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Strange/eccentric work colleagues

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  • #102
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote:
    Humans will always have a kink, thats why were humans.


    The modern work environment doesn't want this though

    Oh yea, us aspies generally hate work nights out, neurotypicals become extra weird when they stuff highly addictive substances into them, then again, so to does us aspies


  • #103
    Kylta
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »

    Oh yea, us aspies generally hate work nights out, neurotypicals become extra weird when they stuff highly addictive substances into them, then again, so to does us aspies

    Anybody can be anti social, you don't need a syndrome to want to do your own thing


  • #104
    smurgen
    Registered Users Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    A guy in our office is constantly choking on food, because he hasn't worked out how to eat properly. He was medically examined, because he assumed there was something physically wrong with him as it was happening so often. But no, they told him that he was just shoving too much food into his gob at a time, and then trying to breathe through his mouth. He explained this to us in all seriousness one day in the canteen.

    At least once a month, someone has to thump his back to save him. He's actually had to ask his boss and team to look out for him when he's having his lunch, in case he starts silently dying.

    There's another guy I've posted about before. He's not so much eccentric as an utter abomination of a human being.

    That possibly the funniest thing I've read.


  • #105
    wally1990
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    Only 1 memorable guy.

    He was about 35 and Def on the spectrum which we copped onto quite early in his employment

    Lovely guy and when you speak to him first he would be constantly telling you about his car, he was obsessed with mini's and would be going through the entire history of them

    Co workers didn't care at all and avoided him so he was a loner in our office but I would listen and ask questions because he would light up when someone was interested.

    He was very fast at certain tasks which were absolutely mind numbing things like data entry of doing the exact same thing for 8 hours straight(look at figure , copy , paste figure , repeat for 8 hours * 5 days a week ) but he'd love it so he would get all those mundane tasks

    He also wanted his own parking space but he didn't have one so every single day he would come to work at 7am and park in the spot and wait in his car until 9am when his shift started so he could have this particular space

    Every day ,2 hours waiting outside the office so he would have this space and wait until the office opened and it didn't bother him in the slightest but if someone took the space he would be annoyed , thankfully it rarely happened. He always got the space

    With his keyboard, it had to be exactly in a certain position and he would have his head on the table Inspecting did it align exactly with how he wanted it .

    He went in AL for a week and someone used his PC to work for a day due to theirs being broken

    When he came back he absolutely freaked out and got so flustered and upworked that someone touched his keyboard and moved it .He would be jumbling over his words with being flustered over his keyboard and getting frustrated because he couldn't get his emotion across that someone moved his keyboard

    In fairness to the manager he was clued in and spoke with the particular co worker and said eg , ''john, ''bob said you used his PC while he was off, 'we know Bob likes his keyboard and desk in the manner that suits him so please return the pc to the same state or use an alternative pc if possible '' John was also clued in, no fush and apologized to Bob , said sorry that he should have left his keyboard exactly in the original position

    We just got on with things , no drama and knew ''bob'' was on the spectrum and no point saying anything else because that was all that was important to Bob in the moment and regardless if you said ah Jesus cop on it was moved 2cm , Bob wouldn't see it that way so just nod and go on

    He also wore the exact same clothes every day for the 4 years I was there but he was clean and didn't smell so we didn't care

    We just assumed he had multiples of the same or constantly washed them

    He was a nice guy, wasn't rude , good at certain tasks so we delegated to his skillset and got on with him but every few months certain things in my own life remind me of him and I always think he wouldn't last in 99% of other companies or departments nowadays

    People may not be as nice which is awful for people on the spectrum . He got lucky with our dept but I wonder what he is up to every now and then

    Prob still sitting in that parking space at 7am each morning .............


  • #106
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Anybody can be anti social, you don't need a syndrome to want to do your own thing

    many cases on this tread are more than likely aspies, showing common behavioral traits of such, the thread is potentially painting our behavior in a negative manner, yes our behaviors are sometimes not the social norm, but this is okay, the world needs difference, we just need to respect each others differences, autism isnt a 'syndrome', its actually a complex disorder, and you d be surprised how ignorant the general population can be over it, it can be exceptionally difficult to exist in this world with it, but it also can be extremely difficult to exist with other complex psychological disorders, again, the modern workplace isnt exactly human friendly, then add a complex psychological disorder on top, and you ve got big problems.


