Annoying things your colleagues do

oldyouth · 07-05-2012 08:02AM

Colleagues who just accept unreasonable changes to their terms of employment imposed by managers who know they have broken them. You make it impossible for the rest of us who have a little bit of our spine left

padd b1975 · 07-05-2012 09:05AM

Mickey H wrote: »

This is even worse when they're looking at you while talking in their native language. You're always wondering if they're talking about you. They could be, but who are you to know.

Solution: Talk Irish to your Irish colleagues.

.....because every Irish person is fluent in their native language.

merengueca · 07-05-2012 09:07AM

Slightly different slant, from the managers perspective (ooh get me!!)

The Grass Sneaky little d**ks who delight in telling me what naughty things everyone else is upto... I don't care, if I catch them I'll deal with it, if I don't catch them fair do's to them, as long as they are doing their job and not putting anyone in danger what do I care..
The Stress/Depression excuse Not genuine stress or depression, this is people who claim stress or depression at highly convienant times... got one guy off at the moment for 5 months with mild anxiety. Amazingly the day before he went off I started an audit on his section and found some major issues.
The suck ass The minute I walk in racing to make me a cup of tea, not offering to get on for the other 10 people in the office. Nob.

The main thing for me though is when they talk, I work in North London... that accent:eek::mad:

Teyla Emmagan · 07-05-2012 09:07AM

The ones who spend all day chatting on the phone to their mothers/friends/'hubbies'. Would you please STFU, that is your seventh personal phone call today and you are interrupting the VERY IMPORTANT work I am doing. This window is not going to stare out itself.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-05-2012 09:09AM

merengueca wrote: »

The suck ass The minute I walk in racing to make me a cup of tea, not offering to get on for the other 10 people in the office. Nob.

People offer to make you tea?! Man, I am even further down the corporate ladder than I thought

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haminka · 07-05-2012 09:43AM

There's this joke when a guy comes to his GP and complains :
Doctor, my whole body is itching.
Now, try taking a shower.
Several weeks later :
So, how do you feel now?
Well, the shower helped but two weeks later it started again.

That could have been a colleague of mine. And he also has this disgusting habit of reaching into his crotch, adjusting himself and then smelling his fingers.
He's the reason why I keep my hair longer so that I can cover my peripheral vision. Unfortunately, I don't feel like having a head-cold all the time to keep the smell away.

Radharc na Sleibhte · 07-05-2012 11:56AM

haminka wrote: »

he also has this disgusting habit of reaching into his crotch, adjusting himself and then smelling his fingers.

Anyone want the end of my breakfast?

Old Tom · 07-05-2012 12:07PM

This guy who's always angry. Get's mad about absolutely everything, sighs, bangs his fists against the desk and also always manifests his anger by marching out for a smoke. He thinks the entire office is there for him and has to work the way he finds best. Annoying, grumpy lad.

a fat guy · 07-05-2012 12:32PM

Those who chew audibly.

I HATE that...

someuser905 · 07-05-2012 12:39PM

those who slurp their drink, clear their throat and sniff constantly

filmbuffboy · 07-05-2012 12:50PM

Once had a manager who used to give out to us for eating in the kitchen or behind work counters, but then the very next day (or even sometimes a few hours later) he would be doing the same thing.

orchidsrpretty · 07-05-2012 12:53PM

Mine do too much work. I work nights and when I am sitting on my arse they are running around pretending that they are really busy even when there is absoultly nothing to do. Makes me look lazy, but I am just no good at looking busy when there is nothing to do.

Katgurl · 07-05-2012 02:16PM

Oh good lord, where to begin:

My female colleague who spends at a push 10% of her time doing her actual job and the rest either gossiping / eating / doing non-job related work. Stacking the dishwasher, watering the plants, organising birthday cards is all very admirable but we all have to hear about it 24/7, how many times the dishwasher was emptied by her DESPITE the fact it wasnt her turn, who else NEVER empties the dishwasher, how she ALWAYS fills the kettle again because she's considerate, she NEVER takes advantage with company expenses unlike....

