Annoying work colleagues habits

FarmerBrowne · 25-09-2019 10:54pm #1

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 · 25-09-2019 11:09pm

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 · 25-09-2019 11:09pm

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

25-09-2019 11:12pm

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 · 25-09-2019 11:13pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

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

Can be both!

25-09-2019 11:20pm

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 · 25-09-2019 11:21pm

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

25-09-2019 11:24pm

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.

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I wouldn’t want that job either.

The pay and conditions are really Baaaaad

whodafunk · 25-09-2019 11:36pm

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

Four Phucs Ache · 25-09-2019 11:40pm

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 · 25-09-2019 11:43pm

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 · 26-09-2019 12:08pm

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

ManOfMystery · 26-09-2019 12:11pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:08pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:09pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:14pm

The one colleague who tries to micro manage everything.

jam_mac_jam · 26-09-2019 1:14pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:18pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:22pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:23pm

Annoying habits - one or two continue to breathe

Wayne Jarvis · 26-09-2019 1:37pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:40pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:43pm

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 · 26-09-2019 1:53pm

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 · 26-09-2019 2:48pm

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 · 26-09-2019 2:54pm

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 · 26-09-2019 3:08pm

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 · 26-09-2019 3:12pm

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

odyssey06 · 26-09-2019 3:13pm

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 · 26-09-2019 3:16pm

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 · 26-09-2019 3:29pm

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.

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