Most irritating coworker habits

[Anonymous]

loud chewing..yes, i posted about this earlier

will also add...

taking a personal call in a cubicle environment and talking loudly with no regard for the fact that you are in a cubicle.

Extra annoying when the phone call is in another language

another co-worker has a weird way of clearing her throat. When she does it there is this weird sort of giggle at the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Co-worker who sniffs really loudly! So gross. I actually dry heaves from him.

I also hate when people cannot control their anger. I had two coworkers screaming at each other. I also had a CEO once who punched my co-worker. It's like get a grip folks!!

I don't know what field you work in, but to me, screaming at work is unprofessional (I work in a law firm). I've seen people get in fights and get told to quiet down or go outside. It's just not acceptable behavior.

I have worked in small start-up software companies (unprofessional behavior is the norm).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe people think its ok to clip their nails in public!!!!

One guy vapes constantly. Always leaving the room to go vape outside

Jewel clips hers onstage if they hinder her playing. It's not like she's farting (hel-LO Barney Frank) or picking her nose

[Anonymous]

coworker who has tantrums when the printer breaks instead of asking for help

[Anonymous]

Boss farts in front of us all the time. I walk away if at all possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fish in the microwave. Just gross. The smell lingers all day.

Lightly fried tuna?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pooping. I know thats not a habit but like. Do you HAVE to do it every day at work? And stink up the whole bathroom? I literally know exactly which coworker was in there too.. I know their poop smells.

And yes I'm the OP of the "is it unhealthy sitting next to a bathroom all day" thread

My office always knows when it's 10 am on a weekday. A male coworker heads to the men's room with a magazine to take his daily dump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are all these nasty fish eaters? Are they foreign? I can't imagine anyone born and raised in the USA thinking the smell won't bother anyone.

Our fish eater - the one who spilled it all over his chair - is a millennial born and raised in the USA. But that should answer your question on who would think a smell wouldn't bother anyone.

[Anonymous]

Folks I work with that annoy me:
1) The guy who emails you and calls you to confirm you got the email. Do one or the other but dont do both.
2) The talker who wont leave your office even though she's been there 20 minutes already. Finally I have to say "I have to go to the ladies room" to get her to leave
3) the woman who thinks everyone is out to get her. How can you be that paranoid? Besides I'm not sure anyone knows who you are.

[Anonymous]

DH used to work with a guy who flossed at his desk. Says he had flecks of food and plaque all over his monitor. So nasty

[Anonymous]

I am feeling a whole lotta love for the throat-clearer on one side of me and the hard-candy-eater on the other. (Maybe the throat clearer needs a piece of butterscotch? Assuming she can eat it without banging it into her teeth the whole time?)

[Anonymous]

The indignant huffy coworker. Always sooooo offended, always sooooo superior. If she doesn't have anything to be pissed about ,she makes it up. "Are you KIDDING me? Get this. Shirley put the pens in the cabinet. I cannot believe Shirley moved the pens. I would NEVER do that, I mean who does that? "

[Anonymous]

Coworker comes in 1.5 hours late everyday, check Facebook, then goes to breakfast- not just to grab a coffee, but a full sit-down breakfast, comes back to check Facebook and surf the net some more, by then it's time for a second cup of coffee, may do a little work, then time for a 1 hour lunch. After lunch more web surfin', afternoon coffee, then time to leave for home. Yes, I work for the government.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are all these nasty fish eaters? Are they foreign? I can't imagine anyone born and raised in the USA thinking the smell won't bother anyone.

Our fish eater - the one who spilled it all over his chair - is a millennial born and raised in the USA. But that should answer your question on who would think a smell wouldn't bother anyone.

I'm born and raised in the US and the fish smell doesn't bother me. Nor does the smell of Indian food, Chinese food, or just about any other strong-smelling cuisine one could heat up. The smell of reheated broccoli is pretty bad though.

You want bad -- I spent a few years in Japan (maybe that's why fish smells don't bother me!) and there is nothing worse, food-wise, than a freshly opened bag of dried squid or shrimp sticks. So so awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks I work with that annoy me:
1) The guy who emails you and calls you to confirm you got the email. Do one or the other but dont do both.
2) The talker who wont leave your office even though she's been there 20 minutes already. Finally I have to say "I have to go to the ladies room" to get her to leave
3) the woman who thinks everyone is out to get her. How can you be that paranoid? Besides I'm not sure anyone knows who you are.

We have #2 in my office, only it's a man. Back in my pumping days I would eventually say "hey John, sorry, I gotta pump." He'd be out of there SO fast. And wouldn't bother me for the rest of the day.

I don't miss pumping but I do miss the instant banishing effect!