  • #107
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    There's a fella I work with, he dresses like a skanger but his hair and beard are super preened.
    To top off his look, he wears a sheepskin coat to work.
    He talks like a Californian but has a really high laugh.
    He looks like a mad British pedo aristocrat.


  • #108
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    many cases on this tread are more than likely aspies, showing common behavioral traits of such, the thread is potentially painting our behavior in a negative manner, yes our behaviors are sometimes not the social norm, but this is okay, the world needs difference, we just need to respect each others differences, autism isnt a 'syndrome', its actually a complex disorder, and you d be surprised how ignorant the general population can be over it, it can be exceptionally difficult to exist in this world with it, but it also can be extremely difficult to exist with other complex psychological disorders, again, the modern workplace isnt exactly human friendly, then add a complex psychological disorder on top, and you ve got big problems.

    Ok, i'll take your word on the aspies because you seem to know more about it than I do. But I can be anti social at times and i've no complex disorder, I work with many people who are basically fu¢ked up and they don't have a complex disorder. Their basically nuts.


  • #109
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,985 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    wally1990 wrote: »
    Only 1 memorable guy.

    He was about 35 and Def on the spectrum which we copped onto quite early in his employment

    Lovely guy and when you speak to him first he would be constantly telling you about his car, he was obsessed with mini's and would be going through the entire history of them

    Co workers didn't care at all and avoided him so he was a loner in our office but I would listen and ask questions because he would light up when someone was interested.

    He was very fast at certain tasks which were absolutely mind numbing things like data entry of doing the exact same thing for 8 hours straight(look at figure , copy , paste figure , repeat for 8 hours * 5 days a week ) but he'd love it so he would get all those mundane tasks

    He also wanted his own parking space but he didn't have one so every single day he would come to work at 7am and park in the spot and wait in his car until 9am when his shift started so he could have this particular space

    Every day ,2 hours waiting outside the office so he would have this space and wait until the office opened and it didn't bother him in the slightest but if someone took the space he would be annoyed , thankfully it rarely happened. He always got the space


    Prob still sitting in that parking space at 7am each morning .............

    Obviously without knowing the set up.... But would you all have not agreed together not to park in that spot and let him arrive at 8:30.


  • #110
    wally1990
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    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Obviously without knowing the set up.... But would you all have not agreed together not to park in that spot and let him arrive at 8:30.

    There was hundreds in the company with all different departments so we couldn't really. It my just dept with about 20 people that knew him


  • #111
    Kylta
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    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Obviously without knowing the set up.... But would you all have not agreed together not to park in that spot and let him arrive at 8:30.

    Why? I would've purposely took his place to annoy the bollix out of him


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  • #112
    Princess Calla
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Why? I would've purposely took his place to annoy the bollix out of him

    Cos sometimes it's nice to be nice.

    A small gesture can go far.

    Now if your man demanded the spot, I'd park there on purpose but that's not the case here.


  • #113
    Kylta
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    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Cos sometimes it's nice to be nice.

    A small gesture can go far.

    So to can a bit of variety, then again theirs a bit of devil in me


  • #114
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Ok, i'll take your word on the aspies because you seem to know more about it than I do. But I can be anti social at times and i've no complex disorder, I work with many people who are basically fu¢ked up and they don't have a complex disorder. Their basically nuts.

    im actually an aspie myself, what do you mean by those that are fcuked up?


  • #115
    Kylta
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    im actually an aspie myself, what do you mean by those that are fcuked up?

    I gathered you were an aspie because you've quoted it in most of your posts. My fu¢ked up work colleagues would have issues ranging form say anger to violent to spiteful to vindictiveness along with other outlandish traits.


  • #116
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote: »
    I gathered you were an aspie because you've quoted it in most of your posts. My fu¢ked up work colleagues would have issues ranging form say anger to violent to spiteful to vindictiveness along with other outlandish traits.

    some work environments are just rotten to the core, beyond toxic, what industry?


  • #117
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    some work environments are just rotten to the core, beyond toxic, what industry?

    Lets say its outside manual/maintainace work. But not everywhere is toxic, it all depends on the work environment your in and whether you like the job and whether you like your fellow workers. An unhappy job makes an unhappy worker.


