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

Well I was allowed my little strop and coolly told it didnt matter wtf I thought. Got assurances over support, college, training and role and I'll be working with ppl I like so it could be worse /tantrum

fuckers

Lyfe tho

grrr

guy staring at his phone got on an elevator with me. i went from 4 to 6. only when the door opened and i was getting off did he notice where he was and start grumbling and pushing buttons on lower floors

not so much annoying as lmao smooth move ex lax

"how are you doing "
"aaaaeeeh not to shabby"

stop saying that you fuckign idiot

lol

Stop spelling "too" as "to," Latham.

today I taught a coworker how to bookmark a website and when she asked me all I wanted to do was point to the exit and say GET OUT

wow. so last week a co-worker who i rarely see (she works in a different state but occasionally visits our office) dropped by unexpectedly and asked how i liked my new position. i was just starting into my response when she said, really loudly, "oh you don't want this job. this job SUCKS. you gotta start looking for a job in a new division. you don't want to be here. trust me." shit like that. she's whisper-screaming all of this in the middle of the day and i gave her the STFU, WTF is wrong with you look. our wonderful conversation proceeded for another few minutes like that. she doesn't like the people at my new position, i guess, and she's a very outspoken and loud person. anyway, that happened, then i forgot about it.

just now my supervisor came up to me. turns out that the loudmouthed co-worker told HER boss that i was bored because i didn't have enough to do (?), then the boss told HIS boss (both of these people are in a different division entirely from me) that i didn't have enough to do. That boss told MY boss' boss that I was bored, and then that boss (2 layers above me, in my own division. i'm going to need to bust out an organizational chart for this stupid story) told my supervisor that I didn't have enough to do and was bored. My supervisor just came to me to give me more work because she heard from her boss' boss that i was bored.

GODDAMMIT YOU STUPID ANNOYING CO-WORKERS

if u can break that down to 30 seconds pls?

Wait, so she went and lied to your bosses!??? Surely theres some way to repair this fuckup.

Bcs it sounds like she's trying to get you fired.

ughhhhhh karl wtf dude that blows!

that coworker needs a dickpunch asap

um, i think she would need a dick first...

oops

well the sentiment still applies

she had good intentions, i think - to slyly let upper management know that they have a new employee who needs higher profile stuff to do. someone similarly intervened without telling me 5 years ago and ended up helping me out quite a bit in the process. unfortunately she fucked up this time, though.

one of my coworkers goes berserk and calls for backup if he has like 3 work tickets to do

"aiaiagh we're getting crushed!"

no we are not you ridiculous simian drip

If I had three calls in my queue I'd be lounging back in my office chair with my feet up on the desk.

I'm loving this time of year cuz my daily jobs queue is down to about 15 instead of being 60 like normal. Its great. I just do everything reaaallll slowwww. That'll learn em for not letting me have that extra week off.

they are finally adding higher walls to our low cubicles :)

guess who's complaining, all 3 of my neighbors incl mrs
death-breath passive-agressive-chatterbox

i swear my 3 cubicle neighbors run on a generator powered solely by complaining. they'd all be slumped in a heap every morning if one of them wasnt churning away on the hamster wheel of complaint.

i know i am generally a super-kip person, perhaps to a fault & i dont expect that of ppl - i really just do it to try to keep my mental health & chase unwanted black dogs away if possible
but listening to these 3 talk & bitch and bitch and bitch all day it seems so *exhausting* to live your days in that shitty negative mindset.

so in short yay walls

i am generally a super-kip person

have to be, to be a raiders fan

:( true

Wuah

shit like that would make me update my resume

Otm. IME It seems to be a thing that happens a lot at small to mid size companies. Everyone fearing losing their jobs because some idiot or vindictive person will exaggerate or straight up lie to a supervisor . I've seen it happen to a lot of people including myself. I'm all about being a faceless lemming at a huge corp these days. Like leave me the fuck alone and let me do my shit.

run on a generator powered solely by complaining. they'd all be slumped in a heap every morning if one of them wasnt churning away on the hamster wheel of complaint.

I swear this is fueled by reality television to give bland people with no hobbies something to talk about.

Pro tip for managers: if you're going to pull someone out of a meeting (the only technical person in a meeting for a vaguely "flagship" kinda project) to deal with an "emergency" and ask them to come to a briefing in your room, maybe best not to be chattering away in said office about something else to someone else for 20 minutes instead

deflationgate discussion getting v. heated in the office, no joke

yes lets talk about my lunch

yes lets talk about my lunch

rage

this one dude at my work sings les mis songs really loudly - like the entire catalog of songs from the musical, he will go through them all in a very loud, dramatic, operatic voice. with lots of emotion!

hes very closeted and is constantly therefore talking about what girls he likes. including, today, audrey hepburn. "shes the ultimate girl! she can sing, she can dance..." he's been going on about this for a while. i feel for him but dude i am trying to work in complete silence for the rest of my life thanks

- "dude, we know you're gay"

- erie silence for the foreseeable future.

this one dude at my work sings les mis songs really loudly - like the entire catalog of songs from the musical, he will go through them all in a very loud, dramatic, operatic voice. with lots of emotion!

my god

when he gets to "bring him home" is always a blessed time of day for me tbh because he sings it is in a barely audible, plaintive, cracking voice

i would murder him

Roxymuzak has probably already read this, but it's still fantastic: A thread for Steve n.'s list of songs that his boss sings

When I had one of these constant singers I could only keep myself sane by keeping a notepad open and noting down everything he sang: from wwaaaaay up in this here thread

Songs sung today by the guy in the next office:

'Lo-lo-lo-la-Lola!'