The three apes I used to work with who talked about nothign but female measurements, I've never in my life had to listen to such an endless stream of nonsense - "i was with this girl... guess what size she was 12? no... 10... no? 8... no? yeah size 6... seriously... about 5 2", guess what cup size? C? no... etc etc"

A charming ex-manager who sat directly opposite me & used to have some sort of pains in her ears so to combat this every half hour or so would open her mouth wide and sit frozen like that for about 60 seconds exposing what she had for breakfast that morning. Absolutely disgusting.

Oh there are too many to go into but relentless conversations about weight / who scored who / what somebody ate for dinner last night / period frequency pains etc / pointless gossip about other ex-colleagues drive me b0nkers. Just do your f**King job and shut up.

Defiler Of The Coffin · 07-05-2012 03:11PM

Katgurl wrote: »

Just do your f**King job and shut up.

Excellent line and well constructed. You should print this and stick it up on the wall.

I have a colleague who has a habit of leaning right over into my dinner and having a sniff to see what it is. Every time he does this I intentionally make a 'WTF?!' kind of face but he hasn't copped on yet. He also frequently sprays himself with deodorant at his desk. The guy beside him always protests at this but he does it anyway.

He's also a bit of a work climber so any time myself and the manager are having a conversation he usually interrupts us with some scathing insight into the topic at hand or something humorous and witty. Anytime the manager talks to me I can see him across the desk with his ears pricked up like a little dog just waiting to jump in.

Myself and another colleague have determined that he suffers from IID - 'Impulsive Interruption Disorder'.

firedancer · 07-05-2012 09:47PM

a fat guy wrote: »

Those who chew audibly.

I HATE that...[/QUOTE

one of the guys at work when we're in canteen (small one) for lunch so we all have to share the same table, he actually takes a bite before he speaks - yuk

Scruffles · 07-05-2012 11:48PM

am not able to work but at the residential home am living in,all the staff seem to be a mix of every collegue mentioned in this thread.
they are constantly fighting and slagging each other off behind their backs,one got in quite a bit of trouble with the managers as it ended up becoming bullying to a young inexperienced but lovely staff-turned out because the slagee? [for lack of a better word] is from a country whose culture is harsher than ours,she didnt realise what she was doing was bullying; she is actualy one of the nicest staff have known there.

for some reason, am always the one they come to,to roll off any pent up pissedoffness about a fellow staff.
we have the type of staff who talk around us residents in their native language to, even though there are rules against it at our place.

the worst staff we ever had was a guy who had originaly known through being supported by the national autistic society and he got the job at mine because he knew several of us,however he was an utter dick; he had no clue about how complex and wide the severe & profound scales of autism are,his descriptions of profoundly autistic people were disgusting and completely untrue to the people he was describing,and his idea of behavioral management when a resident was attacking to get their own way-was to hand em a bag of crisps-which made him and other staff become a target of deep skin injuries,several of our quieter staff left because of it.

we have had a lot of dickhead staff,but they tend to get sacked quick enough,we had a dickhead manager-the sort who still get very bad flash backs from; from things he has done and said.
he eventualy got sacked this year and cant work in care again,he was the power of attorney of mine,and somehow had let money of mine go missing plus avoid paying off the care charges for over a year-took a few months to get rid of him as they had to find paper evidence against him,even though they shoud have dropped the charge because had not had any control over it-social services wanted it all back in one go which isnt possible if are in this borough and in residential,was totaly money-less for months paying this off,by law we only get twenty five pound per week in residential and all that goes on medical and other essential needs.

i71jskz5xu42pb · 08-05-2012 12:13AM

My job is so f**king unbelievable. I'll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:

First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breath.

The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm not sure she even showers, much less shaves her "womanly" parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.

But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I'm sure after work. He probably hasn't been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he's only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960's, and to make things worse, he brings his big dog to work. Every day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it's trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple trips to McDonalds and Burger King, every single day.

Anyway, I drive these fúcktards around in my van and we solve mysteries and shít.

Defiler Of The Coffin · 08-05-2012 12:18AM

Louise Zealous Marquee wrote: »

I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.

I actually know a girl like this. She's lesbian yet she still likes a big tool in her box. Go figure.

shancoduff · 08-05-2012 12:21AM

Louise Zealous Marquee wrote: »

My job is so f**king unbelievable. I'll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:

First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breath.

The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm not sure she even showers, much less shaves her "womanly" parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.

But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I'm sure after work. He probably hasn't been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he's only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960's, and to make things worse, he brings his big dog to work. Every day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it's trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple trips to McDonalds and Burger King, every single day.