  • #118
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Lets say its outside manual/maintainace work. But not everywhere is toxic, it all depends on the work environment your in and whether you like the job and whether you like your fellow workers. An unhappy job makes an unhappy worker.

    trades seem to be filled with very ignorant folks, many would have undiagnosed psychological issues, and like many working environments, filled with folks with complex addiction problems, i.e. a recipe for disaster, for everyone, but also like many other environments, also filled with some of the soundest folks on the planet


  • #119
    road_high
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Why? I would've purposely took his place to annoy the bollix out of him

    That’s sorta the root problem Ive seen in various workplaces- petty little stuff that gets people’s backs up for no reason and then it sort of spirals into a cycle of passive aggressive stuff...ah thank god I no longer have line manager duties!


  • #120
    road_high
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    trades seem to be filled with very ignorant folks, many would have undiagnosed psychological issues, and like many working environments, filled with folks with complex addiction problems, i.e. a recipe for disaster, for everyone, but also like many other environments, also filled with some of the soundest folks on the planet

    It’s the nature of it. Quite a macho high pressure environment. You’ll often get that, the personalities fit the environment


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  • #121
    Kylta
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    road_high wrote: »
    That’s sorta the root problem Ive seen in various workplaces- petty little stuff that gets people’s backs up for no reason and then it sort of spirals into a cycle of passive aggressive stuff...ah thank god I no longer have line manager duties!

    Pity I could've parked in your spot


  • #122
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,901 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    road_high wrote: »
    It’s the nature of it. Quite a macho high pressure environment. You’ll often get that, the personalities fit the environment

    it definitely is a tough industry to work in, many things against those that find themselves in it, and it doesnt help having a political system, sticking its beak in either, many of those folks would have been ejected from our educational system early, outcasts...


  • #123
    road_high
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Pity I could've parked in your spot

    Lol never really had a spot - those kind of things are inviting trouble!


  • #124
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    it definitely is a tough industry to work in, many things against those that find themselves in it, and it doesnt help having a political system, sticking its beak in either, many of those folks would have been ejected from our educational system early, outcasts...

    Thats very perceptive of you. Your spot on though. The thing is that some have returned to education to be bosses etc. But a lot although not educated in the educated sense are highly competent and highly intelligent. Outcasts, I actually like the sound of that.


  • #125
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote: »
    Thats very perceptive of you. Your spot on though. The thing is that some have returned to education to be bosses etc. But a lot although not educated in the educated sense are highly competent and highly intelligent. Outcasts, I actually like the sound of that.

    our educational system is academically biased, if you dont have that type of brain, you ll find yourself fcuked in it, fairly quickly, and ejected. society needs these folks just as much as the academically brained folks, without the trades, we d be simply fcuked. ive met some extremely intelligent trades folks, just geniuses at their jobs, id love to have their skills, probably should have gone into the trades myself


  • #126
    Kylta
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    our educational system is academically biased, if you dont have that type of brain, you ll find yourself fcuked in it, fairly quickly, and ejected. society needs these folks just as much as the academically brained folks, without the trades, we d be simply fcuked. ive met some extremely intelligent trades folks, just geniuses at their jobs, id love to have their skills, probably should have gone into the trades myself

    If never to late to learn anything in life


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  • #127
    Wanderer78
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    Kylta wrote: »
    If never to late to learn anything in life

    ive done a couple of days laboring, really enjoyed it, i ll certainly think about it


  • #128
    Pkiernan
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    TheW1zard wrote: »
    I had a colleague who we called Jurrasic Park, he kind of looked like the guy with glasses who stole the dna. So did his desk.

    He'd work all hours, one night he shat his pants and used his shirt to wipe it up. Did a good job of cleaning but in the panic left it all on the another chaps desk.
    I came in the next morning, I saw the guys whos desk it was standing over this with a director. He had picked up the rag on his desk not realising what it was and got **** all over himself.
    There was a hilarious investigation carried out by Murray from Flight of the conchords. I was called down as a witness where he had drawn a plan of the office and lots of arrows with times of peoples movements. Obviously no one could prove what actually had happened.
    The ****ty top and paper was fished out of the bin and used as evidence, and someone recognised the top.
    Now we all guessed what had happened and the culprit was off that week (happened on a Saturday). Email went around about the 'investigation'.
    About Tuesday he comes in all flustered to suss the situation out, I asked him what hed been up to and he said he'd been working.

