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bi-polar co-worker (Reply to this comment)
by bizeemom
I used to get along with this woman but since my boss was promoted she seems to have a real problem with me and just after it happened, she would mention to me all the time that now I would be too good to hang around any of the "regular" people in the office. 'Scuse me? It was my BOSS that was promoted, not me!
Anyway, over time, it has dawned on me that I don't feel close to her anymore, in fact, I can't stand her. Quite frankly, I don't even know what I ever saw in her in the first place! She's horrible! hahahahah!!! The worst thing is she REEKS of perfume. I swear, she must marinate in it every night while she's sleeping. She leaves this cloud of sickeningly sweet perfume everywhere she goes. Her hair is wierd, she pulls it back into a high ponytail on her head to hide her bald spot. No lie. She uses seme kind of dye in between colorings and it stains her scalp and gives her hairline a peculiar kind of flair. Her nose is a turned up kind of thing and you can see right up her nostrils which is most unpleasant. She is a horrible gossip. She has admitted she is bi-polar and has had two episodes at work. During one of these, she told our office administrator to go to hell in the elevator! The other time she just flipped all out, started snarling and snapping at everyone and had to be sent home.
She walks around looking nervous and spacey like she's half whacked sometimes. I guess it's because...well... she is.
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Jun 08 '09
10:40 am PDT
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I hate cubes.... (Reply to this comment)
by stumblein1
I never really hated any of my co-workers before we moved to an office where we all have to sit in cubes inches away from each other, only separated by inch thick hallow walls. So here is my list:
- abuse of the speaker phone. There is no reason to make people cram into your cube to talk to a client, either go to a conference room (we have 3) or conference everyone into the call from your desk. It's extremely annoying to hear your whole call as you shout at the phone... also applies to using the speaker when you are alone, that's just plain rude.
- Drinking loudly... Gulping actually... why can't you drink normally? are you training to be the world's fastest drinker? gulp gulp gulp..... gross!!!
- Eating.. all day... crunchy things... you eat lunch at your desk everyday, at like 11am (maybe you should try eating breakfast). then you eat all freaking day after that, what's with all the eating?? maybe if you ate breakfast you could eat lunch at a normal time, and then you wouldn't be eating again in 2 hours???
- Chewing gum... i can smell the gum and i can hear you chewing it.... please stop... if you cant chew gum without smacking it, you need to stop.
- Playing music... do you hear anyone else playing music at their desk? No.. and that's for a reason, no one wants to hear anyone else's music. wear headphones like the rest of us.
- banging and tapping on the desk. Our desks are connected.... i dont want my whole freaking desk shaking.
- loud personal cell phone use. If i can hear the person you are talking to on your cell phone clear as day from my cube, you are either deaf or you need to turn it down. And no one wants to hear your personal convo, go somewhere private to have your calls, or keep it quiet.
- sniffling. Stop sniffling and just give it a good blow(in the bathroom). hearing you sniff your snot all day is grossing me out... how about take something for your all-day running nose??
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Dec 22 '08
11:09 am PST
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Annoying Co-worker Habits in Open Office (Reply to this comment)
by sfemployee
Current Issues in 2008
1. Guy who clips his finger nails at his desk during work hours.
2. Whistling, humming, singing by one particular co-worker.
3. Pen tapping, finger tapping, twirling pen during a group meeting.
4. Co-workers who take the last piece of food and leave an empty dish on the counter.
5. Co-workers who leave their dirty dishes in the sink, instead of placing them in the dishwasher.
6. Cell phones that ring, even though it has been mentioned many times to shut off your ringer.
7. Co-workers who speaks with his mouth full of food and gets mad when you ask him not to do it.
8. Lame management who just tolerate, instead of addressing basic office manner issues.
9. Stupid co-worker who exaggerates his sneezing to make it really loud, so the entire office hears.
10. Co-workers who leave a mess in common areas.
End thoughts: As the years go by, manners in the office will become extinct, and everyone will be wearing headphones to drown out the noise.
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Dec 03 '08
11:38 pm PST
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My coworker has no imagination (Reply to this comment)
by madcow12
I am so angry at my coworker. She has no immagination and is nosy. I think she wants my job an any rate. Actually she does have my old job now, and now has the intention of learning my new job. The problem is that she does not finish her own tasks but tries to find a way to push her tasks onto me, and the worst part is that my boss enables her to do that. And it is not that she is more qualified than me, but for whatever reason she is getting away with doing that. She anoys me, wastes my time and in simple terms scares me that my boss can be so stupid.
