View Full Version : Workplace peeves.
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 12:35 PM
1.The dumb chick next to me who is putting her peanut shells in my trash.
2. Headphones that you can hear across the room.
3. Cell phones with stupid ring tones.
4. People that can't wait for you to finish your shit before they start taking one next to you.
What's your peeve?
JerseyRich
08-28-2008, 12:38 PM
Kiss asses that won't stop their giggling all day...
WTF?! It's not going to get you a raise or a promotion...STOP IT!
dryerdoor
08-28-2008, 12:39 PM
One thing that I find annoying is at the elevator bank. Why do people feel the need to press the up/down/floor button when it is already pushed.
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 12:40 PM
Yeah especially ones that flip on you with criticizm when the boss is around! I hate those.
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 12:41 PM
Oh by the way that was poop post numbah three.
Freakshow
08-28-2008, 12:41 PM
http://media.strategywiki.org/images/thumb/4/4b/Wizard_of_Wor_flyer.jpg/250px-Wizard_of_Wor_flyer.jpg
The wizard makes my place of wor annoying. :tongue:
Don Stugots
08-28-2008, 12:43 PM
The "K" buttons stick.
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 12:47 PM
Oh the worst... People who come in sick and geteveryone else sick.. but use sick time to fuck off instead.
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 12:54 PM
Arrrrr nooooo! My perfectly good thread down in flames cus of a damn 'k'.
Your all devil people.
dryerdoor
08-28-2008, 12:54 PM
Arrrrr nooooo! My perfectly good thread down in flames cus of a damn 'k'.
Your all devil people.
You're
ibanez23
08-28-2008, 12:55 PM
The person You hate but don't even know.Fuck them for being so hateable!
dryerdoor
08-28-2008, 12:56 PM
The person You hate but don't even know.Fuck them for being so hateable!
I hate smarmy bosses.
Hottub
08-28-2008, 12:57 PM
Curve or Pearl?
Autotext on or off?
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 12:59 PM
K maybe good is a slight overstatement.
Dingbat_Charlie
08-28-2008, 01:01 PM
turbo talkers. please shut up and go away so I can return to goofing off.
ibanez23
08-28-2008, 01:02 PM
companyman.
King Hippos Bandaid
08-28-2008, 01:30 PM
Pen Theives
if i catch the person (hen) who took my 3 Paper Mate Gel Blue Pens. I will punch her in her pruney old face
JerseyRich
08-28-2008, 01:36 PM
Pen Theives
if i catch the person (hen) who took my 3 Pate Mate Gel Blue Pens. I will punch her in her pruney old face
Dude...Starvin' for some prunes.
MobCounty
08-28-2008, 01:46 PM
Haha for prune pusses...
debit
08-28-2008, 01:57 PM
Lifers.
People who work in a company for 10+ years and are almost useless, but who will never quit because they don't think they can hack it anywhere else. They think the company can't run without them, but are also insecure and try to hoard information. They continually fail at whatever is assigned them and have duties taken away from them, but they will never be fired.
Don Stugots
08-28-2008, 02:44 PM
Arrrrr nooooo! My perfectly good thread down in flames cus of a damn 'k'.
Your all devil people.
DAMN YOU LETTER K!
WhistlePig
08-28-2008, 06:19 PM
The always cold co-worker who cranks the heat up so high in the winter it's like walking into a blast furnace.
boosterp
08-28-2008, 07:25 PM
People waiting to get on the elevator standing right in the middle when the doors open blocking your way off.
The idiot who you do not know or do not care but insists on stopping by to chat when you are neck deep in work.
People who take the last cup of coffee but won't bother making more.
Marc with a c
08-28-2008, 07:37 PM
lew
PapaBear
08-28-2008, 07:40 PM
The guy who never stops talking and never has anything to say.
biggestmexi
08-29-2008, 03:50 AM
http://www.northstarmedia.com/files/SpecialK_Logo_H.jpg
ozzie
08-29-2008, 04:00 AM
Wor. What is it good for?
undressa
08-29-2008, 04:23 AM
omg, coworkers who sing AND
patients who don't understand that the 8month old that came in not breathing is more important then u and ur stupid fucking paper cut, I don't care who u know u have to wait till we finish doing cpr on the old man and tell his wife of 56 years that he is gone then we will look at your sprained ankle that u hurt playing yuppy racketball. I don't care how much your nose hurts from blowing it cause your allergies are flairing up, u have to wait till we help the 16 year old that walked in with a paperclip in his eye. And for the record, yes the 20 firemen who walked in with minor smoke inhalation r more important then your broken pinkey toe no matter how much u whine . AND if you lie and say u r having chest pain thinking u will get in faster, after I tell you how horrible u r, I will walk u to the waiting room and sit u next to someone with lice.