    A few days later there was a bad smell and we found a load of ****ty paper hidden under another desk.

    In the end the poor chap fessed up, he called us into a room describing how he had exploded and projectile ****ted all over the place.
    He was suspended for a week and sent to counselling.

    I left the company a month later.

    Have you crapped yourself in your new job yet?


  • #129
    sligojoek
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    Lad I worked with 20 yrs ago when he was in his late 20s and married with two children. He had a fixation with girls in school uniforms. Whenever we were in another town he always knew the filling stations, cafes and delis nearest to the secondary schools. He'd be in the middle of them chatting with a big sh1t eating grin on his face . Haven't seen him since 2001 but I heard, last year, he's driving a school bus now.


  • #130
    bobbyy gee
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    If you don't have one in work then it's you


  • #131
    khaldrogo
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    I live next door to one of these nut balls.

    No family or friends to speak of. Just a **** ton of cats.

    Wil no doubt be found half eaten by said cats as some point in the near future


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  • #132
    Lewis_Benson
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    sligojoek wrote: »
    Lad I worked with 20 yrs ago when he was in his late 20s and married with two children. He had a fixation with girls in school uniforms. Whenever we were in another town he always knew the filling stations, cafes and delis nearest to the secondary schools. He'd be in the middle of them chatting with a big sh1t eating grin on his face . Haven't seen him since 2001 but I heard, last year, he's driving a school bus now.


    Jaysus.


  • #133
    jmlad2020
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    tylercheribini wrote: »
    TBH I was probably considered odd in my last office job because I dont generally talk for talks sake, its a professional environment,colleagues aint your buddies, do the job you are paid to do and go home, wash/repeat.

    It amazes me how many people consider this behaviour as odd or immediately class the person as a "weirdo" just because they don't want to talk about superficial ****e like The Kardashians, clothes or generally entertain small talk.


  • #134
    freshpopcorn
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    jmlad2020 wrote: »
    It amazes me how many people consider this behaviour as odd or immediately class the person as a "weirdo" just because they don't want to talk about superficial ****e like The Kardashians, clothes or generally entertain small talk.

    I generally find people who are don't talk to their work colleagues aren't really classed as a weirdo. They are generally considered very shy or rude and snobby.


  • #135
    jmlad2020
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I generally find people who are don't talk to their work colleagues aren't really classed as a weirdo. They are generally considered very shy or rude and snobby.

    Agreed and more often than not shy people are seen as being snobby. This correlation is definitely viewed negatively in the office environment.


  • #136
    ArnoldJRimmer
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    I worked with a fella who plastered his entire cubicle with stock photo's of random dogs in human clothes. Not even his own dog, but looked like they'd been cut out of some random magazine, with a bulldog in a yellow raincoat, a Scottish terrier in a kilt and tartan hat etc

    Another started behaving very erratically, withdrawn, aggressive and seemed to try and deliberately provoke people. Then it became a bit too much. He started wearing shades in the office, and then built a huge fort around his desk with whatever he could find, so books, folders, plant pots. I was approached by a couple of members of staff who asked me to intervene as people were genuinely scared. I'm in the US, and people are rightly nervous about mass shootings, so HR immediately intervened and he didn't show up for work again


  • #137
    Wanderer78
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    ArnoldJRimmer wrote:
    Another started behaving very erratically, withdrawn, aggressive and seemed to try and deliberately provoke people. Then it became a bit too much. He started wearing shades in the office, and then built a huge fort around his desk with whatever he could find, so books, folders, plant pots. I was approached by a couple of members of staff who asked me to intervene as people were genuinely scared. I'm in the US, and people are rightly nervous about mass shootings, so HR immediately intervened and he didn't show up for work again


    The sad reality in some of these cases is, there's a possibility this chap was in fact experiencing the early stages of serious psychological distress, possibly a breakdown, and society doesn't react correctly, further complicating, and possibly further endangering those that find themselves in these situations, and possibly others to, and you d be wondering why America experiences so many gun crimes! I'd like to think he was sent for appropriate help, but that doesn't always happen, sometimes these folk are just sacked, and left to their own devices, which may not end well!

    I worked for a large corporation for a while, a work colleague was showing signs of serious distress, another work colleague realised this, they were brought immediately to the doctor, this is how you deal with these situations, I realise this is easier said than done, but......


