Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[Vegetarisk]

Problem with my job is that both of us work exclusively in the field. So I'm usually 20-30 mins from most of my work. He's usually 2 hours away. But he uses how far away he lives as an excuse to accomplish less (since time to and from our first/last is work time). Doesn't bother me when I'm not swamped. But when I'm buried and he won't pull his weight it bugs the crap out of me. MF'er that's why I pay literally 4 times the rent that you do. Man up and deal with it or move closer to town. I won't miss it when my new job goes full time and I can kiss this one goodbye.

That's like saying I should be able to leave at 3 instead of 5 because I left my house at 7...

 

[drainbamage]

I've worked places where I lived only 5-10 min away and was constantly late. It's because you assume you'll have plenty of time in the morning because you live so close so you can stop for coffee or whatever. Then you hit a red light and are suddenly 5 min late. That was also when I was 20 years old and didn't know better, I guess some people don't always figure these things out,

I get that, but it goes back to the old saying about the definition of insanity being trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results. How many times should a person have to make that mistake before they realize to leave 5 minutes earlier every day?

[I will say that at my office there aren't much in the way of consequences for being late unless you lie about it on your timesheet, so feigning sheepishness and giving an "oops, caught traffic again" is usually enough to get you by. He also pulled the "hey, I was just stopping to pick up donuts for the department" card several times as well.]

 

[Vegetarisk]

Oh definitely not defending that action. I've just been that guy without realizing it and have since learned to give myself extra time. Some people go there whole lives without realizing that.

 

[Zepth]

Did anyone cover the "guy who wants to figure it out himself" yet? I'll go with one of those. Such a waste of time and effort.
"This is exactly how to accomplish the following task."
"Screw that. I have different ideas."
"Dude, bad plan."
"Just listen alright!"
*Intermission*
"Jobs not done and the surrounding area is damaged. Maybe we should do it the first way"

*epic facepalm*

 

[n240sxguy]

Did anyone cover the "guy who wants to figure it out himself" yet? I'll go with one of those. Such a waste of time and effort.
"This is exactly how to accomplish the following task."
"Screw that. I have different ideas."
"Dude, bad plan."
"Just listen alright!"
*Intermission*
"Jobs not done and the surrounding area is damaged. Maybe we should do it the first way"

*epic facepalm*

We've got a couple of those at work. Worst on is a farmer or former farmer. Gotta tinker with everything and reinvent the wheel daily. Two years ago he was slamming the discharge valve shut on a compressor going to one of our reactors for some reason that escapes me now. He ended up blowing a tube on a heat exchanger. Had to take it all down the next day. Way to go hot shot. Thanks for the extra work.


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[GrogNerd]

Did anyone cover the "guy who wants to figure it out himself" yet? I'll go with one of those. Such a waste of time and effort.
"This is exactly how to accomplish the following task."
"Screw that. I have different ideas."
"Dude, bad plan."
"Just listen alright!"
*Intermission*
"Jobs not done and the surrounding area is damaged. Maybe we should do it the first way"

*epic facepalm*

more than a few beginner brewers

stop pointing at me!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

sometimes people need to learn on their own. it may cause more work, but if they can learn to listen to the folks that know what they're talking about, then it will be worth it. on the same note, there's the people that never learn and constantly flocc stuff up because they think they know better. I watched that a ton when I was building methane vacuum pump units. I could build 2 1/2 units a day no problem, but the guy in training thought they could do better. after a few days of only 1/2-3/4 completing a unit a day, they would listen and pay attention to the way I was doing it.

 

[ubnserved]

I read about 20 or so pages of this thread..... wow, all I can say is wow! How do you guys put up with all of the bs? I am so glad that after I got out of the military I pretty much have worked for myself. In the early 90's I started my first business and the only time I have worked for any one is if I have had spare time and wanted to learn the ins and outs of a business.(I have owned 6 different businesses in the last 20 years) I have never been one to tolerate any type of bs from employees/coworkers. I owned an automotive repair shop for a few years. The only business I have ever owned that I didn't run out of my house. Employees learned real quick not to leave dirty dishes or food splatter in the microwave. Always late for work? There is always some mechanic looking for a good paying job and since we paid better than any other shop within 10 miles or so they were easy to get. The only thing worse than lazy employees/coworkers is crooked customers that wanted repairs performed yesterday and for free. I always worked right along side my employees especially on project vehicles. I have owned a lot of businesses but that one was the most stressful I was so happy when I sold it. I am glad I don't do any mechanical work anymore.

 

[n240sxguy]

I read about 20 or so pages of this thread..... wow, all I can say is wow! How do you guys put up with all of the bs? I am so glad that after I got out of the military I pretty much have worked for myself. In the early 90's I started my first business and the only time I have worked for any one is if I have had spare time and wanted to learn the ins and outs of a business.(I have owned 6 different businesses in the last 20 years) I have never been one to tolerate any type of bs from employees/coworkers. I owned an automotive repair shop for a few years. The only business I have ever owned that I didn't run out of my house. Employees learned real quick not to leave dirty dishes or food splatter in the microwave. Always late for work? There is always some mechanic looking for a good paying job and since we paid better than any other shop within 10 miles or so they were easy to get. The only thing worse than lazy employees/coworkers is crooked customers that wanted repairs performed yesterday and for free. I always worked right along side my employees especially on project vehicles. I have owned a lot of businesses but that one was the most stressful I was so happy when I sold it. I am glad I don't do any mechanical work anymore.

