10 Annoying Habits Of Co-Workers

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  JeanieSpokane on February 11 at 11:58 a.m.

  1. Gossiping in the next cubicle
  2. Gossiping and then *whispering* in the next cubicle; (and why whisper when the only other person who can hear you is me, unless… OMG!)
  3. Complaining and whining about the office politics while I am trying to finish a deadline
  4. Punching all the buttons on the printer because it isn’t printing your job
  5. Printing all your emails for the last 750 days
  6. Eating something smelly at your desk like limburger
  7. Eating with your mouth open and making that wet smacking sound. (gag)
  8. Yelling on the phone
  9. Both cubicle mates on either side listening to talk radio while I’m typing (so that I hear “Bill said that he would fight city hall” and I type “Fight City Hall” instead of Petition for Dissolution.)
  10. Saying “it’s not my job.”
  11. Excuse No. 5,028 for why you are skipping out ten minutes early and why your reason overrides mine.

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  Sisyphus on February 11 at 12:06 p.m.

  Number 10 particularly gets to me Jeannie. Makes me wanna say, “right you are. Buh-bye.”

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  toadman on February 11 at 12:14 p.m.

  Uptight people. I can’t stand people who are all uptight and stuff at work. It just ruins my zen-like approach to work. Why can’t people just chill out and stop taking work so seriously? It’s just a job, for crying out loud. It’s not the end of the world if someone isn’t getting their email for half an hour. The world WILL carry on somehow.

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  JeanieSpokane on February 11 at 12:23 p.m.

  Oh, Sisyphus, I forgot a few.

  Annoying habits of THE BOSS:

  1. Living by the motto that his procrastination is cured by turning it into MY emergency;
  2. Coming out at 4:45 with a handwritten pleading that needs to be filed by 5:00.
  3. Thinking I can read his mind (let alone his handwriting)
  4. Calling my phone to tell me he had three missed messages on his (which could be mine because the phones are connected) and would I please reverse search to find out who they were and call them back.
  5. Giving me work to do DURING LUNCH while I am sitting here, blogging (my most important thing I do), and spending 15 minutes explaining to me, “I know it’s your lunch and you don’t have to do this until after your lunch but I would like to have you bla bla bla bla [several minutes of instruction].”
  6. Coming back five minutes later and repeat the last “I know it’s your lunch… .”
  7. Friday at 4:30, bringing several letters that need to be sent certified and the post office closes at 5:00.

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  scootermom on February 11 at 12:23 p.m.

  I hate co-worker who corner me to show me picture of their kids, grandkids and cats. No, I don’t think they’re cute!

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  Charlie on February 11 at 12:23 p.m.

  Probably #10. Go to the web site and click on PEOPLE and there is a picture of CHER. Plastic surgery has done her wrong.

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  Sisyphus on February 11 at 12:26 p.m.

  What I can’t stand are people who don’t take their job very seriously. That lackadaisical, devil may care attitude screams for re-employment elsewhere. Why can’t they at least put on an appearance that they care about the work they’re supposed to be doing. Fercryinoutloud, there’s a recession on and five hundred applicants for the money we pay you. And that email means the difference on whether we get that new account, grant, or contract necessary to fund the payroll account.

  Just joshing with you Toad. Balance in all things. ;-)

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  Bob on February 11 at 12:27 p.m.

  I used to work in an office full of, literally, zombies. Here is what I hated:

  1. How they got out of their desks and cubes and moved as one to greet non-zombie customers who stumbled into our office.
  2. Their freaking messy lunches. God.
  3. The moaning and grunting around 445 pm.
  4. How they’d never clean up the breakroom leaving behind lunch messes of intestines and fingers in the sink. I’m not your dead zombie mother! Clean up after yourself!
  5. How you’d show up for a meeting and they’d all be swaying in the light of the LCD projector making “body shadow puppets.”
  6. Not only would they not bring back the company car with a full tank, they’d leave stuff in the trunk. Bad stuff.
  7. Christmas parties sucked. I mean really bad.

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  sibulsky on February 11 at 12:33 p.m.