'Rudolph the blue-ringed octopus...'

'Catch the fish and light the fire...'

'Sing songs, sing songs!'

'People... people who need people...'

'I coulda danced all night!'

― James Morrison, Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:37 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Songs sung today by the guy in the next office, day 2:

* Unidentified humming tune

* 'Jamie! Oh, Jamie! Jaaaa-meeee!'

* 'Oh yellow rose of Texas...'

* 'Ah-haaaa-haaaa' (unidentified tune)

* 'Wee-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo' (to the tune of 'Living Doll')

* 'Why doooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-do-do-do?' (this was so drawn out, he never got as far as the birds suddenly appearing)

* 'Enchante voulez-vou!'

* 'I'm in the mood for love...'

(At this point I went to the printer and his receipt for Liza Minnelli tickets was on top of my print job)

― James Morrison, Friday, May 1, 2009 3:18 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh yes, that's one of my top fave ilx threads ever tbh

We've got a Steve.n's boss type guy here. Tuneless as fuck. Shatner-esque. Also talks to himself, like a running commentary on everything he does.

Just heard:

Annie are you ok are you ok are you ok are you ok?
Are you ok?
Annie?
God it’s nice and warm in here now
You’ve been struck by a smooth operator
Half five already
Are you ok?
Ah ah AAAAAH.
The sun will come out tomorrow.
Are you ok?

When the eskimos get here
Come on mighty Quinn

You got the wrong location
said you got the wrong number 909

Dunno if I've got any food here...

Fool me twice
Baby you're as cold as ice
Willing to sacrifice!

I need to leave.

I have a co-worker who sings random lines from songs that are currently playing on the radio, although often they will sing lines from completely different songs. All in a loud tuneless voice.

the person in the cube next to me sings along a lot. earlier she was singing along to george mcrae and it was sweet and charming. then she said (to herself) "don't ever let your kids grow up. then they start telling you what to do. fucking idiots."

The new guy behind me hums but I have yet to recognise a single thing he's humming. Mainly just arpeggios and tuneless "bom-bom-bommmmm". I think "Here Comes The Sun" may have been attempted at one point.

I warn you guys that at some point within the next two weeks I am going to have an angst meltdown somewhere on ILX about how to concentrate with someone sitting 2 feet behind you who goes bom-bom-bommmm a lot or really just makes any noise at all including those essential to staying alive as a human. Apparently I was born without the "being able to concentrate on my work and not wanting to kill people/myself despite hearing utterly quotidian noises quite quietly" gene.

I am afraid I am That Person in my office. I dont sing, but I talk to myself constantly. I cant fuckin help it. It must annoy the piss out of everyone but no one ever says anything.

Ah yes, most excellent of you to take your shoes off in the office and then put your feet up on the top and drawer handles of every desk you sit near

I cant fuckin help it

how come

*shrug*. I do it at home, too. In public I sort of mutter to myself. Its weird and compulsive.

c'mon mookie get with it n00b

Ha PP you'd probably hate working with me, I have a dreadful tendency to mutter to myself when I work :/
― Trayce, Monday, November 10, 2008 7:39 PM

“why does this women that sits near me have to verbalize everything that pops into her brain? constant string of mumbles and comments!! stop please!!”

Oh dear, I'm afraid I am That Person in my office :/
― I'm Rick Wakeman, bitch! (Trayce), Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:46 AM

And I know I'm an annoying co-worker - I mutter to myself a lot and swear at things.
― Dearth Disco (Trayce), Thursday, October 1, 2009 4:33 PM

Ugh I am the loud one in my office but I cant help it, I've gone half-deaf and I'm having trouble modulating my volume :(
― ceci n'est pas une pipecock (Trayce), Monday, October 5, 2009 9:47 AM

I've been known to do that by accident momentarily. The tapping on desk at least. Then I remember where I am and stop, sheepishly. I also play air-keyboards on the edge of my desk along to Telefon Tel Aviv albums.
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Wednesday, March 2, 2011 10:31 AM

Have just realised Ive been drumming on my desk like mad to M83 for the last 20 mins, and I have become the annoying coworker lol.
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:16 PM

“I tend to talk to myself a LOT at work, especially if I'm doing something particularly taxing. Am I an annoying coworker?”

Oh god I do that too :/
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Wednesday, March 9, 2011 7:05 PM

I talk to myself at work all the time :/
― The man who mistook his life for a FAP (Trayce), Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:58 PM

Not going to make a big deal out of it though. I'm sure I am equally annoying the way I mutter to myself all the live-long day.
― Rameses Street (Trayce), Friday, August 12, 2011 10:25 AM

Would that I could work from home. Then I could post on here and bitch about myself.
― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:58 PM

Haha I knew I'd mentioned this at least twice before but yeesh.

my least favorite ilx feature

ha Trayce, I skipped some and stopped at 2011 because someone got out of the shared .xls I was waiting for

Grrr :P