost as bad as when friends and family say "its alright" or "its going to be alright" when they have no idea what the problem is to begin with. You're not going to calm me with "its alright!!"

sigh.

RDWHAHB... I guess that doesn't help either

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

I thought I got out of high school years ago...

The first thing I've learned while actually maintaining a full time job and trying to grow up, no one ever leaves high school. I'm constantly reminded of this where I work.


To contribute to the thread, theres a group of people I see when I'm leaving the men's bathroom that NEVER wash their hands. The main reason I don't touch anything without a paper towel in the office anymore. I have extreme tolerance for morons, but, dude, wash your damn hands.

 

[W0GWT]

I hate it when a certain one of my coworkers says, "Can you help me with this?" and actually means to say, "Can you do the entire thing and send it back to me because I am to incompetent to be able to do it, but I'd like to send it along with my name on it?".

This same person called in sick today because of "swollen feet". Last week it was because of a panic attack. She has averaged 1 sick day every 2 weeks for about 3 months...

 

[drainbamage]

The first thing I've learned while actually maintaining a full time job and trying to grow up, no one ever leaves high school. I'm constantly reminded of this where I work.

Ain't that the truth!

 

[beaksnbeer]

I had 336 hours worked last month 60+ so far and they asked me "TF" I would work an EXTRA 4 hours tonite

 

[DrunkleJon]

When the boss says "I know you are a good sport and are happy to help out with anything we need you to do..."

You know it never will be a convenient request when they start things out that way. Trying to completely mess up my schedule and destroy my social life for an indeterminate amount of time.

 

[Beernik]

When the boss says "I know you are a good sport and are happy to help out with anything we need you to do..."

You know it never will be a convenient request when they start things out that way. Trying to completely mess up my schedule and destroy my social life for an indeterminate amount of time.

What I used to get along those lines were calls at 7pm Friday night and the boss saying, "Can you be in LA Monday morning, for three weeks, and work 16 hour days on a project that is three months behind schedule? Thanks."

I'm glad those days are behind me.

 

[Beernik]

Accidental double post

 

[j1n]

When they come to work sick. Cause now im fukin sick. just great