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MagnitudePopPop said:
Last year we had a new girl start, after her second or third day she was telling me about hooking up with her boyfriend and his best friend at the same time... which was a little much to tell someone you barely know. Since then she comes in and cries when she's breaking up with a boy, or comes in and cries when she's fighting with her mom and tells me all about it. I've told her multiple times I don't want to hear about her personal life, and yet she texts me on the weekend asking for advice to her problems. I don't know what I've done to make her think I'm her friend. It sucks because we work very closely together.... I just want to work with an adult.
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wow. A 3-some conversation on her 3rd day? She must be young, horny, or not educated on work professionalism.

I have emotionally texted a coworker on the weekends, but I've known the person for 8 years. We're both adults as well so it's probably a different story. She's never told me to not speak personal with her.
 
Our office holds fundraisers all year to raise money for our end-of-year party, and every team takes turns selling snacks, drinks, raffle tickets, etc. to raise said money. There's nothing wrong with this except that it happens way too often. It's getting to be every day that someone comes by hitting me up for money, even if I've already given them cash earlier in the same week.

And I respect the time they put into trying to make their raffles fun and enticing for participants, but all of the prizes are picked by and for middle-aged moms. Last month's raffle prize was a basket including the 50 Shades of Gray books and various scented Bath and Body Works products. This month it's a fuzzy lavender blanket, a fuzzy lavender bathrobe, and fuzzy lavender house slippers.
 
MagnitudePopPop said:
Last year we had a new girl start, after her second or third day she was telling me about hooking up with her boyfriend and his best friend at the same time... which was a little much to tell someone you barely know. Since then she comes in and cries when she's breaking up with a boy, or comes in and cries when she's fighting with her mom and tells me all about it. I've told her multiple times I don't want to hear about her personal life, and yet she texts me on the weekend asking for advice to her problems. I don't know what I've done to make her think I'm her friend. It sucks because we work very closely together.... I just want to work with an adult.
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Oh gawd, that's actually pretty funny. My issue is nowhere near that bad. :x

But I feel your pain... =[
 
People asking me if I wanna contribute money for condolence gift for a coworker number #147 of 500+...I feel like a scumbag every time they ask me because it's always some coworker I dunno, it's about the death of someone's extended family I never met (their mom, dad, sibling I never met) and i feel like I HAVE to contribute else my reputation at work goes around that I'm an uncaring scumbag...

It's like a big office trap to me...but even as of writing even in this forum I feel like people are gonna say that I'm a heartless scumbag for writing this way of thinking
 
Ekdrm2d1 said:
wow. A 3-some conversation on her 3rd day? She must be young, horny, or not educated on work professionalism.

I have emotionally texted a coworker on the weekends, but I've known the person for 8 years. We're both adults as well so it's probably a different story. She's never told me to not speak personal with her.
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Yeah she's 21 I think? She's a total nut case. I could forgive all of that but she's just awful at her job too. We're a two person department and I feel like I've become her baby sitter. She spends about 95% of the day texting. I'm only 26 and she's making me hate young people.
 
It's a little late to drop this warning now, but I'd be wary of sharing too much. I've seen Detective-GAF come out in full force to track down co-workers that have been complained about to share links to posts and threads.
 
Malreyn said:
People asking me if I wanna contribute money for condolence gift for a coworker number #147 of 500+...I feel like a scumbag every time they ask me because it's always some coworker I dunno, it's about the death of someone's extended family I never met (their mom, dad, sibling I never met) and i feel like I HAVE to contribute else my reputation at work goes around that I'm an uncaring scumbag...

It's like a big office trap to me...but even as of writing even in this forum I feel like people are gonna say that I'm a heartless scumbag for writing this way of thinking
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This is the first time I've heard of raising money when someone's relative dies. In my work there have been some fundraisings for marriages and births, but not deaths, as far as I know.

I never gave anything, because they're always for someone I don't know. I don't even feel bad about not contributing; if it were for one of the people I work with I'd be more than happy to give them something.

Jeff-DSA said:
It's a little late to drop this warning now, but I'd be wary of sharing too much. I've seen Detective-GAF come out in full force to track down co-workers that have been complained about to share links to posts and threads.
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Oh yeah, you're right. I mean, I always contribute, always. Even if I don't know the person. Especially when I don't know the person.

Wow, that was a close one!
 
Just had a new guy start on our team. He's perfectly nice, but he has a bad habit of talking to himself and making weird sound effects with his mouth all god-damned day. I mean pretty much non-stop. He repeats weird phrases that clearly only he knows to what they refer. He randomly sings.

