What things do co-workers do to piss you off?

[prolesunited]

I just love when they send e-mails chewing you out at cc'ing it to all the supervisors above you, especially over something relatively trivial. Is that really necessary?

So, how do your office mates piss you off?

[Dora]

1. when they ask for something, but leave something important out

and then complain to your boss because you didn't give them what they asked for.

Not for future reference: A list is a list. It is not an excel spreadsheet, it is not a table in MS Word. You want me to give you a sortable maniupulatable document, ask for one. You want a list? I'll give you that too. Know the difference.

[LSK]

2. they shout to each other over the cubical wallls

Hello? Maybe Im on the phone1?!?! :grr:

[1gobluedem]

3. Reading my e-mail over my shoulder and commenting on it

-Picking things up off my desk and commenting on them; memos, correspondence, etc.

-Coming in my office door saying "Do you have time to meet with so and so" and having the person with them, thus creating an awkward situation.

-Blaming a decline in audience numbers on the marketing department because we don't advertise in the newspaper. Who reads the newspaper to see what's on the radio?

[sbj405]

22. Mine picked something out of my recycle bin and commented on it

I'm afraid he goes through the trash to figure out what I've had for lunch.

[xmas74]

4. Most of my coworkers just have to breathe and

report to work in order to piss me off in general.
I'd prefer to work alone.

[GOPisEvil]

5. Oh, that burns my ass, too!!

First off, can't we resolve whatever issue we have like two adults? Second, what in the hell makes you think everyone's boss needs to know about this relatively small thing? If you've had to ask me more than once for something, fine, let my boss know. But I think two adults can work out an issue without having to run to the recess lady.

[Patiod]

6. Stuffing the fridge

We have one fairly-large fridge, with a smallish pull-out freezer drawer for about 75 people. In the winter, a lot of people bring frozen entrees for lunch so they can have something hot without going out, but one person used to leave an entire loaf of bread in the freezer, someone left 4 Lean Cuisines, and someone has about 10 ice packs. No room for those of use schlepping in one lunch per day. I finally got mad about the bread, and moved it to the fridge, which is where it has remained.

Yesterday I couldn't fit my lunch in the freezer and got pissy, and pitched someone's entire bag of about 20 squares of cornbread into the fridge. Went in to get coffee, and she was carrying on "who would have stolen my cornbread?" I was a TOTAL COWARD and said "maybe there wasn't enough room the freezer, what with all the ice packs plus someone's Trader Joe's stuff". She was short, and couldn't see into the top shelves of the fridge, and I didn't stick around to help her, evil person that I am.

The huge bag of cornbread was BACK in the freezer this morning. I left it there, out of guilt if nothing else.

It's amazing how the little stuff can get on your nerves...

[Bunny]

26. Years ago, I coughed up about 80 bucks and bought a small

fridge for my office. It doesn't have much of a freezer, but it's MINE! ALL MINE! No one can put their stuff in it, no one can steal my stuff, I tell ya it was the best money I've ever spent for work.

[Kali]

40. Wouldn't it be easier to keep a frozen lunch in the fridge for a few hours

--it would heat faster that way since it would (maybe) be starting to thaw?

[Harley Quinn]

7. Have you seen the commercial

for Monster.com where the poor lone human is trying to deal with an office full of monkeys? That was the job I just left. I was dealing with the biggest amount of crap with the lowest pay and poorest benfits as my more "experienced" coworkers. 2 hour lunches for them, papers stacked eye-ball high on mine trying to keep the project afloat. When I saw that commerical, I identified completely!

HQ-looking for work again!

[donheld]

8. Anytime they don't go to bat for you

Every man/woman for himself. I guess we all have to save our own hide.

[Left Is Write]

9. I haven't had co-workers in a long time...

but these things have topped my list in the past

1. Stole my news and used the stories as his own. Got praised by the boss for his excellent news writing and reporting, unlike the "girl reporter" (me) who eventually got fired. No, I am not bitter.

