Let's bitch about our stupid, annoying co-workers

(For info, our department consists of suites that contain an office for the AA, an office for the boss, and the rest of the suite is two (relatively private) cubes for use non-lawyer lawyers. So while we are shielded from the horrors of an open floor plan, we don't have a door to close against noise and the two lawyers in each office are basically up in each other's business all day. But the GC was looking right at the wall of my cube with my little name plate that says "Carl Agatha, Staff Attorney" when he decided he was only introduced this woman to lawyers.)

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^^^ Jesse IRL

It reminds me of a time I was waiting at the lifts and a lady - complete stranger from another floor/company, no idea who she was - reached over to me (standing behind me) and tucked in my fukcing shirt tag. Said "I cant stand tagdags! I had to fix it!". I was gobsmacked.

This has happened to me multiple times! The worst! You should have responded "You want to know what I can't stand? The cold hands of a stranger on the back of my fucking neck. That's what I can't stand."

the other day at work, i all of a sudden sneezed, hiccuped, and did some weird snort/squawk thing, and it was very embarrassing. i just started laughing and apologized, but in my head, i was imagining my new workers coming to this thread to post about how it was SO GROSS.

In spite of all the abuse I have taken at work, I interviewed for a promotion in another department. It looks like I will get it, and I will then have the power to fire people!

From the insane co-worker files:

Today in the elevator I mentioned that I'd gone to a tattoo place near where she lived once.

her: You have a tatoo?!!!
me: Yeah, well I have four.
her: OMG you have four tattoos?
me: Yep.
her: OK tramp. Hahahahahaha just kidding! I'm sort of against them though. No ink will go on this temple.

. . .

Tramp? Really lady?!

But then . . .

ugh, i haaaaaaaaaate that

1) insult
2) jk
3) no but really, insult

I got an email from my manager (with whom I've had issues in the past couple months) telling me that she had noticed I'm doing an excellent job lately and really making an effort. I then noticed that the email was actually a forward of an email that insane co-worker had sent her letting her know that I'd been going above and beyond and really helping her and the other new team members a lot lately and that she's not the only one who noticed this but that she though the supervisor should know because it's been so helpful. It was actually exceptionally sweet.

So, she's still nuts but I think she's a really good person.

This lady she sent it to isn't really someone I work for but the HR person I'd written about before who had been harassing me about time off and stuff over the spring.

Anyway I honestly don't think I've ever met anyone who is seemingly normal yet completely clueless socially.

lady and the tramp

Did she actually say "OMG"?

Anyway I honestly don't think I've ever met anyone who is quite so seemingly normal yet completely clueless socially.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, June 22, 2012 4:27 PM (57 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

x-post - No, no she did not.

OK, good. The whole scene is bad either way, but that would have pushed it over the edge. :)

Nice work, E! lol at insult-JK-insult though, what the hell :P

"Would you put graffiti on the temple?" I heard this SO MANY times growing up re: tattoo that it's a guaranteed rolleye inducer. Anyway now I have John Mayer stuck in my head with the words "your body is a temple-land"

I'm sorry, but why do you put your ginormous box of cereal in our (often packed) communal fridge? Put that shit on your desk, or put transfer it to an airtight container and leave it in your office! Right now it's laid down flat, because its shape does not FIT in a refrigerator, and so it's taking up an unnecessary amount of surface area. And, by the way, no need to put your initials on it. No one wants to eat your stupid cereal.

Can you fit it into the crisper? You know - for freshness.

Possibly, but I don't want to rearrange her stuff for her. Doesn't stay fresh if you keep it in an airtight container?

Oh I was being sarcastic, we keep our cereal in the box in a cupboard! :)

haha. it doesn't help that i already don't like her. i think if she weren't so irritating the rest of the time, the cereal box wouldn't bother me.

I understand completely; I'm currently bitching to my manager about how this weird girl is going to be at our conference and everything she does drives me nuts & I'm terrified we'll get seated together because we're the only smokers. One of those people who just grates. I think I have already mentioned her on this thread. She's so creepy.

ah yes. i remember when i smoked, i had to seek out a hiding place so as to avoid this one weirdo smoker at my work. somehow we always ended up running into each other in the elevator on the way to or back from smoking.

jesus enbb you're surging ahead itt

BTW wasn't it pretty poor form for the HR person to include the original mail? Nice that you could see it and all, but would they do the same with a complaint etc?

I have this thing where I just can't be outright rude to people unless pushed - especially as she's a coworker. So I dodge her, only passively respond to her conversation, pretend I don't see her - still she comes up to me daily 'to chat.' She fills me with IA. Argh!

x-post - I sort of wondered that myself tbh but I don't really know what the protocol is and guess it wasn't really a formal thing. I don't really care as somehow I seem to have managed to work my way back into their good graces which is A-OK by me.

yeah i suppose you'd hope in a negative sitch that they'd have the cop-on not to do it.