He also tries way too hard to be buddy buddy with people he hardly knows. He makes up nicknames for people like "J-Dawg" when he has literally met them once.

We're at the corporate headquarters of a Fortune 200 company and people here can be sensitive and very judgmental, so we're pretty sure he's not going to last.
 
I was going to post things about my coworkers, but I could rant for hours just about the plant manager and general manager. Ufh.
 
Raskett said:
Eating ridiculously loudly. *munch munch munch slop slop slop*

Headphones on.
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This. This, this this. My colleague is an amazing person and really good at her job. We get along quite well... BUT she is the loudest eater in the world, you can hear her outside the lab, no joke. She eats small meals all day long. We work in a common lab space so she's right behind me (no crazy chemicals, it's ok to eat in our lab). I've never liked someone so much who also makes me want to take a razor blade to my ears. Headphones are helpful, but I have some undergraduates who often need help/advice, so it's not always practical to mask the sounds. I really don't know how to channel the rage that comes over me. It's very bizarre how much this affects me.
 
My supervisor loves to pick her teeth and make suck noises in order to pick them. Makes me cringe. If she could fix that, I'll be happy.
 
PlayALLtheGames said:
Just had a new guy start on our team. He's perfectly nice, but he has a bad habit of talking to himself and making weird sound effects with his mouth all god-damned day.
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Personally, it got to the point where the fact that I occasionally "think aloud" comes up in interviews, and I roll that into my "problem solving process." Not sure how convincing that is, but my coworkers have hopefully learned to deal with my intermittent muttering to myself.
I'm not crazy.
 
I had a co worker that would yell at people when their phone rang. He was of the strong opinion that people should turn off their cell phones when at work.

He worked at a video game studio with me. Serious business.
 
I can't think of any current co-workers who really bother me, so it probably means I'm the annoying one, lol.

Used to have a boss though that would start small talk and just walk away before two sentences were out of my mouth.

Boss: "So, how was your weekend? Do anything fun?"
Me: "It was pretty good. Just went to.."
Boss: turns around and walks away.

Apparently he did this to a lot of people.
 
AdventureMike said:
When a co-worker narcs on me while I come to work sick. I try to be considerate by staying in my office with the door closed and not visiting other's offices. I don't want to get anyone sick, but frankly, I get sick a lot during the winter. I don't want to look like a slacker by taking a day or two off every couple weeks because it keeps happening so when I'm sick but not bed-ridden, I will go in. This happened this week (still teleworked 2 days this week, but I came in Tues/Thurs/Today) and even with my boss not here to see me being sick, I receive this email:

"Since I am still in the recovery stage of bronchitis and pleurisy< I would appreciate it if you are sick, please do not come into the office. That’s what sick leave is for. Please respect the rest of the staff and stay home. Thanks"

So someone must have friggen gone to her complaining that I was apparently making them uncomfortable within the confines of my own office.
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This is the fucking worst. There's no winning.

Sick and come to work? "Why didn't you stay home? Be considerate."

Sick and call in sick? Attitude on the phone. Every time. Get sick multiple times in a short span? People think you're faking for time off or lazy.

Thankfully I rarely get sick but I had a short stretch one time when I was very on and off in terms of sicknessand yeah, there was no winning.
 
Just spoke to HR and gave the details.

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If I don't act passive aggressive back, maybe I can get her in trouble for this middle school drama.
 
jmdajr said:
Probably already posted but pretending not to know who I am outside of work.

Motherfucker you know who I am! Maybe I'll forget to help you next time.
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Yeah, it's a unspoken thing here. No one acknowledges each other. Could work with each other every day... but see them at HEB or Kroger, or run into them on the bus, and everyone avoids eye contact like it's the plague. Goddamn, I'm not gonna try to follow you home and make your family love me more than they love you. Just say hello. How hard is that?
 
Reeks said:
This. This, this this. My colleague is an amazing person and really good at her job. We get along quite well... BUT she is the loudest eater in the world, you can hear her outside the lab, no joke. She eats small meals all day long. We work in a common lab space so she's right behind me (no crazy chemicals, it's ok to eat in our lab). I've never liked someone so much who also makes me want to take a razor blade to my ears. Headphones are helpful, but I have some undergraduates who often need help/advice, so it's not always practical to mask the sounds. I really don't know how to channel the rage that comes over me. It's very bizarre how much this affects me.
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You aren't the only one. Thankfully I work in an office so headphones are a-ok. Everyone in my office apparently loves bananas, and they're the WORST foods for noise.
 
1. Clip their nails at their desk.
2. Talk on their phone while pissing at the urinal.
3. Talking on their phone while shitting.
4. Not wash their hands after the toilet.
5. Cook super strong eye watering curry in the microwave that taints the flavour of your own food.
 
