Annoying Co Worker Habits

jezzer

FortySeven wrote: »

Car dealership. Tis great craic really. except for the coffee, that's getting expensive. Might buy a few mousetraps to catch the buggers.

mice are eating the coffee eh? prank phone calls in work are brilliant

Wanderer78

jezzer wrote:

mice are eating the coffee eh? prank phone calls in work are brilliant

Prank emails are fun to, one of ours involved a Thai sex change clinic which ended in a phone call from the clinic. Pure genius

FortySeven

jezzer wrote: »

mice are eating the coffee eh? prank phone calls in work are brilliant

Came in this morning after yesterday off. No coffee. Ready to step up to rat traps at this stage. With spikes and possibly some kind of fire.

northgirl

Leaving food in the fridge for days.. weeks... the spaghetti in tomato sauce that was growing mold has finally been disposed of thank the lord

jezzer

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Prank emails are fun to, one of ours involved a Thai sex change clinic which ended in a phone call from the clinic. Pure genius

brilliant, did they call looking for a specific person?

frutierutie

I work with someone who burps well belches constantly all day every day. Doesn't matter whose in the office higher up staff/customers, if she feels like burping out it comes. It's also like she's proud of this as she comments 'wow that was a big one' but what's more annoying is sometimes other staff will laugh (while I cringe) and agree so it's almost like giving her the approval that she can belch all day without a bother. Never thought I minded someone burping but oh god do I hate it now!

I would write a book on some of her office habits but can't say anything as she's best buddies with the manager. Office politics is the worse some times.

Wanderer78

jezzer wrote:

brilliant, did they call looking for a specific person?

Haha yea, was some laugh. He's a legend with prank emails. Do not leave your computer unlocked around him!

KillerShamrock

I work with a guy who is in his late 40's early 50's and has yet to master the art of blowing his nose I know 2/3 year olds who can do this, I have heard in excess of 100 sniffles since 8:45 this morning

I AM FIT TO KILL AT THIS POINT IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE LAST JULY WHEN HE STARTED HERE!!!!!

I am thinking of buying as many of those little pocket pack of tissues as I can carry and either beating him to death with them or leaving them all over his desk.

jezzer

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Haha yea, was some laugh. He's a legend with prank emails. Do not leave your computer unlocked around him!

brilliant

jezzer

When your co-worker doesnt come in and your left in the sh1t but they get away with it

Nokia6230i

Bloke I used to work wi' would hop into car on Monday & Friday mornings esp. smelling like a brewery after all day/late night session.

Used fall asleep on one of the two forklifts; got told go back of warehouse & sleep it off; cushty!

Transferred to my Dept. & bar the gargle issues the cigarette breaks too the ****.

10:45am away off he'd fock for 5 mins. minimum before his own break came along at 11:15am or so.

1:30pm; same thing & then lunch break at 2:30pm.

3:15pm, same thing & then off for actual break at 3:45pm.

45 Mins. daily x 5 = an awful lot of lost productivity time.

I raised it a few times but got nowhere so after a while I downed tools each time he did it til he came back; well if you can't beat 'em etc.

Had a lady fond of the booze herself only she drank on the job; used frequent the powder room more often than if she'd a feed of porter & a dodgy curry before she was found out.

Another lady who worked near the edge of a cage that led to an edge with a 10 Ft. drop enjoyed a bottle or two too many of Latvian vodka. Started wobbling a bit much one day & had to be escorted home for own safety.

This in a company that if a Dept. achieved "Zero Defects" each got a Tee-Shirt in the boardroom of a Friday evening.....and a glass of champers & sure you'd have to drink someone elses too if they were tee-total or if it didn't agree wi' them!

jezzer

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Bloke I used to work wi' would hop into car on Monday & Friday mornings esp. smelling like a brewery after all day/late night session.

Used fall asleep on one of the two forklifts; got told go back of warehouse & sleep it off; cushty!

Transferred to my Dept. & bar the gargle issues the cigarette breaks too the ****.

10:45am away off he'd fock for 5 mins. minimum before his own break came along at 11:15am or so.

1:30pm; same thing & then lunch break at 2:30pm.

3:15pm, same thing & then off for actual break at 3:45pm.

45 Mins. daily x 5 = an awful lot of lost productivity time.

I raised it a few times but got nowhere so after a while I downed tools each time he did it til he came back; well if you can't beat 'em etc.

Had a lady fond of the booze herself only she drank on the job; used frequent the powder room more often than if she'd a feed of porter & a dodgy curry before she was found out.

Another lady who worked near the edge of a cage that led to an edge with a 10 Ft. drop enjoyed a bottle or two too many of Latvian vodka. Started wobbling a bit much one day & had to be escorted home for own safety.

This in a company that if a Dept. achieved "Zero Defects" each got a Tee-Shirt in the boardroom of a Friday evening.....and a glass of champers & sure you'd have to drink someone elses too if they were tee-total or if it didn't agree wi' them!

and we wonder what happened the celtic tiger?!!

Sounds like a great place to work though, bet the day goes really quickly with all the breaks and boozing

magicmoves

Have a co-workoer who sits beside me who is constantly chewing gum with his mouth open which is disgusting, Picking his nose all the time and smells of cigarettes. A joy to sit beside.

doolox

Every thing I have read in this thread is so trivial as to be comedic in its portrayal of total intolerance in the workplace.

People are not perfect but what is needed is the courage to look for and get the necessary tools for your job, a private office if needed.

Some work can be done on laptops in a more remote location if needed to get away from the "madding crowd".

I know that there were times when I could have killed on account of the behaviour of my former fellow workmates.

Then there were certainly times when my behaviour drove them up the walls.

We had to learn to get on together which is the most difficult thing to achieve in any organisation.