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Nov 22 '08
8:30 am PST
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My top Ten (Reply to this comment)
by samybear2
I hate my coworker because:
1. He thinks he is my boss but I don't see his name on my paychecks.
2. He makes a weekly top ten list of celebrities who he would like to "do". Mind you, he is married with kids and ugly as sin.
3. He is a master of looking busy.
4. He is the biggest baby I have ever met. At dinner once he had to call his wife to ask if he liked what was on his plate and told me he usually lets her order for him.
5. His screen saver is a picture show of himself and his work, one of which features him on all fours on a conference table with his finger in his mouth. Not sexy at all, justs not. Oh crap, now I have a mental picture, gross.
6. He is condescending.
7. He disagrees just to disagree.
8. He does not pick up his feet when he walks. Just take a step! Man has been doing it since the stone age!. One foot goes in front of the other. Not hard!
9. He has a horrible monotone laugh that carries throughout the entire office. I cringe every time.
10. He has been at this job for 12 years since graduating college and he will never leave. Its the only job he has ever known. The bosses by his bull. No one will ever hire him outside in the real world.
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Aug 25 '08
10:00 am PDT
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Anyone but her... or her. (Reply to this comment)
by atwork13
I had a coworker that drove me CRAZY. She was an older woman who had NO idea how to use quickbooks or excel... let me be honest, the phone was difficult for her. And after 2.5 years of employment compared to my >1 year emplyment, the questions she had for me seemed never ending. One day Heaven shone down on me and she was fired, finally everyone was as tired of her as I was. So they hired a new "co-worker" for me to enjoy. Let me get to the bottom line. She knows songs on EVERY station of the radio and sings them all. We have tried any station we can understand and still, she sings. I want to be clear that she doesn't sing softly, or to herself. She's harmonizing, reaching the top and bootom of her vocal range with even a touch of falsetto for fun. Today she confessed her life altering appreciation of the American Idol. At this point, I'm wishing the older lady was still here.
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Aug 12 '08
2:06 pm PDT
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My Old Annoying Co-Worker (Reply to this comment)
by cindos_69
At my previous job, we had a woman in our office who was rather annoying and acted in ways which you described (not the farting thing though, that would put me over the edge). She was Hispanic and had this terrific accent and everyday, she'd come into work complaining about how much money she had spent at Wal-Mart the night before or how much traffic there was in the morning. She was consistently late in the morning and she'd always have the perfect excuse as soon as she walked in the door. It was either that she was tired and was "so busy" the night before cooking and cleaning for her kids, and they were up late (her kids lived in the city and frequently made trips to upstate ny)because they were visiting. I could keep going on but the more I think about it the more annoyed I get. Thanks for letting me vent everyone!
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Jun 19 '08
4:44 pm PDT
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UC Office of the Pres, Oakland (Reply to this comment)
by bizeemom
Top ten reasons I hate my co-workers:
1. They are lazy. They pick only the easiest projects and then claim they are "too busy" to do their other work and slough it off on whoever they can.
2. They are racist. The white women around here make veiled racist comments and it is tolerated. Unbelievable in an organization where the civil rights movement supposedly originated.
3. They are stupid. None of them know how to use a computer. They only know Word. Powerpoint, Access, and Excel are foreign words to them.
4. They are ugly. Nuff said.
5. They are moochers. If you put anything in the breakroom even remotely edible it will disappear in 3 minutes.
6. They are buttkissers. The go around kissing each others butt all day which is probably why they never get any work done.
7. They are clique-ish and exclusionary. They run around in little packs, there are the white packs and the brown packs. Awful.
8. They are phoney. Whenever anyone retires or quits they throw a phoney little party full of fake joviality and back patting. It's nauseating.
9. They gossip like crazy. All they do is sit around back-stabbing each other then smiling in each other's face.
10. They have no clothes sense. They dress like leftover hippies. Ugly sandals, funky pants, wierd tops, hairdo's from the 60's and 70s. Yuck. They must not have mirrors in their homes.
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Jun 12 '08
3:36 pm PDT
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And, I would like to add (Reply to this comment)
by fedupemployee
I am back, and I would like to add: If this co-workers says one more time "oh, I made a typo on this document, I must be having a blonde moment" or "I messed up this document, I must be getting blonder" I am going to scream. I really take offense to this constant statement as I am blonde (not by chemical, but by by genetics) and this coworker says it time and time again. First off, she is greek with dark brown hair. Sorry, I had to come back and post again, just venting. :)
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May 30 '08
8:20 am PDT
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Re: Re: Uh-oh.... (Reply to this comment)
by fedupemployee
I came across this website when searching Annoying Coworkers. I have just about had it. Here is my co-worker nightmare:
1. Brings a bag of Peanuts in everyday and sits a desk cracking Peanuts Shells all day!
2. Chews bubblegum, blow bubbles and snaps gum (this person by the way sits next to the SVP & General Counsel) Very professional.
