Daily weirdness of others

wally1990

LCD wrote: »

Colleague arrives in work, parks his car, goes in (30sec walk from car to desk) clocks in, goes back out & moves his car literally 2 spaces over, walks 30sec back to his desk

Could actually write a book on his habits

I know a guy who had OCD we thought and only years later it hit me it may be mild autism but anyway he always a certain parking space outside work and the car park is always full after 9am so on shift work he may be due to start at 10 or 9 or even 9 and will come to work at 8am everyday and sit in the car and wait unless his shift starts because he likes a certain parking space. Just sits for like 3 hours and listens to radio in his car . Thought it was a bit strange instead of walk an extra 2 min from our other car park

wally1990

pauliebdub wrote: »

6541 wrote: »

Someone might tell a story at work, then this guy in the group with a big red rounded bogman's head on him will take a deep breath, shuffle on his feet and proceed to tell some boring one upmanship story, I can actually time it.

I used to work with a girl like that too, horrible fat ginger creature, would always try to get one up on someone else

i e; a colleague would pass accountancy exams - she would know someone who came first in the country or won an award. Someone went on a nice holiday - she went there too and had access to a nice villa and would go out on a yacht. Someone brings a homemade cake to work - she would know someone who owned an artisan cake shop and would do the cake differently. It was all bull****.

Absolutely hate people like this ! So annoying to be around and won't give any credit for something good but rather prove there better or know something better

ArnoldJRimmer

Guy who used to work in the office would pull his trousers and pants down to his knees whenever he'd take a leak at the urinal. Just stand there with his big hairy arse on show to whoever else happened to be in the jacks at the time.

Worked with another guy who plastered his cubicle with pictures of dogs wearing human clothes. These weren't his own dogs, just random pictures of dogs wearing yellow raincoats or dresses and hats, think there may have been a sailor's outfit on one too.

Zaph

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Worked with another guy who plastered his cubicle with pictures of dogs wearing human clothes. These weren't his own dogs, just random pictures of dogs wearing yellow raincoats or dresses and hats, think there may have been a sailor's outfit on one too.

I worked with someone once who dressed her dog like that all the time. Apparently the dog had dozens of outfits. She lived with her parents, and whenever she was on the phone to her mother the dog would have to be put on so she could have a chat with it. In fairness, I think the mother was just as bad.

osarusan

Darkglasses wrote: »

Do you take both hands off the bars to celebrate when you arrive home too?

No.

In fact, the extremely muted celebration has been discussed by the commentators.

team_actimel

wally1990 wrote: »

Absolutely hate people like this ! So annoying to be around and won't give any credit for something good but rather prove there better or know something better

They're a pain. I seem to come across these people more as I get older. They won't even acknowledge your story and you can see while you're saying your bit that they can't wait for you to finish and proceed to listening to their superior story.

Odelay

team_actimel wrote: »

They're a pain. I seem to come across these people more as I get older. They won't even acknowledge your story and you can see while you're saying your bit that they can't wait for you to finish and proceed to listening to their superior story.

That's nothing, I have to work with someone that is ten times worse than that!

bottlebrush

Zaph wrote: »

I worked with someone once who dressed her dog like that all the time. Apparently the dog had dozens of outfits. She lived with her parents, and whenever she was on the phone to her mother the dog would have to be put on so she could have a chat with it. In fairness, I think the mother was just as bad.

I thought the dog's outfit thing was bad, but ringing her mother even though she lived with her.....well that's the weird thing here!!

elefant

phelixoflaherty wrote: »

Big chats in the canteen every day about GAA bog ball and all the big MIN who were playing

We should think about renaming this thread to 'things I don't like at work'.

washman3

IK09 wrote: »

This isnt something I have experience of, but one of my friends works with someone he refers to as "The Phantom".

The story goes back years with a friend who filled me in on the situation over a pint. He works in a large medical device company in Galway and one day while making the trip to the leithris, he enters a cubicle. Someone has filled the toilet with toilet paper and proceeded to take a massive dump on top of the toilet paper, not only rendering the toilet unusable, leaving a terrible mess for the cleaning staff, but stinking the place up.

I learned the story from him quite early on. He was scarred by his experience. He understood, that there was a certain amount of "two fingers up" to the company in this act, but could not get his head around why the person felt the need to punish others also.

A month later I get a text, it read "it happened again", I needed no further explanation, the 3 words could mean only one thing. Again, we met for a pint and he still cant get his head around it. Why does he have to smell this persons sh1te when he goes into the bathroom he asks himself.

