LJFH Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I was on the phone at my desk this morning...(not on a work related call mind you, but...this girl comes up and stands right in front of me.Instead of acknowledging that I was on the phone, leaving and coming back later when I wasn't busy, she proceeds to stand there...which meant that I couldn't have a private conversation as she was now the third party to it.When I put the person on hold for a second to see what she wanted, she goes "oh, sorry". As if!Why are people so damn ignorant.....grrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 People who use computers, but don't know what one is.Example > "My hard drive died" as they bring you the monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Unfortunately I probably fall into that category SSJ. Not quite as ignorant as the example you've outlined... but close.As for work pet peeves, for the most part I work at home by myself. But I get on my own nerves all of the time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Here's one of mine: people who fill up white boards in (shared) meeting rooms, then write "Please Leave On" on them. One room (that we use for a weekly group meeting) has only one white board, and last week, someone had done this.Hey, bozo! If the stuff that you wrote on the board is so all-fired important, write it down on paper. You've probably got a laptop, use it! Have somebody takes notes during the meeting, or at least hang around after the meeting, or come back later in the day, and transcribe what you wrote on the board. You want me to please you, by leaving it on the board? How long, o great one? In perpetuity? Oh, and thanks for doing it anonymously, you simpering inconsiderate idiot; I'd hate to be able to check with you before I decide to erase it a week later.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Sounds like your company needs one of these Bradm. We use it here at work, and it's absolutely brilliant.As for my pet peave, my biggest one is being given instruction from someone that I don't consider my direct superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 colleagues who think its cool to wait until the last minute and then expect everyone to pull an all-nighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I hate clients who arrive 3 or 4 hours late for a scheduled meeting. You think I'm making this up? Truth is always stranger than fiction; especially with my clients... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 As for my pet peave, my biggest one is being given instruction from someone that I don't consider my direct superior.I'm with ya. Here we call them Project Managers. They see "manager" in their job title and think it entitles them to order us around and make jokes about whether we'll get paid or not. Heelarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 They see "manager" in their job title and think it entitles them to order us around ...it doesnt? uh oh :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 everything to do with an office enviroment PERIOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I won't even bother today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Baj Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 peeking donw on what HELL really looks like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 As for my pet peave' date=' my biggest one is being given instruction from someone that I don't consider my direct superior.[/quote']I'm with ya. Here we call them Project Managers. They see "manager" in their job title and think it entitles them to order us around and make jokes about whether we'll get paid or not. Heelarious.I belong to this vile group of PMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 peeking donw on what HELL really looks like: I would kill for a cubicle. We have an 'open office concept' that brings way too much humanity into what should be a quiet, sterile, and efficient work environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 ya same here... WORK SUCKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 When people call me on my Friday lunch at the pub.I'm drinking here people, you should know better than calling me after 1:00pm on a Friday. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 One guy, whenever he needs to talk to me, comes up behind me, pulls up a chair from an unused desk and sits quietly waiting for me to get done whatever i'm doing and say "Yes, can I help you?" Half the time I have NO IDEA that he's even there, which then gives me a creepy feeling like he's a psycho stalker or something after he's been sitting there for ten minutes. Why doesn't he just come up and say "Can you help me with blah blah blah"!!?! I also hate listening to people's annoying fake laughs. One girl has the most annoying fake laugh that I have ever heard. Every time it comes out of her mouth I want to spaz and punch her. But I don't. And I hate how IT people seem to think they own the company. Yes, I GET IT. My computer isn't MY personal property. But neither is it yours SO F OFF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I also hate listening to people's annoying fake laughs. One girl has the most annoying fake laugh that I have ever heard. Every time it comes out of her mouth I want to spaz and punch her. But I don't.And the annoying fake laugh usually reverberates throughout the whole office. "Listen to me everybody, I live such a carefree existence! Tra-la-la-la-la."These are the type of people that eventually end up on stress leave when they realize everyone's laughing at them, not with them.Oh yeah, we have a PM that does this. Double whammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I also hate listening to people's annoying fake laughs. One girl has the most annoying fake laugh that I have ever heard. Every time it comes out of her mouth I want to spaz and punch her. But I don't. our hr manager has THE worst... we should pair them up somehow and get them to fake laugh together ... maybe it would cause them both to blow up or something..ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I have a colleague who laughs like Peter from The family Guy.I'm joking in no way....It makes me want to poke my own eyes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I work alongside a lovely woman.Having said that allow me please to rant about her. This person is a habitual sound-maker. Mumbling to herself, talking to her computer screen, arguing with her pen, asking herself questions out loud, humming a different tune than that which is on the radio, or humming along to the song on the radio without knowing how it goes. Not enough? Oh then there's the tendency to lapse into "accents" when speaking (even to herself), which in turn leads to a sort of pre-linguistic utterance of grunts and tones, usually exaggerated and repeated until I get up to just leave the room. Oh, she likes to talk to the radio, argue with the news reporter, the weatherman, the commercial, whatever. Oftentimes a single word will trigger a repetitive combination of much of the above. So, a commercial might have the word "cafe" in it, and for the next two or three minutes, I have this woman mumbling "cafe.... ca-fe.... ca-fey..... CA-fe...... CA-FEYFEY...... cu-fuy...... ca-fu...... cu-fa......", usually in exaggerated grunts, pseudo-Mexican accents, and interspersed with the hacking cough of a committed and proud smoker. Did I mention that when not making sounds, she sometimes likes to just smile and stare? "uh, what's up?" "oh, nothing, just looking at you."f-u-u-ck. This essentially is my day, everyday, Monday to Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Marco you should get an award or something...for not killing her by now...or yourself whichever...you deserve something...atleast the winner of having it the worst at work outta everyone so far on this thread...feel for ya man... WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 thankfully I have several thousand people here to take it all out on. thanks for the support bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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