Anonymous
03/03/2026 19:42
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
When people voice-to-type emails because they are too lazy to write them and the emails end up being too long indecipherable garbage.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 19:37
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Please discover the mute button. No one wants to hear you eating during a telephone meeting.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 18:26
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
People who message you on teams asking for a “quick call” when they know for a fact this is going to be a 30min+ endeavor.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 13:05
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?
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/office-housework-a-history
Anonymous
03/03/2026 11:20
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Agree with the 9 million Teams group chats that aren't urgent and are hard to search for what you need later.
Remember when people generally responded to emails in 1 or 2 days? If we could bring that back, that would reduce the confusion about Teams/other communications to get someone's attention right now.
I mean my work has it set up that my inbox is clogged with IT update emails, random news articles, press releases put out by my work. And I can’t send any of that to trash immediately (I tried and it’s not allowed).
I really love Teams chatting.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 11:15
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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!
Kids think they deserve to live on their own in a luxury apartment and going out every night straight of college. They think they’re entitled to things just because they want them. That’s not how the real world works and the entitlement at work truly truly annoys me. We had one demanding we add 10 “mental health” days to our benefits. Never mind the fact that as a government contractor, time is literally money and our fringe rate is already high because of health insurance increases, so if we do that we would have no work and they’d lose their job… but who cares right?
if they are good at what they do and change jobs at the right time. it’s very achievable to be able to afford a nice apartment and going out within 4-6 years. Most of our hires (24-30 year olds) make 150-180k and on their way to make double by the time they are 35.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:38
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
People who have no idea when to stop talking in meetings. It’s not an opportunity to say anything that comes into your head. Be concise and relevant. Or, failing that, at least be funny.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:34
Subject: Re:Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
When I'm having a busy day and some "funny" person has to send me a Teams message to point out that I'm having a busy day. Yeah, no sh*t.
When someone puts time on my calendar to meet and they show up late.
Overthinking minor/low impact items. I have a coworker who's leaving and she was agonizing over when/if to share the news with others. Why are you making me experience your anxiety?
When someone puts time on my calendar to meet and they show up late.
Overthinking minor/low impact items. I have a coworker who's leaving and she was agonizing over when/if to share the news with others. Why are you making me experience your anxiety?
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:25
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Agree with the 9 million Teams group chats that aren't urgent and are hard to search for what you need later.
Remember when people generally responded to emails in 1 or 2 days? If we could bring that back, that would reduce the confusion about Teams/other communications to get someone's attention right now.
Remember when people generally responded to emails in 1 or 2 days? If we could bring that back, that would reduce the confusion about Teams/other communications to get someone's attention right now.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:24
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm on a new team and everything is done via Teams group messages. Like dozens of different group chats with various combinations of people, sometimes on the same topic across different message groups. All of it is so much better suited for email; it's so hard to follow what's going on and to search for the latest on things when it's in a group message. (And this is with people of my level/approx. age in the company - so it's not entirely an age cohort thing.)
This is how we work and I prefer it because it keeps my email inbox clean for important, relevant emails. You can mute your chat, turn on busy or DND status or have notifications on so you can see how many red numbers there are for missed chats. It helps to make teams chats their topic as well. It’s very organized versus emails stacking up all day. I do still get an absurd amount of emails, it is just easier to manage external versus internal conversations.
+1
I like a chat better than an email. Teams actually has channels that the PP might like if you can get people to use it. We started off with topic-specific channels and then everyone devolved to the meeting chats which is bad discipline on our parts.
DP. Please do not be the person who sanctimoniously asks "Didn't you see the chat?" when someone asks you a simple and straightforward question.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:22
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People who ask questions in meetings that they already know the answer to because they either 1) think it makes them look smarter than everyone else, or 2) they just truly have to hear themselves talk.
Yes, I hate this.
Also, the idiot who waits until the end of a meeting and then asks questions that pertain ONLY TO HER because she is "new" (after one year working here). She speaks slowly, but in a way that signals how proud and important she feels to be asking questions at a meeting, and then we all have to stay and listen to the answers that do not pertain to us.
You’re kind of a small and petty person, aren’t you? Lack friends?
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:19
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:People who ask questions in meetings that they already know the answer to because they either 1) think it makes them look smarter than everyone else, or 2) they just truly have to hear themselves talk.
Yes, I hate this.
Also, the idiot who waits until the end of a meeting and then asks questions that pertain ONLY TO HER because she is "new" (after one year working here). She speaks slowly, but in a way that signals how proud and important she feels to be asking questions at a meeting, and then we all have to stay and listen to the answers that do not pertain to us.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:13
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote: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!
Kids think they deserve to live on their own in a luxury apartment and going out every night straight of college. They think they’re entitled to things just because they want them. That’s not how the real world works and the entitlement at work truly truly annoys me. We had one demanding we add 10 “mental health” days to our benefits. Never mind the fact that as a government contractor, time is literally money and our fringe rate is already high because of health insurance increases, so if we do that we would have no work and they’d lose their job… but who cares right?
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:03
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote: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!
Most state schools still charge reasonable tuitions. Maryland is about 12k/year.
I mean yeah I did go to college for 6k/year decades ago but my starting salary was also 32k.
Anonymous
03/03/2026 08:03
Subject: Little things at work that drive you nuts. I’ll start
Anonymous wrote:“Happy Wednesday!”
No. No it isn’t.
Worse, hump day!