  Hmmm…

  Neither co-workers…nor the boss…bug me much.
  I’m self-employed…!

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  toadman on February 11 at 12:33 p.m.

  “Just joshing with you Toad. Balance in all things. ;-)”

  HA!

  Thanks. I needed that.

  All I ever tell people is that I try to get everything done as efficiently as possible, as soon as possible, because otherwise, my job cuts into my sitting around time.

  Also, I generally under-promise and over-deliver. That’s one of the little known secrets of the IT trade, actually. Don’t tell anyone I said that. Here’s the break down:

  - It can’t be done = I don’t really want to do that today because doing that is frightfully difficult and will cause other issues, so just let it go, ok?

  - I can’t promise anything, but I’ll see what I can do = This will take like five minutes, but I’m going to sit on it for a while and do it after lunch.

  Also, it really depends on personal (usually food related where IT professionals are concerned) favors that have been proffered. It’s amazing what coffee, chips, or pizza will get you.

  ;-)

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  Sisyphus on February 11 at 12:34 p.m.

  Oh gawd Jeannie I’m guilty of the first three and am painfully aware of it when I do. My assistant is a saint to put up with my foibles. But she has her own to which I strive to be sensitive. I share the wealth when we get a lick in a feeble effort to make up for it and to let her know that she is part of a team effort. She went above and beyond yesterday.

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  florined on February 11 at 12:40 p.m.

  Does every office have a least one person who
  uses the last of something (toilet paper, printer toner/ink, coffee, letterhead) without replacing it or notifying the person responsibile for reordering? Gets me dander up, it does.

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  nic on February 11 at 12:48 p.m.

  #3, the person (who, after using the potty) clearly sees you washing your hands, walks by and out the door with out even approaching the soap dispenser.

  #2, the person who constantly over cooks/burns their microwave popcorn.

  #1, the people who do the bare minimum to get by.

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  Sisyphus on February 11 at 12:51 p.m.

  Those are family members in my world, not co-workers, Florine.

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  Nick_Adams on February 11 at 2:48 p.m.

  1. Taking the last cup of coffee and not making a new pot—only really annoying if done before 10 a.m.
  2. Clipping toenails/fingernails
  3. Leaving me a voice mail saying that they’ve sent me an email answering my question, but not including the answer in the voice mail.

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  JeanieSpokane on February 11 at 3:10 p.m.

  Nick! #1 (taking last cup of coffee and not making new pot) is my Pet Peeve. Not even Pet. I can start the day with my tennis shoes on, in running position. And the **second** I get that one little drip/spurt of coffee from the empty pot, my mood just went down the tubes. I’m grumpy and crotchety for the whole day.

  I solved this problem, after tracking the number of days that it would happen to me IN A ROW - I bought a thermos and I’ll make a pot of coffee now, when I get the very last drop, and I patiently wait for it to finish and then I pour it into my thermos and go back to my desk. It holds 2 and a half cups which is just right. More than that and I’m zinging and zooming and jittery. Not having to fight with the phantom that didn’t make a new pot is wonderfully stress free.

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  Cabbage Boy on February 11 at 3:27 p.m.

  “Also, it really depends on personal (usually food related where IT professionals are concerned) favors that have been proffered. It’s amazing what coffee, chips, or pizza will get you.”

  My #1 pet peeve is that people don’t grasp this! Chocolate at the workstation usually means your problem is given priority. Invite me to your free food and you have earned IT trust.

  #2 The guy that talks on the phone with his mouth full.

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  JeanieSpokane on February 11 at 3:38 p.m.

  Adding to Nick’s:

  #4 - Leaving me an email saying I have a voicemail; or vice versa.

  #5 - sticky note on my monitor “see me” and when I get there, I am given a stack to copy. (What’s wrong with leaving the stack to copy instead of a sticky note?)

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  Liz on February 12 at 9:31 a.m.

  co workers who hover over you at lunch and ask you what you have there and stare at you like a dog or something. And ask for a taste. Every day.

  co workers (often the same as the above) who get into the fridgie and help themselves to your food…

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