this really isnt annoying but more of curious type thing

there is some woman in my office that all the time finds links to send everyone in the office...like 2 or 3 a day

http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/3183154/
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3181385/
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/07/07/daily16.html?f=et85%26ana=du_B

biz journals.com..wtf

7/10/2008 1:35:06 PM

my general manager

7/10/2008 1:45:10 PM

I hate getting these stupid e-mails about things that have nothing to do with my specific job, like last month's sales totals. You interrupted my tetris game for this?

My office receives complimentary tickets for different events sometimes and I get 8 e-mails in a row about each event and how many tickets are available. Most of these events are things I wouldn't go to even for free, and are often in a distant town.

I'm also tired of the e-mails updating us about my co-worker's new premature twins, documenting their progress in the ICU. All I care about is that they were born, I don't care that they gained 3 pounds and are bottle-feeding.

It's annoying when people whisper conversations in nearby cubicles. I know they're trying to be quiet, but it's just as annoying as talking loudly, plus it makes me wonder what they're discussing that they don't want others to hear. I get the feeling that there's a lot of secretive backdoor shit going on around here and it makes me paranoid. It doesn't help that people sometimes leave unexpectedly and all we get is an e-mail saying "so-and-so is no longer employed by this company." No explanations are ever given as to why people are fired or quit. One such e-mail said if she calls, don't discuss the status of any computer files, and redirect her call to the CEO or executive VP.

7/10/2008 1:45:37 PM

hearing computer frequencies, especially when two or more clash

7/10/2008 2:12:16 PM

ok so today i havent got any new work cause my advisor is out of town and forgot to email me what he was supposed to email me...the broads have asked me three freaking times today to lift "heavy" boxes for them

7/10/2008 2:47:36 PM

they're hitting on you, you should go for it.

7/10/2008 7:33:29 PM

another not really annoying, but sorta funny. today this lady walked came out of the engineering print/copy room looking down a stack a stack of drawings in her hand and exclaimed "Oh spit, these dang drawings just keep on begatting themselves." (yes, spit, with a 'p'). i lol'd.

[Edited on July 10, 2008 at 8:02 PM. Reason : .]

7/10/2008 8:01:40 PM

person 1: i'm looking for blahblahblah on the code summary sheet...anybody? (waits for someone to speak up)

me: did you not see it on the code summary sheet?

person 1: oh, is it filled out?

me: ...yes...

okay so maybe that's not as dramatic sounding as it actually was, but she's got the damn file open! if you're looking for something on the code summary sheet, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK ON THE FUCKING CODE SUMMARY SHEET!!!!!

i work with brain-dead idiots.

[Edited on July 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM. Reason : ]

7/11/2008 11:35:14 AM

PEOPLE HOVERING

7/11/2008 11:35:30 AM

The CEO has a strong odor that you can smell 15 feet away, and it lingers after he's left the area. It's like some kind of cologne combined with his own natural old people smell (he's in his 70s). It's not a pleasant smell, either, kind of medicine-y.

7/11/2008 11:40:24 AM

^^ My manager hovers behind me when I'm on sales calls when he has something he wants to talk about and he doesn't leave until I am off the phone. I fucking HATE that shit.

7/11/2008 11:44:17 AM

I confess to lurking outside people's cubicles when they're on the phone, but it's because they're so damn hard to get hold of in person.

7/11/2008 11:45:50 AM

ok, seriously

what is the point of having a contacts in outlook and a project database if people are just going to ask around to everybody else to find Bob Somebody's email address or the project number for Dr. Blah's office???????

nobody thinks to look in these places first. instead they call around, walk around, yell around hoping someone else can pull it out of their ass.

W T F

7/11/2008 11:45:52 AM

^OH MY GOD...that drives me nuts!!!

I update the outlook contacts list for the office for that reason. People THAT WORK HERE will call the front line and ask me to transfer them to so and so when they have their direct line staring right at them in outlook.

Lazy bitch will call me and be like "What's so and so's extension?" And I'll be like "Ya know it's on your contacts list." and s he's like "Oh I don't have an updated copy on my desk" WTF?

7/11/2008 11:53:35 AM

when the SOP's change so much that no one knows wtf is going on anymore and everyone does things a different way

7/11/2008 5:17:13 PM

our bookkeeper

she MUST say hi/good morning/something to you every single time she sees you. i purposefully avoid eye contact 99% of the time. when i came back from lunch just now, i walked in and looked at my cell phone like i was reading an important email or something, she yells out HEY THERE!!!!OMG!!!!11!!!one

we've already been over the whole hey how are you good morning how was your weekend thing today. i walk the long way around so i don't have to go by her desk b/c she says hey every time.

and if you're not super duper enthusiastic like she is when you respond, she is personally offended and believes that you hate her and are really angry. she does this with everybody.

it's not about you. maybe i'm sleepy. maybe he had a rough night last night. maybe she's sick and doesn't feel like talking. DAMN IT LEAVE US ALONE

7/14/2008 1:20:39 PM

I like when people come to ask you a question, but they must tell you a 5 minute story before getting to the question.

This one lady apparently fell down a flight of stairs while on vacation 2 weeks ago and totally bruised her back and has had to stand up a lot to do tasks and blah blah blah. All she wanted to ask me was if I knew if we had any chair cushions in the office. It could have been quick and painless, but that never happens.

7/14/2008 1:29:25 PM

^older people

7/14/2008 1:30:10 PM

People with fat tongue talking really loud on a conference call

7/14/2008 1:31:27 PM

I hate when I'm walking around and I run into someone I have already seen that day and there is that awkward moment when you have to decide whether or not to say hi again or not.

