Sit STILL

[throckenholt]

My colleague constantly jiggles his legs - there is a constant rustling and it drives me nuts. Am mentally yelling "SIT STILL" and it is only a matter of time before it comes out loud !

I am sure it is great for his physical health but it is doing nothing for my sanity :(

Am I being unreasonable ? If so how can I retrain my brain so it doesn't annoy me ?

Can send you my husband who is so bloody tall his legs are never still and are bloody EVERYWHERE!!!

You tune it out over time.

I'm with you. I can't bloody stand leg jigglers, specially those who, as they jig, also make your seat jig along. Whistlers are also pretty annoying.

I told my friend off for jiggling his legs in the pub... turns out he has an essential tremor which is a neurological problem!

so YA most definitely NBU

Does he have some kind of nevous twitch? I know someone who does that. It's more noticeable when he's somewhere that he knows it's not acceptable. Like, he worries about jiggling his leg, so that makes him do it more, if that makes sense! When he goes to the cinema for example and knows he has to sit still, he finds it really hard, but in his own home on the sofa, it's unnoticeable.

Another annoying thing is the floor is suspended so the whole room shakes a bit !

But even more annoying is that it is catching like yawning and I find my self doing it as well .

But still I have this mad urge to yell sit STILL.

Perhaps he needs a wee?

Ask him if he's OK... Dress up 'why are your legs doing that?' as concern for his wellbeing. Don't sit suffering in silence - say something.

if he does need a wee then it is an every day thing !

Should I shout "go to the loo" then instead ? That might elicit even more of these [hmmm].

Ask him if he's OK... Dress up 'why are your legs doing that?' as concern for his wellbeing. Don't sit suffering in silence - say something.

He has been doing it for months (ever since he came to the office) - I have been suffering in silence all that time ! But today it is particularly annoying me.

To be honest he has a whole plethora of annoying physical habits which would probably not annoy me so much with his personality.

In the interests of team work I have to not give in to yelling

To be honest he has a whole plethora of annoying physical habits which would probably not annoy me so much with his personality.

meant to say wouldn't annoy me so much if his personality wasn't so irritating as well.

You don't have to yell or be unpleasant. Everyone's grown-ups, presumably, and won't crumble at a personal remark. Posting threads on a message board isn't going to make any difference.... stop being a wuss, perhaps?

Could you be all jokey and friendly about it? As in, "Oi, I'm getting motion sickness here, can you stop the jigging?"

It makes me feel really anxious when people jiggle near me. So I'd have to say something - if
not to him, to the boss. It may be a condition and he can't help it, fair enough but there may be a way round it like moving desks about or getting a thicker carpet or something?