Happy Hump Day -- office pet peeves/co-worker vent

knottie9c5ed33df4bbd226 · July 2015

novella1186 said:

hicoco said:

cupcait927, I have a coworker who shaves his head with an electric razor at his desk about once a week. Razor stays on his desk the rest of the time.

WTF who does that?! Unless you are employed in a hair salon, you should not be cutting your hair at work

Tell me about it. It's so gross and the buzzing drives me nuts.

photokitty · July 2015

A co-worker recently has felt the need to pick up personal items on my desk and examine them while she talks to me. Seriously, leave my water bottle the fuck alone, please!

OllisaurusRex · July 2015

The weird substitute teacher felt the need to comment on my Hot Tamales. Bitch, I'm dealing with kids who don't want to be here for freaking detention, I am taking my candy break so I don't tell the spawn exactly what I think of them. It's Hot Tamales or Fireball and some people have issues with me drinking at work.

Apparently people aren't cleaning out the fridge properly either. This is why I have a lunch bag cooler thing and can avoid the fridge entirely.

mollybarker11 · July 2015

Every so often someone on my floor does the Hunger Games whistle.

lovesclimbing · July 2015

Well, these aren't exactly coworker problems, but they're office problems. Our office is right across a very narrow road (one lane) from a duplex. I had my window open for a while because it was hot and I start smelling cigarette smoke. Sure enough, guy was parked down there chilling around and was smoking. I had to shut my window until he left. Ick. Nothing I hate worse than cigarette smoke.

Also, I had a major problem with hornets coming through my window. Seven in six days! I had a screen, but the screen had a hole built in for the handle, and of course the hole cover was lost. No AC, so on warm summer days, I'll die if the windows not open. They've seemed to die down lately, thank goodness!

[Deleted User] · July 2015

mollybarker11 said:

Every so often someone on my floor does the Hunger Games whistle.

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This reminded me... the coworker I mentioned who makes up injuries and argues with his cable company at his desk leaves his ringer on his cell phone (and loud)... His text tone is the Hunger Games whistle. And I always know when his mom is calling because he has this obnoxious ringer that screams "HELLO...YOUR MOM IS CALLING, PICK UP THE PHONE, etc..."

cupcait927 · July 2015

@hicoco the head shaving - I can't even. You win cause that is nasty!

sarahufl · July 2015

I'm sorry, but WHO cuts their nails at work?! (I mean, clearly lots of people but GROSS).

When I first started my current job, I had this epic disaster of a boss. And my first week I had to share a desk with her and another guy because of space issues, which was bad enough. But she eats pickled herring out of a jar, with chopsticks, 3 times a day. In a SHARED WORKSPACE. I wasn't even sure what to say.

MJKlover · July 2015

Today is Thursday--our weekly staff meeting day. This meeting is supposed to start at 4:15pm but usually doesn't actually get started until 4:45pm. In my field it is imperative that we meet to discuss clients' treatment issues on a regular basis. Every other company I have ever worked for these meetings take an hour--max. But not here. We often don't leave until after 7:00pm and a few weeks ago it was nearly 8:00pm. "Why", you may ask. Well, because our boss is the most histrionic person I have ever met and these meetings are her stage, her chance to have everyone's attention. We get updates on her kids, her home remodeling projects, the latest Coach sales, why her nail salon is the best in town, etc. And if we even think about having a side conversation with a co-worker, we get screamed at as if we are children.

I really hate Thursdays. Except during the school year when these stupid-ass meetings are on Fridays! Because that's how you want to start off your weekends.

natswild · July 2015

@AlisonM23, I used to work at a job as night supervisor, and had a coworker who used to "copy" injuries! If someone had a stomachache, he had it, if someone got a strep throat, he'd get it, and so on. The funniest time was when I'd gotten back from spending 10 days in hospital due to reproductive problems, and when I got back, he told me he was suffering from the same problem! I told him that the only way he'd have that problem was if he spontaneously changed gender. That shut him up!

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