Anonymous wrote:One of my coworkers suggested we have an office baby shower (which I did not request) AFTER my child was born, in case the baby didn't survive. She actually said this to me.

Was she a foreigner? In some cultures it is bad luck to give gifts or celebrate before birth; maybe she was just clueless...

Anonymous wrote:I also worked with a guy that slept and snored during meetings, but then he would wake up and ask an exactly on-point question. Sometimes exposing serious flaws.

and then he stuck his head under the coffee maker to pour coffee into his mouth directly, right? #careergoals

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Anonymous wrote:Co-worker who arrives two hours early (6 am) b/c she's afraid to drive in traffic

So she just sits around until her "work day" starts.

hahaha - that is NUTS. Reminds me of the crazy office manager I had who would have lunch behind closed doors every day promptly at 12:30. It turns out she had a tiny TV and was watching soap operas in there. She also finished her day at 4pm, but her husband who worked down the street didn't finish until 5. So she would go down to the building garage and sit in her car waiting for him for an hour. Every single day.
And if you went down to the garage between 4-5pm and saw her, she would blank you, because she was "not working". Crazy.

How is it crazy?
I prefer to eat lunch alone, being on my phone, rather than having boring convo with the same coworkers I am tired of. And I would rather sit in my own space, i.e. the car, than at my desk after work, I don’t want you talking to me, I would rather do my own thing.

My supervisor, whom everyone detests, who is awkward, overweight, never married 50s,b brings a rotating variety of call girls/escorts to events. He thinks no one knows but we all do. Based on their appearai and dress, there is rampant speculation that he's a bottom in a BDSM scene.

1. An older heavyset man who would fall asleep in his cubicle a few times a day. One of us would call his phone to wake him up. We’d hang up as soon as he picked up.

2. An older bachelor who after a work trip to Japan brought penis shaped pasta as gifts for colleagues.

3. A toxic colleague who would give a death glare to everyone, never returned a greeting, took her time doing any project. She used the grievance system as a sword accusing innocent people of imagined slights. She made life miserable for us. We were ecstatic when she left. We didn’t even have a farewell party for her. It was that bad.

1. Guy who takes off his shoes during his breaks and lunch and walks around our office barefoot. Also moves everything out of his cube to lay down and do yoga on his tummy during his breaks.

2. Lady who loves beanie boos so much she has a collection of several hundred of the plush little toys in her cube covering all available work space. When she is forced to do actual work, rather than her usual phone conversations with friends and family, she has to reserve a conference room to have a place to open a notebook, laptop, or file folder.

3. Man so obsessed with oral hygiene he’s been known to floss during a staff meeting, sitting inches from coworkers on either side.

I can assure you that there are multiple mean-spirited, back-stabbing, status-obsessed, two-faced, men who happen to also be gay in high-powered DC media positions.

Yes, an oversampling of gay sociopaths in this DC demographic.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Sounds familiar. What was the first letter of his first name?

If he’s in DC, gay, and works for a major news organization, I know him. Mean for the sport of it, punches down, would push own mom in front of a bus to get ahead, etc.

I know that guy! I agree - sociopath, but lots of people think he's funny and they think they're his trusted confidant. They don't realize he mocks them behind their backs and 'warns' others about them. Toxic!

LOL. As this is an anonymous board, what's the first letter of the org's name?

His first name is J.

Newspaper.

Hm, the guy I know like this has a first name that starts with G. Big media group

PP who knows the newspaper J one — sounds like different guys but I can assure you that there are multiple mean-spirited, back-stabbing, status-obsessed, two-faced, men who happen to also be gay in high-powered DC media positions. The one I know, who is publicly and professionally out, secretly outs other closeted gay younger men/less powerful men via gossip to shared peers. Really dirty.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Sounds familiar. What was the first letter of his first name?

If he’s in DC, gay, and works for a major news organization, I know him. Mean for the sport of it, punches down, would push own mom in front of a bus to get ahead, etc.

I know that guy! I agree - sociopath, but lots of people think he's funny and they think they're his trusted confidant. They don't realize he mocks them behind their backs and 'warns' others about them. Toxic!

LOL. As this is an anonymous board, what's the first letter of the org's name?

His first name is J.

Newspaper.

Hm, the guy I know like this has a first name that starts with G. Big media group

There was once an intern in my office who had a gigantic crush on one of the employees. She was 19 and he was 25 I think. Not a *huge* deal but she would go around telling everyone how CUTE she thought ‘John’ was. She also recounted a dream directly to him, about him. “John, last night I had a dream that we got married!” or call him out in front of a bunch of people “John, why did you block me on Snapchat?” She frequently “drunkenly” texted him but we have a hunch she wasn’t actually drunk, she was just trying to get his attention. It was just bizarre. (Yes, I realize 19 year olds can be weird and I don’t hold them to the same standards of behavior of a seasoned professional in their 40s or whatever, BUT STILL!!)

I shared an office wall with a woman who shrieked/laughed exactly like this ALL DAY. https://youtu.be/Vat34oCAikQ At the top of her lungs, all day.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Sounds familiar. What was the first letter of his first name?

If he’s in DC, gay, and works for a major news organization, I know him. Mean for the sport of it, punches down, would push own mom in front of a bus to get ahead, etc.

I know that guy! I agree - sociopath, but lots of people think he's funny and they think they're his trusted confidant. They don't realize he mocks them behind their backs and 'warns' others about them. Toxic!

LOL. As this is an anonymous board, what's the first letter of the org's name?

His first name is J.

Newspaper.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Sounds familiar. What was the first letter of his first name?

If he’s in DC, gay, and works for a major news organization, I know him. Mean for the sport of it, punches down, would push own mom in front of a bus to get ahead, etc.

I know that guy! I agree - sociopath, but lots of people think he's funny and they think they're his trusted confidant. They don't realize he mocks them behind their backs and 'warns' others about them. Toxic!

LOL. As this is an anonymous board, what's the first letter of the org's name?

I also worked with a guy that slept and snored during meetings, but then he would wake up and ask an exactly on-point question. Sometimes exposing serious flaws.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Sounds familiar. What was the first letter of his first name?

If he’s in DC, gay, and works for a major news organization, I know him. Mean for the sport of it, punches down, would push own mom in front of a bus to get ahead, etc.

I know that guy! I agree - sociopath, but lots of people think he's funny and they think they're his trusted confidant. They don't realize he mocks them behind their backs and 'warns' others about them. Toxic!