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AIBU?

To kick her feet

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JungleInTheRumble · 04/07/2017 08:53

I work in an open plan office and the woman opposite me constantly has her feet under my desk! I often have my feet tucked under me but sometimes I want to stretch my legs out a little bit but her kicked off shoes or bare feet will already be there!

I've started kicking her shoes back under her desk and not looking before shifting my position so if her feet get a kick too bad.

She's the open plan office nightmare - constantly muttering to herself, eats loudly, types loudly, holds long loud personal calls then tolls her eyes when asked to doe something like send a letter! Pisses me off no end.

Aibu to get some steel capped boots?!

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DefinitelyMolly · 05/07/2017 16:54

Every workplace has a dominant person who treats the place as if it's their own home and has no respect for anyone else, just as long as they're ok....

In my experience, talking to them has zero effect as they are too self centred and thick skinned to realise that they're doing anything wrong, and will automatically make you the bad guy.

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thecolonelbumminganugget · 05/07/2017 17:22

Penguin bollards?

I have no idea what these are (assuming bollards painted to look like penguins) but they seem to be the mn solution to anything parked where it shouldn't be!

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Chottie · 05/07/2017 17:34

Definitely a box wall. I do like the lattice work parcel tape suggestion too though. :)

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GetafixTheDruid · 06/07/2017 05:19

Ha definitelyMolly we have one of those. She knows it annoys everyone, jokes about it but seems to think everyone is indulgently smiling 'aaah that's just annoyingcolleague for you' when actually when she's not there everyone is muttering ffs and moving her stuff out of their way. If you actually got cross about it she'd be loudly telling everyone how mean you are and crying to the boss within 5 mins.

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justilou · 06/07/2017 05:24

Spray her feet with deodorant every time they encroach on your space. Or anti-bac room spray.

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TheMaddHugger · 06/07/2017 05:49

Let us know how she reacts to the box 🤓

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morningconstitutional2017 · 06/07/2017 11:51

If she gets on your nerves she probably annoys everyone else too. Like the idea of the box but she'd probably constantly kick it over to your side which could annoy you even more.
Could you just say to her, "Stop kicking me" and see what happens? Maybe it's all a ruse so that she can an office of her own.

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peekyboo · 06/07/2017 12:05

I'd be going in an hour early with a one-i-made-earlier piece of MDF to nail over the space between the desks. That way when she looks down it looks like part of the desk.

If you wanted you could leave a toe space along the bottom so you can still kick at her when you feel like it.

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paxillin · 06/07/2017 16:51

I could live with all of her crimes except the "eats loudly". I would have to kill her, there is no other way.

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IloveBanff · 06/07/2017 16:54

I couldn't agree more paxillin.

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LazyDailyMailJournos · 06/07/2017 17:14

I'd be going in an hour early with a one-i-made-earlier piece of MDF to nail over the space between the desks. That way when she looks down it looks like part of the desk. If you wanted you could leave a toe space along the bottom so you can still kick at her when you feel like it.

^^ Absolutely this. Office politics are no joke - it's a warzone! I don't miss it.

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CremeFresh · 06/07/2017 17:18

You need lots of mousetraps

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Wolfiefan · 06/07/2017 17:22

Tell her it's bring your venomous snake to work day and she had better not let her tempting toes drift towards the viper under your desk!

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paxillin · 06/07/2017 17:43

And then hide a volunteer mnetter under there, Wolfiefan?

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Wolfiefan · 06/07/2017 18:08

You can borrow my tiny little puppy! She likes feet!

To kick her feet

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MyOtherNameIsTaken · 06/07/2017 18:18

I can say from experience that geese love pecking at toes. How you'll explain having a goose under your desk I don't know, but she'll never put her feet there again.

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StillStayingClassySanDiego · 06/07/2017 18:26

When I have a wee in my work loo, there's one colleague who , if we use the loo at the same time, sits in a way that causes her feet to protrude under the partition into my cubicle.

I want to say ' Oi, get your feet out of here' but of course I don't.

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WipsGlitter · 06/07/2017 18:28

You win stillsaying. That's revolting.

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StillStayingClassySanDiego · 06/07/2017 18:32

Wips it's not nice is it? . I know who it is but of course it's not a complaint you raise in the staff room, or anywhere else.

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CheshireChat · 06/07/2017 20:00

Ball up some toilet paper and drop it on her feet StillStaying? It doesn't matter it's clean it should repel her!

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Lulukat · 06/07/2017 22:36

get shit loads of potpouri and pour it over her desk ensuring it goes under said desk then tut the room smells of cheese before gracefully sitting back at ones desk

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wasonthelist · 06/07/2017 22:39

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Apocalyptichorsewoman · 06/07/2017 22:52

Yeah - get geese under there like myother said - just tell her they're fattening for Christmas.

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Redsippycup · 07/07/2017 09:12

Can you drop your handbag on her feet still ?

She can hardly complain either, can she?!

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