That's a page right out of Henry ford's book. Demand excellence, and pay extra for it. Few businesses understand that. Most of them pay sub par wages and are always putting up with workers who don't give a damn. Pay a person what you want their work to be like. Crappy=crappy. Good=good. I worked at walmart for several years over two tours and worked in most positions finishing out as a tire and lube express manager. They didn't understand that you can command excellence if you pay for it. Assistant managers making $12.22 an hour, after you figure the hours they put in, end up not caring about the place after a little while. How can you expect workers making half that to care at all.


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[sputnam]

A guy I work with constantly complains about being broke but he goes out to lunch almost every day to the tune of 6 - 7$ lunches....kills me

 

[Vegetarisk]

A guy I work with constantly complains about being broke but he goes out to lunch almost every day to the tune of 6 - 7$ lunches....kills me

Oh yeah, the majority of my office eats out at lunch every single day. I started to bring my lunch years ago. It's insane how much money you can spend eating out every day.

 

[fsr_racer]

Even though we have an instant message system we can use, people still feel the need to yell their business across the office.

Welcome to Monday...

 

[jhoneycutt]

Getting jumped for an obvious lateral promotion by a guy who has less time with the company and zero supervision experience. Its my job to fill in that position when the original guy wasn't there which makes me the only person on plant property with any knowledge of this job. Last night was new guys first night on the job so when I found out how little everyone there including the site supervisor knows about it I went home sick to my stomach. Sorry but I can't tolerate that level of bullshizz. You made your bed now roll around in it without me

 

[Hamaki]

I really can't complain about advancement; I've had at least my fair share. There have been times when I was bypassed in favor of someone else and it didn't make sense to me at first. Sometimes I didn't see the logic and it kinda ticked me off. In every case, however, I was eventually able to understand the basis of the decision. Sometimes the logic was faulty or the decision was made based on good ol' boy network thinking. Hiring/promoting managers almost never has anything to do with technical expertise. If it really bothered me enough I went to work elsewhere.

Lately this kind of thing bothers me a lot less than it used to. I'm 55 and have been at the same place 25 years and a department head for 20. When I see someone get a promotion I was interested in self destruct within a year or two I think, "hey, that coulda been me". At my age I'm not set to retire and not a very attractive recruitment candidate. Bird in the hand, I guess.

 

[Pyg]

My office's "loud Howard" lives and hour away. no family, no kids. Refuses to move closer to the office. complains all the time how long and costly his commute is.

He is loud, eats all day, with his mouth open. Openly does not do his job, but will tell you and everyone else how to do their job.
He is a know it all, who even tries to give relations ship advice to those of us who have been married for 20+ years. Yet "loud Howard" has been single for the last 30 years.

I could go on and on and on, but I have other things to do.

 

[Vegetarisk]

I also just heard the story of one of my coworkers getting fired from another job over 10 years ago for the millionth time today. That sucks, but you gotta move on. The best part is that he swears to this day he still has no clue why he was fired! I would think eventually you'd figure out that something in your performance was bad enough for you to get fired, especially if you've been griping about it so long! He's also a highly functioning alcoholic and has been known to drink on the job, so my moneys on that being the reason.

 

[Darwin18]

A new hire engineer started at my job today. He's obviously very young and maybe either right out of or a couple years out of school. For the love of god, pretend to have some enthusiasm for being here!! It's your first freaking day! He's in the cubicle across from me and has spent the morning complaining about everything. Oh poor you - you have to unpackage your new laptop/monitors/work station, set it up, complete training, and fill out HR forms. Poor, poor baby. Not a great way to start off the next four - five years.

 

[cernst151]

There's a big bell near my desk that they ring when they make a big sale. If the bell hasn't been rung enough the owner of the company comes by and rings it. I hate that damn bell.

The standard answer to "How's it going" in my office is "living the dream!". WTF? I don't know about anybody else but none of my dreams involve sitting in a cubicle.

 

[user 198378]

There are no cubicles in my office, the idea is "break down the walls of communication." But a group of guys abuse the concept.

I lovingly call their ring leader "annoying guy." Original, I know.

The day starts off with them milling around either annoying guy's desk or one of the groups' while talking AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE about how their fantasy football did that weekend/night and how drunk they got.

They take turns telling "jokes" and laughing which is mostly fake laugh...they're never funny or remotely clever.

They do on average about 2 hrs work each day, if that.

And the CFO chooses to look the other way even though their behavior is so distracting it drives people to blast headphones to drone out their voices.

Oh and annoying guy was promoted last month...