2. Take things (pens, paper clips, erasers, thumbtacks, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FILES) off my desk without returning them, sometimes even losing them.

3. Help themselves to CD singles I HADN'T A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO YET because they were sure we wouldn't add them. CD singles, I might add, that were on MY desk in MY office and not put out for general use.

4. Come in late, gab on the phone all day, take long lunches, leave early, gossip about everyone, and let co-workers pick up the slack for undone work.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Exist

[malta blue]

11. trim their fingernails

GRRR

[ET Awful]

12. They call me and ask for help with their computers . . . .

I mean I AM the IT guy and all, but still . . . . .

:evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

14. I bet you get a lot of really stupid questions.

That would irritate me.

[ET Awful]

15. Occasionally, the ones that irritate me most are the people that outright

lie to me.

"My computer says my account has been locked out."

"Well, the only thing that can cause that is too many incorrect login attempts."

"What does that mean?"

"Did you type your password in correctly?"

"No, I know what my password is, I know I typed it in right."

"Me, odd, that's not what the system log says, it says right here you entered the incorrect password 3 times."

"Then the log is lying, I know I entered it right."

"Is your caps lock key on?"

silence. . . . . . . .

[Patiod]

27. Do you read SharkTank in Computerworld

Funny user stories - it's a favorite of my brother, the IT guy

http://www.computerworld.com/departments/opinions/sharktank/

[MindPilot]

28. Oh man I hate users sometimes

Especially the ones who catch me in the parking lot and follow me into the building all the while regaling with their tales of weekend cyber-daring-do, which usaully entails some incredibly ecosteric question: "So would it be worth upgrading my system to the Kludgebot K-75 to run XP128.2 or should I just buy a new one?"

[MindPilot]

29. You might like this: An open letter to users.

Dear End User:

It is not my fault your computer is broken. It is not my fault your data has vanished. It is not my fault that you didn’t do anything when I told you three weeks ago your hard drive was starting to fail. It is not my fault your boss is too complacent or cheap to make sure your department has spares. It is not my fault your budget doesn’t allow for repair costs. It is not my fault you have a presentation due/emails to answer/orders to fill/month-end closing, etc.

I cannot make service “fix it sooner.” I cannot make your 25GB of pst files, music and videos magically leap from one drive to another. (OK, I can, but it’s gonna take six hours.) I cannot make your five-year-old P-3 faster with some miraculous “upgrade” because your manager didn’t include new computers in your budget. I cannot “transfer” your downloaded bootlegged unlicensed software to your new computer.

I do not know why it broke nor can I predict the future and tell you what computer won’t. I do not know why the wireless at your home/hotel/airport does not work. I do not know why Microsoft does something or what Bill Gates is thinking. I do not know how that virus or spyware got on your computer. (Actually I do, and I also know you’ll deny it.) I do not know why management chose to implement McAfee even though your next door neighbor told you Norton is better. I do not know why people write viruses and I really don’t care that you think you do.

What I do know is the longer you stand at my desk or keep me on the phone making me explain this shit, the longer it’s going to be before you see a working computer.

Sincerely,

Your Desktop Support Guy

[fizzgig]

48. i'm sure you get a lot of stupid questions

my dad said tech support for many years and i heard about the calls, with that said, i know what questions my tech guys are going to ask because my dad asks me those same questions when i call with a questions with my computer/car/whatever

but i've gotten some equally stupid answers from my tech guys

me: "this is s in the news room and our printers (there are only two in the whole newsroom and they sit right next to each other) keep saying there's a jam. i've opened all the doors and looked everywhere and i can't find the jam"

tech guy: "i don't know what you're talking about"

"the printers in the news room"

"i don't know what you're talking about"

wtf?

however, my personal favorite is when i call with a computer problem and say "i've done a, b, c and d and still get the same error message"

they ask me if i did a, i say yes; they ask me if i did b, i say yes, etc...

