Annoying work colleagues habits

FarmerBrowne

In sure people here all have annoying work colleagues, I have one particular annoying colleague, in meetings they constantly repeat the same thing over and over again so much so I begin to cringe for them, when asked a question they sometimes answer with an answer for another question and just keep focusing on their answer even when the person asking the question tries to rephrase their initial question, they talk to themselves when typing emails or troubleshooting and are almost constantly biting their nails? Am interested to know what causes a person to act like the above?

Vita nova

I worked with a guy who was an extremely louder typer. He always seemed to bang the keys and you always knew when he finished a sentence or a paragraph because he would hit the space bar or return key extra hard.
Fortunately, I only had to work with him for a few months, any longer and I would have gone insane.

Ubbquittious

Thought only office jockeys were affected by this kind of thing not farmers

FarmerBrowne

FarmerBrowne wrote: »

In sure people here all have annoying work colleagues, I have one particular annoying colleague, in meetings they constantly repeat the same thing over and over again so much so I begin to cringe for them, when asked a question they sometimes answer with an answer for another question and just keep focusing on their answer even when the person asking the question tries to rephrase their initial question, they talk to themselves when typing emails or troubleshooting and are almost constantly biting their nails? Am interested to know what causes a person to act like the above?

They’re driven demented by a colleague who doesn’t know when to end a sentence.

FarmerBrowne

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Thought only office jockeys were affected by this kind of thing not farmers

Can be both!

FarmerBrowne

FarmerBrowne wrote: »

Can be both!

Are you a sheep farmer? Sounds like your colleague is a bit of an idiot, full of **** and enjoys bleating with the slightest cause.

Do they try to pull the wool over managements eyes?

On the other hand, I hear they’ve been the victim of repeated sexual assaults in the workplace.

bodhrandude

Enough of these worker threads, I can't find a job so can't take part in these discussions, welcome to the real world.

bodhrandude

bodhrandude wrote: »

Enough of these worker threads, I can't find a job so can't take part in these discussions, welcome to the real world.

I wouldn’t want that job either.

The pay and conditions are really Baaaaad

whodafunk

Clipping nails at the desk. Seriously though I have witnessed this on a regular basis (not a female by the way!)

Four Phucs Ache

It never bothered me because it was funny but in an open plan office one chap at 12.56 would sit back and say that it was only 4 mins to lunch. Every day. The 10 or so around would be used to it. We socialised anyway and knew it was a quirk to make the day last etc..

After probably a month or 3 of this another chap nice enough but not in our circle of office politics but seated in a different team about 20 feet away one day asked loud enough amongst office chatter what time was it to someone.

His whole team, maybe 12 people answered loudly....ITS NEARLY 4 MINS to FUKN 1...

It was class.He slowly pissed off a whole team of people. He seen the funny side and took it well and continued but not for much longer.

He said himself it would have been epic if he corrected them and said no its actually 7 mins to 1 but the moment overwhelmed him.

Maz2016

A co worker sprays deodorant twice a day sitting at her desk. It’s an open plan office so can be over powering.

DelBoy Trotter

Two co-workers who keep changing the air con....on, off, on, off, on, off, all day :mad:

ManOfMystery

I had an ex-colleague (3 of us sat in the same office) who was uncomfortable with silences. Lovely guy, good at his job, but just coulnd't handle more than 30 seconds of silence.

So he would talk all the time, often just absolute rubbish but in his head it would fill the silence. Whilst I'm not an introverted or overly quiet person, I do need quiet periods to concentrate especially when working on something complex, so I found this really annoying. Took to wearing headphones a lot but kept having to pull them off so I could answer or reply to something he was discussing. He's left now and the long silent periods are bliss.

whisky_galore

A boss who liked cracking his knuckles, Could hear that sound a mile away. Urggggh.

A co worker with a laugh, a loud guffaw, like Woody Woodpecker.

Ray Palmer

A person I work with mumbles all the time. Not to themselves but while you are talking to her. You ask a question and she starts explaining but when it gets to any precise detail she mumbles so you don't get the answer. Ask her to repeat and she starts off again then mumbles the detail. Ask again and she does the same thing. Eventually you have to tell her which bits you need to be said. Half the time she doesn't have the answer and we have to explain that not knowing is a valid answer.

