Anyone work with someone like this?

UpCork

There is a girl I work with. Grant it, we only have meet each others acquaintance at lunch time, but God, she's a right pain in the backside. At the start, I just thought it was me, but it isn't. I've slowly come to realise that others feel exactly the same away about her too.

Firstly, she thinks she's brilliant. We have to hear every minuate of her daily life. I actually know more about her personal life than about those of my own family members.

She'll ask you a question & befoer you get a chance to answer it, she'll regale you with details of her own life.

If you look and say 'the sky is grey', she'll say 'it isn't, I see a hint of blue'. I'm over simplifying it, but what I'm saying is: she has to have the last word on everything.

If you say you hear that the government are cutting the wages of architects (again I'm simplifying ), she'll know an architect that's been affected; or a nurse; or a doctor; or a teacher.

We all just sit and nod and agree. Also, she can be quite cutting and saracastic. We've all come to the end of our rope.

Anyone else have the misfortune of having a colleague like this?

I'm actually at the stage where I'm willing lunch time to end, so I can get back to my desk.

SV

Don't talk to her?

Wagon

Yep. Headphones and a music player are a good defence.

sillymoo

Just 4 more minutes buddy

Pace2008

Eat your luch at your desk? I need some quiet time when I eat so I do that.

stovelid

Next time she opens her mouth, place a hand on her tit.

UpCork

I don't actually strike up conversation with her. One day the other four people sat there and didn't say a word and she just went on and on.

Also, it is frowned upon if we eat at our desks, so to go to the kitchen is commonplace.

Lockstep

Yeah, I worked with a wanker like that.

Take the mick outta her.
Works well enough.
People like her ususally can't stand that happening to them.

Adam

stovelid wrote: »

Next time she opens her mouth, place a hand on her tit.

or stick your tongue down her throat. that would be funny.

UpCork

stovelid wrote: »

Next time she opens her mouth, place a hand on her tit.

Am not that way inclined, sorry hahah

DanGerMus

UpCork wrote: »

I'm actually at the stage where I'm willing lunch time to end, so I can get back to my desk.

:eek: she must be done away with post haste!!!

SV

I think this is one of those girls that is easily dealt with, with a good ride.

jellie

i think i KNOW this girl.. or a girl very similar anyway. wrecks my head. friends with her because shes friends with friends..

tribulus

sar84 wrote: »

i think i KNOW this girl.. or a girl very similar anyway. wrecks my head. friends with her because shes friends with friends..

I think we all know someone like this!

UpCork

We all felt like decking her before Christmas, then after Christmas it was a bit better, but back on form again now. Arrrgh. And this isn't female bitchiness, it's fact, she's a right royal pain in the backside.

mp3guy

Link her to this topic and stop being so two faced.

Heisenberg.

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UpCork

I hardly think venting here is being two faced. Also, I'm not saying anything that is untrue.

boredatwork82

make up proposterous stories for her to out do you. and let everyone that eats with ye know, so ye can have a laugh at her new better story.
Have a laugh at her expense every day at lunch.

I remember this guy in work and we were talking about climbing craogh patrick in your bare feet. but this guy actually claimed he knew a guy that climbed it on his knees......wtf?????

mp3guy

UpCork wrote: »

I hardly think venting here is being two faced. Also, I'm not saying anything that is untrue.

Well you just nod and agree when facing her, but otherwise you've quite the opposite attitude. Sounds like two facedness to me.

OldGoat

So now that you have assassinated her character and made yourself look like a whinging pup in a public forum do you feel any happier?

UpCork

boredatwork82 wrote: »

make up proposterous stories for her to out do you. and let everyone that eats with ye know, so ye can have a laugh at her new better story.
Have a laugh at her expense every day at lunch.

I remember this guy in work and we were talking about climbing craogh patrick in your bare feet. but this guy actually claimed he knew a guy that climbed it on his knees......wtf?????

Yes, that's the kinda person I'm on about.

I'm thinking of doing what you say: not making up stories, but just exaggerating the going out at the weekend, or the other things we do.

