Irritating Habits of Co-Workers
A woman who works for me, and does a very good job, has a couple habits that are driving me NUTS! She is in my direct line of vision - from my office door to her desk in the general office. She is constantly picking at her lips, or at her split ends. She brings dry cereal as a snack, pours some into her hand, then from her hand, into her mouth. I can't help but feel that her hand has to feel sticky from it. I KNOW these are petty things, but I've been watching it 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for the last year and a half. And...its driving me crazy!  I would never say anything about it to her, but I just had to get it off my chest. Thanks for listening! |
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vent away - I had a boss who used those individual teeth flossers all through meetings when he wasn't biting is nails or poking at his ears  where is the vomit icon when you need it? |
kerry wrote: vent away - I had a boss who used those individual teeth flossers all through meetings when he wasn't biting is nails or poking at his ears
where is the vomit icon when you need it?Oh, that is soooo gross! Did little pieces of food fly outta his teeth? |
| Vent away...
I work with a gal who has a hair growing out of a mole on her face. She pulls at that thing ( the hair) ALL THE TIME. How she hasn't pulled it out - I don't know. We just want to give her a pair of tweezers and tell her to groom herself. It is just plain gross. |
i guess its better than watching her pick her nose  or scratch an interesting itch....... |
Gimme her email addy -- I'll anonymously send her some articles on how filthy her keyboard and phone are, and how germs are transmitted from the hands to the mouth....
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Abuckie wrote: Vent away...
I work with a gal who has a hair growing out of a mole on her face. She pulls at that thing ( the hair) ALL THE TIME. How she hasn't pulled it out - I don't know. We just want to give her a pair of tweezers and tell her to groom herself. It is just plain gross. 
The woman outside my office sings to herself. I think she thinks it's soft (since she has headphones on) but it's not. Plus, it sounds more like crazy, ghostlike moaning than singing. I've had to keep my door shut since she started. |
I can't complain about co-workers as I am sure they would have more to complain about me. I am very fidgety, always kicking the desk and stuff like that.  |
VerveUp wrote: I can't complain about co-workers as I am sure they would have more to complain about me. I am very fidgety, always kicking the desk and stuff like that.
yea im always stretching and yawning and mumbling, so as a courtesy i try to take the open desk furthest away from people. |
| All of you are stronger than me when it comes to putting up with the office routine. I've been a 'virtual' employee for 18 years and there's nothing better than working in my little office at home.
But I do get to enjoy all the human interaction on airplanes every week. Blech!!!  |
| You know I can put up with almost anything but the thing that drives me nuts is the one that constantly complains about EVERYTHING> It drives me so crazy I always want the fartherest away from that person even if I have to be in the tele unit which is more intense and busy. Luckily its a good hiding space because she HATES that section and complains so much charge never EVER puts her there |
cheyennebuford wrote: You know I can put up with almost anything but the thing that drives me nuts is the one that constantly complains about EVERYTHING> It drives me so crazy I always want the fartherest away from that person even if I have to be in the tele unit which is more intense and busy. Luckily its a good hiding space because she HATES that section and complains so much charge never EVER puts her there
I've got one of those too! |
| My turn to complain...
One of my office mates farts constantly... I have never known a young lady to pass gas this much... I won't even comment on the random scratching... The OTHER one licks my toes if I'm wearing flip flops and is always stealing things off my desk!! And, I'm sure you've figured out, I'm speaking about Roxie (the gassy young lady) and Cosmo (the toe licking thief!)... 
As for my real complaints in my office... I'm the only female, and the youngest too (but I'm the boss!), we have a little kitchenette and the sink tends to fill with dirty coffee cups. Where do they get the idea that I'm the one who is supposed to wash them? Trust me, it was NOT from me!! I even put up a sign (thanks to a suggestion from a girlfriend) that reads "IF YOU DIRTY IT, WASH IT... YOUR MOTHER DOESN'T WORK HERE"... and that signed worked... ...for about two days! |
I remember reading an article a few years ago about the five most annoying habits of co-workers. I don't remember them all or what order they were in, but included were 1) whistling and 2) heating up stinky food in the microwave. My then boss (and very good friend) did both of these things all the time - he whistled Christmas songs all year long and almost every day brought FISH to heat up for lunch.  In fact, I think at the time he did like four of the five behaviors. I gave the article to him to read and we got a good laugh out of it.
One of my co-workers, Genevieve, just this morning stole the rest of my bagel off my desk while I went to re-fill my coffee cup.  You'd think I'd learn! |
| I really am having toruble feeling sorry for those of you who work at home |
| I dunno.... I've been away from the workplace for about 7 years now, completely for 6. I'm kind of missing the human interchange a bit.
Joan would probably not mind if I wasn't around the house 24/7 too. |
| LOL I would love to work from home. When I started to read Cosmo's story I couldn't believe it - then I say she was talking about her dogs.
In my office I keep my heat on so high that no one could stand to be in here too long. I hate it when people suck on hard candy - yuck  |
| Well I have new connecting cube mates. The one who's driving me and everyone else nuts is the Admin. She speaks loudly with this valley girl, sickening, sweet fake voice. She also shuffles her feet when she walks. ugh! |
kerry wrote: I really am having toruble feeling sorry for those of you who work at home
Please keep in mind that I am NOT one of those people! Cosmo and Roxie are at the office with me, they come to work with us somedays and go to Doggie Daycare on others. So, my comments about the coffee cups are real too... I work with all men (mostly engineers) and they can't seem to wash a cup, but they have no problem drinking the coffee... Thankfully, I have a very relaxed work environment, so the wigglebums come with us. They used to come everyday, now they split their time between the office and Doggie Daycare (which is only about 1 mile from the office). Just today, we finished lunch and were sitting around chatting, right in front of us, Cosmo pops up onto the table looking for leftovers. We should have immediately scolded him, but instead we had to hold back the laughter. I know it's "wrong", but it was funny! He usually waits until we leave the room and then goes searching for snacks. |
| I work from home but have to travel for work quite a bit. I have one client I see quite regularly who constantly digs at his ears with a key. It is so difficult to ignore and concentrate on the conversation! Gives me the shivers - blech! |
rdf wrote: I work from home but have to travel for work quite a bit. I have one client I see quite regularly who constantly digs at his ears with a key. It is so difficult to ignore and concentrate on the conversation! Gives me the shivers - blech!
My guess he does this for a reason.................. 
hmmmmmmm maybe it makes the keys slide in and out of the ignition easeir???????? YUK Shudder blah  |
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