 

[n240sxguy]

Getting jumped for an obvious lateral promotion by a guy who has less time with the company and zero supervision experience. Its my job to fill in that position when the original guy wasn't there which makes me the only person on plant property with any knowledge of this job. Last night was new guys first night on the job so when I found out how little everyone there including the site supervisor knows about it I went home sick to my stomach. Sorry but I can't tolerate that level of bullshizz. You made your bed now roll around in it without me

Good for you. Exactly what you should've done!


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[gratus fermentatio]

It annoys the living $hit out of me when somebody uses my bowl (clean & in the dish drainer) & leaves it somewhere else in the building, encrusted with their nasty food. I don't mind if somebody uses my bowl, as long as they wash it & put it back. If they did, I wouldn't even know & it wouldn't even be an issue. Some people have no manners & no respect for others or the property of others. End rant.
Regards, GF.

 

[JoeSpartaNJ]

I only go out to lunch once in a while, when I do the one lady in my office, who happens to be the pickiest eater on the plant make me pick her up something......always special ordered.

So after a half hour when I get back, I get the remaining half hour to eat which I don't mind. She eats her lunch while she is "working" and then proceeds to leave and take a full hour lunch.

 

[TheCADJockey]

I only go out to lunch once in a while, when I do the one lady in my office, who happens to be the pickiest eater on the plant make me pick her up something......always special ordered.

So after a half hour when I get back, I get the remaining half hour to eat which I don't mind. She eats her lunch while she is "working" and then proceeds to leave and take a full hour lunch.

Ugh. There are very few people in my office including me. Being the new guy (1 year), I am the only one that is not salary yet.

- They all come in late
- They take lunch at their desk; then go out for lunch break (Min. 1 Hour)
- They all leave early, as much as two hours early (During the holidays, forget it.. lucky if they make an appearance)

Quite often I'm the only one here. Many times during the day I could stand up and look to find that I'm the only one in the office, let alone the only one working. It's a good place, very laid back, but I'm just jealous I guess. They don't care if I go home early, just don't understand that if I do I'm not making money like they are. /Ugh

 

[paulster2626]

It annoys the living $hit out of me when somebody uses my bowl (clean & in the dish drainer) & leaves it somewhere else in the building, encrusted with their nasty food. I don't mind if somebody uses my bowl, as long as they wash it & put it back. If they did, I wouldn't even know & it wouldn't even be an issue. Some people have no manners & no respect for others or the property of others. End rant.
Regards, GF.

Why don't you complete the chain of events and after washing your bowl you dry it and bring it back to your workspace with you?

 

[dkwolf]

I only go out to lunch once in a while, when I do the one lady in my office, who happens to be the pickiest eater on the plant make me pick her up something......always special ordered.

So after a half hour when I get back, I get the remaining half hour to eat which I don't mind. She eats her lunch while she is "working" and then proceeds to leave and take a full hour lunch.

To heck with that. If I were in your shoes, she would either be making the lunch run every other time, or getting her own damn lunch every day. She's freeloading off you - you're taking *your* time to go get *your* lunch, and end up using MORE of your time because of her special order.

 

[ubnserved]

To heck with that. If I were in your shoes, she would either be making the lunch run every other time, or getting her own damn lunch every day. She's freeloading off you - you're taking *your* time to go get *your* lunch, and end up using MORE of your time because of her special order.

Get the order wrong every time and make sure it is something that she doesn't like.

Yeah, so I'm a d\ck!

 

[DU99]

Our helpdesk person.is rude ,loudmouthed,swears,overweight.and female

 

[ubnserved]

It annoys the living $hit out of me when somebody uses my bowl (clean & in the dish drainer) & leaves it somewhere else in the building, encrusted with their nasty food. I don't mind if somebody uses my bowl, as long as they wash it & put it back. If they did, I wouldn't even know & it wouldn't even be an issue. Some people have no manners & no respect for others or the property of others. End rant.
Regards, GF.

First it would bother me! Keep you hands off crappie that isn't yours! No ifs no ands no buts, if you can't follow the rules there is the door.
When you find your dish with crusties in it scrap them onto the work area of the person.
Find something really bad tasting like the stuff you put on kids finger nails to keep them from chewing on them. Harmless but tastes like crap.

See! I told you I was a d/ck.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Why don't you complete the chain of events and after washing your bowl you dry it and bring it back to your workspace with you?

It didn't occur to me that anyone would abscond with my bowl as it was drying. I tend to go thru life leaving things that belong to others alone. Like I said, I don't mind if someone uses my bowl, I just think they should have the common courtesy to wash it & put it back. I left a note on her desk, along with a bottle of dish soap. We'll see if my bowl is clean & in the drainer tomorrow.
Regards, GF.

 

[fuzzy2133]

It didn't occur to me that anyone would abscond with my bowl as it was drying. I tend to go thru life leaving things that belong to others alone. Like I said, I don't mind if someone uses my bowl, I just think they should have the common courtesy to wash it & put it back. I left a note on her desk, along with a bottle of dish soap. We'll see if my bowl is clean & in the drainer tomorrow.
Regards, GF.

She will probably leave your note in the dirty bowl with the soap next to it.