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- csb92376, on 06/18/2008, -2/+34Gotta watch out for "Half Donut Guy". I endured 5 years of Half Donut Guy ... you know, the spineless freak who doesn't have the balls to take the last donut from the break room? Instead, Half Donut Guy cuts the donut in half. Then later, he'll be back to cut the half in half again .. and so forth, until there's only a sliver of donut left. HDG is also the type of guy who will gladly kiss the boss' ass and will throw you under the bus at every opportunity, but goddammit, he left you a piece of donut! Cheers.
- reisrocks, on 06/18/2008, -1/+23Notice it's only women who wrote in complaining.
If you have a pair of balls, tell them to stop whatever the ***** they're doing that's pissing you off.
If they don't... then you've found a new mission in life: Pissing that person off 20x more than they piss you off. - Zachariah, on 06/18/2008, -0/+16Coworkers who are on Digg all day instead of getting work done.
j/k - csrster, on 06/18/2008, -0/+14Ok, but is scratching your back with a ruler really that bad?
- nub4life, on 06/18/2008, -0/+13This is all one guy:
- slurps coffee or Coke and then emits a very loud sigh of relief
- jiggles his feet so much that the monitor of the person whose desk is attached to his shakes
- heats up his lunch to eat at his desk and then takes like 5 hours to finish thus leaving a lunch smell in our cubicle for 5 hours
- types really loud
- looks at your screen when he walks behind you and then comments on it
- eavesdrops on other people's conversations and try to be "helpful" when no one asks him for his help or his opinion
- laughs like a hyena
- sits like he's at home in front of the tv at meetings (leaning way back on his chair, legs spread out, jiggling, hands behind head)
- treats people who are lower rank than him with no respect and sucks up to those who are higher rank
I better stop, he just came in. Might look at my screen. - 11oops, on 06/18/2008, -1/+14Thanks, however I too read the article so I don't need a play-by-play recap.
- ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -1/+13When it begins to affect your productivity or overall mood at work there's nothing wrong with telling HR. Hygiene is part of being well presented and respected everywhere including the office.
- falseaccount, on 06/18/2008, -0/+12How about guys who talk on cell phones from the mid-90s? Really? CNN can't get newer stock photos?
- bono4u, on 06/18/2008, -1/+12Once i was in a very small office room and got a female co-worker. it seemed to me she only once per week changed her entire clothing sometimes it took even longer. The smell was at some point too much to take. Since she was in office i never shut the window. In three months i have had several attempts to make it clear what disturbs me, the only thing i ever got was a bright grin. At last i got to our boss, he also noticed it and said he would speak with her. In the end her contract wasn't extended and she left after 1/2 year. Her work results were always good, but as long there are others which can do the same job without stink and smell awfully, they get the job.
- StinkyHobo, on 06/18/2008, -1/+12We have a chronic nose-picker at work. He digs and picks away all day without even thinking twice about it. What's worse, we work in TV news and his desk is in full view of the newsroom camera. Dude's been on live TV (in the background) going at it, full force!
- ianbirtwistle, on 06/18/2008, -0/+11• "Sharing an office with somebody who just cruises the Web all day long and adds no value to client work." -- Andy B.
Whoops... - hauntedchippy, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10What I hate is constant-smoke-break-manager-guy.
He's your manager, so you are completely out of line, pending a reprimand, if you even think that because he takes six 15 minute smoking breaks every day that you are somehow entitled to take the same time off but without the smoking. - MisterEX, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10That has to be one of the sickest things I've ever heard.
- Shagisley, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10I worked in this web development shop as a project manager and as the new guy sat near what turned out to be the office pariah. His name was Mike and he was a cornucopia of bad interpersonal habits. He would sit and code all day eating an enormous bag of cheese poofs, drinking from a 2 liter of mountain dew, mumble to himself and without any compunction let fly with burps and farts to punctuate his mumbling. It quickly became clear why this senior developer was sitting in the area with all the new guys.
He was completely oblivious to his effect on the office. In our spare time the devs created a game for us to play over the network, inspired by Mike. Body Sound Bingo. As Mike would fart and burp and mumble people would fill out their cards until a head would raise above the cube and shout bingo.
Good times... - inactive, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10People come in "deathly ill" when their company doesn't give them paid sick days.
Who can afford to take a day off? - MisterEX, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9I have a lady who is completely worthless. All day long she does nothing, but walk around and annoy people. I literally counted 53 times she passed my desk in a single day. Ridiculous. And when she's actually in her office, she takes personal calls and talks as loud as possible. It's extra annoying when you're up to your neck in work. Why does she still have a job?!
- graemee, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9Nail clipper dude, clips his nails every few days, yes - days. @ his desk. Not only is it just gross, it makes that irritating clip clip noise.
- EvilDoer, on 06/18/2008, -1/+10I had a co-worker that used to take naps at his desk. We shared a large office and right after lunch he'd come in the office turn out the lights and take a nap. It didn't matter if I was sitting there or not. He did this two days in a row, on the third day he walked in and hit the light switch I immediately stood up and turned them back on and told him:
"You're out of your ***** mind if you think you're going to sleep while I keep working"
Nappy time ended at that moment.
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We also had a jackass that liked to brush his teeth using the water fountain. - Kersius, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9What always bugs me is the woman who always "does her nails" at work. Makes the whole receptionist area smell of nail polish. And then she doesn't want to do any work for the rest of the day cause she doesn't want to mess up her nails!
- piggy, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9Back in 2001, my friend started working for a major computer manufacturer. One of his co-workers had some disease where his skin would spontaneously bleed and he'd form scabs everywhere. This required him to not only wear tons of bandaids, but to also wear SOCKS ON HIS ***** ARMS. The socks would start to show stains near the end of the day and the bandaids would fall off and end up in random places in the building. The dude eventually got busted for child pornography and was removed from the office. Apparently he had some amazingly awesome chair that they offered to people when he was gone, but no one wanted it; so they burned it.
