Anonymous
11/01/2011 16:13
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
On a Friday, my principal arrived in a sequined gown, stiletto heels, newly manicured nails and a wig.
One Monday, she returned in her sequined gown, cracked stiletto heels, chipped nails and wig - slightly askew on her head.
I'm proud of my profession. . .
One Monday, she returned in her sequined gown, cracked stiletto heels, chipped nails and wig - slightly askew on her head.
I'm proud of my profession. . .
Anonymous wrote:1. There is one guy who refuses to get a flu shot at work for free, because he is ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED they will secretly steal some of his DNA for some unknown project.
2. Thre was one young (early 20s) woman who, the first week she started, walked around to everyone in the office (even those she hadn't met yet) and showed teh hickeys and scratch and bite marks from her wild weekend of sex. She also would routinely wear strappless sundresses to work and lay on top of teh conference table to read.
3. There is another lady in her late 50s that is the nosiest person I've ever met in my life. She sits near the secretary's office, and if anyone comes by to talk to the secretary she'll jump out of her office and pretend to read a newspaper, but it is obvious she's listening. If you close your door most of the way, you can see her pacing back and forth outside the door, wondering what you are doing that requires privacy. But she would never, ever, actually ask you.
4. One of the favorite people I work with is a guy in his early 30s who still wears white tennis shoes with his business suits. Nicest guy in the world.
5. One of our IT people is really strange. You'll say hi to her in the hallway and she'll look at you like you are a space alien. If you ask her for assistance directly, she may stare at you for a moment before turning back to her work and ignoring you. The one exception . . . if you ask her about her cats. She has 8 cats at home, and loves to talk about them. If you can get her talking about her cats, she'll actually help you.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 16:10
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
Where do you work?
I think I'd LOVE coming in each day if I had THAT much amusement!
I think I'd LOVE coming in each day if I had THAT much amusement!
Anonymous wrote:Coworker #1 - Male, late 50's. This guy NEVER washes his hands when he leaves the bathroom (I know this because I sit across from the men's restroom and ALWAYS he's in and out like a lightning fast ninja! Also, he routinely takes FOOD and DRINKS in there with him
Coworker #2 - Male, late 40's. This guy feels the need to speak to me...doesn't matter what it's about...EVERY SINGLE TIME HE PASSES MY DESK. Like, he will say something if he's walking to the copier ("How bout those Redskins?") and then say something else on the way back ("Hey Hey Now!").
Coworker #3 - Male, late 30's. I have been working with him for 3 years and never heard him utter one word. Not one. He only stares. And he waits until the end of the day (when everyone is gone) and empties the free candy bowl.
Coworker #4 - Woman, late 60's: This lady has the same spandex pant/jacket outfit in EVERY color (and I do mean EVERY color).
Surely I can't be the only one working with such an eclectic group of people, lol. Care to share?
Anonymous
11/01/2011 16:06
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
15:43 - she sounds like any typical insecure D.C. coworker 
There are always those not good enough at their jobs that are paranoid. Wouldn't help the next person for anything. How telling! Then there are those who want to make themselves look important, but do absolutely nothing. Good luck in your next job, I say. You WILL have some explaining to do!
There are always those not good enough at their jobs that are paranoid. Wouldn't help the next person for anything. How telling! Then there are those who want to make themselves look important, but do absolutely nothing. Good luck in your next job, I say. You WILL have some explaining to do!
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:43
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
The one who scared me the worst was the boss who would lose her shit over inconsequential things. She was a horrrible micromanager, so she REALLY paid attention to the inconsequential crap. She had a file on all of us where she kept copies of the small errors we had made...I guess so she could fire us and have a paper trail. I started keeping a file of her off-the-handle bullshit "helpful messages" too. Sadly, HR couldn't do anything about her (she was appointed by the politicians we were working for), and even though HR brought us in for interviews, we (her subordinates) weren't protected by HR either. When I went to talk to them about it, they basically said they pitied us in our office and that I was just one in a long line of capable people she had driven out of that office. She was the only one with institutional knowledge, so she got to lord it over us. She was always afraid one of us would want to take her job - so the smartest people were the ones she rode the hardest.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:37
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:32
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
This guy I work with has his own personal bottle of Febreeze (with his last name written on it) that he sprays his own chair down with daily. He has other oddities, but that one is the best!
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:31
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
In my office, we are all either similarly normal or bizarre. No strange stuff. A few folks have irritating habits, but they are just habits, not a whole persona.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:30
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
My boss has such an oral fixation. EVERYTHING goes in her mouth, she practically molests her yogurt container when she's gotten all she can from the spoon. No matter who is present, she just goes to town! It is pretty gross and quite funny. Her fingers are always in her mouth, licking her fingers til the skin comes off. She'll also leave her snotty tissues on your desk.
Otherwise, a really nice person.
Otherwise, a really nice person.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:26
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
I used to work with a guy who I'm pretty convinced was a sociopath. He loved playing little tricks on other coworkers. He used to tell me (he trusted me I guess) about how he never felt guilty about anything he did. He pretty much hated all our other coworkers, and he'd mock them in various ways.