In my previous desk location, I sat next to a person who was pretty much a hypochondriac, and was more than willing to loudly tell everyone about their medical conditions, their visits to the doctor, and how all the doctors he was seeing were useless quacks that couldn't do anything for him. He frequently 'escalated' email chains by taking minor issues and CCing the complaints all the way up the management chain (involving the company president more than once). He threatened to quit over air quality issues (insisting our low pile, corporate carpets were throwing particulates in the air), even though the company paid for air quality monitoring in his desk area, which conclusively found no issues. Not to mention he talks about everyone behind their backs, and isn't afraid to tell others just how bad of a software engineer 'so-and-so' is (as long as 'so-and-so' isn't around).

The only saving grace is that he negotiated a work contract that let him work from home 2.5 days a week. They weren't going to fire him, either - unlike a lot of the bad coworkers in this thread, this guy was a fucking machine, and could easily do the work of 3 or 4 normal engineers. His work performance was never an issue.
 
I steal lunches and write "was" over their name. I also add an "'s" to the end of their name.

Then place the empty container/bag/etc back in the fridge.
 
I have a co worker who will leave open jars of pickles out of the counters, he'll also leave blocks of cheese. In general, he just doesnt pick up after himself. He even refuses to do the dishes. I've heard from female staff its because he thinks of it as a woman's work, and suggests that to them
 
(previous nail-clipper. after suffering playful abuse at the hands of my all-female coworkers, I decided to stop.)

I've worked for 20 years in both an office and a cubicle environment. I really don't get annoyed easily, and mostly the people all realize not to do certain things. That being said, here are a few things that its hard to ignore, or that I've just noticed:

1. The guy who cannot give a straight answer or response but must give a wry / goofy / movie quote / double entendre statement every time. Sigh. Gets old.

2. The guy who must say 'bless you' at every sound that is sneeze-like. One time I heard somebody way down the hall sneeze and this guy , under his breath, said 'bless you'. He couldn't help himself. (sitting not too far away is the lady who sneezes every 10 minutes).

3. motor-mouths. Their mission in life is to ensure every person in hearing distance is talked-to. There aren't any motor-mouths left, all the ones I remember were let go eventually.

4. *** this final example was especially irritating to two close associates who shared offices / nearby cubes with this guy , and I would laugh endlessly about it, I'm still laughing *** This one guy loved to eat apples and slurp every drop of juice out. Sometimes he'd wipe his appley hands on his seat. This guy also would leave the toilet, approach the sinks and mirrors in the men's room, straighten his tie, then leave w/out ever washing his hands. (we moved the community pretzels jar into an upper mgr's office because this guy was a contractor and wouldn't go in there...)
 
My general manager and assistant manager are constantly having affairs back and forth with employees and doing them favours like affording them better positions when they aren't competent for the job. I told them on Tuesday that I despise working with them and that I'd like a transfer as soon as possible.

I need to get out of there.
 
Not wiping the seat after splashing over it.

Not washing hands after doing their doing in the bathroom.

Not picking up on hints that I'm either not in the mood to talk or too busy to even chat. Also, staring at my monitor and commenting on everything on the screen for several minutes.
Coworker: "did you know that blah what are you doing blah oh yeah blah oh is that ___ website blah loool so funny"
Me: "Yeah. Okay. Uhuh. Heh."
 
I would like some of your problems compared to being flat out ignored by my co-workers, seriously depressing. I am at a loss as to what I should do? Always made really good friends at my previous workplaces but at my new job, feels like I have the plague or something
 
mullet2000 said:
This is the fucking worst. There's no winning.

Sick and come to work? "Why didn't you stay home? Be considerate."

Sick and call in sick? Attitude on the phone. Every time. Get sick multiple times in a short span? People think you're faking for time off or lazy.

Thankfully I rarely get sick but I had a short stretch one time when I was very on and off in terms of sicknessand yeah, there was no winning.
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Uggh yes.

And if you call in sick along with the attitude you usually have to listen to some story about how they are/were way sicker than you and still came to work.
 
squall211 said:
Hah. Try telling that to the salaried government employees in my buliding. Very few of them who are salaried will do one extra minute of work unless they are compensated for it.
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And what's wrong with that? You should be paid for your work
 
Asian coworkers smacking their lips while they eat and slurping their ramen. Not rude to them but annoying as hell to me.
 
My coworkers aren't too bad - the most annoying one is an older woman who speaks slowly and in a near whisper, which drags the already-slow staff meetings to a halt. She also often asks me questions about things that I know absolutely nothing about (not part of my job), but I still feel like an idiot when I have to keep telling her I don't know.