3. Slam cabinet drawers, phones, staplers, stacks of papers, anything that makes a lot of noise and shows aggression. Keeps the employees on edge.
4. Puts obnoxious loud ringtones on cell phone and turns the volume up to its max, and just lets it ring and ring at desk, while away from desk.
5. While at desk, whistles, taps pen on the desk at a consistent beat, taps finger nails on your desk consistently and stamps feet.
6. Comments out loud regarding: (a) every email received; (b) every phone call received, (d) every piece of work handed to them.
7. When they walk in the door first thing in the morning before everyone has had a chance to take their 1st sip of coffee, start rambling on about themself (to co-workers who have to get 2 kids ready in the morning, commute a long distance daily and drop off kids to different schools) about how their morning is going terribly bad because they couldn’t choose between the 5 outfits they laid out that morning, how they had to cut their bubblebath short, how their day is going to hell because they are having a bad "hair day" and forgot to put on their jewelry that you laid out.
8. Approaches someone at their desk, from behind them and stands behind them -- nice to have someone lurking over your shoulder.
9. When walking by employees at their desk, abruptly waves hand in their face and says “Boo.” I guess they think it keeps everybody on their toes.
10. Working on an open floor environment with many employees, yells over or through employees to speak with the ones they want on the other side of them.
11. Office involves having people cover each others phones or having someone on the floor at all times, this employee leaves their desk to begin a 15 min. cigarette break at 11:59 a.m. (by the way we don’t get breaks in our company, other than lunch) when they know their fellow co-worker is leaving for her scheduled lunch at 12:00 p.m.
12. Farting – Yes, we have a farter here too, this person does it all day and we have no cubicles or walls, just a bunch of desks on open floor, this person has been spoken to by Human Resources, but yet the gas still leaks? People have fans and room spray on their desks to repel this person.
I could go on, but this would be a novel!
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May 29 '08
10:57 am PDT
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Re: Uh-oh.... (Reply to this comment)
by jps246
I know, I couldn't imagine years of more farts!
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Feb 25 '08
7:42 am PST
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Uh-oh.... (Reply to this comment)
by smiles33
Trying hard NOT to giggle about the farts, as it makes the bed shake and my husband is sleeping. This is HILARIOUS and I'm glad you shared it. Thank goodness you changed jobs!
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Feb 22 '08
9:45 pm PST
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Wow (Reply to this comment)
by gothicdreams
I never knew one woman could be so disgustingly rude and nasty. I have had bad coworkers in the past but this would probably top the list as a nightmare coworker. Generally I would find somewhere like the bathroom to fart when at work unless I was in a place where no one would hear or be offended.
Take care and best wishes.
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Jun 28 '07
11:03 pm PDT
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Re: It's 3 years later.... (Reply to this comment)
by jps246
Oh yes...I changed jobs about a year and a half ago and escaped.
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Apr 05 '07
10:13 am PDT
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It's 3 years later.... (Reply to this comment)
by jackai
I hope she's gone by now!
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Feb 28 '07
8:17 am PST
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New Annoying Coworker Stories (Reply to this comment)
by dsgirl
This is a 2-year old thread but an age-old problem. Annoying coworkers abound and are not going away any time soon. There are two:
My annoying coworker number one happens to be a boss - not mine, but oh for the ones that he manages. He just manages to disgust the rest of us.
Now nobody can help their name. This guy shares first and last with a rather famous whiskey and for that his parents should be shot. But go by "Jonathan", especially if you show up from lunch regularly smelling like bar rag.
I don't recall if I've ever seen a male coworker go without socks - just leather loafers around the office and I've seen him go out on sales calls with his employees like this as well. Aside from the embarrassment of introducing your boss that crosses his legs in meetings to show his sockless feet, I promise you that sweating up a pair of leather loafers all day long will not be unnoticed.
He's quite sure he's a ladies man, though none of us yet have seen any sign that anyone but his rather unfortunate girlfriend (another associate) is interested, and she's rather the wounded duck as he flirts with everything under age 30 in the building, including in front of her. The rest of the females are readily insulted by his advances, though the advances themselves are a matter of tone and body language than they are of words or touch. Several have said, "he just creeps me out".