Anyway, I drive these fúcktards around in my van and we solve mysteries and shít.

Haha, well played :pac:

LH Pathe · 08-05-2012 04:25AM

was this.. awful, excuse for a yunfella who'd warble anything and everything that came on the radio. His radio. His, top 20 hourly rotation station.. that's anything popular enough; bless 'im sure it made his little heart sing too. all part of the rehabilitation process for a scanger with a gear habit and boyband delusions

sligoface · 08-05-2012 06:25AM

Colleagues who just accept unreasonable changes to their terms of employment imposed by managers who know they have broken them. You make it impossible for the rest of us who have a little bit of our spine left

I hate this! Having worked in Ireland, US and UK, I find it shocking the liberties management in Ireland takes with their workers and even more shocking that the workers here will put up with it, even though the job is crappy and low paid to begin with. But the recession has made this even worse. I thought we're supposed to be the fighiting Irish ffs! I think it goes back to the Catholic school system, keep your head down and keep kissing arse and never question anyone with even a tiny bit of authority, who do ye think ye are!?

Mr Keek · 08-05-2012 06:49AM

People who have no consideration for others on the phone, im often on the phone speaking with people tht have had relatives killed in car crashes and ive a bunch of women in close proxmity roaring laughing and yapping about diets and hair do's. When i put the caller on hold to ask these people to quiten down and explain why, they give me the dirty looks for a week after.

The people.....sorry,its the women again who do nothing but talk about there children ALL the time..... Has anyone else noticed that every single child born in the last couple years is "advanced for their age" All the parents where I work at make his claim, must be something in he canteen food tht is producing this advanced race of people.

The moaners, yer TL asked you to preform a duty? Shock horror, its only the very thing you get paid to do; go to it and f*ck off complaining to me about it. When your manager has to have a word with you about preformance, it usually means tht you are not preforming, take it on the chin and listen to the feedback. Stop complaining to me and insulting the TL, they really are not out to 'get you' they are just doing their job too.

The f*uckers who borrow my stapler or underwriting manuals and never give them back, or ask a question which they know the answer to, but ask anyway and give a dirty look when they don't get the answer they want. A special place in hell is reserved in hell for these people.

.....and finally, the speculators who are nothing but wild predictions about the place closing down, spreading rumors about the company being bought out just because you seen a report about a different company in a different market in russia.

Nothingbetter2d · 08-05-2012 11:19AM

MickySticks wrote: »

Work with a guy who is constantly in a good mood, from 8-5 he is laughing and joking all the time and he makes the rest of us look miserable. His parents could be murdered and he would still be in a happy mood.

Fucking annoying prick.

it's very likely he is off his game.... ask him to take a drug test and then see how good a mood he is in

CardBordWindow · 08-05-2012 12:22PM

I work with in an office with 10 people in it, and there's one woman who uses the speakerphone on her phone for every call!! Extremely annoying.

FortuneChip · 08-05-2012 12:33PM

One lad I work with has the most bizarre hack/cough/gulp thing. It would be enough to annoy Gollum!

Another guy, there well over a year, still need managerial guidance on the most routine tasks. If his job was hard I'd understand, but we're talking about needing advice every day on every day tasks.

People who think they're more important that they are solely because of who they know. I know one staff member that has talked down to several people above him and get away with it because they know someone higher up in the company.

Thieves as well. Absolutely disgraceful to be stealing stuff from that canteen, no reason excuses it

bigslick · 08-05-2012 02:41PM

So many annoying things in the office space can be solved by one thing: An office Linebacker!!

jigsaw07 · 08-05-2012 02:49PM

Beggers, gossipers, know it alls,busybodies, oh and the fact that they even exist.

Missmiddleton · 08-05-2012 04:49PM

An old colleague of mine would turn on the radio in the office then walk out of the room, used to drive us all mental.

castletownman · 08-05-2012 05:09PM

A girl in my office has that song "I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair" as her ring-tone. Wouldn't be that annoying if it only rang once or twice during the day. However, she would be out for a fag break quite frequently and she ALWAYS leaves her phone on her desk. Naturally, it always rings when she's out. It's without a doubt the most annoying ring-tone I've ever heard

I hate you Sandi Thom.

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