Colleague's Habit

theballz · 03-10-2018 12:08pm

DeccyJ wrote: »

This is not huge stuff or anything but my colleague (sits right next to me) has this habit (when I say habit, I mean every minute of every day, generally speaking).

He jitters his legs up and down at 90 miles an hour. By this I mean he bounces his heel off the ground by about an inch or two while the ball of his foot stays put on the floor. He does this at a rate of about 7 times a second (just tried it myself in an attempt to quantify it). He does this on both feet, all day, except for when he's moving around.

This also makes a noise, I reckon from the fabric of his trousers and maybe rubbing off the edge of the seat too.

It is absolutely infuriating. Does anyone have any idea how this should be approached? Our company actively encourages diversity so I'm not sure how requesting him to stop would appear.

I used to work with a guy who did the same, he was a friend so I was comfortable enough telling him to STFU and stop doing that - which he tried his best to do.

Turned out he had a serious drug problem and the shakes where a result of that (he told me in confidence over some beers)

DaraDali · 04-10-2018 12:33am

DeccyJ wrote: »

Oh dear.

I also do this about once a day at work. it's more natural than scratching my head! I actually have to put my hand on my knee to stop me or my leg gets tired after about 5mins, but I only do it one leg at a time :cool:

My opinion is buy better headphones or move desk !