:rant:

but on the whole, there are a few tech guys who are very helpful

[skygazer]

13. I don't work in an office

I work in a grocery store. And actually most of my co-workers don't bother me at all - most of them are very cool to work with. But there's one checker who drives everyone batty - she's just one of those people who thinks the trivial details of her boring life are somehow of interest to the entire world (including the customers - she tells the customers stuff that I know must drive them nuts, too, like the whole recent saga of her root canal).

[Sequoia]

16. Talking too much...yak, yak, yak.

Also asking a question when the answer is at her fingertips. What time is it in a clock shop sort of thing.

[khashka]

17. When I worked retail.....

Worked with this guy.... total bastard.

This guy used to come in and buy a copy of Playgirl. He was polite and nice. My co-worker would go into his anti-homosexual rant. Loudly.

We had a woman customer - a mail order bride - who gave me her credit card and said "Buy anything you think I will like". I did, with the proviso that anything she didn't like would be returned. She came in. I came in and heard him screaming at her "Can't you fucking speak English? I can't understand a word you say!"

I eventually got him fired. But, honestly, I think getting fired wasn't enough. I would have enjoyed killing him. Slowly.


Khash.

[Initech]

18. Give me 10,000,000 things to do when I'm supposed to be working 1/2 day

Happens 9 times out of 10, swear to god!

[sbj405]

19. Where should I start?

Speakerphone - should be banned in cubeland
Taking credit for my work (unsuccessfully I should add)
Reading over my shoulder - if you need to know I'll cc you
Printing reams of paper and then leaving them on the printer and the flip side the guy that also prints "an extra" for me. Those go directly in the recycle bin.

[DS1]

20. Not read my mind, expect a humane work environment, not

fly to work after hours on demand like Navy Seals do, ask for money, bother me about this thing called food, get pregnant, get sick, get anything else that requires me to build a holding pen around them so the others don't get infected.

The list goes on. :grr:

[nini]

21. someone at the same level as you did that?

You need a course in the 'nini art of snide, yet subtle comebacks all wrapped in a nice little package'. There's an art involved in replying and making them look bad in a way they can't call you on. I love that challenge actually.

Anyone at my level or beneath me would NEVER get away with that.

[Redstone]

23. My only co-worker is Mrs R, so the answer would be nothing.

Redstone

[bleedingheart]

24. 1. taking credit for my work

2. getting promoted after taking credit for my work
3. The people who know that I was taken advantage of and they said nothing.

there is Schadenfreude though...the person who took credit for my work is now screwing with the people who did not rise up in my defense...so I now laugh at their misery....bwahahahahaha

[Javaman]

25. I hate all my co-workers...

In fact. I hate people.

It's up to them to prove to me they are worthy of my attention.

Tomorrow I take over the world.

[Bzzzz]

30. Going thru my filing cabinet...

keeping track of my time in and out of the office...checking to see if I'm in my office...we have a mother hen so to speak that is a complete 'bitch' in my book. She needs to worry about her own job instead of the rest us in my dept.

[Pied Piper]

34. Our HR director keeps tabs like that.

We call her the Hall Monitor.

[Bzzzz]

35. Our HR director...

is 50 miles away at our home office and could care less about anyone other than the CEO...get my drift???

[philosophie_en_rose]

41. A Conspiracy of Lazy-ass Idiots.

I can ignore gossip. I can ignore nosy comments. My overall philosophy at work is that I won't make an issue out of petty things, as long as they don't interfere with me directly.

However, I cannot ignore people that waste so much time gossiping and complaining and monitoring other people that they fail at their own jobs and create more work for me. I especially detest complaining or "hall monitoring" by hypocrites that only complain about others to take the focus from their own failure to perform.

:grr: I use to work with an idiot that surfed the internet all damned day and then expected sympathy from me, when I had to finish months worth of back logged projects because internet shopping was more important. :grr:

Second peeve, incompetent management that enables idiots.

