Office Pet Peeves (Page 2)

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I think that those of us that accept our status and deal with it end up much happier than those that spend their lives fighting it, don't you?

I had a lady today say something similiar to having a case of the Mondays.  I was waiting for my Healthy Choice meal to be done in the microwave and an annoying coworkers kept talking as she was washing her fork.  I didn't really want to listen to her but then she asked me how I was doing, I said "fine and you?"  Big mistake.  She replies with "It's a monday."  Ugh...

I work in a small office (6 people, the office is kinda like a house layout) and one woman talks on her headset while she is in the washroom! We can hear her loud and clear... And she says hang on to people on the phone and then flushes! This happens all the time!

the guys from the shoptrack grease all over the office carpet and when you point it out to them, they say, that is why we have a cleaning lady.   I say, "here is your simply green, lady, get cleaning"

I hate the lame excuses for absenteeism.    

 Or the personal dramarama brought into the work place - I had a lady whose husband worked across the street.   They had been separated but were again living in the same house for the 2 kids they have together.   Well, she took every chance she could get to parade the boyfriend (aka father of baby on the way!) around - boyfriend would come in for lunch, husband would come and change keys so he could have the car with the seats in it for the kids.....    Surprise surprise - husband goes out for beers and then goes berserk - my emplyee has to "go into hiding" for a few days.......   

The person who burns the microwave popcorn.

oops. Mike45 already said that - it was on my mind 'cause it happend on Thursday (and still stinks today) 

You're missing your opportunity to goof off for a week, and then give him the old project with a new date.

I go in at 3 PM, but usually get there 10 minutes early, in order to put my lunch away, get organized etc.  I'm just barely coming in the door and I get, "Hey, has anyone talked to you about....."

Cut me some slack pal, let me get in the freakin door, I'm not even on the clock yet!  One of these days I'm going to call him at home at 12:55 AM, just before I leave work and say "Has anyone talked to you about....."

FMLA abuse- folks calling in just because.  

The fat chicks who moan about not being able to lose weight when they're downing a plate of really bad-for-you-food.

folks who don't clean up after themselves in the breakroom.  Management has threatened to take away our breakroom but they apparentely don't care!  Your mother does not work here.... 

Administrative types who do not understand the technology I use to do my job and so consider it trivial knowledge that could be explained fully in 10 minutes.

"So tell me how that database server thing works...".
Uh, no.

"You can just make a Perl to fix that this afternoon."
Uh, no.

"Why don't you write some Unicode for that to speed it up".
Uh, no.

Thankfully, the vast majority of people I work with make up a pretty decent bunch of folks.

Not really an office pet peeve but a co-worker pet peeve -

I have a coworker that is always telling me how good her life is, how fast she swims, how fast she runs, how wonderful and perfect her daughter is (she is the smartest in the class, best on the team, tallest in the class, has the most friends), how great her dog is, blah, blah, blah.

It just gets a little annoying after a while.

I hear you.  However, my co-workers know how intense coding can be, and they fully admit that they don't know how to code.  Therefore, when there is a problem with something (report, project, etc.) my response is ALWAYS, "It's a coding issue." 

Using that response is SO much easier than explaining the problem.  I can have the issue resolved by the time I explain the problem, answer any questions about what they don't understand regarding the problem or the solution, etc. etc. etc. 

Amen to that!  Or how about you get stuck sitting next to them in a meeting after they reek of cigarettes?  That gets on my nerves.  I wish there was a company policy that they have to shower and change clothes after every smoke.

They are the same people who refuse to work in the cold room due to "respiratory problems".  And they take smoke break outside the building in freezing temperature.