When it happened for the third time, he denounced this man and gave him the title "The Phantom". He swore that he would find him. He studied his habits, taking note of the weeks, days, and times that "The Phantom" struck, but to no avail, there was no pattern. He struck as and when he pleased. Sometimes leaving months between his exploits, sometimes, only days.

It got to the stage where when redundancies and severance packages were being offered, my friend was less concerned with the possibility of losing his job, than he was that "The Phantom" might lose his before he caught him.

My friend has become obsessed. Like an old detective trying to solve a case. The most disturbing thing about the scenario is that as he walks into the toilet, the scent invades his nostrils. He can smell that "The Phantom" has acted before he even enters the cubicle to get visual confirmation.

To this day, almost 3 years later, I still receive the mandatory text that "The Phantom" has struck. To his distress, "The Phantom" remains at large.

This post deserves its own thread...!!!

Darkglasses

osarusan wrote: »

No.

In fact, the extremely muted celebration has been discussed by the commentators.

I keep it muted when I arrive into work. That's because I've been doing the lead out work for the (imaginary) sprinter.

retro:electro

I used to work with a guy who would literally get into a panic about anything he had to do. If we needed to enter a sterile room we'd have to gown up and do so in a specific way and he would literally have a fit every single day and be trying to force himself into the gown and fcukin and blinding that this was unacceptable and his arms flapping all over the place.
If we asked him to do the most simple of task he'd say "I'm in here since 7:30 this morning", like we'd all be in at that time but for some reason he'd have to mention it every single day when he was asked to do anything. He got into a physical fight with the photo copier once too.

somesoldiers

I do a counting thing on my fingers

Start at the thumb, count 5 to the little finger then back again.
Then I start at the little finger to thumb and back again, repeat once
Then repeat the first lot

So the sequence is
T-f, f-t
F-t, t-f
F-t, t-f
T-f, f-t

Exact symmetry complete, move to next set, does anyone else do this? Would be interested in meeting like minded people

I also do it with buttons on the remote. My excuse is that I want to be able to know where every button is without having to look down, but it's just my thing

Cantona's Collars

anna080 wrote: »

He got into a physical fight with the photo copier once too.

Did he have his ass handed to him by it? :p

masterK

I used to work with a guy who ordered a lettuce sandwich with no butter or mayo on white bread for lunch, this was every single day for about 3 years. He wasn't vegetarian or anything

Aglomerado

I used to work in a place (in 1999) that was in a 1950s time warp. All the management were men and female managers were daughters/ nieces of the MD. The regular office staff were all women. Permanent office staff wore uniforms of skirt, blouse and jacket, plus court shoes (I didn't as I was temporary).

The only man who worked in or around the office floor was a graphic designer type guy. He was famously antisocial and awkward around women. Every single week a new clock card would be put out for him (these were the old school hole punch cards). Every single week he refused to punch his card, as doing so would have to walk into where the offices were, with their glass walls where he could be seen coming and going. He got away with it too, whereas we wouldn't!!!

I used to have to ask him to run order forms for me, and when they were ready, he'd ring a random extension in the office (only 1 in 2 desks had phones), wait for an answer, then slam the phone down without saying anything. This was the universal signal for "Come and collect your forms".

He was good at his job though, in fairness.

Dolph Starbeam

I count how many letters are in words or sentences in my head to see if it comes to an even or odd number, not all the time, just when bored. I don't do it as much any more but I used to do it a lot.

Esel

Thread is about weirdness of others...

whoopsadoodles

Esel wrote: »

Thread is about weirdness of others...

I know someone who counts how many letters are in words or sentences in their head to see if it comes to an even or odd number, not all the time, just when bored. They don't do it as much any more but they used to do it a lot.

Liam28

Odelay wrote: »

That's nothing, I have to work with someone that is ten times worse than that!

Worked with someone who was infamous for this, always trying to outdo any tale. So bad that someone said about him that if you told him your dog had two mickeys he would tell you his dog had three. So he became known as "Three Mickeys".

heldel00

My husband works in a very small office. One guy refuses to speak face to face to him (or anyone else). He will call husband's name to get his attention, tap on the headsets that they have for their phones, waits until he puts it in, says "are you ready?", then dials his extension.
Refuses to engage otherwise!

Glenster

somesoldiers wrote: »

I do a counting thing on my fingers

Start at the thumb, count 5 to the little finger then back again.
Then I start at the little finger to thumb and back again, repeat once
Then repeat the first lot

So the sequence is
T-f, f-t
F-t, t-f
F-t, t-f
T-f, f-t

Exact symmetry complete, move to next set, does anyone else do this? Would be interested in meeting like minded people

I also do it with buttons on the remote. My excuse is that I want to be able to know where every button is without having to look down, but it's just my thing

Anyone who has to look at the remote in their own house to use it should be gassed.

