What irks you more in the workplace?

[Bertha Venation]

edited to add two obvious things I missed

[bonemachine]

1. It's gotta be the customers

Hands down...

[Paul Hood]

5. customers

This job would be great if it
wasn't for the customers.

[NoPasaran]

9. Yeah, customers

Can't live with 'em
Can't stuff 'em into a wood chipper

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. People who stand outside my office and talk constantly about drivel.

Instead of working! And come in late, take long lunches and leave early.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

3. How about "Not having one"?

:hurts:

[Nikia]

4. None of those are usually a problem for me

Someome stole my candy on two separate instancs but that hasn't happened for over a year.
What irks me? Unfortunately, it isn't such trivial things.

[Burma Jones]

6. I work at home, so it is usually the kids listening to Raffi

[Nikia]

7. One of the more minor issues at work that irks me

I am in quality assurance and take samples which I leave in the cooler downstairs. I need to bring these upstairs. Usually there are too many samples to carry easily so I put them on my cart and use the frieght elevator. There is only one freight elevator.
Sometimes people leave things on the freight elevator like a full skid of boxes so I cannot get my cart on there too. This really makes me upset especially if I wasn't having that good of a day to begin with.

[cprompt]

8. remember the golden rule

if we don't take care of our customers, maybe they will stop bothering us. nah for me the coffee thing hit home, i am the only one talented enough to make a pot of coffee or it evaporates in about 30 minutes.

[flamingyouth]

10. People who won't shut the hell up

I work with a persistent talker. She even keeps talking at me while I'm walking into the bathroom! Sometimes I have to say, "It's time to stop talking now" to her.

[corporatewhore]

11. scary Bosses

my last boss screamed at six of my fellow employees made them cry i told her off got fired

[smirkymonkey]

12. People swiping pens from my desk...

I have an issue w/ pens and only use a certain kind. I am very possesive of them (I don't know why, it's very bizarre) and it drives me insane when pens are missing from my desk or I see someone walking around with one of MY pens (even though they are paid for by the company, I still think of them as mine - Wacked, I know).

I am not like this with anything else, except of course when I see people in the office wearing MY underwear on their head.