Annoying people at work...

[pianogirl04]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I am also easily distracted....which makes it annoying...

Last week I did lose it....laughing guy had this library of noise on - and then the constantly talking guy's intern turned the tv volume up to hear a sports story - I was on deadline and could not work with all the noise - so the intern starts talking with someone else and I muted the tv - she was like, "Deanna, did you mute the tv?" I said, "Yes, you were talking, not watching the SPORTS story - and I'm trying to write a newscast..." then I asked laughing guy to use headphones - and no - he just turned down the volume - better than nothing I guess

Even at home I'm a tyrannt though - I NEED quiet and get really edgy and bitchy when I don't get it

I hear that! I can't function when I have more than one mode of input at one time. The only time I get things done is when I'm somewhere totally silent -- when my mom's not home or late at night. But even during a test you expect people to be quiet, right? My English professor handed us something to do today and said "okay get started on it" and THEN read the directions. And commented on how to write it and what to look for and... It's just so annoying to have somebody break into your thoughts like that, it's like having somebody switch radio stations on you.

[amber]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

I'll be sitting here and she'll be rattling off some BS I don't really care about so I end up staring into space and totally not paying attention. Rude, perhaps but if you were stuck here with her for 9 hours, you'd want to rip your hair out too.

Marissa, still at work. Until 8.

Is she your boss? No? Do you have to be nice to her? Cause if that was my face, I would stare at her with the most bored, disdainful look i could. If she didn't get that, i would just interrupt her. She sounds like a serial yakker, though

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by amber

Is she your boss? No? Do you have to be nice to her? Cause if that was my face, I would stare at her with the most bored, disdainful look i could. If she didn't get that, i would just interrupt her. She sounds like a serial yakker, though

She's not my boss but she thinks she should be a manager because she's been here for two years and she's just so fabulous and everyone loves her (and they don't). I'm nice to her because i'm a decent person but I can't stand her. She's a cronic complainer to the maxx (two X's for the emphasis) and a mega asskisser out one side of the mouth and then talks about people out of the other side. She just bugs. At first she was alright but the more I got to know her, the more she irritated me. I just want to do my job and go home but there is so much drama here that it's out of control and she totally doesn't help make my workday less sucky.

[amber]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

She's not my boss but she thinks she should be a manager because she's been here for two years and she's just so fabulous and everyone loves her (and they don't). I'm nice to her because i'm a decent person but I can't stand her. She's a cronic complainer to the maxx (two X's for the emphasis) and a mega asskisser out one side of the mouth and then talks about people out of the other side. She just bugs. At first she was alright but the more I got to know her, the more she irritated me. I just want to do my job and go home but there is so much drama here that it's out of control and she totally doesn't help make my workday less sucky.

oh. suck. "i'm nice to her because i'm a decent person" Gosh, looks like i fail that test.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by amber

oh. suck. "i'm nice to her because i'm a decent person" Gosh, looks like i fail that test.

I SO didn't mean it like that

[kak125]

I have a co-worker that loves to butt in on everyone's conversation. I will be talking to somebody privately and she just comes over to my desk and stares at me. I am so tempted to ask her what the hell she wants and to get the hell out. It is funny because she does that to everybody and we all just ignore her. You would think she would figure it out but she doesnt. Also she loves to tell us the same stories over and over again like we give two ****s. She is also a drama queen too. Everything is a big deal and she loves to walk around slamming stuff or stomping when she is angry. It is too funny. Luckily she sits on the other side of our office now so I only have to see her a couple times a day.

[sara1998]

I still work with the same group of assholes. My counterpart can't stand me, I think because she's afraid I'll know more then she does. So, the big boss came in today (good guy) and asks me if I saw the pics of his 15 month old. I told him no, and he said he'd be right back after a meeting to show me. My counterpart wasn't around during this conversation. Anyhow, 15 minutes later, my counterpart is at her desk, I'm at mine, and big boss came over and told me to come there. So I followed him to my supervisors desk, and guess who's hot on my heels? MY COUNTERPART! So, he has my super bring up the pic of his lil' one, and counterpart says "oh! I thought this was work related". And just sits there like she's been invited. That woman gets on my nerves so bad. Damn, I wish I had the balls to start my own business. I'd get away from all these assholes.....

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by pianogirl04

I hear that! I can't function when I have more than one mode of input at one time. The only time I get things done is when I'm somewhere totally silent -- when my mom's not home or late at night. But even during a test you expect people to be quiet, right? My English professor handed us something to do today and said "okay get started on it" and THEN read the directions. And commented on how to write it and what to look for and... It's just so annoying to have somebody break into your thoughts like that, it's like having somebody switch radio stations on you.