Adam

UpCork wrote: »

I hardly think venting here is being two faced. Also, I'm not saying anything that is untrue.

hang on. so you don't actually literally work with this woman, yet you can't tell her she annoys you, and you're venting on her because of that?

tell her to eff off tomorrow. then eat her sandwich. then carry on with your life and freshly enjoyable future lunch breaks.

chin_grin

UpCork wrote: »

Am not that way inclined, sorry hahah

That's why it'd be funnier. Nothing better than an awkward silence. And if I'm right any silence will be golden for you.

Dave!

What's more annoying is working with someone who just talks non-f*cking-stop.

I used to work with this chap who would ask you a question just so that it would give him an opportunity to give his own thoughts on the matter. He would just keep talking for about 15 minutes, and you don't get to participate in the conversation, you just get to observe and take in the information.

It is bloody annoying.

who007

have a guy like that here.. and what a b*llsh*tter! Apparently was abroad on hols and (not naming the country) helped foreign police nab a crim that had eluded them for years. They paid for his dinner and beer for the night in thanks for catching the crook.

Pure Famous Five stuff! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

messrs

maybe she just feels uncomfortable if there silence (there is ppl like this) and just talks constantly coz she is nervous! r maybe she makes up these elabrote stories coz she wants to be popular and wants ppl to talk to her/like her, cud just be a condfindance thing (r lack of it)

ladyella

I work with someone like this.. I cant stand her:mad:

Everything has to be about her, she even belittles the lady that comes in to make the tea (she's in her 80's and does it to get out of her house for a couple of hours each day) I stopped going on break on the days she's after she came crashing through the kitchen door while everyone was eating their toast with the opening statement.... My daughter done a POO yesterday!!!
Two words... time and place

DubLass

Lots of people are like that, they dont bother me as I usually sit in company I like, no one knows what other people are truly going through and everyone has problems, be a bit nicer to her in your mind and accept her for who she is, she'll realise soon enough that her behaviour is not making her too many friends.

Kold

Punch her in the head.

AnonoBoy

UpCork wrote: »

Also, it is frowned upon if we eat at our desks, so to go to the kitchen is commonplace.

Spend an hour having your tits bored off or be frowned upon? Hardly any choice at all really.

red_ice

Im guessing you havnt realised why some men who obviously arent interested in sport just LOVE football...

Find something to talk about, make up odd footballer names like jalloboo or something and just talk crap. Then for example, if the conversation moves to transfare fees and she trys to pull it off in her direction, simply give her the acknowledgment, nod, 'yeaaa' then bring the conversation back to football.. something she is most likely to have no interest in.. shes doing it to you by talking about crap that you dont want to talk about, do it to her.

Works for me :pac:

Naos

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Spend an hour having your tits bored off or be frowned upon? Hardly any choice at all really.

That or just man up and tell her to shut up.

david

Pics?

Quazzie

I work with someone who is worse. Whenever I tell her my brilliant stories she just sits there all quiet waiting for more. I try to keep telling them hoping she will respond with something, but the rare times she does she tells the lamest stories ever and I just feel sorry for her because my life is obviously more interesting.

Then I heard recently that she is a right cow and no matter what happens to her she goes posting about it on the net. She really needs to get a life and take some notes from me and my stories!

Kold

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I work with someone who is worse. Whenever I tell her my brilliant stories she just sits there all quiet waiting for more. I try to keep telling them hoping she will respond with something, but the rare times she does she tells the lamest stories ever and I just feel sorry for her because my life is obviously more interesting.

Then I heard recently that she is a right cow and no matter what happens to her she goes posting about it on the net. She really needs to get a life and take some notes from me and my stories!

Punch her in the head.

ejmaztec

This is when that tried and tested phrase comes in useful. Next time she opens her mouth tell her to "talk to someone who actually gives a sh1t."

Niamho!

oh god.... i could put up with it for a while but then i'd just have to snap.

homerun_homer

My God!! You work in my department, she sits right across from me. I didn't know any of the guys here were from cork.

ScumLord

Why don't you all just bully her into feeling self conscious? That's what we did to that mr know it all from the make a wish foundation.

Zebra3

UpCork wrote: »

There is a girl I work with. Grant it, we only have meet each others acquaintance at lunch time, but God, she's a right pain in the backside. At the start, I just thought it was me, but it isn't. I've slowly come to realise that others feel exactly the same away about her too.