Glad to be out of that office!
Glad to be out of that office!
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:20
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
1. There is one guy who refuses to get a flu shot at work for free, because he is ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED they will secretly steal some of his DNA for some unknown project.
2. Thre was one young (early 20s) woman who, the first week she started, walked around to everyone in the office (even those she hadn't met yet) and showed teh hickeys and scratch and bite marks from her wild weekend of sex. She also would routinely wear strappless sundresses to work and lay on top of teh conference table to read.
3. There is another lady in her late 50s that is the nosiest person I've ever met in my life. She sits near the secretary's office, and if anyone comes by to talk to the secretary she'll jump out of her office and pretend to read a newspaper, but it is obvious she's listening. If you close your door most of the way, you can see her pacing back and forth outside the door, wondering what you are doing that requires privacy. But she would never, ever, actually ask you.
4. One of the favorite people I work with is a guy in his early 30s who still wears white tennis shoes with his business suits. Nicest guy in the world.
5. One of our IT people is really strange. You'll say hi to her in the hallway and she'll look at you like you are a space alien. If you ask her for assistance directly, she may stare at you for a moment before turning back to her work and ignoring you. The one exception . . . if you ask her about her cats. She has 8 cats at home, and loves to talk about them. If you can get her talking about her cats, she'll actually help you.
2. Thre was one young (early 20s) woman who, the first week she started, walked around to everyone in the office (even those she hadn't met yet) and showed teh hickeys and scratch and bite marks from her wild weekend of sex. She also would routinely wear strappless sundresses to work and lay on top of teh conference table to read.
3. There is another lady in her late 50s that is the nosiest person I've ever met in my life. She sits near the secretary's office, and if anyone comes by to talk to the secretary she'll jump out of her office and pretend to read a newspaper, but it is obvious she's listening. If you close your door most of the way, you can see her pacing back and forth outside the door, wondering what you are doing that requires privacy. But she would never, ever, actually ask you.
4. One of the favorite people I work with is a guy in his early 30s who still wears white tennis shoes with his business suits. Nicest guy in the world.
5. One of our IT people is really strange. You'll say hi to her in the hallway and she'll look at you like you are a space alien. If you ask her for assistance directly, she may stare at you for a moment before turning back to her work and ignoring you. The one exception . . . if you ask her about her cats. She has 8 cats at home, and loves to talk about them. If you can get her talking about her cats, she'll actually help you.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:19
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
Anonymous wrote:What I find weird is how many "bathroom handwashing monitors" there obviously are lurking in the workplace. Sheesh.
Hmmmm....A hit dog will holler! Eric, is that you???
ICK, by the way.....
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:18
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
Anonymous wrote:What I find weird is how many "bathroom handwashing monitors" there obviously are lurking in the workplace. Sheesh.
I'm the PP - I'm telling you, it's really weird. Imagine being in a bathroom, a group of people even, washing hands, and someone leaves a stall right behind you and heads for the door. Everyone in our office (the women anyway) know she does it.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:16
Subject: Re:Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
What I find weird is how many "bathroom handwashing monitors" there obviously are lurking in the workplace. Sheesh.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:09
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
I'm sure there are more that I'll come back to post, but the head of my department NEVER washes her hands in the bathroom. Even weirder, she doesn't pretend to. There will be people in there, at the sinks, talking etc and she'll say hi and then just walk directly from the stall to the door.
Anonymous
11/01/2011 15:07
Subject: Tell me about your weird co-worker(s)...
Coworker #1 - Male, late 50's. This guy NEVER washes his hands when he leaves the bathroom (I know this because I sit across from the men's restroom and ALWAYS he's in and out like a lightning fast ninja! Also, he routinely takes FOOD and DRINKS in there with him
Coworker #2 - Male, late 40's. This guy feels the need to speak to me...doesn't matter what it's about...EVERY SINGLE TIME HE PASSES MY DESK. Like, he will say something if he's walking to the copier ("How bout those Redskins?") and then say something else on the way back ("Hey Hey Now!").
Coworker #3 - Male, late 30's. I have been working with him for 3 years and never heard him utter one word. Not one. He only stares. And he waits until the end of the day (when everyone is gone) and empties the free candy bowl.
Coworker #4 - Woman, late 60's: This lady has the same spandex pant/jacket outfit in EVERY color (and I do mean EVERY color).
Surely I can't be the only one working with such an eclectic group of people, lol. Care to share?
Coworker #2 - Male, late 40's. This guy feels the need to speak to me...doesn't matter what it's about...EVERY SINGLE TIME HE PASSES MY DESK. Like, he will say something if he's walking to the copier ("How bout those Redskins?") and then say something else on the way back ("Hey Hey Now!").
Coworker #3 - Male, late 30's. I have been working with him for 3 years and never heard him utter one word. Not one. He only stares. And he waits until the end of the day (when everyone is gone) and empties the free candy bowl.
Coworker #4 - Woman, late 60's: This lady has the same spandex pant/jacket outfit in EVERY color (and I do mean EVERY color).
Surely I can't be the only one working with such an eclectic group of people, lol. Care to share?