My wife's coworkers are a whole other story, though. She has a new crazy story every day. One stupid thing that she's told me about which made me laugh is that one coworker uses a speech-to-text app on her phone, so throughout the day she's loudly saying "HI. HOW. ARE. YOU. I. AM. FINE." and so on.
 
Nasty girl at work who puts her dirty dishes in the sink to "soak." They don't really need soaking, a light scrub with the sponge will work. Everybody else takes the 3 minutes and hand-washers their dishes. She's just lazy and doesn't want to do her dishes right then and there. Waiting 4 hours suits her better.

She sometimes leaves dishes that look like diarrhea! The bowl is filled with brown/black water with clumps of unknown food.

It's where I wash my fruit and vegetables... I don't want to look at diarrhea water!

Update:

So.. she today she left a practically clean dish in the sink. Nobody else does this! Look at the photo, only one dish in there is hers.

She should A) take it back to her office B) put the bowl back into the cabinet.
This isn't her house.
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I once worked next to a girl that made the most peculiar, quick sucking sound with her lips. It is very hard to explain, but everytime I heard it, I cringed. I will never forget sitting in my cube, just waiting anxiously for the next sound to come.

She did this about once every 2 minutes BTW.
 
Ekdrm2d1 said:
Nasty girl at work who puts her dirty dishes in the sink to "soak." They don't really need soaking, a light scrub with the sponge will work. Everybody else takes the 3 minutes and hand-washers their dishes. She's just lazy and doesn't want to do her dishes right then and there. Waiting 4 hours suits her better.

She sometimes leaves dishes that look like diarrhea! The bowl is filled with brown/black water with clumps of unknown food.

It's where I wash my fruit and vegetables... I don't want to look at diarrhea water!

Update:

So.. she today she left a practically clean dish in the sink. Nobody else does this! Look at the photo, only one dish in there is hers.

She should A) take it back to her office B) put the bowl back into the cabinet.
This isn't her house.
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You know what kind of co workers I can't stand? Ones that complain too much
 
leakey said:
Asian coworkers smacking their lips while they eat and slurping their ramen. Not rude to them but annoying as hell to me.
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Yup. I can't eat in the same room with my Japanese co-workers, as their eating habits are disgusting. Every single one of them. I know it's culturally acceptable and all, but even after 8 years it's something that I will never get over.

Actually, ramen or soup slurping I don't mind. But they find ways to slurp literally every food that is in their bento. I don't know how they do it, but it's really gross.
 
LBTRecords said:
You know what kind of co workers I can't stand? Ones that complain too much
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How about people in the "production room" - copy machines, mail boxes, etc. that use the stapler to find it's out of staples. Instead of taking 1 minute to refill the stapler, they pick up another stapler instead. Leaving a stapler inoperable, so the next person who picks it up will be SOL.

The president of the architecture firm, that use to be his pet peeve. So.. I may be bitching about it, but so did the president of a company..
 
I work at a small dinner theatre with a good buddy. We pretty much do everything (ie. clean the place, set up,wait tables, bus, serve drinks, wash, maintenance and website managing)

The job is great but the House Manager who basically is a glorified greeter and phone attendant, has super power trips.

She is constantly rude to costumers and gets stressed out for the smallest reasons. She says stupid comments like "There are way to many chiefs here and not enough Indians.." as if she's some chief and not being listened to. Newsflash were all Indians here...

Everything bugs her and has a need to try and control things that aren't her responsibility and complain about people. She makes a great job the most stressful place ever. We have all done her job from one time or another, so we know its not a stressful position at all if your just organized and nice to costumers.
 
H2Yo said:
1. Clip their nails at their desk.
2. Talk on their phone while pissing at the urinal.
3. Talking on their phone while shitting.
4. Not wash their hands after the toilet.
5. Cook super strong eye watering curry in the microwave that taints the flavour of your own food.
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I dunno I'd rather hear someone talking than *plop* ....... *plop* and the occasional grunt as they 'force the issue', shall we say.

Damn straight about microwave smell. That and smelly fish.
 
My office mate just complains. Dude, we work for a big corporation, of course you're going to have to read a bunch of stupid, redundant SOPs. Just deal with it and make that money. Stop complaining to me bc I did it too.
 
Instead of asking me to assign certain resources within my department, Phyllis* decides to go straight over my head and asks my boss's boss.

Boss's boss understandably got quite annoyed - thankfully with Phyllis, not me - and told Phyllis to ask me all such questions in future.

I came out of it fine, but the lack of respect was quite disappointing and has soured my relationship with Phyllis.

* Name changed to protect the ignorant.
 
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