  • #138
    NewbridgeIR
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I generally find people who are don't talk to their work colleagues aren't really classed as a weirdo. They are generally considered very shy or rude and snobby.

    Or misanthrophic.

    However I don’t understand why some people insist on having a rule that says “work colleagues can’t be my friends” and never socialise with them. I have met made some great friends through work.


  • #139
    angel eyes 2012
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    jmlad2020 wrote: »
    It amazes me how many people consider this behaviour as odd or immediately class the person as a "weirdo" just because they don't want to talk about superficial ****e like The Kardashians, clothes or generally entertain small talk.

    In my experience, it's even more expected to engage in small talk as a women. I worked with two women at one stage who constantly engaged in backstabbing others by talking about what they were wearing or blabbing on about clothes. At one stage they had a disagreement about the best way to clean a bathroom. Don't get me wrong, I can chat when the time is right and with people I get on with, but these two were a nightmare.

    They didn't like it that I was getting on with work and the boss who avoided confrontation called me in to ask why I wasn't going on teabreak with Mary and Jane. Anyway long story short after a few months of forced teabreak, I put in for a transfer. Maybe I am wrong but I always felt if I was a man the manager wouldn't have forced me to sit with those two.


  • #140
    Gervais08
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    My previous boss had a serious case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

    Ugh he was vile - imagine if your boss asked you to do a job? You’d phrase it as something like “x asked me to do y”.

    Not him. It was always “x has such faith in me that he has asked me to take the lead on delivering such an important and vital project that senior management will be aware of”. He even hired a total incompetent just because he was the same.

    The **** was the Peter Principle in graphic effect. It was only fear of losing my house that kept me from smacking the loser and I’m three weeks out of the job and thank God I am.


  • #141
    Wanderer2010
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    angel eyes 2012 wrote: »
    In my experience, it's even more expected to engage in small talk as a women. I worked with two women at one stage who constantly engaged in backstabbing others by talking about what they were wearing or blabbing on about clothes. At one stage they had a disagreement about the best way to clean a bathroom. Don't get me wrong, I can chat when the time is right and with people I get on with, but these two were a nightmare.

    They didn't like it that I was getting on with work and the boss who avoided confrontation called me in to ask why I wasn't going on teabreak with Mary and Jane. Anyway long story short after a few months of forced teabreak, I put in for a transfer. Maybe I am wrong but I always felt if I was a man the manager wouldn't have forced me to sit with those two.

    Thats the crucial difference beween men and women in the workplace, and something I have observed in all my jobs:

    If 2 men dont like each other they just stay away from each other as much as they can. A few drinks at a party might loosen their tongues and there might be a bit of trouble but thats the end of it.

    When 2 women dont like each other they put on a false smile and pretend that they do like each other. Insincere compliments about their clothes, commenting on facebook posts and all the while tearing the back off them to their other workmates and whispering and spreading gossip.


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  • #142
    Hangdogroad
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    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    Thats the crucial difference beween men and women in the workplace, and something I have observed in all my jobs:

    If 2 men dont like each other they just stay away from each other as much as they can. A few drinks at a party might loosen their tongues and there might be a bit of trouble but thats the end of it.

    When 2 women dont like each other they put on a false smile and pretend that they do like each other. Insincere compliments about their clothes, commenting on facebook posts and all the while tearing the back off them to their other workmates and whispering and spreading gossip.

    I worked in a canteen for a short while in 2000. Mostly women and virtually all of them smoked at lunch break (pre smoking ban). I was one of two non smokers, both fellas. One of the women was trying to give up smoking and when she wasnt there this other complete weapon was bitching about her and I remember her saying "see yer wan trying to give up the fags, who does she think she is?".


  • #143
    jmlad2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 691 ✭✭✭jmlad2020


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    I worked in a canteen for a short while in 2000. Mostly women and virtually all of them smoked at lunch break (pre smoking ban). I was one of two non smokers, both fellas. One of the women was trying to give up smoking and when she wasnt there this other complete weapon was bitching about her and I remember her saying "see yer wan trying to give up the fags, who does she think she is?".

    I can imagine yer wan said that In a thick inner city Dublin accent.


  • #144
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    jmlad2020 wrote: »
    Agreed and more often than not shy people are seen as being snobby. This correlation is definitely viewed negatively in the office environment.