She also mumbles emails to herself when reading them.Lack of confidence is part of it but she is a manager

Elemonator

The one colleague who tries to micro manage everything.

jam_mac_jam

Snorting all day, what is the objection to blowing your nose, if you have a cold, blow your nose, its very simple. Its the most disgusting nausea inducing sound. ALL ****ING DAY

Bob Harris

Every single person I work with has multiple annoying habits.
I'd be here all day if I had to list them. No doubt I have plenty for others to
moan about too.

castletownman

Co-worker points out the most obvious of things.

Me coming up with the post in the afternoon: "Oh the post arrived"

Hanging a poster on the wall: "Oh your hanging up a poster"

Doing my cleaning rota: "Cleaning your section, I see"

Printing out a document: "Printing out a document?"

Christ.

GBX

Annoying habits - one or two continue to breathe

Wayne Jarvis

castletownman wrote: »

Co-worker points out the most obvious of things.

Me coming up with the post in the afternoon: "Oh the post arrived"

Hanging a poster on the wall: "Oh your hanging up a poster"

Doing my cleaning rota: "Cleaning your section, I see"

Printing out a document: "Printing out a document?"

Christ.

Oh you posted a post on Boards.ie.

Wayne Jarvis

Oh god this guy I work with seems to have no concept of personal hygiene at all, he smells very bad. His personality would make Piers Morgan seem likeable. He has about as much fashion sense as a blind monkey and he is so dumb it makes Jessica Simpson seem like a genius in comparison.





Oh also, I am self employed and work by myself.

facehugger99

The loud phone talker (LPT).

Every open plan office I've worked in seems to have one.

I'm not sure if the current LPT is deaf or just doesn't trust the technology. Today's conversation with a colleague in the Cork office hardly necessitated use of a phone as I'm sure he could have been heard down there.

ManOfMystery

castletownman wrote: »

Co-worker points out the most obvious of things.

Me coming up with the post in the afternoon: "Oh the post arrived"

Hanging a poster on the wall: "Oh your hanging up a poster"

Doing my cleaning rota: "Cleaning your section, I see"

Printing out a document: "Printing out a document?"

Christ.

Your retort every time : "Oh, you're stating the obvious again"

Frogeye

i worked in a room with a guy for 8 hours a day inspecting contact lenses. Me him the lenses and a radio.

Every 30 seconds he would do a loud " ahhh aahmm" type noise to clear his throat.... I nearly went off my nut....

Frogeye

chrissb8

Eating breakfast at your table in the morning. More specifically, porridge all the slurping, blowing and clanking of the spoon are so distracting when you're on the phone or trying to concentrate.

Or that annoying thing where they put a coffee or tea cup rim to just underneath their bottom lip and do a series of small blows to cool it off. But reaaaaaly accenuate it by doing it over and over. JUST WAIT UNTIL IT COOLS DOWN.

Road-Hog

Cnuts who continually use acronyms and ‘business speak’ phrases such as singing off same ‘him’ sheet, break it down to granular level, let’s look under the bonnet, bio-break time, tic tac with someone, that’s a take away / something g to talk about off line (question you can’t answer), boiling the frog,..etc etc.

bear1

Sit next to a guy who listens to reggae non stop as loud as possible.

odyssey06

Road-Hog wrote: »

Cnuts who continually use acronyms and ‘business speak’ phrases such as singing off same ‘him’ sheet, break it down to granular level, let’s look under the bonnet, bio-break time, tic tac with someone, that’s a take away / something g to talk about off line (question you can’t answer), boiling the frog,..etc etc.

Boiling the frog??? Dare I ask?

Strumms

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

Two co-workers who keep changing the air con....on, off, on, off, on, off, all day :mad:

I’d an air con problem guy too... in our office we had no windows so it used to get seriously seriously hot and humid in the summer, we did have desk fans but that only in the main recirculated hot air....the air con was good, you could use it to regulate temperature accurately and comfortably. Problem guy however was maintaining it was affecting his asthma...he was the supervisor but in all aspects of his employment only ever gave a **** about himself...to hell with people sweating their lives away, having to drink pints of water and going home sticky, sweaty, tired and not fit for much with friends and family.... he’d just come in from lunch after us putting it on freeeeeze to try get some coolness and hit ‘off’... “ remember guys I need that aircon off, open the door if you need air “Wànker.

