Work Pet Peeves

I simply decline meetings I don't find important and tell the organizer to send me an e-mail containing the minutes and any questions pertaining to me. Yeah, a meeting at 4:00PM on a Friday? Sorry, but I will never accept that. I don't care if it is a dial-in meeting. You had 40 hours already to schedule a meeting with me during the week. I'll be damned if you are going to encroach upon my personal time. It can wait, whatever it is.
 
People who lie.

I work w/ this one 1st year teacher. If you try to help her and point out where she made a mistake, she will swear up and down that somebody told her to do it. When you ask you, she can't ever answer... then she back peddles and says, "Well, I could have heard them wrong, but I could swear someone told me that."

I guess that falls under making excuses. Just say OK, then fix it. I don't need twenty excuses. I don't know anyone who does things wrong on purpose... so I don't need excuses. Just admitt you messed up and fix it!

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I realize that it pales in comparison to actual important **** that fucks with peoples' days, but I hate this guy:
"How's it going?"
"It's Friday!".

Or...
"How's it going?"
(Sigh, hangs head)"Well, it's a Monday..."
 
I work in a small office - 8 people. My boss's ego will not allow him to not take the lead in meetings, even if he's barely versed in what's going on. So I'm stuck in the corner taking notes while bossman gets pissed because he doesn't understand an issue that I've actually spent time researching and drafting. But he can't admit that he doesn't understand and let me take the lead because then it would look like he's not in charge, which is apparently worse than looking like he's uninformed.

Grr.
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Leaving long, incoherent messages on the audix. Simple rules.....
1) State your name.
2) State your phone number slowly.
3) In no more than 8 seconds, tell me THE SUBJECT of why you called.
4) Repeat phone number.
5) Hang up.
If you don't get it said in 20 seconds, I don't hear it.
 
Being a CC on an email string that is about 28 messages long that became irrelevant to me at about message 3.

HR issues are almost ALWAYS like this.

"Win Wire" type emails
 
i absolutely despise post-it notes being left on the desk.
lack of communication in the office about changes.
people not pulling their weight.

jeez, i could go on with this list.
 
I can't believe we've gone this far without any mention of people who burp, fart, slurp coffee, smack food, make weird stretching noises, etc. in their cubicle as though nobody can hear or be repulsed by them.

People who are deathly ill but still come to work, coughing, sneezing and touching everything in the office. If you have internet and a phone at home, you can usually get your job done there. Stop contaminating the rest of us.

People who have to drag others into e-mail issue drama via the cc: and bcc: functions for the purposes of a) either covering their asses or b) being the tattletale. It's passive-aggressive ******** and drives me up the ******* wall.
 
being penalized for not participating in team happy hours or putt putt golfing, other stupid after work events. I work 80 hours a week. I do not want to spend any of my personal time with you people. If I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't work the 80 hours with you!

Also, I have no desire to hear about your 3 grandchildren, what happen at church last week, or how funny Ugly Betty was last night. I don't care. Do your job so I don't have to clean up after your half-assed efforts, and save the personal crap for someone that actually cares.

Also, don't get pissy because I can get my crap done in 8 hours (perhaps because I don't take 45 minute coffee breaks, have personal conversations, and daydream when I'm supposed to be working) and it takes you 14 hours. YOU are screwing with your sense of balance, not me.
 
It drives me crazy that the guy I share a room with here talks on speaker phone all f-ing day. He's doing it right now as I type. The next call I get will be an adventure because I'll have to try to hear and speak over this douche and whover he's speaking with.

The worst thing is that this guy(IT manager) has his own office but opts to work in my Operations room simply because it is connected to our server room.

Oh, I didn't mention how when he's not on the phone, he or one of his techs will blast some pretty ****** music. They asked me once if I had anything to play so I played some of my stuff and they just commented on how it was weird, "dope" music.

I've made comments before but I can't go too far as, of course, upper management is all up this guy's ***.
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Didn't see this above, but can't believe it hasn't been noted:

- leaving an empty pot of coffee
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Also people having a conversation in a doorway, thus blocking said doorway for anyone else to pass through. Get the **** out of the way!!!
 
I just remembered this thread existed and so I wanted to stop what I was doing at work and list co-workers who SUCK at everything and who talk so damn loud on the phone to the list....
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No, but I do work 7 days a week. Plus, I said I could get MY stuff done in 8 hours, the other 2-3 hours a day is doing their crap.
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My #1 -

People who send you an email, and then immediately get up from their desk, walk over to your desk, and ask "did you get my email?"

I had a guy in my old office who used to do this every time. I would see his name pop up in Outlook, and then I could immediately hear him get up and start walking around to my desk. SO ANNOYING. Like I'm going to have time in 5 seconds to have opened and read your email. I have other things to do.

I finally took control of the situation by claiming to have no email from him, whenever he would walk by. He'd get a look of chagrin, and walk back to his desk, try again, and walk back. "Nope, still nothing!"
 
no. i get paid to work. I choose to spend the money which I am paid and free time with people that I enjoy, and with whom have I something in common. Being forced to spend personal time with work peers is not enjoyable for me. I need and very much believe in a seperation of work and personal life, and am very protective of time away from work. Part of the reason I'm leaving I guess.
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