Thank u, I must go, the trauma bells are ringing
Mother Hens (see my thread here (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=69402), or don't...it's your move fancy pants)
People who walk in when I'm on a conference call and stand over me waiting for me to be done.
People who email me, then call me and ask "Did you get my email?"
People who leave their home PC's on my desk with a note "My son's computer please fix" (I have formatted the hard drives on these)
Being call after hours for home computing issues. (Most notably 7AM on Christmas morning)
People who send out FW:'ds that are jokes or fake warnings from 2000.
People who weasel in on lunch meetings for a free meal.
People who bitch and moan that they need expensive ergonomic chairs, furniture, etc. when they just want to feel important.
... the list goes on and on but I think I'll stop here.
Hottub
08-29-2008, 04:48 AM
Women who teach Sexual Harrasment Classes and wear revealing clothing to show off an ample bosom.:furious:
biggestmexi
08-29-2008, 04:48 AM
[LIST]
it's your move fancy pants).
http://whipup.net/wp-content/images/2006/09/fancy-pants-2in11.jpg
Tallman388
08-29-2008, 05:25 AM
the boss who insists that her new hot pink outfit from Wal-Mart makes her look professional, not like a bottle of Pepto Bismol.
KingGeno
08-29-2008, 05:26 AM
Having single man-hating women bosses.
Having all military bosses.
People that listen to fuckin' country music, and shout talk on their cell phone, with no regard for what you are doing.
Fat chicks who drive cars that hot chicks should be driving.
Women who teach Sexual Harrasment Classes and wear revealing clothing to show off an ample bosom.:furious:
:lol: Surprisingly enough that doesn't bother me so much....
the boss who insists that her new hot pink outfit from Wal-Mart makes her look professional, not like a bottle of Pepto Bismol.
:laugh:
RhinoinMN
08-29-2008, 05:35 AM
The "I have an idea" guy whose ideas suck and are irrelevant.
People who yell over cubicles.
People who keep the volume cranked on their computers so every time they get an IM, it keeps dinging over and over and over and...
People that insist upon standing behind me when I'm sitting at my desk, violating my personal space.
People that take the elevator to go up or down one floor. 9 times out of 10, it's a fatass.
People that don't refill paper in the printer when it's low or empty.
People who remove staples from paper and either leave them on the counter or throw them on the floor.
Chip196
08-29-2008, 05:40 AM
After months of planning and discussing a Disaster Recovery Environment, we're ready to make a copy of the "Live" Data, and this 3-Day weekend seems perfect to move 200GB. We've talked about this for 2 weeks now, and this is the e-mail I get from corporate at 8:45 AM in response to me asking if we were all set:
"We need Bob to get us the software and licensing. I do not have the software to start this."
HOW THE EFF DO YOU NOT HAVE THE SOFTWARE!!!!!! YOU HAD A MONTH TO GET IT!!!!!
Thanks for letting me vent!
After months of planning and discussing a Disaster Recovery Environment, we're ready to make a copy of the "Live" Data, and this 3-Day weekend seems perfect to move 200GB. We've talked about this for 2 weeks now, and this is the e-mail I get from corporate at 8:45 AM in response to me asking if we were all set:
"We need Bob to get us the software and licensing. I do not have the software to start this."
HOW THE EFF DO YOU NOT HAVE THE SOFTWARE!!!!!! YOU HAD A MONTH TO GET IT!!!!!
Thanks for letting me vent!
Wow CHip, we could seriously be working for the same company...
RhinoinMN
08-29-2008, 05:46 AM
People who throw soiled toilet paper (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=68780) in the trash can. Flush that shit dammit!
Thebazile78
08-29-2008, 05:47 AM
Women who teach Sexual Harrasment Classes and wear revealing clothing to show off an ample bosom.:furious:
That's why our sexual harassment/hostile work environment seminars are all done as an online video with a quiz after each section.
They're dorky, but effective. Oh, and you can do them on your own time.
Chip196
08-29-2008, 05:58 AM
Wow CHip, we could seriously be working for the same company...