OMG - I used to HATE that in school....that was always happening in my English class - the prof would hand out an exam - tell us to start - then go on and on about stupid crap that really if someone didn't know then they'd deserve to fail the damn test. You'd think that by college people would not need to be told to put their names on the test or to use a #2 pencil on certain types of tests...but this damn lady would go over ALL OF IT - every exam - it was SO annoying....

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by sara1998

I still work with the same group of assholes. My counterpart can't stand me, I think because she's afraid I'll know more then she does. So, the big boss came in today (good guy) and asks me if I saw the pics of his 15 month old. I told him no, and he said he'd be right back after a meeting to show me. My counterpart wasn't around during this conversation. Anyhow, 15 minutes later, my counterpart is at her desk, I'm at mine, and big boss came over and told me to come there. So I followed him to my supervisors desk, and guess who's hot on my heels? MY COUNTERPART! So, he has my super bring up the pic of his lil' one, and counterpart says "oh! I thought this was work related". And just sits there like she's been invited. That woman gets on my nerves so bad. Damn, I wish I had the balls to start my own business. I'd get away from all these assholes.....

Your work stories always infuriate me

Stupid counterpart...that following you thing is super annoying...

[SuzeQuze]

There's another guy here at work who is "Loud Sneezer Man". It is sooo obnoxious. And sad that he needs to do that for sympathy or attention or something.

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Your work stories always infuriate me

Stupid counterpart...that following you thing is super annoying...

OK! Let me tell you a good one. (This one won't piss you off! )

Today, my counterpart was really involved in some inventory counting. It has to be done once a month, and she's very serious and involved in it, so we just leave her be unless she needs something. Anyhow, an engineer (Mr. Prankster) walks in while she's out, and proceeds to rub lotion all over her glasses. Afterwords, she comes back in, puts on her glasses, gets a little chuckle out of it, and cleans 'em up. I was crackin' up, and she just went back to work. Little later, Mr. Prankster comes in, she's not there, uses MY lotion, and smears it all over the earpiece on her phone. A few minutes later when she got back, the phone rang, and, of coarse, when she picked it up, she got lotion all over her ear! The funniest part of it was that she didn't let on that anything happened. I was LMMFAO, my other co-worker was LHMFAO, and she just sat there. When she turned around, all I seen was a big white blob and that was it. I was in stitches. Tears rollin' down my face... I thought I was going to black out I laughed so damn hard. She was pissed! I don't think she said 2 words until right before she went home! It was hysterical.....

I got my kicks today!

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by sara1998

OK! Let me tell you a good one. (This one won't piss you off! )

Today, my counterpart was really involved in some inventory counting. It has to be done once a month, and she's very serious and involved in it, so we just leave her be unless she needs something. Anyhow, an engineer (Mr. Prankster) walks in while she's out, and proceeds to rub lotion all over her glasses. Afterwords, she comes back in, puts on her glasses, gets a little chuckle out of it, and cleans 'em up. I was crackin' up, and she just went back to work. Little later, Mr. Prankster comes in, she's not there, uses MY lotion, and smears it all over the earpiece on her phone. A few minutes later when she got back, the phone rang, and, of coarse, when she picked it up, she got lotion all over her ear! The funniest part of it was that she didn't let on that anything happened. I was LMMFAO, my other co-worker was LHMFAO, and she just sat there. When she turned around, all I seen was a big white blob and that was it. I was in stitches. Tears rollin' down my face... I thought I was going to black out I laughed so damn hard. She was pissed! I don't think she said 2 words until right before she went home! It was hysterical.....

I got my kicks today!

niiiiice - she totally deserved it lol....great story - and no it didn't piss me off -haha...gave me a nice laugh too though

[desertangel]

People who work in cubicle situations need to realize the other people around them can't concentrate when they're being loud. Thankfully where I work we're allowed to use headphones. When the noise level gets above 102 decibles, I turn the radio on and listen to my headphones. Sometimes I have to turn the volume up pretty loud to drown out the noise. When it gets to the point where I can't think .. I GO ON FREAKIN BREAK!!! And if it's one of those days when everyone is wound up and loud all day long and don't get much work done, if she asks, I just tell the boss I had too many interruptions and she knows exactly what I'm talking about and just shrugs... - what can you do.

Okay, here's my totally super annoying cubicle thing... the guy next to me, who is supposed to be this big Christian, yanno.. and I'm NOT slamming the faith because I consider myself to be Christian too, anyway... he gets ticked off at his computer every single day, without fail, and it's because we got new operating systems installed on our computers a few months ago and he seems to have these problems that no one else has, every day, all day long. He'll sit over there and swear out loud... he uses the F* word, he says Go*damnit and also B*tch and then start pounding on his keyboard, then he'll inevitably call the Help Desk and drag those poor people into it. They usually can never pin it down to anything but a big waste of time. I've never heard such a foul mouth in an office setting. I'm half tempted to say something, but I work in one of those offices where if I did say something about his swearing, I would be the bad guy because I should just accept it. My opinion is, this guy just can't seem to stay focused on his work. He's one of those ones who flexes his time to the point of breaking, takes tons of vacation, sick days and medical leaves. Honestly, there have been times that I've gotten up and walked out of my cubicle because I felt afraid he was gonna start throwing things or maybe one day he's gonna bring a gun... seriously! He really needs to find a different job.

