that's a big one on my list... the other things are -SING -Checking voicemails on the speakerphone without turning it down -and the previously mentioned conference calls without closing the door
The woman in the office next door has a cackle like the Wicked Witch of the West, which can be heard through walls from a distance of about 100 yards. My office is about 14 feet from where she cackles.
Okay serious answer here - I used to sit down the hall from this one woman who dragged and stomped her feet every time she walked. Thus you could hear her from a mile away. I thought that only little kids did that ****, not a 40 year old woman! And if that wasn't bad enough, she would always look in every cubicle that she passed by and her eyes reminded me of Andrea Kremer (which I am sure many people here have heard of her). Thank goodness I was moved away from sitting down the hall from her. I still see her from time to time, but it is like walking to the break room or going into the building, etc. But that stuff is not annoying as it is for a brief moment and that there doesn't have to be any type of interaction. Another one that annoys the crap out of me is people talking on their cell phones in their cubicle and it is obvious that the conversations are not work-related. So, you (well, really me) get to hear every little thing that is going on in their life outside of work. I could care less about that - keep that stuff either to yourself or go outside and talk about it. No one around you cares to know your personal business.
Sometimes when I’m at work, reading the bbs, clipping my toenails, and singing along to my Abba records …my coworkers give me the oddest looks. That bugs me. What’s their problem? So I’m a few minutes late for the staff meeting…are they so uptight they can’t just wait a bit? I’m not just going to leave in the middle of Dancing Queen, now am I? They seriously have to lighten up.
Man, why did you ask this on my day off??? Anyway... here's what one dude does: - Asks me what time or date it is. LOOK ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN, lazy *ss!!! - Asks me what someone's extension is. WTF AM I, YOUR PERSONAL DIRECTORY/ROLODEX/SECRETARY_B*TCH?? LOOK IT UP ON OUR ONLINE DIRECTORY!! - can't fit through the cubicle space between mine and his. PUT THE F*CK*N' COOKIE DOWN!!!! WORK OUT!!!! - sleeps, snores STOP PLAYING ONLINE GAMES UNTIL 3 A.M. IN THE MORNING!!!! - uses stuff he designs/creates/develops at work and uses it for his OUTSIDE work just plain unethical EDIT: - calls his outside clients from the company phone or on his cell phone on company time LUNCH is for that, you P.O.S. - listens to music on heaphones, then takes them off and asks: "uhhh... did someone call me, dude?" WTF MI??? Your secretary??? - asks me how to do something, doesn't learn it, asks me again tomorrow... to top it off, he gets credit for it... - breathes hard Wh0t, did you have to come ONE FLIGHT of stairs UP this morning??? - smells bad Does anybody know the direct number to Procter & Gamble? - doesn't work. umm... hi, my name is The Pot and this is my friend The Kettle... - makes us worry because he's so BIG and so immobile he's going to die or have a heart attack on us at work F*CK, that felt good...
My underlings goof off way too much. By the end of the week I always have a sore throat from screaming at all my guys in the office for jacking around.
That was great. Around here I can't stand this one lady because even though she sits 20 feet away from me, any time she's talking you can easily hear her. Her daily routine is to come over to my side and talk to the ladies that sit behind me for about an hour before and after lunch, and she is so dam LOUD!! Now we just brought on this new lady that I gave one of my tasks to. I told her how to do it, but she just didn't get it. Ok, in case your wondering it involves someone calling in to order chemicals, then you calling the vendor to tell them when and where you want the cheicals. We've been doing it the same way for years, but once she takes it she starts asking why she can't do it a different way (this was after about 5 emails from the vendors complaining). After about 3 times going over it with her I think she might finally have it down. Since I was doing it before her sometimes the people still call me and leave messages for the orders. I write down what the chemical is, where it's going, and when they need it. I give them to her and she says "well I also need who called it in, and their phone number." I tell her that when they leave me a message they don't always leave that information and she says ok. Well a couple of days later the same thing happens and she says the same thing. I tell her that if I get the information I'll give it to her, but she can easily look back at the sheets of previous dates to get that information (it's always the same people that call for certain places). She is just determined to show me how to do a job I've done for 2 years. When they hired her she was put out in the lobby, and she is rarely there, quite often she is on my side talking to the ladies, or on the totally opposite side talking to the people where she used to work. Umm, your in the lobby for a reason!!! To keep from writing another page I'll list the rest: -people playing their radio too loud -people wanting me to order them supplies I know they don't need (yesteday a lady wanted 2 12-packs of colored post it notes for herself, I think they were about $12 per pack, and another time she requested 1 pack of some special markers and b**ched at me when she realized I hadn't got her 2 of them....YOU ONLY REQUESTED 1, AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN NEED THAT MANY!) -this one lady (read above) that comes and starts talking to me whether I'm on the phone or not. -come in late EVERY day -one lady constantly bums off of everyone else, food, money, etc. (one time she told me a story how when she goes to the Goodwill store she wears a pair of shoes she doesn't want anymore, takes them off, and puts on a pair they're selling and replaces them with her old ones) I'm sure I could think of more, but this post is already too long. Pugs
the lady that sits down the hall from me sneezes like she's having an orgasm... funny at times, but gets distracting after awhile. people who kept on steaingl my red swingline stapler....