    Yeah kinda, I have often been considered as such which is... whatever.

    I'm trying to focus on the task at hand, I don't have time for nonsense talk and gossip at the best of times. It helps if I think you are sound and genuine though.


  • #145
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    I once worked with a guy who got a kick out of ringing the Gardai anonymously telling them that there was a lad going around town selling drugs out of a car the exact same as his just to see what they would do. He did it once before he left work saying that the car would be on the motorway at a certain time and told us the next day he was pulled over and the whole car searched on the motorway. We never knew what to make of it or of him.

    Another guy used wear a nitrile glove while having a smoke to keep the smell off his hand.

    Had a guy who would only have his coffee in the canteen. He would never bring it into his office and wouldn't like if you went into his office with a cup of coffee in your hand. He would have 5 or 6 cups a day, all in the canteen which was quite a waste of time each day.


  • #146
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I once worked with a guy who got a kick out of ringing the Gardai anonymously telling them that there was a lad going around town selling drugs out of a car the exact same as his just to see what they would do. He did it once before he left work saying that the car would be on the motorway at a certain time and told us the next day he was pulled over and the whole car searched on the motorway. We never knew what to make of it or of him.

    Another guy used wear a nitrile glove while having a smoke to keep the smell off his hand.

    Had a guy who would only have his coffee in the canteen. He would never bring it into his office and wouldn't like if you went into his office with a cup of coffee in your hand. He would have 5 or 6 cups a day, all in the canteen which was quite a waste of time each day.

    I think all posters could add to their posts by putting the profession they work, or worked, in. :)


  • #147
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    In work at the moment, watching this guy have a mental breakdown over the boss not answering his phone about the job were on, the screaming at the swearing at the phone has just stopped. (This is funny because its actually stupid, and as much as I like to film it, I won't). Whoa he just fu¢ked his own phone into a field. Gotta go folks the guy in full breakdown mode now. Its great to be alive..

    alls well that ends well, he just hates the boss now instead of wanting to kill him (sometimes venting clears out the system). He got he's phone from the field and its a bit manky but ok. The main thing is he's calm down.


  • #148
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,901 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Kylta wrote: »
    In work at the moment, watching this guy have a mental breakdown over the boss not answering his phone about the job were on, the screaming at the swearing at the phone has just stopped. (This is funny because its actually stupid, and as much as I like to film it, I won't). Whoa he just fu¢ked his own phone into a field. Gotta go folks the guy in full breakdown mode now. Its great to be alive..

    phones suck balls!


  • #149
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,807 ✭✭✭take everything


    Some of these stories are hilarious.


  • #150
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    take everything wrote: »
    Some of these stories are hilarious.

    You actually couldn't make most of this stuff up if you tried. Its the unpredictably and how quickly people change some become sulky and moody, others explode like volcanos. Some people plod along in their own little eccentricities oblivious to what other people think (which I personally think is a good thing as long as its not harmful to the individual or others). And always remember that nobodys perfect (except me) so when your looking at other peoples quirks, their most probably looking at yours!
    The old mind it can be a minefield of mayhem at the best of times.


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  • #151
    Zebrag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 158 ✭✭Zebrag


    I currently work with a woman who genuinely believes the company will shut down if it wasn't for herself.

    If you're that lucky sod that got landed on the same table with her for lunch, be sure to walk away knowing her family background and why her daughter in law is now her ex daughter in law, Why her husband and ex husband don't talk to each other and why her grand-children should be in the smarter classes in school (?)

    She is on the same pay roll as me and we have the same contract so nothing more or nothing less is expected from us but she's one of those people that she will somehow make her role important. Honestly it amazes me how she makes a piece of paper seem so interesting when the words haven't moved all day and it's the same pieace of paper she has been holding all...day....long.

    She isn't a supervisor, a manager or anything above or below me and has tried to direct me on how to do my job which is fine if I asked but I'm in the same company nearly 10 years and she only started 3 years ago so my days of learning and wanting to expand my career is long gone. I'm more than happy to do the bare minium, get paid and off I go. Think The Office but in the form of Retail.

    It's not that she's eccentric but I think she doesn't have much of a life outside of work so she gets all the hours she can and pretty much runs around the shop. It's sad but at the same time she really doesn't help herself whatsoever


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