The guy has more hero stories than the rest of the building put together. The outside hero stories talk about all these adventures, yet his Hummer still shows up every Monday looking like it hasn't been out of the garage. I think the guy has literally put out 3-4 forest fires (no - real forest fires) all by himself, saved dozens of lives, and prevented the near collapse of the Western economy on at least one occasion.
The inside stories go to making more sales in 15 minutes on the phone in his office than the rest of his staff does in an entire week - which he lords over their heads in an "if I can do this then why can't you do that" kind of way. The only problem is that none of us that should be able to see his sales ever does. He's not commissioned, so he turns these "done deals" over to his subordinates, and then cracks on them at supervisor meetings that they lost it. For whatever reason, the C-level staff just doesn't see through it. Yet there are many stories floating around about how some of his "done deals" that he passes along have never even heard of him when the subordinate comes to call. They are just afraid to take it over his head.
He likes to "do favors" for upper management by having his subordinates do tasks like calling to raise money for philanthropic organizations that they belong to. He hands out the call sheets to commissioned sales reps that are then unable to perform their income producing tasks while he takes the kudos from upper management for making them look good. It's referred to as being "a team player".
As with any sale, there is a natural progression and a building of the relationship. So imagine your boss calling your clients without any introduction or previous mention to you to "inquire as to the status of the deal and how soon contracts will be signed". More sales have been botched by his drunken ambition than can be counted. Yet on those that still somehow manage to happen, he recounts to us and upper management how he managed to take charge of the deal and made it happen.
Annoying coworker number two happens to be someone that occupies no firm spot in humanity. One of the few remaining people dripping with Jerry Curl from the 80's, nobody seems to be able identify whether the guy is Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Pacific Islander and what outfit he wears that day and what accent he is sporting. East Indian or gay Pakistani is also a possibility sometimes when he spends the day trying to sound like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from The Simpson's.
Sexual orientation is also in question. Standing next to him, character Jack McFarland from Will and Grace would have more in common with John Wayne. I've never seen anyone prance over to the copy machine or do Michael Jackson dance, the crotch grab, and squeak in the men's restroom before. It's creepy and makes you want to take a walk down to the restroom at the other end of the building. I now think that it is possible to mix the genetic material of MJ, Little Richard, Liberace, Tiny Tim and Philip Michael Thomas. At first it's interesting like a clown act, but after awhile, you just get tired of working with Bozo.
Recently his superior had to go to him and tell him that he had to tone it down as outside business associates were complaining... not that they were embarrassed to learn that who they addressed was not a "Miss" as some thought, but that he was just a bit too personally engaging on the phone, waaaay too happy, and evidently doing a bit of Pee Wee Herman on the phone. There were also complaints that he would tell coworkers, "I could just kiss you", male and female, and neither trusts that he won't.
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Nov 15 '06
7:36 pm PST
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Hey! (Reply to this comment)
by ms_pookie
Hey! Do we work at the same place because you just described my annoying co-worker!
Very amusing. I will be contributing as I just stumbled across this! :-P
Pooks
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Mar 06 '05
9:47 pm PST
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OK . . . (Reply to this comment)
by modernmarvel
I just spent an hour and a half trying to figure out my Massachusetts employer state tax and wondering why I started my own business. Now I remember why I started working for myself - all those annoying co-workers. As least I don't have to sit within farting proximity of anyone any more. Thanks for the laugh - and the memories.
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Oct 19 '04
10:28 am PDT
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10 Extremely Good Reasons! (Reply to this comment)
by kenintokyo
I know some of your pain. I work in a Japanese office. We have our own problems here. Apparently every-frigging-one in the office has their own problems of some sort.In Japan there is a rarely used "pity hire" system. They put their coworkers out to pasture pretty quick, but occassionally let one stick around if they kiss rear well enough. The 800 year old chirpy sparrow (who actually fractured a rib just commuting normally the other week) next to me farts as much as your Annoying Coworker and doesn't seem to notice. She also sneezes several times a day and doesn't bother to cover her mouth for those or coughs. When she speaks she uses the most absolutely formal and unnatural Japanese possible, a little like sitting next to Liz Taylor trying to speak to everyone like she would imagine Marie Antoinette would speak under the circumstances. If you took out the over-the-top elements she would basically be saying nothing at all. Maybe one small chirp. She just came back from moving files a minute ago and has just announced to all of us that she most humbly thanks us and honors our incredibly noble efforts in arranging files. Now she has left us a silent fart to remember her by as she races off looking for someone else to speak to. She also has a nasty habit of trying to give people things they don't want. She gave me a pack of freeze dried tomato soup yesterday and she tried to give me one to take home to my "undoubtedly adorable and most ravishing bride". I had to decline physically. Several times. The way she talks to herself "under her breath" very loudly and toothily is also grating on the nerves. She says things that could be roughly translated as "what in the whoozit?" or some other just slightly annoying hick phrase in Japanese at least once every 10 minutes. Now she's begging the copy repair guy to forgive her for walking by. What a nut! No wonder she's 5000 years old and still lives with her parents, who are no doubt stuffed and mounted by now.