- rabidbob, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8Get him some mouthwash as a "secret Santa" present.
- greatgatsbyII, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8by playing on digg and not working?
- tonyDigger, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8Mine is worse.. Pretty clean dressed, cologne and all that but the breath YUCK.. and breaths down my neck every other day with one query or the other...
He doesn't understand when I reply with my face turned away - JasonPeck, on 06/17/2008, -1/+9I hate it when people come in and are deathly ill. But now I don't have any coworker problems because I work at home.
- apio, on 06/18/2008, -0/+7agree
i hate co-workers who complain about stuff like this without trying to solve their problem - borez, on 06/18/2008, -2/+9Kill them...with dynamite.
- Zarokima, on 06/18/2008, -2/+9Pics or it didn't happen.
- DumbRabbit, on 06/18/2008, -1/+8I once worked with a guy who had a very light case of Asperger's syndrome. His particular area of interest was trains, and he would corner me in the break room and regale me with endless tales of his train simulator, the different train schedules through our city, which trains were freight and which were for passengers etc. He would also corner you at the snack machine in the breakroom and comment on what you chose, usually using old catch phrases from late eighties era SNL.
I wish his Aspergers superpower was magic tricks or something everyone could enjoy... - GorfTron, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6Brushing teeth in fountain? WTF??
- Mercedes383, on 06/18/2008, -1/+7I had Constant Snorting His Nose And Hacking up Phlegm Guy. I asked him to stop it. He didn't. I fired him. All happy now.
- sandiegodude, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6hah, I'm going to be coming back to this all day. Great reading about annoying coworkers.
Here's my contribution:
The "Shave in the company bathroom" guy: There is 1 sink. You just finished pissing. Here's jackass standing in front of the mirror, his shaving kit spread out before him, shaving cream lathered on and he's shaving it off, sloooowly and carefully. He'll step to the side so you can wash your hands (amidst all his used cream and facial hair shavings) but he'll act like you're inconveniencing him!
The Martyr: What about that guy who skips lunch and/or taking breaks all the time to work, then bitches that nobody helps him out, even though you (daily) tell him to head out when he has a free moment, only to be refused? I mean, I understand if you have a strong work ethic and you put your job before all else, but c'mon, don't bitch about having to skip lunch when people tried to cover for you so you could go! - rabidbob, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6I had a boss who WAS the HDG. And he didn't cut, he just tore. I remember him tearing a pizza slice in half once. Freak.
- sandiegodude, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6What about the guy who manages to piss on the floor in front of the urinal every time? Every day there is a puddle of piss in front of the urinal from about 10 AM on. I don't really care who does it, just wish it would stop. There have been emails sent around asking the offender please stand a little closer, but the puddles still continue. I just piss into one of the ***** stalls so I don't have to straddle the piss puddle personally.
... then wash my hands thoroughly with soap! - rabidbob, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5You'd think so. I worked with a guy who'd sit at his desk picking his nose constantly and flicking it around. I complained to the most appropriate person who happened to be the company accountant. She bought up the issue with the managing director who told her to drop the issue. Weird. Maybe he had a nose picking fetish.
- m4worldwide, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5working from home definitely has its perks... I take advantage of it whenever I can :)
- louiebaur, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6Coffee was not made to be slurped?
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6Solution: stop working in customer service.
- NCg8r, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5Had a screen-watcher once. I just made a point to quickly minimize anything I was working on when she came around. Then I'd swing around and face her, as if I was expecting her to say something at any moment. After 2 weeks or so, she'd ZIP past my cube when she had to go to the printer so she wouldn't have to "confront" my expectations of her (non) comments.
- removesstains, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6I work in a office setting. Biggest gross out for me is when your washing you hands in the bathroom and 1 of your coworkers comes out of the ***** after taking a huge dump and all they do is the water finger sprinkle. Thats no soap just a little sprinkle of water on the fingers. Then they fix their hair and walk out. About 2 years ago i started to make sure i remember who does that and not shake their hands. If i have to i tell them "no thanks, your 1 of those dudes that doesn't wash their hands after taking a *****." I get a Epic stare every time. I turned something that grosses me into something that highly entertains me now. Guess i'm the office jerk now. :D
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5I hope tomorrow goes better for you, have a beer.
- sandiegodude, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5Because she gives the boss some really rad hummers? ... that or she's related to somebody high up there.
- Mercedes383, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5Thanks for making me have a good laugh after a particularly ***** day.
- nbcaffeine, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5Shoulder Surfers FTL
- MisterEX, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4That's a problem though. Whenever you go to management complaining about someone else's job, they wind up telling you to mind your own business and start analyzing how well you're doing your job.
This is something they have to see for themselves. - david76, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4I was once in a shared office with 4 others. Behind me sat a woman who constantly reeked of some sort of rodent sweat. One day she received a box of perfume at the office, and I suddenly realized, smelling of rodent sweat was an ACTIVE choice on her part.
- aladrin, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4I wasn't caring until the Bingo. Good call.
- nexus37, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5How about the dig-in-the-ear-with-a-key guy? Yuck! Or while you're talking to someone they casually pick their nose and (if that isn't rotten enough) examine their fingers to see if they were successful in their mining efforts.
- lightningrod220, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5Oh, I definitely have one of these!
And then he comes back and comes into my cube, telling me about some changes to a project he wants done, but he reeks of cigarettes, and that's all I can think about! Ugh! - Hotrox, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4Dugg for "Deuce'n'Dash"
- inigomntoya, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4Oh come on! Everyone picks their nose! Some of us just know to only do it in our cars...
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