7/14/2008 1:32:20 PM

I call people on a regular basis (40-50 a day) and sometimes I will get a person that rambles on about their life for like 45 minutes. A lot of times I can't even interject because they are talking and not breathing. I should just hang up after that long since it is cutting into my time but I would feel horrible about that, not to mention clients are the first priority and it would look shitty on me.

7/14/2008 1:33:03 PM

This lady down the hall uses her speaker phone exclusively. She isn't part of our department, but sometimes my boss will go shut her door.

7/14/2008 1:33:08 PM

How hard is it to use the appropriate key with the appropriate vehicle and not just jam random keys in and hope they work????

7/14/2008 2:00:44 PM

some people use that approach to life in general

7/14/2008 2:02:37 PM

Just made lunch. Not only were there 6 seconds left on the microwave, but there was a FIFTY POUND BOX OF NAILS IN FRONT OF IT. Seriously? Is it that hard to set it two feet to the right?

7/14/2008 2:07:16 PM

same bookkeeper:

my phone is ringing. it says "SIBYL calling...". i answer, she says "hey it's sibyl." her voice is extremely recognizable so it's very obvious that it's her, even if i didn't have caller ID w/ in the office.

NO SHIT

maybe i just don't like her

7/14/2008 2:10:03 PM

it's also proper and professional to say who it is when you call.

chill!

7/14/2008 2:11:28 PM

Lately I've been saying "Its your boy !" when someone picks up, if I know them

Its going great so far

7/14/2008 2:12:46 PM

i cant stand working when you got a wolfweb broad on your damn mind all the time

7/14/2008 2:13:57 PM

Quote :

"it's also proper and professional to say who it is when you call. chill!"

we're an office of 13 people. nobody else says who they are when they call someone within the building.

when it's just us, we are far from professional

7/14/2008 2:16:13 PM

equal-level employees complimenting or criticizing or micromanaging you as if they are your boss or PM

"Nice to see you here early today..."
"So how're you gonna bill your time this week? I didn't see you working on much Wednesday..."

back the fuck off, dude... we're supposed to be in this together

7/14/2008 2:17:00 PM

wow they sound like assholes

Luckily we're not judged on time spent in the office

Or I'd be long gone

7/14/2008 2:18:38 PM

Quote :

"equal-level employees complimenting or criticizing or micromanaging you as if they are your boss or PM "Nice to see you here early today..." "So how're you gonna bill your time this week? I didn't see you working on much Wednesday..." "

i would need to have a serious talk with this person before i could continue to work there, seriously

7/14/2008 2:24:49 PM

Quote :

"I hate when I'm walking around and I run into someone I have already seen that day and there is that awkward moment when you have to decide whether or not to say hi again or not."

holy shit i hate this

7/14/2008 2:29:24 PM

I hate people who are constantly saying that I can fix something at such and such time, and then not calling or emailing me back when I try to make contact.

I know these people are going to call to get me to add printers to 10 of their computers at 4:50, and I'm not going to answer the phone

7/14/2008 3:45:51 PM

People who say 'no' only because they can.

Even if what's presented isn't a request directed at them, won't impact them in any way, causes no loss or inconvenience, and the 'no' they've issued isn't even theirs to give in the first place, but often stands because they are not insignificant players.

[Edited on July 14, 2008 at 5:06 PM. Reason : sdfs]

7/14/2008 5:04:17 PM

when i'm on a deadline (which most of the time i'm not) and i have to use the database, but the database doesn't feel like working and will just shut down on me.

i really don't want my boss to get pissed at me for something not getting done when it's out of my freaking hands!!!!!!!!!

7/15/2008 10:59:32 AM

smelly coworkers, especially when they come over to my cubical and insist on taking up a large amount of space while speaking.


also, I found out who was leaving time on the microwave. its a smelly coworker.


also, the lead has bad breath constantly; but he's a pretty cool dude, very laid back; and I don't talk to him much so its ok.


pretty much the thing that's pissin me off about work lately is the "websense-type" filter.

7/15/2008 11:29:15 AM

grandma perfume is just as bad

It never goes away after the person leaves!

7/15/2008 11:31:10 AM

very true. it just lingers, like a really smelly fart.

7/15/2008 11:33:23 AM

I actually prefer body odor to perfume. Perfume gives me a headache. I'd rather be nauseated than have a throbbing headache.

7/15/2008 11:35:47 AM

When two airheads get their minimal brains together, start spreading rumors, and gang up on me calling me the liar. When I ask them what the hell is going on, they both tell me they don't have time for my drama.

I'll show you drama, you cunt.

7/15/2008 11:37:11 AM

lol

7/15/2008 11:37:39 AM

Don't know if it has been posted yet:

People who don't clean up the microwave after using it and spilling something in it.
I swear sometimes I think people don't use a napkin, plate, or anything...
They just put their whole slab of lasagna (or whatever) on the microwave plate.

Microwaves are an incubator for germs, bacteria, etc... I hate opening up a microwave and seeing food splattered everywhere.

7/15/2008 11:52:35 AM

overly redundant meetings uncomfortably close to lunch....

7/15/2008 12:22:25 PM

If I overhear "Hey, how ya doin'?" "Good! How're you?" in shrill female voices one more fucking time, I'm tearing my cubicle apart.

7/16/2008 9:18:58 AM

getting facebook invites to parties by broads that dont know how to fucking throw a party

7/16/2008 9:22:20 AM

and how is that a workplace annoyance?

7/16/2008 9:23:28 AM

dude how is it not? you are such a fucking queer lately i swear to god

7/16/2008 9:24:15 AM

Quote :

"If I overhear "Hey, how ya doin'?" "Good! How're you?" in shrill female voices one more fucking time, I'm tearing my cubicle apart."

I feel for you.

7/16/2008 9:29:17 AM