So I can relate when the crap goes on and on, every day, day in and day out... it really wears on your last nerve.

Laura

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by desertangel

People who work in cubicle situations need to realize the other people around them can't concentrate when they're being loud. Thankfully where I work we're allowed to use headphones. When the noise level gets above 102 decibles, I turn the radio on and listen to my headphones. Sometimes I have to turn the volume up pretty loud to drown out the noise. When it gets to the point where I can't think .. I GO ON FREAKIN BREAK!!! And if it's one of those days when everyone is wound up and loud all day long and don't get much work done, if she asks, I just tell the boss I had too many interruptions and she knows exactly what I'm talking about and just shrugs... - what can you do.

Okay, here's my totally super annoying cubicle thing... the guy next to me, who is supposed to be this big Christian, yanno.. and I'm NOT slamming the faith because I consider myself to be Christian too, anyway... he gets ticked off at his computer every single day, without fail, and it's because we got new operating systems installed on our computers a few months ago and he seems to have these problems that no one else has, every day, all day long. He'll sit over there and swear out loud... he uses the F* word, he says Go*damnit and also B*tch and then start pounding on his keyboard, then he'll inevitably call the Help Desk and drag those poor people into it. They usually can never pin it down to anything but a big waste of time. I've never heard such a foul mouth in an office setting. I'm half tempted to say something, but I work in one of those offices where if I did say something about his swearing, I would be the bad guy because I should just accept it. My opinion is, this guy just can't seem to stay focused on his work. He's one of those ones who flexes his time to the point of breaking, takes tons of vacation, sick days and medical leaves. Honestly, there have been times that I've gotten up and walked out of my cubicle because I felt afraid he was gonna start throwing things or maybe one day he's gonna bring a gun... seriously! He really needs to find a different job.

So I can relate when the crap goes on and on, every day, day in and day out... it really wears on your last nerve.

Laura

It is hard to deal with these situations. I was being harrassed for a while and I opened my mouth, and yes I was the bad guy. You really do have to weigh that carefully. Perhaps it is anonymous note time? It sounds like this person may be too much of a mess to get through to. His karma will catch up with him though.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by desertangel

People who work in cubicle situations need to realize the other people around them can't concentrate when they're being loud. Thankfully where I work we're allowed to use headphones. When the noise level gets above 102 decibles, I turn the radio on and listen to my headphones. Sometimes I have to turn the volume up pretty loud to drown out the noise. When it gets to the point where I can't think .. I GO ON FREAKIN BREAK!!! And if it's one of those days when everyone is wound up and loud all day long and don't get much work done, if she asks, I just tell the boss I had too many interruptions and she knows exactly what I'm talking about and just shrugs... - what can you do.

Okay, here's my totally super annoying cubicle thing... the guy next to me, who is supposed to be this big Christian, yanno.. and I'm NOT slamming the faith because I consider myself to be Christian too, anyway... he gets ticked off at his computer every single day, without fail, and it's because we got new operating systems installed on our computers a few months ago and he seems to have these problems that no one else has, every day, all day long. He'll sit over there and swear out loud... he uses the F* word, he says Go*damnit and also B*tch and then start pounding on his keyboard, then he'll inevitably call the Help Desk and drag those poor people into it. They usually can never pin it down to anything but a big waste of time. I've never heard such a foul mouth in an office setting. I'm half tempted to say something, but I work in one of those offices where if I did say something about his swearing, I would be the bad guy because I should just accept it. My opinion is, this guy just can't seem to stay focused on his work. He's one of those ones who flexes his time to the point of breaking, takes tons of vacation, sick days and medical leaves. Honestly, there have been times that I've gotten up and walked out of my cubicle because I felt afraid he was gonna start throwing things or maybe one day he's gonna bring a gun... seriously! He really needs to find a different job.

So I can relate when the crap goes on and on, every day, day in and day out... it really wears on your last nerve.

Laura

Yikes.... Sounds like a basket case - although I gotta say that I'm about to just go postal myself - this guy is either multiplied his loudness today - or I'm just at that point...

He's got his radio on to our station - in addition he's listening (loudly) to some foreign newscast on the internet (not even sure he knows the language it's in...AND that has NOT stopped him from whistling/humming ALLLLL DAY!!!! I can't go on break all day - I do put my headphones on - but can still hear him quite clearly....I'm like seeing myself in my head yelling and throwing his noise making things away and telling him to SHUT UP!!!! SHUT UPPPPP!!!!!