+2 for anyone who cant use a self checkout but tries to anyway.

Dick phelan

Guy i lived with in college used to cook at the weirdest times, like he'd cook a full roast dinner at 1-2 am or sometimes even have full dinners early in the morning, he wasn't working late nights or anything but for some reason he'd eat at the weirdest times.

Myself i have a weird thing about the volume on the tv, i can't leave the volume on an odd number, has to be like 30, 32,34 ect i never leave it on like 33 or something. anyone else have weird things about numbers?

retro:electro

Dick phelan wrote: »

Guy i lived with in college used to cook at the weirdest times, like he'd cook a full roast dinner at 1-2 am or sometimes even have full dinners early in the morning, he wasn't working late nights or anything but for some reason he'd eat at the weirdest times.

Myself i have a weird thing about the volume on the tv, i can't leave the volume on an odd number, has to be like 30, 32,34 ect i never leave it on like 33 or something. anyone else have weird things about numbers?

I am the very same with numbers, even numbers only! My boyfriend tries to trick me but I swear at this stage I can nearly hear when it's at an uneven number. I make an exception for 5s tho, I can deal with them. :pac:

Dick phelan

Dick phelan wrote: »

Guy i lived with in college used to cook at the weirdest times, like he'd cook a full roast dinner at 1-2 am or sometimes even have full dinners early in the morning, he wasn't working late nights or anything but for some reason he'd eat at the weirdest times.

Myself i have a weird thing about the volume on the tv, i can't leave the volume on an odd number, has to be like 30, 32,34 ect i never leave it on like 33 or something. anyone else have weird things about numbers?

I generally try to go 2^x or n^x or if there's a big gradient then 3*2^x. :pac:

Dick phelan

anna080 wrote: »

I am the very same with numbers, even numbers only! My boyfriend tries to trick me but I swear at this stage I can nearly hear when it's at an uneven number. I make an exception for 5s tho, I can deal with them. :pac:

ha oddly i'm the exact same regarding fives, 35 is grand just can't hack 1,3,7 or 9's

Shergar6

It's more annoying than weird i guess but my sister is OCD about cleanliness to the point where she'd stare you out of it if you were eating anything in her house watching the each crumb fall on the floor (just the normal amount of crumbs that will fall from food, i'm not purposefully making a mess) and then if you go to throw a wrapper of a bar in her fire she's like 'oh i don't throw anything in the fire' with a disapproving face ..... there's other things i could mention that she freaks out about but it's too much of a give away..

Actually one time one of her friends called in with her kid who promptly puked all over the sitting room floor. The colour disappeared from my sister's face. I had to choke back laughing!

Parchment

We moved recently and i have been off work for a few days getting settled. I was in a room upstairs yesterday for about three hours unpacking and sorting things, i glanced out the window occasionally.

Three separate times i saw the middle aged guy who lives next to us walk out into his front garden wearing a huge North Face-style parka (hood up) and pick something out of the garden - possibly bits of moss. He picked up maybe 4 "bits" and went back into the house.

Its not like he was out gardening or anything and i couldnt really see what he was picking up - but there was nothing there that i could see.

Then last night at maybe 8.30pm my mom dropped by, she was leaving and was parked in our drive way. She was leaving and we were standing by her car chatting quietly - the guy opens his front door and looks out. Then closes it quickly.

WTF?!

PARlance

anna080 wrote: »

I am the very same with numbers, even numbers only! My boyfriend tries to trick me but I swear at this stage I can nearly hear when it's at an uneven number. I make an exception for 5s tho, I can deal with them. :pac:

Same here with evens and the exception for 5. 35 is grand, but if I commit to it the next move is either 30 or 40... if not happy from there, I can go back to evens. But going from 35 to 32 in one swoop would be a big no no.

ballyharpat

I really don't find this weird
Do you use a plate? If you do, what crumbs would be dropping to the floor?
Regarding burning plastic wrappers etc in the fire, I definitely don't do that-they have a way of getting caught in the chimney.

And if someone puked in any part of my house, I would definitely be concerned, they may have a virus or bug of some sort, it's very difficult to disinfect after and the chance of catching something while cleaning it is actually quite high.

Shergar6 wrote: »

It's more annoying than weird i guess but my sister is OCD about cleanliness to the point where she'd stare you out of it if you were eating anything in her house watching the each crumb fall on the floor (just the normal amount of crumbs that will fall from food, i'm not purposefully making a mess) and then if you go to throw a wrapper of a bar in her fire she's like 'oh i don't throw anything in the fire' with a disapproving face ..... there's other things i could mention that she freaks out about but it's too much of a give away..