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Oct 14 '04
10:33 pm PDT
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LOL!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by Birdfeather
Thanks for the humorous post! Sounds like your co-worker has a few habits that are least desired, especially #1! I'm glad she's yours and not mine..hahaha!
Karenm (who has to deal with a lot of foreigners with attitudes at work)
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Oct 10 '04
12:26 pm PDT
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I read each of the ten offending ... (Reply to this comment)
by popsrocks
...reasons you hate your co-worker. I think I could deal with all of them except the last one. That one really stinks.
Phil
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Oct 08 '04
5:14 am PDT
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Re: I think you work with (Reply to this comment)
by jps246
Just think what this woman's family has to suffer through
I don't even want to imagine the dinner table at Thanksgiving or Christmas!
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Oct 07 '04
6:07 pm PDT
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Re: Re: I HAVE 2 VERY ANNOYING CO-WORKERS!!!!!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by jps246
checks her voice mail using the SPEAKERPHONE
There should be a rule posted in offices that speakerphone can never be used. Better yet, just rip the button off the phone.
Jeff
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Oct 07 '04
6:06 pm PDT
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Re: @[xxxx]§:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::> (Reply to this comment)
by jps246
I'd still be laughing at the farts
I thought that too - for the longest time I would have to bite my lip not to turn around and laugh at her - but now - I'm just like "oh, there's another one..."
Jeff
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Oct 07 '04
6:05 pm PDT
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Re: Heaven save us from from icky co-workers (Reply to this comment)
by jps246
How do you keep on finding the will to go to work
Thank God for sick time!
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Oct 07 '04
6:04 pm PDT
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Heaven save us from from icky co-workers (Reply to this comment)
by artemisadorned
So funny. Poor thing. Sounds like it's time for that Serenity Prayer and an exterminator. How do you keep on finding the will to go to work?
This is more than a Calgon moment can fix.
LOL,
Linda
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Oct 07 '04
8:33 am PDT
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@[xxxx]§:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::> (Reply to this comment)
by flamepillar
Oh my GAWD, that is hilariously hilarious! I can't believe she gets away with it! I think to this day, I'd still be laughing at the farts. But those loud personal calls would grate on my nerves like Freddy Krueger attacking a chalkboard.
See ya
HeadphoneTim
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Oct 06 '04
10:37 pm PDT
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Re: I HAVE 2 VERY ANNOYING CO-WORKERS!!!!!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by speeddemon531
Thank you!
The girl in the office behind me always has conversations and checks her voice mail using the SPEAKERPHONE and it is the most annoying thing in the world. I don't need to hear your personal business!!
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Oct 05 '04
5:58 pm PDT
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I think you work with (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
my mother-in-law. Never mind that she works in New York and you're in Massachusetts. She must teleport up there or something.
Just think what this woman's family has to suffer through, especially if she has daughters or sons-in-law!
Patti
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Oct 05 '04
1:42 pm PDT
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I HAVE 2 VERY ANNOYING CO-WORKERS!!!!!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by JAGUARDOG
They are both MALE and they both talk VERY LOUDLY! One likes to read the NEWS off the internet out loud to everyone regardless if we want to hear it or not or if we already read the NEWS earlier from the paper. He also gets and makes a lot of personal calls to his BOYFRIEND from his cube and also talks very loudly on his cell phone. I have nothing against GAY people Male or Female, honest but this one is the first really obnoxious one I have ever had the displeasure to have to work near.
The other one is LOUD all the time. He laughs like a teenage girl doing a lot of he, he, he, he, he type giggling. He begins a lot of stupid non-sensible conversations about weird strange things that just pop into his pea brain. He argues a lot with his co-workers. He breaks out singing or attempting to sing RAP sounds he calls music. He answers his phone and picks up messages on it by using his Speakerphone instead of using the handset, which is very rude and inconsiderate. I have yelled at him a few times saying “We do not want to hear your conversation Zack!
These are just a few of the worse ones of many!
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Oct 05 '04
7:17 am PDT
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