Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[balrog]

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?"

She must've not seen it well; maybe it was Unicode instead of ASCII.

 

[GrogNerd]

I don't have co-workers, but I have plenty of IT people out there who annoy me

just now... my customer's IT guy, recommending my customer upgrade his quickbooks: "no 5 year old program will work & no company will support it after 5 years.

me: yeah... ours does. we do.

fire your IT

 

[PCABrewing]

People who feel they need the messaging app (pick one) to chime every time a new message arrives, even while they are actively messaging with the app. At least turn the volume down!

 

[GrogNerd]

just about any noise other peoples' phones make annoys me

turn it down/off, or get headphones/earbuds.

the rest of us don't want to hear your ****

I have the sound of an actual warship sonar (it ain't the weak anemic 'ping' you hear in movies. I'd recommend a volume check before you even try that link) on my phone, blast it at opportune times. "annoying, isn't it?"

 

[bracconiere]

you seem like sensitive men...

edit: but for the record, i still use MS Money.....(sunset it's called now)

 

[AzOr]

Reply All’ers. I don’t need 17 emails responding to an effin birthday?

Or when someone forwards you a chain email without any context,
just a “see below”.

 

[ehall]

constantly out due to either sickness or drama in their lives... f'n annoying. we're always shorthanded...

 

[bracconiere]

constantly out due to either sickness or drama in their lives... f'n annoying. we're always shorthanded...

c'mon be realistic the ball game was on! f them! i got beer to drink!

 

[bleme]

Reply All’ers. I don’t need 17 emails responding to an effin birthday?

Or when someone forwards you a chain email without any context,
just a “see below”.

LOL! I've spent all morning deleting replies to an email which informed us that since the banks are closed Friday, we will be getting paper checks instead of direct deposit this week.

 

[Wickedwinewitch]

Just had one of our newly hired cashiers have a meltdown in the breakroom after their shift because they didnt think they would have to deal with the pressures of handling money. I think I just stared at them incredulously for 5 minutes before suggesting this is not the right job for them. And then on the flip side there are people who've worked her as long as I have yet refuse to learn where things are so they dont have to help the customer to the products. I hate laziness, or lack of ambition.

 

[Knightshade]

Just had one of our newly hired cashiers have a meltdown in the breakroom after their shift because they didnt think they would have to deal with the pressures of handling money. I think I just stared at them incredulously for 5 minutes before suggesting this is not the right job for them. And then on the flip side there are people who've worked her as long as I have yet refuse to learn where things are so they dont have to help the customer to the products. I hate laziness, or lack of ambition.

Aren't those the same people who expect more pay, while also not having to deal with adversity or any type of responsibility?

 

[Knightshade]

I just started a new job back in June. Team of 5, 4 of which have been hired in 2022. All within the same 3 month time period. Myself and dept head are remote. Longest tenured team member has been there for 1.5 years.

He is ALWAYS finding a way to tell everybody in every damn interaction (MS Teams, Meetings, Email, etc.) that he is sooo busy, and is struggling to get stuff done.

Then I visit HQ for a week, and see that his incessant need to be a social butterfly along with accompanying his technician on every damn offsite visit (there are 5 buildings all within 10 minutes of each other) are what contribute to his being busy all the time.

Yes..you may be busy. But you sure as are not productive and that annoys the <adjective> out of me.

 

[bracconiere]

didnt think they would have to deal with the pressures of handling money.

i remember those scales, wonder if one would be a different more practical easy dens idea?

 

[PCABrewing]

Just had one of our newly hired cashiers have a meltdown in the breakroom after their shift because they didnt think they would have to deal with the pressures of handling money.

And they probably can't count back change based on the amount tendered either...

 

[Wickedwinewitch]

And they probably can't count back change based on the amount tendered either...

Our registers are pretty fool proof they state exactly what the customer should get back. And it's sad but if the registers are less than $5 off no one gets in trouble.

 

[GrogNerd]

20 minutes listening to this IT guy trying to figure out a network password

 

[ehall]

I've been thru that a few times... I will ask, 'you have someone you can escalate to right?'

 

[GrogNerd]

the error all users at one customer's office are getting on all pcs trying to change any info in either of our programs says "disk full"
(disks fill up. it happens, but when I look there's >80 Gigabytes available. time to use the ol' noodle)

customer: our IT company added a user, the problems started after that

me: yeah... your IT guy changed permissions to our program to READ ONLY

**Fast Forward 1 hour**

customer's IT guy: yeah, they're fixed

me (already knowing the answer): what was the issue?

IT Idiot: oh, I don't know. my colleague worked on it

me: yeah. right.

 

[GrogNerd]

I don't know where else to put this:

me to the CHAT idiot at verizon, thru their website: my wifi is down, & I can't access router, but I still have wired internet access.

idiot at Verizon: can you access the internet?

me: what the **** did I just say, to you, right now, thru the chat window on your website?

it doesn't get better from there

CHAT idiot at verizon: While I am troubleshooting here I can see an option to lower down your bill.

Me: I'm considering options to lower my bill to exactly $ZERO

&

CHAT idiot at verizon: "so sorry this is happening, let me help you resolve this problem"

me: shut the **** up with that blowing smoke up my ass ****. if it ain't a troubleshooting question or isn't helpful to fix my problem, shut the **** up about it

CHAT idiot at verizon: "sorry you feel that way"

oh, for ***** sake, just stop

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I don't know where else to put this:



it doesn't get better from there



&

Chat bots @ their finest...

