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"Hey, Nicky, that guy at the desk by the coffee is annoying me . . ." |
Posted on 07/27/2006 7:22:58 AM PDT by Millee
A new survey says U.S. co-workers' annoying habits are the number one source of stress in the workplace.
The top complaint was talking too loudly on the phone, followed by constant whining about work, the Boston Globe reported.
Nearly 60 percent of respondents to an online survey by job-search Web site www.truejobs.com said their co-workers' annoying habits negatively affected their work relationships, and 40 percent said it led them to seek a different job.
When a co-worker gets on your last nerve, it can create a physiological reaction, such as rising blood pressure, that increases stress and decreases concentration, psychologist Philip Quinn told the newspaper.
Despite the irritation, 54 percent of the respondents said they have not considered confronting their bothersome co-workers, the survey said.
Heck, I get stressed out when I walk in the front door at work.
Isn't someone supposed to come along with a posting for "Master of the Obvious"?
"Annoying people cause stress"
My only surprise it that this wasn't the result of a government study.
What would we do without surveys?
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"Hey, Nicky, that guy at the desk by the coffee is annoying me . . ." |
Sorry, it's early. I'll try to find something better. :op
I'm not commenting on you Millee. I'm commenting on the idiots who put together the study and spent all sorts of money to reach a conclusion that even a grammer-school kid could make during a snack break.
Like from Office Space:
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The custodian used to show up at clockwork every day for a 30 minute to one hour "visit".
I had to shut that activity down real fast.
The title should be "People are annoying; cause stress".
She was eventually [Thank goodness!] put on an unpaid 'Leave of Absence'. The last I heard of her was from a serious newspaper article, published in the local rag, that was taken in by her about how Bulgarian Sercret Agents were present in our city to supress individuals like her and her apartment was being bugged and the information was being uplinked to agents overseas.
Change it to the Word Kitty.
I'm surprised that number one is not the annoying people who abuse their FMLA and call off and leave the rest of the shift short.
Ping... :-)
"Maybe I'll just set the building on fire..."
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