(And Freeper Central!)

I'm so grateful that I don't have to associate with those people ever again.

[REDKING]

31. They all listen and like the worst radio station..

..that is on air.Driving me fucking nuts.

[gizmo1979]

32. Whine and whine

they whine when there's work they whine when there's no work.They whine it's too hot and blah blah blah.

[calico1]

33. I have one coworker who

constantly moans and whines about how much she hates her job. You know what? Quit already.

My neighbor in the cubicle next door trims his nails at his desk.

And my immediate supervisor is a totally self absorbed, shallow person who no matter what subject you are talking about will find a way to segue into a conversation about her latest expensive decorating project, her latest piece of jewelry, etc. Ugh.

[AKPacker]

36. Coffee

The person who took the last cup and never bothered to make a fresh pot. :mad:

[Pied Piper]

37. Don't get me started

I work in a 6-man IT dept. I'm the low rung on the totem pole, so I do almost all of the desktop support, which I actually enjoy. Our users are the same as users everywhere - some are capable of troubleshooting printer driver errors on their own, and some can't figure out how to print an envelope. However, the guy who shares an office with me is insufferable. He brings his own personal storm cloud with him where ever he goes. If there is a possibility that something can go wrong, it will go wrong for him. He never hesitates to pick up the phone to call a web-master's supervisor when he can't get a web page to open. He calls his electric company, his bank, his ISP, the cable company, and always demands to speak to "someone in charge." (My boss finally got him to lay off all the phone calls.) Now, he just never shuts up; he tells me every dull detail of his meaningless life. I positioned myself so that my back is to him, but he doesn't understand body language. We say that he only transmits, he doesn't receive. He burps, farts, and clips his nails. He brings in stinky food from home which he heats up in the microwave and eats at his desk. :wtf:

When he actually picks up the department hotline, he says to me, "That was Mary from Management. Which one is she again? Where is her office?" Excuse me, dumbass, she's the one whose computer you fucked up last week, and she's still in the same office. You've been here for 4 years and you can't name everyone in the Business Office? (BTW, we are a subset of the Business Office, and there are 18 people, plus my dept.) :banghead:

He's pretty incompetent and consistently turns in sloppy work, which I will eventually have to fix. I don't know why they haven't fired him yet, except for the fact that he's been voted "most likely to go postal." When I went in for my annual review, my boss asked me if I felt I had accomplished anything significant in the last year, I replied, "Well, I managed to go another year without killing _____!" My boss laughed. I think my name was Job in a previous life...

:rant:

[MiniMandaRuth]

38. Let's list the way schoolmates piss me off....

1. Beg for answers, and if I start to help out a friend of mine, they get pissed at me.

2. Narrow-mindedness about the world outside.

3. Crappy taste in music, while all the while dissing my music. I nearly beat the last kid that called 'The Clash' a 'Crappy, out dated bunch of posers.'

I'M GETTING STEAMED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT!!!

[cwydro]

39. Three of us

work in the same office...one is a supe and she is great. But the other guy is so quiet, never talks or passes the time of day. Others from other departments come in and chat (everyone is friendly) and he sighs in exasperation and goes in the other room. He talks to himself all the time, including cursing (mild) and sighs and moans continually. We do NOT have a high stress job. When he does talk, he puts down members of other departments and generally gives the impression he thinks he is smarter than the rest of us. Attempts to draw him out are met with a stone wall. What a jerk.

[buddhamama]

42. falling asleep at their desk

while you're swamped with work is NOT cool.

[NashVegas]

43. Not Only Supervisors

In the company I work for, people will cc everyone in the company to point fingers when something goes wrong.

The other CC thing that drives me batty is when someone in another department wants to float an idea for my department, and cc's it to all the other department heads and management.

