Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:40     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Consultant -

Our offices HVAC broke recently so there’s a consistent slight whistling noise 24/7 from each of the vents. It enhances the experience of our RTO mandate.

In general, going to a client site where the client is knowingly going to be unavailable because they’re in other work related meetings all day or they just leave right after lunch leaving us in their office alone. My bosses send us to show face and build the relationship while these client grunts where talking too do everything they can to avoid us face to face.


Oh you just gave me PTSD about being a consultant at a fed site. It's like they were scared of us and didn't want to do work.


Is this a stereotypical fed employee thing? I too have been stuck in a random fed office with colleagues while the client contacts did everything they could to avoid us even though we were just a 30sec walk away from each other. They would show up late, leave early without telling us, take extended (3hr+) long meetings while being super nice, friendly and responsive via email.

Jekyll and Hyde like.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:33     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Entitled entry level kids who think they deserve $100K salaries for doing the bare minimum or who don't realize how good they have it.


They do! Wages vs tuition costs. There is a livable wage crisis due to this mentality. $100K is nothing now!
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:24     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
People who cc your boss on every email they send you.

People who use the words "collaboration" or "grit". Enough already.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:24     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
If you work in a cube in close proximity to others and you wear bracelets that constantly make noise when you type, or anytime you move your hands, please don’t do this.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:13     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
This thread made me appreciate my workplace much more than I did.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:08     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
90% of my coworkers who are absolute Luddites. And somehow it’s excusable to not know how to perform basic tasks on standard tech like Excel.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:07     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
The dude who LOUDLY and COMPREHENSIVELY cracks his knuckles at Every Single Meeting. I am saving money for my bond because at some point soon I am going to commit an assault!
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:03     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:The cold call when my status is busy or in a call. You’re interrupting me.

The message from someone who doesn’t understand the rules of asynchronous communication who just says ‘hi, it’s Bob’ ‘how are you?’ Or ‘can I ask you a question?’ And then waits for me to respond before continuing. Just ask!

People (often men, not always) at my level who expect me to do admin work for them. One guy just asked me to summarize a Teams chat for him. Huh?

What else?


You sound insufferable to work with.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:02     Subject: Re:Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not putting useful info in the subject line of an email and not making the content clear and easy to index.

Subject: Neat Idea
For the meeting next Tuesday or is it Wed, we could order some food from the place down the street. Bobby has the allergy though.





So many people do this. Drives me bananas.


So many people do this with thread title on DCUM! Drives me bananas.

OP, kudos on your excellent, descriptive title!
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 19:01     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:
Consultant -

Our offices HVAC broke recently so there’s a consistent slight whistling noise 24/7 from each of the vents. It enhances the experience of our RTO mandate.

In general, going to a client site where the client is knowingly going to be unavailable because they’re in other work related meetings all day or they just leave right after lunch leaving us in their office alone. My bosses send us to show face and build the relationship while these client grunts where talking too do everything they can to avoid us face to face.


Oh you just gave me PTSD about being a consultant at a fed site. It's like they were scared of us and didn't want to do work.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 18:56     Subject: Re:Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hospital gowns without snaps along the shoulder/arm area


I hate when the built is missing one side. That’s my patient view though


Annoying bc have to take whole top of gown off to simply inspect or palpate shoulder or area upper chest
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 18:52     Subject: Re:Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Hospital gowns without snaps along the shoulder/arm area


I hate when the built is missing one side. That’s my patient view though
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 18:51     Subject: Re:Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Hospital gowns without snaps along the shoulder/arm area
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 18:48     Subject: Re:Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Not putting useful info in the subject line of an email and not making the content clear and easy to index.

Subject: Neat Idea
For the meeting next Tuesday or is it Wed, we could order some food from the place down the street. Bobby has the allergy though.





So many people do this. Drives me bananas.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2026 18:47     Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The cold call when my status is busy or in a call. You’re interrupting me.

The message from someone who doesn’t understand the rules of asynchronous communication who just says ‘hi, it’s Bob’ ‘how are you?’ Or ‘can I ask you a question?’ And then waits for me to respond before continuing. Just ask!

People (often men, not always) at my level who expect me to do admin work for them. One guy just asked me to summarize a Teams chat for him. Huh?

What else?


Your second one about asynchronous is an Indian thing. I'm assuming you have a shared service center or Indian global delivery services type thing? There's something about the way they're trained or their culture. Also, they say, "Greetings of the day" a lot, which is weird. But they mean well and are trying to be polite.

Tell the guy who asked you to summarize a Teams chat to learn Co-Pilot. It will generate a summary.

My pet peeves are when my number ends up on some kind of call chart and suddenly my Teams starts blowing up with phone calls (it's linked to my office number) from people selling all sorts of services. I ignore and block the number after confirming it wasn't someone important.

Ironically, the other pet peeve is young people who are afraid to call someone on the phone. I had a junior person in PR who I asked to contact a reporter who had called ME for information. Instead of picking up the phone, this kid sent the reporter a text using Whatsapp. She was absolutely MORTIFIED when I instructed her to phone the guy. He was expecting a call.



Yes, Indians do this IME, but there are also a number of home grown American workers who have adopted this annoying habit too.