Why is it there is always someone's voice you get sick of hearing. Or there is always someone in the office who talks too loudly and is really irritating. And just because you are phoning long distance, it doesn't mean you have to shout louder. Or someone who slams their fingers really hard on the keyboard.
How do they expect us to concentrate at work?

Thank you jami.

well apart from the one u know about theres:

a guy that talks to himself then goes 'what' and looks up at me, FREAK

one who after coming back in the office after a ciggie break says 'what have I missed' EVERYTIME

and one who talks to their partner for ages on the phone then repeats the whole conversation to me regardless of how boring it is, I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT QUICHE U BUY

There are days when my PA and his incessant mincing and old woman style whinging get to me....however our Cantonese engineer has a way of dealing with him when he gets like that and it is to say loudly and in a great take away chinese style DONT BE SOOOOO GAY!

mdiver said:

jami0mckay said:

It is the new office catch phrase

Why do people collect cups?

They make tea, drink half if any at all, and go and get another drink, but use another cup, and they have a whole collection on their desks.

MissMe said:

its to waste time, and laziness, theres a guy (same one that talks to himself) that left a soup bowl on his desk for weeks, when I eventually told him to clean it he said 'it shouldn't be my job to clean': TWAT

There is always someone who is also cold, and turns the air con up, and we are sweltering. Forget that she is dressed in flimsy clothing, or dressed as if she is going (or has just been) clubbing. Put some clothes on!

jami0mckay said:

Well we have a drinks machine, but to save money and to be eco friendly we try not to use the disposable cups, but when some certain individual has all the cups, mugs from the kitchen on her desk, well!

annnnd someone that types so loud you wanna throw the keyboard out the window.

and who doesn't realise that reading the 53 'funny' text message jokes from their mate baz out loud ISN'T FUNNY

jami0mckay said:

There is also always someone (usually the same guy) complaining of a cold, or man flu also.

MissMe said:

it was REAL flu!

jami0mckay said:

I wasn't talking about you.

MissMe said:

jami0mckay said:

Folks who will mix instant oatmeal in our disposal-less sink, and leave the remnants of the process in the sink.

Coworkers who drone on and on on their phones, making personal calls. It's like water torture. I don't know how they get work done.

Brown-nosers. ('nuff said)

Every newsroom -- and I suspect every office, too -- has a woman who seems clueless that what she's (not) wearing, while appropriate for the club, is inappropriate for the office.

The same guy who:

1) Every time he sneezes says "squeeze me"
2) Every time he is asked for a drink says "T please bob"
3) Spins every story however minor out to around 10 minutes and carries on even when you look away and start working!

But he's actually a nice guy so I can't be too cruel...

wickyb said:

do people still do that??!

jami0mckay said:

Unfortunately yes. As I'm typing this he's telling me about a curry he had about 15 years ago. FFS get me out of here.

wickyb said:

start singing JOLENE JOLENE JOLENE JOLEEEEENE that usually does the trick

jami0mckay said:

Just fart man....fart and be done with that mofo

mdiver said:

or just say in a cantonese voice DONT BE SOOOOO GAY!

jami0mckay said:

Yeah that usually works! Youhave to laugh really loud at your own joke afterwards too

The person that bugs me the most at work, is a man named peter, he is an older gentlmen, and he BANGS on his keyboard to type, he hits every key!! Auughhhh!! it is so loud and annoying, and he burps! I can hear him down the hall now, burping and banging all day long, lord help me!

YES! My co-worker talks so that the entire floor is in on her ravings. I know more about her children than I do about my own loins.

And she & my boss often talk between offices without using the intercom

Another co-worker thinks that whatever she needs is more important than anything I may be doing. So if I'm on the phone she feels free to interrupt me, and not in a polite way. Just barrels into my office with a loud question, or maybe shouts from her office.

Basically everybody ignores the fact that I'm on the phone

I sit next to this chick who constantly says "SUPER!" I want to kick her teeth in. She's going through a divorce right now because her husband wanted to be with another girl. All day I get to hear about how fat his girlfriend is or how much prettier my coworker is than her husband's girlfriend. I so badly want to say "Well, she must be doing something better than you." Would that be bitchy?

There are 2 people that can get annoying here at work. One ladies laugh just gets on my nerves and its so loud she laughs like the character Marion from "I Love Lucy" the one Lucy tells "I've been waiting ten years for you to lay that egg" when she laughs, exact same laugh and then it seems like she has to tell the same story to everyone that passes by her desk then theres the lady that thinks shes a pirate, she always does the the grrrr! when she gets frustrated