Icaras

In some places you have to "one up guy" (normally a guy), you've done something good they've done better, you've climbed a mountian they've climbed a bigger one twice - that sort of thing.
In my place we have a woman who's husband is the one up guy. Someone went to a football game, her husband went to a world cup game, someone ate some food, her husband ate 200 chicken nuggets (he's a 6ft, played rugby of course he can eat 200 chicken nuggets!). I dont know if any of it is true but it is really annoying.

Wayne Jarvis

odyssey06 wrote: »

Boiling the frog??? Dare I ask?

The phrase "Boiling the Frog" refers to an experiment in the 19th century. Scientists put a frog in boiling water and it jumped out immediately, they then put a frog in cold water and put the water to boil slowly, the frog stayed in the water because it didn't know it was being boiled, it couldn't feel it and got boiled to death.
What that has to do with working in modern offices I have no idea.

odyssey06

Icaras wrote: »

In some places you have to "one up guy" (normally a guy), you've done something good they've done better, you've climbed a mountian they've climbed a bigger one twice - that sort of thing.
In my place we have a woman who's husband is the one up guy. Someone went to a football game, her husband went to a world cup game, someone ate some food, her husband ate 200 chicken nuggets (he's a 6ft, played rugby of course he can eat 200 chicken nuggets!). I dont know if any of it is true but it is really annoying.

AKA "The Topper", cos they have to 'top' whatever anyone else does.

odyssey06

Guy Person wrote: »

The phrase "Boiling the Frog" refers to an experiment in the 19th century. Scientists put a frog in boiling water and it jumped out immediately, they then put a frog in cold water and put the water to boil slowly, the frog stayed in the water because it didn't know it was being boiled, it couldn't feel it and got boiled to death.
What that has to do with working in modern offices I have no idea.

Yeah I know the experiment part, but unless it refers to the aircon I'm stumped about modern office!

Cantona's Collars

One who thinks making as much noise as possible equates to doing work. Putting something on a desk? Nah,hold it 4 inches above it and drop it. Need to put something on the floor,why leave it down gently when you can do the same as the desk technique. Closing a door,why do it like everyone else when you can slam it.
The confrontational personality doesn't help when someone says something to them.
They'd be better suited to breaking rocks where they could make as much noise as they like.

Bigbagofcans

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

One who thinks making as much noise as possible equates to doing work. Putting something on a desk? Nah,hold it 4 inches above it and drop it. Need to put something on the floor,why leave it down gently when you can do the same as the desk technique. Closing a door,why do it like everyone else when you can slam it.
The confrontational personality doesn't help when someone says something to them.
They'd be better suited to breaking rocks where they could make as much noise as they like.

They're the same type who noisily scrape their bowl at the desk and slurp their tea.

The noise of flip flops slapping around the office. Luckily it's coming towards the end of flip flop season.

uch

I used to sit beside an Indian Lad who used to wear earphones and play Punjabi MC all day, it was so load the sound overspill was fierce annoying, lovely chap otherwise but there's only so much Indian dance music you can listen to all day every day

Whatsisname

My boss sits next to me and has the most infuriating habits. He constantly drums along to songs hitting the desk as loudly as possible, usually completely out of time with the song. This is then accompanied by him humming along in the highest voice he can possibly do. He also doesn't ever wear his shoes so I can receive the gift of the smell his feet for 8 hours a day. We often have meetings in our office, so one day we had a client due in, she comes in the door and he stands up, puts on his suit jacket and goes over to introduce himself. In his socks.

Wanderer2010

I work opposite a lovely woman, mid 50s, she works 3 days a week, we work in the engineering sector, lots of documents. Bless her, she is absolutely useless at technology and even the most basic Windows functions eludes her. She sits down and narrates everything she does, she has a list of instructions on a Post IT taped to her computer. So she sits down and it starts "Ok, so ctr alt and delete for logging on, ok so open a Word Doc...ok so File Open, now what do I do now...", totally oblivious to the fact she is SPEAKING ALOUD.

When it first happened I thought she was taking the mick, but now I put in headphones and problem solved. Weird the people you meet in offices...

I see sheep

odyssey06 wrote: »

AKA "The Topper", cos they have to 'top' whatever anyone else does.

"You were in Tenerife? Elevenerife is waay better"

NeinNeinNein

Whatsisname wrote: »

My boss sits next to me and has the most infuriating habits. He constantly drums along to songs hitting the desk as loudly as possible, usually completely out of time with the song. This is then accompanied by him humming along in the highest voice he can possibly do. He also doesn't ever wear his shoes so I can receive the gift of the smell his feet for 8 hours a day. We often have meetings in our office, so one day we had a client due in, she comes in the door and he stands up, puts on his suit jacket and goes over to introduce himself. In his socks.