Firstly, she thinks she's brilliant. We have to hear every minuate of her daily life. I actually know more about her personal life than about those of my own family members.

She'll ask you a question & befoer you get a chance to answer it, she'll regale you with details of her own life.

If you look and say 'the sky is grey', she'll say 'it isn't, I see a hint of blue'. I'm over simplifying it, but what I'm saying is: she has to have the last word on everything.

If you say you hear that the government are cutting the wages of architects (again I'm simplifying ), she'll know an architect that's been affected; or a nurse; or a doctor; or a teacher.

We all just sit and nod and agree. Also, she can be quite cutting and saracastic. We've all come to the end of our rope.

Anyone else have the misfortune of having a colleague like this?

I'm actually at the stage where I'm willing lunch time to end, so I can get back to my desk.

Work with someone a bit like that.

One of the lads just lost it one day and shouted at her "shut the fvck you stupid cvnt nobody wants to listen to you". She says fvck all now.

Dudess

Heh, brilliant.

OldGoat wrote: »

So now that you have assassinated her character and made yourself look like a whinging pup in a public forum do you feel any happier?

But how has the OP assassinated her character by simply posting what (s)he observes?

Sharpshooter

who007 wrote: »

have a guy like that here.. and what a b*llsh*tter! Apparently was abroad on hols and (not naming the country) helped foreign police nab a crim that had eluded them for years. They paid for his dinner and beer for the night in thanks for catching the crook.

The Citizen sure gets around, doesn't he.

tony1kenobi

Everyone I work with is more annoying than the people all of you work with.

Tell her you have the clap.

ladyella

ladyella wrote: »

I work with someone like this.. I cant stand her:mad:

Everything has to be about her, she even belittles the lady that comes in to make the tea (she's in her 80's and does it to get out of her house for a couple of hours each day) I stopped going on break on the days she's after she came crashing through the kitchen door while everyone was eating their toast with the opening statement.... My daughter done a POO yesterday!!!
Two words... time and place

LOL

One of the lads just lost it one day and shouted at her "shut the fvck you stupid cvnt nobody wants to listen to you". She says fvck all now.

lol again

man this thread is funny

I like everyone I work with though, sorry :pac:

Sharpshooter

OP, ask her out straight," What's with the one upmanship, all the time". Give her a few examples of past conversation and ask her why she does this.
I'd say it's an attention thing.
At least she might take on board what you've said and think about it.;)

Or she will tell you how rude you are , and stop sitting with you.:D

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

UpCork wrote: »

If you look and say 'the sky is grey', she'll say 'it isn't, I see a hint of blue'. I'm over simplifying it, but what I'm saying is: she has to have the last word on everything.

She's an optomistic person

If you say you hear that the government are cutting the wages of architects (again I'm simplifying ), she'll know an architect that's been affected; or a nurse; or a doctor; or a teacher.

I kinda do the same thing, I have a huge network and know a lot of people in a lot of differant jobs, I don't know any doctors though, apart from my own :P

I don't have a job, so I cannot complain, if I did have a job I would be happy to have it

I have worked with complete arseholes, they seem to think it's their job to make your life as miserable as possible.

I would be too afraid to tell someone to to stfu in work, it may backfire on you. Get in trouble or something, you know?

LOL @ Kolds advice... Brilliant.

1966

have worked with numerous people like her - non-stop talk about themselves, husband/wife, parents, children, the dog / cat, their latest diet even.

What gets me is that they actually think they are entertaining & we're interested!

Common denominator is they have no social life / friends outside of family and tbh their "stories" are absolutely boring as is their life if you listen closely. Seems they all enjoy their "riveted" audience at work.........

i71jskz5xu42pb

UpCork wrote: »

There is a girl I work wit.....

Cork people, yiz just can't get on with anyone can ye?

Kold

Delilah Dead Ringworm wrote: »

LOL @ Kolds advice... Brilliant.

I'm no longer allowed to advocate such actions, even when the victim is fictional.

Princessa

Yup and if you're sick of course, for example, she had it much worse than you the previous month. Its attension seeking, ignore her, she will get bored. Oh and an Ipod is the greatest invention when you dont want to talk to your collegues on your lunch.