Actually one time one of her friends called in with her kid who promptly puked all over the sitting room floor. The colour disappeared from my sister's face. I had to choke back laughing!

BetsyEllen

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I know someone who counts how many letters are in words or sentences in their head to see if it comes to an even or odd number, not all the time, just when bored. They don't do it as much any more but they used to do it a lot.

I do this, have done for as long as I can remember.

Red Kev

Dick phelan wrote: »

Myself i have a weird thing about the volume on the tv, i can't leave the volume on an odd number, has to be like 30, 32,34 ect i never leave it on like 33 or something. anyone else have weird things about numbers?

277. It's every fcuking where for me.

Bank account? Check
Car reg? Check
Company van? Check
New SIM card for work? Check
Neighbours car? Bloody bloody check again.

There are 5 cars in the small village where I grew up with the number 277, there's less than 500 people in the viallge, so just over 200 cars. What are the odds? I drive along the M50 and in front of me is 277. And if I don't see 277 I'll make it up.

e.g. 131 D 31482 ...I'll mentally go..."OK, takethe 2 from the back and put it at the front...then 3 +4 =7.....then 8-1=7 again....so that's 277! So I'll be for getting it, and :mad: as I've done it again.

There's days when I think it's some sort of bloody lizard people or CIA call signal.

masterK

Red Kev wrote: »

277. It's every fcuking where for me.

Bank account? Check
Car reg? Check
Company van? Check
New SIM card for work? Check
Neighbours car? Bloody bloody check again.

There are 5 cars in the small village where I grew up with the number 277, there's less than 500 people in the viallge, so just over 200 cars. What are the odds? I drive along the M50 and in front of me is 277. And if I don't see 277 I'll make it up.

e.g. 131 D 31482 ...I'll mentally go..."OK, takethe 2 from the back and put it at the front...then 3 +4 =7.....then 8-1=7 again....so that's 277! So I'll be for getting it, and :mad: as I've done it again.

There's days when I think it's some sort of bloody lizard people or CIA call signal.

If only you'd of posted 7 posts earlier.

Red Kev

masterK wrote: »

If only you'd of posted 7 posts earlier.

I never noticed that till you mentioned it. Now you've made me scroll up. And there it is...grinning away at me...Nr. 277.

ballyharpat

But look at the time you posted…… 2,55
2 plus 5 is 7 :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Red Kev wrote: »

I never noticed that till you mentioned it. Now you've made me scroll up. And there it is...grinning away at me...Nr. 277.

rainbowtrout

Parchment wrote: »

We moved recently and i have been off work for a few days getting settled. I was in a room upstairs yesterday for about three hours unpacking and sorting things, i glanced out the window occasionally.

Three separate times i saw the middle aged guy who lives next to us walk out into his front garden wearing a huge North Face-style parka (hood up) and pick something out of the garden - possibly bits of moss. He picked up maybe 4 "bits" and went back into the house.

Its not like he was out gardening or anything and i couldnt really see what he was picking up - but there was nothing there that i could see.

Then last night at maybe 8.30pm my mom dropped by, she was leaving and was parked in our drive way. She was leaving and we were standing by her car chatting quietly - the guy opens his front door and looks out. Then closes it quickly.

WTF?!

You're new, the neighbour is being nosy.

somefeen

Parchment wrote: »

We moved recently and i have been off work for a few days getting settled. I was in a room upstairs yesterday for about three hours unpacking and sorting things, i glanced out the window occasionally.

Three separate times i saw the middle aged guy who lives next to us walk out into his front garden wearing a huge North Face-style parka (hood up) and pick something out of the garden - possibly bits of moss. He picked up maybe 4 "bits" and went back into the house.

Its not like he was out gardening or anything and i couldnt really see what he was picking up - but there was nothing there that i could see.

Then last night at maybe 8.30pm my mom dropped by, she was leaving and was parked in our drive way. She was leaving and we were standing by her car chatting quietly - the guy opens his front door and looks out. Then closes it quickly.

WTF?!

My parent's neighbour has mirrors on his window boxes so he can see our front door from his living room. He is the nosiest ****er the world has ever seen.

I've witnessed some very strange behaviour from him down through the years. He parks his van in the exact same spot on his driveway everyday. He'll get out and check it and even get back in and move it by a few inches if its not right.

Before he leaves in the morning he drives it, three feet to his gates, opens his gates, drives so its clear of the gate by about two inches, then closes the gate.

He also stares at any of us if he passes us on the road. Its a mean stare like he wants to intimidate. I've started blowing him kisses and he seems to have eased up.