 

[balrog]

"Well, perhaps now is a good time to tell you about your car's extended warranty"

 

[AzOr]

I’m not sensitive to this but-
How about coworkers who douse themselves w perfume/cologne?
I have a coworker who, upon entry of the building, I can immediately smell if they’re in office. It’s not a bad smell, just heavy perfume.

Again, I don’t mind but I can see how others would be offended.

 

[GrogNerd]

I work from home, the company is just me & the boss owner, so no co-workers, I post about my annoying customers.

customer: thank you for helping with that!
me: you're welcome

customer: ok, have a good day
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): you too

customer: seeya
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): yes, seeya

customer: thanks again
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): you're welcome

customer: OK
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): OK

repeat

 

[MaxStout]

I work from home, the company is just me & the boss owner, so no co-workers, I post about my annoying customers.

customer: thank you for helping with that!
me: you're welcome

customer: ok, have a good day
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): you too

customer: seeya
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): yes, seeya

customer: thanks again
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): you're welcome

customer: OK
me (thinking): SAY GOODBYE!
me (out loud): OK

repeat

 

[GrogNerd]

no lie, the first music albums I bought with my own money were Jackson 5.

newly released J5 records.

my very first:

 

[GrogNerd]

IT guy, recommending our customer upgrade his quickbooks: "no 5 year old program will work & no company will support it after 5 years."

me: yeah... ours does. we do.

 

[balrog]

IT guy, recommending our customer upgrade his quickbooks: "no 5 year old program will work & no company will support it after 5 years."

me: yeah... ours does. we do.

Pfsh.
5 years is nothing. As a former IT guy, I spent the majority of my career constantly trying to figure how to make newer OSs keep the "NeverCanItBeUnDoneNorChanged" programs running. Had to keep an old AT PC for the EISA bus cuz they wouldn't take the time (or $) to upgrade controllers on the mixing floor.
5 years.
Make me laugh.

 

[jdauria]

Have a co-worker, who works in another office upstairs, but is down in my office 10 times a day. Each time, she smells like she just smoked a pack of cigarettes and doused herself in the cheapest perfume the Dollar Store sells to cover the cigarette smell. It does not work. But that's not even the worst part. She's a human vampire, she sucks you in to everything. She will come down with say an invoice that our office has to pay, then ask how your weekend was. I usually respond in one word answers without looking at her...but if I answer that with "good"....she then decides that she needs to tell me about her weekend, what her kids, who are grown ass adults now, did this weekend, what TV shows she watched, what she's doing for lunch...and twenty minutes later when she finally gets the F out of my office, you are left there dazed and confused and hacking up her smell. My old boss had a name for it, it's called "getting Nanced" with Nanced being a play on her name. She traveled to Europe once, for the first time in her life, when her daughter did a semester overseas....so now when anyone is going anywhere in Europe, she acts like she's freaking Rick Steves writing a travel book. Just went to Germany for Oktoberfest and she's telling me about turning dollars into Euros...no **** Sherlock. Latest is now she is a NYC pizza expert because she went to NYC for a weekend and probably ate at a freaking Sbarro's in Time Square. Hello, you're talking to someone who grew up in New Haven, CT, the pizza capital of the US...don't be telling me about pizza!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

My old boss had a name for it, it's called "getting Nanced" with Nanced being a play on her name.

My sister-in-law has tennis girlfriends who have coined a term about what happens with her. They call it "getting <ourlastname>'d".

Essentially if you end up at my SIL's house after tennis, chances are about 6 hours later you're calling your husband to pick you up because you're no longer capable of driving a car or operating heavy machinery. The sauvignon blanc be flowin' over there...

That said, sounds a lot more entertaining than "getting Nanced".

 

[GrogNerd]

Colin Robinson. Energy Vampire

Have a co-worker, who works in another office upstairs, but is down in my office 10 times a day. Each time, she smells like she just smoked a pack of cigarettes and doused herself in the cheapest perfume the Dollar Store sells to cover the cigarette smell. It does not work. But that's not even the worst part. She's a human vampire, she sucks you in to everything. She will come down with say an invoice that our office has to pay, then ask how your weekend was. I usually respond in one word answers without looking at her...but if I answer that with "good"....she then decides that she needs to tell me about her weekend, what her kids, who are grown ass adults now, did this weekend, what TV shows she watched, what she's doing for lunch...and twenty minutes later when she finally gets the F out of my office, you are left there dazed and confused and hacking up her smell. My old boss had a name for it, it's called "getting Nanced" with Nanced being a play on her name. She traveled to Europe once, for the first time in her life, when her daughter did a semester overseas....so now when anyone is going anywhere in Europe, she acts like she's freaking Rick Steves writing a travel book. Just went to Germany for Oktoberfest and she's telling me about turning dollars into Euros...no **** Sherlock. Latest is now she is a NYC pizza expert because she went to NYC for a weekend and probably ate at a freaking Sbarro's in Time Square. Hello, you're talking to someone who grew up in New Haven, CT, the pizza capital of the US...don't be telling me about pizza!