What a ridiculous industry we work in. All the techs I've ever worked for, with, or had work for me tell the exact same stories. All the friends I have in the industry say the exact same thing. I have one Buddy who works for a Hedge Fund who is the only exception I've ever heard ... but that company has so much money they're over-staffed. It's really mind boggeling how so many really smart people can be so stupid.
What a ridiculous industry we work in. All the techs I've ever worked for, with, or had work for me tell the exact same stories. All the friends I have in the industry say the exact same thing. I have one Buddy who works for a Hedge Fund who is the only exception I've ever heard ... but that company has so much money they're over-staffed. It's really mind boggeling how so many really smart people can be so stupid.
Yeah I hear ya. The other night I had to cutover our T1 with our provider. The tech was MIA and later said he forgot. It's good to keep your customers hanging like that.
Men who teach Sexual Harrasment Classes and wear revealing clothing to show off an ample bosom.:furious:
Fixed that for you.
Drunky McBetidont
08-29-2008, 06:11 AM
when the fucking nerd IT faggot keeps blocking porn sites. how the fuck am i supposed to run a batch under my desk?
Chip196
08-29-2008, 06:33 AM
Yeah I hear ya. The other night I had to cutover our T1 with our provider. The tech was MIA and later said he forgot. It's good to keep your customers hanging like that.
It would make too much sense for them to have kept their appointment with you ... we have 1 person in our entire company that can configure our UNIX VPN MESH Boxes. We need a second one for failover to our second DS3 line. So we've been paying for a second DS3 for 9 months now, and I have a weekly reminder set up in outlook to send an e-mail every Monday to this guy so he can build the new MESH for us. For 9 months I have not gotten a response beyond the occasional "I hope to get to it this week". We could have hired 3 people and payed their annual salary with the money we've spend on the unused DS3 to this point. Not to mention the stupidity of using a UNIX MESH box when everything else in our company is Windows based with Cisco Hardware for Networking.
King Hippos Bandaid
08-29-2008, 06:54 AM
took 47 posts for a mod to fix the name
they are always on the ball
RhinoinMN
08-29-2008, 06:56 AM
FLIES!
FUCKING FLIES!!!
I feel like I am in Ethiopia.
Hottub
08-29-2008, 06:57 AM
Now it's my job to check every post for errors, then edit them?
Suck it.
took 47 posts for a mod to fix the name
they are always on the ball
When I happen to be online, yes, I am.
ozzie
08-29-2008, 07:01 AM
took 47 posts for a mod to fix the name
they are always on the ball
Worplace peeves was better. K's are boring. Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic.
FLIES!
FUCKING FLIES!!!
I feel like I am in Ethiopia.
...or in a McDonalds in Beijing (Swimwalk)
ahhdurr
08-29-2008, 08:34 AM
I've got a meeting with the Bobs in a few minutes... nothing really gets to me around here.
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RoseBlood
08-29-2008, 09:24 AM
Yeah especially ones that flip on you with criticizm when the boss is around! I hate those.
Nobody likes a petty snitch and if your boss has any sense he's probably more annoyed that his employee's are wasting his time with trivial matters.
People that insist upon standing behind me when I'm sitting at my desk, violating my personal space.
People that don't refill paper in the printer when it's low or empty.
People who remove staples from paper and either leave them on the counter or throw them on the floor.
ditto ditto ditto
Old ladies who insist on wearing open toed shoes so everyone can see their gnarly, yellow-crusted, fungus ridden toe nails. Or they think because they're old as dirt they know everything and can't wait to bestow their words of wisdom on you; unsolicited advice is never welcome, especially when my words are taken out of context.. retire already!
People who make back-handed comments about the number of clothes I own and try to mask it as a compliment. I'm sorry your size 22 ass hates to shop and I'm sorry my attire makes your elastic band slacks look frumpy.
Don Stugots
08-29-2008, 09:26 AM
That's why our sexual harassment/hostile work environment seminars are all done as an online video with a quiz after each section.
They're dorky, but effective. Oh, and you can do them on your own time.
bosses that want you to do homework.
Thebazile78
08-29-2008, 09:37 AM
bosses that want you to do homework.
Bosses who act like it's the end of the world just because it's the fourth quarter.
(Maybe if they laid off the dead weight, fourth quarter wouldn't be so bad because things would actually get done.)