I have many stories about this asshole.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

My mother told me about this couple from the town she grew up in. It was I think after Mass on Sunday or else after they both finished up work on Friday, they'd drive to the shop, go in and get a bar of chocolate and a can of Coke, park their car with a view of the whole main street and sit in there and have their snack and talk about everyone who'd pass by. She said you could see them pointing at you and nodding to each other and stuff, made no effort to hide the pure nosiness. Every week for years, same time same place.

Greentopia

Buffman wrote: »

I used to have a neighbour who'd bring her cat for a walk around the estate, on a leash. I suppose it makes sense for a 100% domesticated cat.

What's weird about that? the cat was probably an indoor cat and this was the neighbour's way of safely allowing her cat some outdoor exercise and stimulation.

Some cat breeds will go on a lead. My ex and I used to bring his Maine Coon for a walk in the woods every Sunday or down to the beach for the reasons I gave and he loved it. We put a small dog harness on him (he was huge-41 inches nose to tip of tail fully grown) and he loved all the sights and smells. I miss that beastie the cat I mean, not the ex

Big Nasty

Is a Maine Coon a black man from Cavan?

diomed

Dick phelan wrote: »

Myself i have a weird thing about the volume on the tv, i can't leave the volume on an odd number, has to be like 30, 32,34 ect i never leave it on like 33 or something. anyone else have weird things about numbers?

Yes. I like my TV volume at 24. Other options are 22, 25, 27.
And for added weirdness I almost always listen to my TV on headphones, and the same with my PC.

DrPhilG

diomed wrote: »

Yes. I like my TV volume at 24. Other options are 22, 25, 27.

27!!!

What the f**K is wrong with you???

Mountainsandh

Maybe the nosey neighbour with the parka smokes, fires the fag butts out the window of an evening, then picks them up and disposes of them before bed ? I've done this when I was a smoker.

quickbeam

DrPhilG wrote: »

27!!!

What the f**K is wrong with you???

27 is a nice number, it's 3^3.

I'd sooner have that than 22 which is just 2x11 and 11 is such a horrible number.

cantdecide

quickbeam wrote: »

27 is a nice number, it's 3^3.

I'd sooner have that than 22 which is just 2x11 and 11 is such a horrible number.

How do you feel about turning it up to 11?

Hercule Poirot

We all know that 42 is the best number....if only we knew why?

Red Kev

somefeen wrote: »

My parent's neighbour has mirrors on his window boxes so he can see our front door from his living room. He is the nosiest ****er the world has ever seen.

I've witnessed some very strange behaviour from him down through the years. He parks his van in the exact same spot on his driveway everyday. He'll get out and check it and even get back in and move it by a few inches if its not right.

Before he leaves in the morning he drives it, three feet to his gates, opens his gates, drives so its clear of the gate by about two inches, then closes the gate.

He also stares at any of us if he passes us on the road. Its a mean stare like he wants to intimidate. I've started blowing him kisses and he seems to have eased up.

I have many stories about this asshole.

We're here all day somefeen.

razorblunt

On that neighbour stopping and staring, I remember a man from the row of houses behind us in our estate, he'd always stare out the window at me when they were driving into the estate. It was almost as if they were robots, eyes fixated, not even looking at the road (meandering road too).
I was about 7 or 8 at the time and told my friends who wouldn't believe me until later that day when the couple were driving in they could see for themselves.
I started waving to no effect, then we'd ramp it up and pretend I was getting jumped by my friends, still nothing, it all came to a head on a random Tuesday in the middle of the summer, I saw them coming, did the usual wave, they did the usual stare, I calmly turned the wave into a middle finger.

Their reaction was priceless, he almost crashed the car in disgust, pulled over and knocked on my door. Thankfully I had told my parents about their stares and they just said they were nosy. My Mam was home and basically told him to fock off.

My Dad came home from work later and they guy called round again, my Dad told him to fock off for a second time.
Still got grounded, but it was worth it.

jiltloop

Dick phelan wrote: »

Guy i lived with in college used to cook at the weirdest times, like he'd cook a full roast dinner at 1-2 am or sometimes even have full dinners early in the morning, he wasn't working late nights or anything but for some reason he'd eat at the weirdest times.

Myself i have a weird thing about the volume on the tv, i can't leave the volume on an odd number, has to be like 30, 32,34 ect i never leave it on like 33 or something. anyone else have weird things about numbers?

I'm the same, although I will allow 5s, e.g 25 or 35.

Dolph Starbeam

jiltloop wrote: »

I'm the same, although I will allow 5s, e.g 25 or 35.

So many people do this, including myself, that I now believe the people who are weird are the people who don't care what number it is on.