Ffm- i'm never rude to anyone either imo, but i've got this 'rep'....i blame my eyebrows, they're v suggestive

good reason to quit smoking?

xpost to ms finemusic

the eyebrows cannot be restrained!

xp It's in the works and that IS a small part of my many reasons!

I'm sure I have some visual tells but this girl has no radar whatsoever.

Effective method for dealing with annoying co-workers: total silence and The Dan Hedaya Stare:

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Lollll I'm totally doing that the next time the kooky, hymn singing security guard tries to mumble-chat with me about whatever strange thoughts are flitting through her head.

Okay so this guy:

• is rude to customers
• calls out CONSTANTLY with no remorse and for reasons that are confirmed bullshit (he'll be "sick" but then come in later that day to buy a sandwich or be at another co-workers house just hanging out talking about how he doesn't want to go to work); most recently just called out FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK, which totally and directly fucked me over two different shifts bcz I had to scramble for 5 solid hours
• says things like "ugh women have more rights than men these days"
• tries to sell you weed on Facebook by making bs small talk and then saying "hey do you need any weed?"
• is bizarrely stubborn and argumentative and will just battle with you when you explain how to things properly, even though we've all been working there longer than him
• bitches and complains constantly that $9.50/hr is soooooo awful for working at a v small and independently owned natural foods store, which it sorta would be if a) the work environment wasn't super lax and comfortable and flexible and b) we didn't get to keep all the products past expiry or buffet food that's day-old

Yuck. Does management notice how he sucks?

Do a web search for his email address and you'll probably find a lot of ragingly misogynistic posts on MRA websites and you can show your bosses and be like "Is this the kind of person you want to work here?"

calls out CONSTANTLY with no remorse and for reasons that are confirmed bullshit (he'll be "sick" but then come in later that day to buy a sandwich or be at another co-workers house just hanging out talking about how he doesn't want to go to work)

had someone who would do this years ago when i worked at a very busy ice cream shop. remember one time she called in sick and we had to call in someone to cover for her; he really didn't want to, but he took the bullet. an hour later, he's taking her order.

Bloody hell. Sure, take a sickie, but... to actually go in and prove that you're not sick, that just seems... incredibly stupid?

I worked at one place with a lot of flaky students and one time one of the boss guys played us this really apologetic voicemail message one of them had left, calling in sick with diarrhea but then not hanging up the phone properly and going 'do you think that sounded convincing? diarrhea's always convincing because no-one would say it otherwise, right??'

I guess they do but apparently, the DL scoop is that the whole week he called out was bcz he was in withdrawal from quitting Subutex so I think he might have played the "boo hoo I was in serious shit and I'm trying to get better" card, and I almost wanted to feel sorry for him but he's such an awful person otherwise that I just can't. Apparently it's damn near impossible to get fired from this job

so i've been at my new job for over a month, but i'm still feeling very bitter and angry about my old job. i just need to let go, but at random times of the day, i'll think about how awful it was and just get mad for a few minutes before i'm able to reassure myself that my new situation is amazing and literally has no drawbacks compared to my old situation. i guess it will fade away with enough time, but still - i wasn't expecting it.

When did you get a new situation??

a month and a half or so ago. it's a great job in the city working for a super nice guy making a really fun product.

I have a friend who had a terrible job where they treated her like garbage and it took her a year to get over it. I think when you spend eight hours + each day in a situation where you are stressed and angry and mentally sieged, you're using so many resources just to get by, and when that stress is taken away, there's something like PTSD left behind. It probably will fade with time, but if the bitter angriness starts to get in the way of you truly enjoying your new job, I think it's reasonable to seek counseling on the issue.

I guess what I'm mostly saying is that those kinds of feelings are pretty normal after leaving a terrible job. And congrats on your new situation!

I just went through this very same thing. I've been at my new job for over 3 months now and am happy to report the crushing negativity is pretty much gone now. But in the 1st month I found myself still getting wound up over tiny things and even considered quitting over basically nothing. Now I'm settling in well and the previous few years of stupid annoyingness are becoming a memory.

I'm no industrial psychologist but I seriously think people get mild PTSD after leaving a shitty job. I'm thinking that when I finally get out of my current job, I'm going to have to check myself in for a stint in a residential program.

Am really fed up with my job -- it should be a cycle of 4 weeks light duty and 4 weeks heavy duty, but it's a cycle of 6.5 weeks light duty and 10 days of blind deadline panic. Workday is 6 a.m. to midnight all this week.

Picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue and arguing politics with my brother in law.