I also hate bosses who are total and complete diapers and don't give you any breathing room, call meetings about EVERYTHING and waste your time asking about your project status when you've already reported it in your weekly status report that they haven't even bothered to read despite insisting that they have.
(My current boss and one of the assistant managers are both of the above.)
And, lastly, I hate it when you have construction projects going on in the office and the company doesn't close things down or dismiss you early even when the construction workers are sanding, drilling, hammering, painting and doing other noisy or toxic jobs for which they are wearing ear & eye protection ... and particulate filtration masks ... and then wonder why you're not up to coming into the office when the air is swimming with limestone dust.
I also hate bosses who are total and complete diapers and don't give you any breathing room, call meetings about EVERYTHING and waste your time asking about your project status when you've already reported it in your weekly status report that they haven't even bothered to read despite insisting that they have.
That's a good one -- and so true. My favorite is the "short meeting" that "won't last more than 30 minutes". An hour later...
In meetings I always want to say "well, what I would be working on if I wasn't wasting my time here in this meeting is..."
furie
08-29-2008, 04:53 PM
cell phones that ring.
put that thing on vibrate.
i also hate people who use speaker phone CONSTANTLY!
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Chip196
08-29-2008, 04:57 PM
That's a good one -- and so true. My favorite is the "short meeting" that "won't last more than 30 minutes". An hour later...
In meetings I always want to say "well, what I would be working on if I wasn't wasting my time here in this meeting is..."
I got reprimanded for putting an away message up on our company IM that said "In a meeting ... none of us are as dumb as all of us"
I thought it was funny ... and true.
cell phones that ring.
put that thing on vibrate.
i also hate people who use speaker phone CONSTANTLY!
Even better when people go to lunch and leave their cellphones behind to ring, and ring, and ring. I'm tempted to use it to call a phone sex line and just leave it sitting on their desk.
sr71blackbird
08-29-2008, 05:19 PM
The woman who has easy listening on all day and this song plays like 4 times an hour:
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Alice S. Fuzzybutt
08-29-2008, 08:57 PM
When I compare my current job with my last few jobs, I can say that I'm pretty happy.
I don't get angry/annoying phone calls from authors (I don't even have a phone!)
RARELY do I have to attend a meeting.
My co-workers are pretty cool. The atmosphere is COMPLETELY UN-PC.
I only have two peeves.
When someone brings me something to read 5 minutes before my shift ends. I HATE THAT SO MUCH. BUT, I get paid OT (unlike my last few jobs), so I can live with it.
And... there's this one desk top guy whose jobs are always total messes. He could be asked to fix ONE TINY thing and suddenly text re-flows, headings get dropped, art is missing, etc. He's a NICE NICE guy, but my heart sinks when he brings me something to proof. Some days are crazy and I'm on a roll, reading job after job after job, THEN I get one of his jobs and I have to check for mistakes that weren't there in the first place.
And although I like the work, the people I work with, and the short commute, I gotta say, this is the most Mickey-Mouse place I've ever worked for. The company doesn't contribute to the employees' 401k fund (I still keep my 401k fund with my last employer!). The "slow time" starts around Memorial Day and lay offs are VERY common. One guy I worked next to was in the middle of something, his manager called him to his office, he came back and said, "Okay guys, this is good-bye."
I think I'm "safe" for a while since it's difficult to find proofreaders who want to work second shift and I ALWAYS agree to OT. The ONE thing I worry about is if I miss something on press. They will not HESITATE in suspending you. Enough mistakes, you get canned.
So, I suppose I'm attracted to dysfunctional workplaces as well as dysfunctional mates!
hedges
08-30-2008, 12:23 AM
The place I just started working, the beverage supervisor--who also bartends, didn't know that you have to refrigerate bloody mary mix and sour mix. What a dumbass.
I work with college kids and some frat guys mostly and they listen to hip-hop on their ipods and have little dances that they do because they are cool, when all I can think of is how they are all tools. Goddamn old and bitter, that's me.
cougarjake13
08-31-2008, 07:21 AM
1.The dumb chick next to me who is putting her peanut shells in my trash.
2. Headphones that you can hear across the room.
3. Cell phones with stupid ring tones.
4. People that can't wait for you to finish your shit before they start taking one next to you.
What's your peeve?
when other people dont take pride in their work as much as i do and then when i go behind them the customers ask why i do it this way and why were they getting shitty work from previous co workers of mine before
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