Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone (no one knew who) would leave their toenails in the freezer and microwave.

winner.

Absolutely. EWWW!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who chews gum with their mouth open while they go boom-boom in a stall next to another co-worker going boom-boom? Weird.

Or who stands in front of the stall when someone goes boom boom. And just stands there. Forever. No running water. No hand washing. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LEAVE!!! It's as annoying as people who stand on the left side of the Metro escalator.

And if you have to wipe 1000 times, please, do it over the toilet, not in front of it. I hate seeing all those bits of paper on the floor in front of the toilet. EWWWWWWW

boom boom?

On the other side of the stall POV. I used to work at a place where someone would come into the bathroom and go to a stall. And wait for me or whoever else was in there to leave. If it was just me, they would keep flushing the toilet--it was the type with the motion sensor--but if you took too long, you would hear flush, flush, flush, flush... until you left. In my mind, I know this is code for the other person to leave and I would do my best to get out of there ASAP. But so stupid and passive-aggressive. But what could they say, GET OUT OF HERE SO I CAN (as you say) BOOM BOOM BY MYSELF? Guess not. And it wasn't only one person who did this. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who chews gum with their mouth open while they go boom-boom in a stall next to another co-worker going boom-boom? Weird.

Or who stands in front of the stall when someone goes boom boom. And just stands there. Forever. No running water. No hand washing. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LEAVE!!! It's as annoying as people who stand on the left side of the Metro escalator.

And if you have to wipe 1000 times, please, do it over the toilet, not in front of it. I hate seeing all those bits of paper on the floor in front of the toilet. EWWWWWWW

boom boom?

On the other side of the stall POV. I used to work at a place where someone would come into the bathroom and go to a stall. And wait for me or whoever else was in there to leave. If it was just me, they would keep flushing the toilet--it was the type with the motion sensor--but if you took too long, you would hear flush, flush, flush, flush... until you left. In my mind, I know this is code for the other person to leave and I would do my best to get out of there ASAP. But so stupid and passive-aggressive. But what could they say, GET OUT OF HERE SO I CAN (as you say) BOOM BOOM BY MYSELF? Guess not. And it wasn't only one person who did this. Weird.

Um, that might have been a courtesy flush. If you time the flush right, you can disguise noise and minimize smell. Try it. Not perfect, but definitely better than nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who chews gum with their mouth open while they go boom-boom in a stall next to another co-worker going boom-boom? Weird.

Or who stands in front of the stall when someone goes boom boom. And just stands there. Forever. No running water. No hand washing. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LEAVE!!! It's as annoying as people who stand on the left side of the Metro escalator.

And if you have to wipe 1000 times, please, do it over the toilet, not in front of it. I hate seeing all those bits of paper on the floor in front of the toilet. EWWWWWWW

boom boom?

On the other side of the stall POV. I used to work at a place where someone would come into the bathroom and go to a stall. And wait for me or whoever else was in there to leave. If it was just me, they would keep flushing the toilet--it was the type with the motion sensor--but if you took too long, you would hear flush, flush, flush, flush... until you left. In my mind, I know this is code for the other person to leave and I would do my best to get out of there ASAP. But so stupid and passive-aggressive. But what could they say, GET OUT OF HERE SO I CAN (as you say) BOOM BOOM BY MYSELF? Guess not. And it wasn't only one person who did this. Weird.

Um, that might have been a courtesy flush. If you time the flush right, you can disguise noise and minimize smell. Try it. Not perfect, but definitely better than nothing.

Not a courtesy flush. They would wait until you left to leave any sort of deposit. I'm talking about incessantly, continuous flushing with no stopping in between, until the other person left.

[Anonymous]

That is weird.

OK - here's my weird one. A friend worked for a politician who was anorexic. She kept a bowl of lemon drops on her desk and would suck the sugar off, put them back in the bowl, and offer them to people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is weird.

OK - here's my weird one. A friend worked for a politician who was anorexic. She kept a bowl of lemon drops on her desk and would suck the sugar off, put them back in the bowl, and offer them to people.

Hey, you posted that early on this thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work with a couple of people, one in particular, who walks around barefooted through our office all day. It's disgusting. Not only do I not want to see your feet, I seriously doubt this floor gets cleaned ever.

I work with someone else who has hearing issues that I think are the reason why he smacks, chomps, and slurps so loudly while he eats that it turns my stomach.

I did that. It was common at our small NGO, but the floors were carpeted and clean. Of course, I'd put shoes on to go outside the office.

[Anonymous]

I work with a woman who is convinced that sitting still for long periods is bad for your health (probably right) so she gets up during meetings and starts rolling around and stretching on the floor.

The head of our organization compulsively overshares all the time. Through emails to all-staff, in meetings, you name it. He tells every personal detail of his life in really inappropriate settings, and it's extremely awkward. Everyone feels like they have to launch into a therapy session because he's the boss, but it drives me nuts.

Another person walks around offering her weird snacks to everyone all the time. Things like cheetos and chocolate sauce, or lemon bars with onion marmalade - those are two actual offers I have received. I almost think she does it just to mess with people, but she actually eats it.

Final guy - has halitosis. Always, and I mean EVERY TIME, brings really loud smacking food to meetings and then SHOVELS it into his mouth at an astonishing rate. Things like Indian that has a strong smell. But it's so intense (the fast zealous shoveling with loud noises) that everyone in the office talks about it.

[Anonymous]

So I guess this is the completely awesome side of a low unemployment rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is weird.

OK - here's my weird one. A friend worked for a politician who was anorexic. She kept a bowl of lemon drops on her desk and would suck the sugar off, put them back in the bowl, and offer them to people.

Hey, you posted that early on this thread!

No I didn't'!LOL But I see someone else is from California.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was right out of grad school working for a research institute, my office was next to a weirdo's. He had long, stringy facial hair (he looked vaguely Amish but wasn't), wore what looked like the same outfit daily but probably was a revolving wardrobe of similar looking stuff, all comprised of button-down shirts so old they were almost transparent and parnts with wallet outlines. One day his door was partially open and I could see him eating. I knocked with a quick question and he said "come in". He was eating a can of Whiskas cat food. With a plastic spoon. I had seen stacks of Whiska on his desk and assumed it was odd but he must be shopping and taking them home for his cats.

Heh - I think I know where you worked...Was it, by any chance, a libertarian think tank?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone (no one knew who) would leave their toenails in the freezer and microwave.

winner.

WTF?? I am scared to ask, how do you know they were toenails?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is weird.

OK - here's my weird one. A friend worked for a politician who was anorexic. She kept a bowl of lemon drops on her desk and would suck the sugar off, put them back in the bowl, and offer them to people.

Hey, you posted that early on this thread!

No I didn't'!LOL But I see someone else is from California.

OMG who??? Anna Eshoo? Barbara Boxer? Kamala Harris? Not Pelosi or Feinstein, surely.

[Anonymous]

I work in a secured building so everyone here must have a clearance/be a professional. Our office shares our floor with one other office. I once walked into the bathroom and someone had left a giant poop in the middle of the floor. I have no idea who it was, but my god, even if someone was sick and somehow it fell out neatly (it was not squished) wouldn't you clean it up????

[Anonymous]

Someone at my husband's new building (fed government renting an office building) out in Herndon leaves bowel movements throughout the building.

That goes beyond weird; it's mentally ill. There is DNA on poo so we are hoping someone cares enough to be taking samples and keeping them to charge whoever it ends up being. The building has cameras but they aren't 'operable'. The worst.