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Who Irritates You At Work?
ClickonDetroit ^ | November 2, 2007

Posted on 11/02/2007 10:29:11 AM PDT by ShadowDancer

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To: Revolting cat!
Office gossip irritates me. I don't participate in it and I don't care to hear about it. I just want to do my work without being bothered with that caddiness.

And people who use my Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing without asking me. I bring in a new bottle and suddenly half the bottle is gone in a week. Even though I put a note on it: Please ask me first if you want to use some. Thanks,MG70.

Jerks!

81 posted on 11/02/2007 11:37:48 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: Traveler59

Be careful with those cellphone jammers. There are hundreds of ways to trace the equipment back to you, including through purchase records, and if you happen to have jammed an “important” call from/to somebody else’s cellphone, a hefty lawsuit awaits you.


82 posted on 11/02/2007 11:37:53 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: ShadowDancer; Ditto; Cagey
Speaker phones in general drive me nuts. Anyone who uses it when there is no one else who needs to hear the conversation should be fired on the spot (and then shot at sunrise.)

Amen.

We have conference calls about every two months or so. I have my assistant supervisor in the office with me and we use the speaker so both can hear.

There are people on other speaker phones who are constantly shuffling papers, having "sidebar" conversations or distracting everyone on the call.

That behavior really ticks me off. I've asked them to either be part of the conference call or get off line just to embarrass them, but they continue with their distractions.

83 posted on 11/02/2007 11:38:17 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (I've been too busy for FR this weekend, because I did the things I refuse to let the invaders do.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Actually heard a woman in the stall next to me say, “Hold on a sec, I have to change hands so I can wipe.”

No kidding.


84 posted on 11/02/2007 11:38:47 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand
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To: Drawsing
The chronic bronchitis asthmatic coughers. (please go home!)

People who come to work sick drive me nuts -- because I know the rest of the company (probably me included) is going to get sick, too.

Companies that are nuts for attendance no matter what basically create the problem, though.

85 posted on 11/02/2007 11:39:42 AM PDT by JennysCool (Don't taze me, Bro!)
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To: ShadowDancer

The woman on maternity leave who brings her whelp into the office to be cooed and awwed by the rest of the women for however many hours they decide is adequate is a personal favorite.


86 posted on 11/02/2007 11:40:55 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: Hoffer Rand
Actually heard a woman in the stall next to me say, “Hold on a sec, I have to change hands so I can wipe.”

Dear God, it's even more shocking when the offender is a woman! I was under the impression it was all lavender, roses, and string quartets in the women's head.

87 posted on 11/02/2007 11:42:04 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: ShadowDancer

Most irritating co-worker: One who, when you ask a simple question that should only require a 3 word answer, talks for half an hour.


88 posted on 11/02/2007 11:42:05 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
"People who plot to get other people fired. They are usually the pets of psycho bosses."

Do we work in the same office?
89 posted on 11/02/2007 11:43:24 AM PDT by WolfRunnerWoman (Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.)
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To: Aquinasfan
Interesting. I guess my gut response was fairly accurate, then.

Carolyn

90 posted on 11/02/2007 11:43:34 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: secret garden
The most irritating are the slackers, followed by the smokers who take several breaks every shift while on the clock.

LOL I don't know you, so I can't say if this applies, but the ones here that complain about others taking smoke breaks are the ones who take 45 minute 'chat breaks' or 'personal phone call breaks' several times a day. (That's when they complain about the smokers, doncha know.)

91 posted on 11/02/2007 11:45:19 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: WolfRunnerWoman

LOL, my last two jobs had those people! They must be common.

They literally lie in wait watching for something to report to the boss either in person or email. Horrible!


92 posted on 11/02/2007 11:45:34 AM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah (Romney Republican)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

LOL. You have no idea.

The other really annoying people are the “save the planet” greenies. They have signs posted on all the paper towel dispensers that condescendingly “suggest” you try only using one paper towel. I’ve always wanted to write on one, “and if you don’t wash at all, you’ll save paper and water.”


93 posted on 11/02/2007 11:45:51 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand
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To: ShadowDancer

People who wear too much perfume or cologne.


94 posted on 11/02/2007 11:46:09 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Larry Lucido
...maybe do lunch",

I'll bring the Low Hanging Fruit that we can take offline going forward.

95 posted on 11/02/2007 11:48:44 AM PDT by RedQuill
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To: Proud2BeRight

No fair! You copied my list!!!!


96 posted on 11/02/2007 11:50:41 AM PDT by EEDUDE
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To: ShadowDancer

Other drivers on the way there.


97 posted on 11/02/2007 11:52:01 AM PDT by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: linn37
PTO

We just started using that "Personal Time Off" acronym recently. Whatever happened to the friendly terms "vacations days" and "sick days"? Oh well. I've got to go make a loud cubicle call on my speaker phone.

98 posted on 11/02/2007 11:54:36 AM PDT by scan59 (Let consumers dictate market policies. Government just gets in the way.)
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To: scan59
Oh well. I've got to go make a loud cubicle call on my speaker phone.

Lol.

99 posted on 11/02/2007 11:57:22 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: PigRigger
I don’t mind tackling big projects and the risks that go with them. I used to get promotions/bonus $ for the work. Then along came the new manager.......

I do *hate* the boss that takes the credit for my hard work. And just as quickly these toads will excoriate a worker for any perceived (or real) failures.

I have dropped out of the rat race, I now make 1/2 the dough with 1/100000000 of the aggravation.

100 posted on 11/02/2007 11:57:35 AM PDT by ASOC
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