People don't annoy me at work. I tend to ignore everyone, unless I need something. The one thing that annoys the fool out of me are clock-watchers who get pissed that I show up late in the morning and take long lunches. They used to love telling my boss every morning "hey! Jim's not here yet!" And then they'd run pools on what time I actually would show up. Seriously, why does this piss clock-watchers off so much? If I'm producing twice as much as you, you need to start freaking working when you get to work and not worry and fret so much about other people. As far as I'm concerned, if I'm in the top 10% of production, I should be able to come in whenever I damn well please.
Same here.. I cant stand that.. the old man will always have his cell phone go off around 8:00am it's his wife calling to tell him she made it to work OK, but he would always be really into his work and not notice his cell phone ringing.. when he finally does he’ll always say.."DAMNIT" really loud then pick up the phone and say "HEY, SUGAR.." Then he would talk so loud because his hearing isn’t so good.. Did I forget to say this guy drives me nuts.. OH and I cant stand when people (OLD MAN) cant figure how to turn his cell phone ringer off during meetings or conference calls then fumble with the phone while it’s ringing acting like he hasn’t had if for almost a year, then finally opens it up and hangs up on them just to stop the ringing only to be called back a few seconds later by the same person wondering why they were cut off..
I hate it when they kill people. It just seems so wrong. You know, maybe I shouldn't have taken the job as dispatcher for a hit man service.
I have 2 co-workers that annoy the **** out of me. The first one sits right next to me. He is about 400 pounds at least. He smells like a box of fabric softener mixed with armpit. He can't seem to remember anything about his job or read any FYI emails, so he yells the same questions over and over about stuff that he should have the answer to. He has probably bummed hundreds of smokes from me, without ever buying a pack. He also eats at is desk throughout the entire day. I constantly hear bags of chips being opened and munching. He also steals my chair when he thinks I am not going to be around, because it is "more comfortable for his back". Well, he has pretty much trashed it with his fat a$$. The second guy is different. Everyone is afraid of him because he looks like someone who is no stranger to prison sex. He has bad prison tattoos, looks like a carnie, has scars all over his face, and smells like liquor and Scope. He also prepares elaborate meals in his cube. I mean it's one thing to eat a sandwich at your cube, but this guy takes it to another level. He crosses the line. He starts out the day by spreading a big sheet of foil on his desk. He then slices tomatoes, kiwi, mango, orange, and avocado with his crocodile dundee knife and arranges them like a buffet on the foil. Next, he dumps a couple of dozen RAW OYSTERS on the foil! RAW OYSTERS folks! I always thought that raw shellfish was universally deemed NSFW. Then the different kinds of cheese come out and they all STINK. He will graze on this all day long. Well, I hope Oysterman does not read this bbs, cuz he would definitely cut my kidneys out an eat them right in front of me.
Force me to hear stories about their lives that have neither entertainment nor educational value. Why make me relive your boring, monotone life? You could just talk to the cubicle wall and receive the same blank, silent stare you're getting from me. "Sorry I have to cut you short. Nature calls."