Do you work in Wernham Hogg?

Big Bad Wolf

bear1 wrote: »

Sit next to a guy who listens to reggae non stop as loud as possible.

Sounds great! Any vacancies...

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Elemonator wrote: »

The one colleague who tries to micro manage everything.

I had a housemate like that once. Shudder. She was a pretty girl and when I first met her, I wondered why she was single. One week of living with her and I understood. I UNDERSTOOD.

Gregor Samsa

odyssey06 wrote: »

AKA "The Topper", cos they have to 'top' whatever anyone else does.

Yeah, I work with 300 guys like that.

Fann Linn

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I work opposite a lovely woman, mid 50s, she works 3 days a week, we work in the engineering sector, lots of documents. Bless her, she is absolutely useless at technology and even the most basic Windows functions eludes her. She sits down and narrates everything she does, she has a list of instructions on a Post IT taped to her computer. So she sits down and it starts "Ok, so ctr alt and delete for logging on, ok so open a Word Doc...ok so File Open, now what do I do now...", totally oblivious to the fact she is SPEAKING ALOUD.

When it first happened I thought she was taking the mick, but now I put in headphones and problem solved. Weird the people you meet in offices...

Just a typical woman with technology. Give her a break!

Strumms

facehugger99 wrote: »

The loud phone talker (LPT).

Every open plan office I've worked in seems to have one.

I'm not sure if the current LPT is deaf or just doesn't trust the technology. Today's conversation with a colleague in the Cork office hardly necessitated use of a phone as I'm sure he could have been heard down there.

One my last job when this looper wanted the office to know the details she’d enter into a loud exaggerated whisper, complete with hand over the phone and mouth and slow down her speech... she was communicating more dramatically and loudly...

“Yes ...we ...can ...book ...the ...holiday ...tonight

Louder then her usual speaking volume yet the hand over the mouthpiece of the phone and her own gob.. weird...

AlphabetCards

castletownman wrote: »

Co-worker points out the most obvious of things.

Me coming up with the post in the afternoon: "Oh the post arrived"

Hanging a poster on the wall: "Oh your hanging up a poster"

Doing my cleaning rota: "Cleaning your section, I see"

Printing out a document: "Printing out a document?"

Christ.

I literally cannot help it. I do this. I can't stop it.

baldbear

I work with a fella who pants his hands down his pants itches his hole & smells his fingers.

I wish I was making it up.

Gregor Samsa

We’ve a HR girl who runs everywhere in the office - in heels. She can’t just walk to the canteen or reception or the toilet. She runs as fast as she can in her little high heel shoes. Not annoying, just strange.

We also have total freak show you could write a book on. He is quite possibly the worst person in the world. I can’t say too much, because he’d be easily identified. I stay away from him mostly, but sometimes you run into him in the toilets. He’s like a fücking tornado, you can hear him from out in the office floor. He goes into the cubicle, BAM! Slams the door. Bashes the lock closed. Kicks up the toilet lid. Farts and squirts like his guts have been liquified from Ebola. Runs of a mile of loo roll. Punches the toilet into flushing. Kicks the door back open then never washes his hands.

Years ago he broke his wrist, and had a cast on it. I was in the canteen one day making tea. He barges in front of me and puts his giant sausage fingers into the teabag box. They were literally black, like he’s been mining coal with his bare hands. I said to him “What the fück? Your hands are filthy! You can’t be touching stuff in the kitchen!”. He tells me that the doctor told him not to get his cast wet, so he hadn’t showered or washed in 3 weeks. His elbows had literally turned green.

He’s been up with HR loads of times about his smell, his ear-splitting sneezing and his bizarrely inappropriate comments. One time a previous HR girl was pregnant. Instead of asking her when she was due, he asked her when her last period was - I assume he was going to do the calculation himself. For some reason he’s been kept in in the company for over a decade, and it’s not like his job requires any special skill at all. I think they feel sorry for him, because he’s never be employed anywhere else.

Gorteen

Flagrant abuse of (public service) sick leave

Bigbagofcans

Gregor Samsa, thanks for the laughs

Sounds like yer man shouldn't be let out in public and should just work from home. Alone. Sitting in his own stench.