Aibu to ask for your pet peeve at work

[Whisperingwinds]

What’s the one thing that your colleagues do that drive you up the wall - emails without subject lines does it for me.

We don’t have a reception at work, the office I work in is near the main door, visitors have to ring the bell. I must get up about 30 times a day to sign for deliveries and speak to visitors. Pisses me right off as I am not a receptionist.

As my desk is closest to the door it is nearly always me that gets up.

But what pisses me off is the people who have signed for deliveries sent to work, from next, Debenhams etc, knowing that as they work in another building they won’t get interrupted to sign for it, I will then spend ages trying to get hold of them to come and get the fucking package.

Scheduling a meeting for the sake of having a meeting and being seen to be "doing something " - absolutely a fucking waste of my time (I'm looking at you new boss) .
People boasting about working till 10 in the evening. Presenteeism at its worst plus you are clearly ineffective at time management if you're having to do this except in an emergency.
People shouting over desks. People complaining about people talking on the phone, rather than using earphones.
Fuckers that create microwave splatter and don't clean it up.
People trying to chat to me about unimportant things when I am clearly busy and giving monosyllabic answers.
I should perhaps work for myself

People having meetings to decide something that's in my job description without inviting me.
People who don't mute their Microphone on Skype conversations so you can hear all manner of annoying noises.
Salespeople promising the world to potential clients and then I'm the baddy who either says "no it doesn't do that" or "sorry that'll cost you more"

Sniffers
Keyboard thrashers
People who raise their voice so everyone knows they are on the phone

Most all men!

People who wander round the office talking into their mobiles to show how massively important they are. Go and sit at your desk FFS, nobody cares that you’re on a conference call.

People who microwave fish.

People who are just completely incapable/unwilling to do the job they are paid to do

Me too!

One woman actively does nothing all day and can here the boss coming because she has a walking aid - so ducks out the door before it's opened!

I can't see how she's been getting away with it for years !!!!

@bramble17 but it's ok for them to come into work with D&V causing 5 people to phone in sick the next day?

People who bang on about their next diet fad, which lasts a few days until they fail, and then start the next. Boring.

People who just talk on and on when there's deadlines "oh pass... did you watch tv last night? Oh sorry, you're busy. I won't talk then". "But just a quick point about the tv... oh you're busy". People ignore them and they don't get the hint To Just Shut Up.

People who steal my pens.

People who invade my personal space, who come up behind me and put their hands on my chair effectively caging me into my desk. People patting me on the arm. Any touching at all!

My office nemesis cannot complete a task on time. Give her a deadline and you KNOW she won't stick to it. Then claim she's 'Sooooo busy' when what she actually does is faffs around all day. Once I was waiting for her to do something and she was SORTING PENS.

Also people who ask me technology-related questions because I have the word 'digital' in my job title and because they're 'not good with technology'. Want to scream 'GOOGLE IT!' at them.

People who can’t remember their password after being in annual leave for a week

People who email IT staff direct rather than the ticketing system cos they think it helps them jump the queue

People who email the IT dept head directly about their problem cos they think they are more important than to use the ticketing system

People who refuse to look at the intranet IT help pages and just put in a ticket in the hope that they can get the IT team to just do it for them

People who consistently forget to save documents as they go and when they click close and it’s not saved they expect IT to drop everything to get it back cos it’s always a really important document that MUST go out that day

yes the IT department do have a list of fuckwits that they argue over who has to take the ticket and deal with idiot end users.

I have a colleague who has labelled all her pens - they are from the stationary cupboard anyway

I am a technician in DT at a school.
I put out a tub of tea towels, dish clothes and scrubbers for each food tech room. There are plenty for each sink.
One teacher insists on coming in to the store room and grabbing an armful of more stuff.
She then puts the soaking wet washing back on top of the clean, unused clothes, meaning I have double the washing to do.
Can't say anything to her, she is always right and is one of those who thinks she walks on a higher ground.

‘I need to raise this as an issue’

Usually a fairly inconsequential thing but loads of people cc’d in when a 30second chat (old school) would have sorted it.

People who talk constantly about their diet/syns/points and then feel it’s ok to comment on other people’s food too

We had a 16 year old girl on work experience this week, no bigger than a size 8-10. After returning from lunch at Nando’s, she got a lecture from the office bigmouth about how “bad” her food choice was and what healthier option she could have had instead. No wonder women have body image issues.

Sniffing. Constant eating. Talking to me about crap when I’m trying to work. Constantly offering me biscuits even though I always say no - I think this is because they are trying to make me fat like them.

Loud typing. Although I have to admit I'm guilty of thumping the keys. I try not to though! Honest!

Emails sent to everyone pointing out something I've done wrong but then 5 mins later an email saying "whoops, wasn't you. It was my mistake - sorry"... but only sent to me. :/

Jangly jewellery.

Loud breathing.

I'm actually fairly relaxed though.

People who don’t like the bog standard black pen and insist you order a more expensive one just for them.

People who use the colour printer unnecessarily, for stuff that doesn’t need to be on colour or doesn’t even have any colour!

Another one: people watching things on their PCs with the sound running. You have earphones!!!

Used to be when I would go to the shop on my dinner break to buy a packet of crisps or something and every person in the place would get wind of it and would leave with a list this length of my arm, all different money thrown at me and working out the change. So stressful. 😣

At the moment it is that my colleague answers question before ive asked it. She never waits til ive explained what im asking. She assumes im asking the most basic question. She assumes i understand nothing.

The sound of very long nails tapping on the keyboard.
People with lots of charms and bracelets dangling and clattering on the desk as they type.
Crisp munching

People who bring hot dinners up from the canteen to eat at their desks.I don’t know why I hate this but I do!

People who send me an email asking something. Then find me later and start with ‘I’ve sent you an email this morning/yesterday....’
Yes you did, I read it, did whatever was needed and emailed you back.
‘So the email said....’
Yes I know I read it, dealt with it and replied.
‘So what do you think?’

Fuck off and read your fucking email. That is what I think.

Parents emailing the wrong school admin.

My colleague when I ask her for a drink. As soon as she umms and ahh’s, I’m gone. Yes, or no should suffice.

Someone saying, only contact me on the emergency number If it’s an emergency. Call office. Person not in office ‘why didn’t you call my mobile?’ 🙄 Fuck... Off!

IncyWincyGrownUp , I knew you worked in a school the minute I read about the photocopier problems, even before you mentioned school!

I detested the people, usually the French department, who expected to be able to push in and use the copier because their class was due to start, one actually physically tried to push me out of the way. Do what I do, print in your free time, lunch time. She had the nerve to complain about my selfishness to the management.

I also banned one of my Department from bringing stinking Pot Noodles into lunchtime meetings.