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To be hacked off with "loud" work colleagues?

94 replies

Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 19:43

Those Who Must Be Heard.

I'm not denying they may have interesting perspectives/tales/opinions and that they have every right to verbalise them.

Just not quite so loudly ...

'Kay?

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AnyoneforTurps · 27/05/2014 19:46

YANBU - it's a daily battle of wills not to leap over the desk and throttle my colleague with the cheery laugh.

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 19:47

I hate "cheery" laughs...

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iklboo · 27/05/2014 19:50

I sit in a bank of 4 desks. One colleague comes in & tells a story to Person A. Then tells the same story to Person B. Then to person C......even if we say 'yes, I heard you telling A'.

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 19:52

Have you murdered them yet iklboo?

If not, you have my admiration...

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Nomama · 27/05/2014 19:53

Sod that, chomping that effin apple is driving me mad... not to mention the stupid water thing you bought, it forces you to slurp FUCK OFF!

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 19:54

Have I touched a nerve Nomama?

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Sicaq · 27/05/2014 19:55

I think some of my colleagues are part-Yeti. STOMP STOMP STOMP they go, past my desk. STOMP. STOMPTSTOMPSTOMPTHUDTHUDSTOP.

STOMP.

Why can't they just walk normally?!

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 19:56

'Cos they is Yetis, innit?

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CarpeJugulum · 27/05/2014 20:02

I have a furtive rustler...

Biscuits (communal tea money) are bought and stashed in a filing cabinet beside the tea cupboard; said cupboard is over from my desk (about 5ft away).

One director persists in coming into the office to "get an envelope" (conveniently beside the tea cupboard) and then rustling furtively to get a biscuit out. He then uses the envelope to mask the biscuits on the way out!

FFS, just get one and go. You pay way more than us as it's out of expenses so eat it proudly!

iklboo · 27/05/2014 20:02

It's close Salmotrutta!

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 20:04
Grin

What an eejit!

(Biscuit rustler, not you Carpe)

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CarpeJugulum · 27/05/2014 20:20

Definite eejit!

I may have moved the envelopes one day for pure amusement value... Came in the next day to find them moved back overnight and all normal colleagues didn't do it! Grin

Hassled · 27/05/2014 20:25

I'm having Biscuit Rage at the moment - am disproportionately livid at the fuckers who eat my biscuits and never buy any themselves. I did tell one of the Biscuit Fuckers last week where they were available to buy and there was a really awkward silence and everyone stopped talking.

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 20:27

The older I get, the less tolerant I become of loud voices.

Maybe my ears are becoming hypersensitive

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 20:27

Hassled - you are my new hero Grin

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albertcamus · 27/05/2014 20:28

As a secondary teacher, I feel so lucky that I only have to put up with this in the staffroom - give me the company of students (aged 11 - 18) any day, compared to the unbelievable tedium of adults vying with each other to over-inform about weekend exploits, what b+tards all men are, what they've done in the gym, 'look at my iPhone pics' etc etc etc.

The downside is I'm in my one domain all day as I really can't stand it at coffee break or lunch !

Would seriously hate to be stuck among the same people all day every day ...

Students are funny, resilient, caring and interested in others and much better company :)

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 20:30

Psst - I may actually also be a teacher albertcamus.

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albertcamus · 27/05/2014 20:31

also, re. biscuit theft ... I now don't keep my coffee or anything else in the staffroom, as I'm so rarely there. I've invested in a small kettle & drink black coffee in the privacy of my own classroom ! My colleague left four biscuits on a plate last week at 3.15pm, went to Reception to meet her visitor, and they were gone by the time she'd gone back to the Staffroom :(

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Salmotrutta · 27/05/2014 20:31

And yes, pupils are much better company in general...

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Normalisavariantofcrazy · 27/05/2014 20:34

In my office it's:

Monday: discussion about the weekend, who went to what club and how drunk they got, discuss the fact they're all still hung over
Tuesday: start to plan the upcoming weekend
Wednesday: complain it's not the weekend so start talking about townie type programmes very loudly
Thursday: show off newly gained fake tan, complain how skint they are
Friday: talk loudly about the weekends plans

I resist the urge to tell them to shut the fuck up on a daily basis

albertcamus · 27/05/2014 20:35

Now you are talking, Salmon : I would love to follow our 'Teaching & Learning' guru's advice, and video the Monday morning LOUD conversation before Briefing about weekend exploits, another man-related disappointment, over-sharing of BORING photos and TOO MUCH INFORMATION ! This could then be shown over a continuous loop demonstrating that too much talking kills your point !

EBearhug · 27/05/2014 20:38

One of my colleagues talks to herself about what she's doing.

This did not used to bother me. Then another colleague (who, to be fair, suffers worse, sitting right next to her, which I don't,) pointed it out. Now I can't blank it out at all.

I am not sure which of them to kill first.

albertcamus · 27/05/2014 20:38

I resist the urge to tell them to shut the fuck up on a daily basis
Normal : in my day-after-lottery-win fantasy, this is EXACTLY what I do, at FULL VOLUME ! So glad I'm not the only angry old woman around :)

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