[justabob]

44. whistling nt

[Lady President]

45. Speakerphone

The person next to me uses speakerphone constantly. It makes me crazy. I always thought I could ignore anything, but apparently I need some quiet. It would be okay if it was business related, but today she listened to the auto-recording of yesterdays lottery numbers over and over. "The pick-3 was 5-7-4. The pick-4 was 5-9-2-6. You can't win if you don't play." Repeat. Repeat. Repeat...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. Complaining about everything.

There are a couple of them who hole up in one of their cubicles and piss and moan ad nauseam about how unfair everything is and how badly treated they are (and they really aren't), waah, waah, waah. and every conversation you have with these two winds up in a bitch-fest. So if they don't like their job, can't they just find something else and stop raining on everybody else's parade?

[salin]

47. Skipping out on duties,

expecting someone else to take over and cover the duty - and having no regard for the extra time required of the other person for - repeatedly - stepping in (and thus having to stay later and later to cover their own tasks as well as those left "uncovered."

[CBHagman]

49. Supervisor shoves her political views down our throats.

If anyone dares to criticize, say, The Washington Times or Newt Gingrich, she'll jump down his/her throat. But she feels free to be as nasty as she wants to be about Democrats or so-called liberal publications.

She also bad-mouths, very freely, staff who are out of the room. This includes her superiors (I know, I know: Where does she find them? :eyes:). She has been even known to criticize other staff during an employee evaluation.

On the day she's due back from vacation, she'll call in sick. When she suspects there will be a slow day at work, she'll wait until we've all arrived at the office and then call to say she's not going to come in.

Of course she always takes a Christmas vacation for herself, but has been known to raise an unholy fuss about vacation scheduling conflicts with other employees. She was particularly nasty to me when I was planning a visit to a friend who was dying, and she was even worse to me the Christmas after I had my heart attack.

[newportdadde]

50. I'll vote for copying the whole fucking world on an email.

It is not neccessary to bring every little problem that occurs to upper management to just freak them completely out because they do not understand what the hell is going on in the first place.

Judge me for coming 30min later then them while they go out for a 30min breakfast and a 1h 30min lunch but its all good because they got in 30min earlier even though I do not take time for breakfast and only 30min for lunch.

[Nikia]

51. Different job than everyone else, but these things annoy me

I work in quality assurance at a food processing facility. I have my own lab/office. Most of the other people who work in the facility work in production.
1. Taking stuff out of my lab without telling me and not bringing it back.
2. On a similiar note, breaking stuff in my lab, getting rid of the remenents. and not telling me.
3. Making a mess in my lab while I am gone and leaving it for me.
4. Getting injured or sick from doing something stupid in my lab that they had no business doing and acting like it was my fault that they got sick or injured.
5. Doing something that would cause me to sick or injured in my lab by their actions.
6. Interrupting me and expecting me to drop everything to help them when their problem is not that urgent.
7. Not understanding anything about my work after I have explained it to them.
8. Blaming me for their mistakes.
9. Acting like I am a slacker because I take all of my breaks for the allotted time and don't find a way to work off the clock, which is expressly forbidden by the company handbook anyway.

[Love Bug]

52. Wordy, word, word!

I've had that happen to me, usually by insecure, small minded suckups.

[enigami]

53. show up n/t

[Ariana Celeste]

54. How about my SO's coworkers?

It doesn't happen anymore, but about a year ago, before my SO got promoted, his leads would criticize him non stop about the fact I don't work, saying he needs to *make* his lazy wife get a job. At that point, as much as it frustrated my SO, he was afraid to talk back or defend the way we live because they were all his leads and he was just a regular worker. x( They also criticized him for the fact that we don't drive (a personal choice, mind you), and that we don't buy a lot of useless stuff- which is why they thought I should get off my ass and work, because we didn't buy a lot of stuff. Which of course must mean we are poor, which is my fault, of course- you know, because useless crap is really important.

As I said, doesn't happen anymore... but it pissed me off! Mind your own damned business.