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To tell my colleague to stop..............

108 replies

Whycantistaymotivated · 21/02/2019 09:43

Humming an out of tune song it's driving me insane!!!

Any of your work colleagues annoying you today?

OP posts:
TheWashingMachine · 21/02/2019 14:30

On the flip side, I once got a very nasty email from a colleague saying said he hated my "posh, loud voice". I was really upset and seeing as it was a small business and I was the only one who answered the bloody phone it was most unfair.

GraceMarks · 21/02/2019 15:53

I work in a small office with a number of other people, including a very posh, very loud man who takes calls from his wife during the day and always ends the conversation by bellowing "OK, love you, yah, BYE!" at her. I've never met her but I pity her more than I do any other living person at this particular point. I know it's nominally a nice thing to say to your spouse, but it always seems like performance affection, if you know what I mean.

iklboo · 21/02/2019 15:56

One who slurps their coffee then go 'ahhhhhh' after EVERY SODDING MOUTHFUL

FintyTin · 21/02/2019 15:56

The loud eating is a recognised problem where I work - to the extent that it has a name: chobbling.
We have a designated eating area but it’s small and echoey, so amplifies the lip smacking and food-churning. At least, as we’re in a hospital, snacking as we work doesn’t happen!

PooleySpooley, eating eye pickings is beyond grim!!

Lifeonmars77 · 21/02/2019 15:58

Perpetual negativity:

"It's just so busy"
"For crying out loud"
"This is ridiculous"
"I hate this place"
"I don't want to be here"

On repeat. All day. I sit directly opposite this person in an office that is only just big enough for our two desks and a bookshelf. I can quite literally feel the energy being drained from my soul every single day.

I just want to scream "If you spent as much bastard time doing your actual job as you do whingeing about it, you wouldn't be so fucking busy!!!!"

Also, she always tells people how 'unindated' (yes, with that pronunciation) we are which is why she can't possibly deal with their query.

Incidentally, there is always time for drinking 10 cups of tea a day, sorting out the lottery money on and the tea kitty. Fuckwit.

FrozenMargarita17 · 21/02/2019 16:03

I have just left my job as I'm moving but the person who sat across from me used to narrate her day to herself.

Hmm open this email (proceeds to read entire email including 'dear sharon' -- not her real name!) mmm okay I suppose I'll do this first then but oh wait I have to do that mmmmkk mmmk now where do I put that oh let's have a bit of coffee now and then I'll start that

OMG STOP IT

potatosaladnquiche · 21/02/2019 16:09

Mandy and Hogtini... I could also have written the exact same thing.

Soul sucking. Sad

potatosaladnquiche · 21/02/2019 16:15

Omg Frozen... same on that one too!!!!

God it's just relentless and I would never want to bore anyone around me with having to hear the minute details of my thought processing
! I have to zone out and then get a short thrift when I don't realise she's talking to me this time rather than herself!

I'm really feeling the weight of it all today Sad

thebeesknees123 · 21/02/2019 16:23

OK.

Music without headphones (especially if shite music)
Laughing too loudly
Talking to me while trying to concentrate
Yes to thinking they're my supervisor when they are half my age
Coming in to work puking
Laziness

Hiddenaspie1973 · 21/02/2019 16:40

Warm tuna or egg sandwich consumed by another whilst your in the lift together. Dear God! I dry heaved.

Zanaib1980 · 21/02/2019 18:39

I can't find any related post but am looking for some advice. I am a chef and currently my boss is annoying the hell out of me. Our kitchen is unhygienic, we have Rubbish bags containing raw meat just left in the fridge area. The meat isnt stored correctly and it is frustrating that the boss seems uninterested in my concerns. when im there i keep it as clean as i can but on the days im not it just seems to be disregarded. What should i do? All advice is appreciated x

iklboo · 21/02/2019 18:47

@Zanaib1980 - contact your local council & Environmental Health. Take photos if you can

Zanaib1980 · 21/02/2019 18:52

I am actually going to do this but I have to be careful because there are cameras in the kitchen and they monitor them on the phone. It has got so bad I'm developing an issue with eating because I feel so sick at the thought of selling this food. Today I had enough and found so much raw meat and food that was just foul. I binned it. I don't care about losing my job I just don't want them to get away with this.

FrozenMargarita17 · 21/02/2019 18:53

@potatosaladnquiche honestly I really struggled especially because I did a lot of typing minutes etc and I would type what she was saying automatically!

Tweez · 21/02/2019 19:32

Coughing violently and spluttering all day, all this week, rather than being off sick - and sitting opposite me Hmm

misslomi · 21/02/2019 19:46

I need this thread right now Grin

I've been at my new job a couple of months and the guy on the desk next to me drives me insane. Hes super negative always bored, tired or pissed off about something. Skivves the second our line manager is out of the office, always going for a fag or to wash his cup up Hmm

If I dont like something he likes he goes on and on and on about it forever. If I like something he doesnt he slates it and tells me how shit it is.

He talks about himself and his family constantly including showing me photos that I never asked to see but never ever asks how I am or what I've been up too.

I feel better for that rant now Wink

WhatthehellisplanB · 21/02/2019 20:09

Our site office is also the staff room. Most of the staff are cool, have basic table manners.
There are two young men, both nice. But fuck me, when they have their lunch I want to stab them with their forks.
Both make an appalling fuckin racket eating.
I have to leave the office.
I just can't listen. It's lip smacking, slurping hell. I have a heater/ fan I put on which hides some of the noise but the volume is unbearable!
This morning, one lad came up behind my desk whilst masticating a fuckin orange. He leaned over to talk whilst smack slurp slevver.
In. My. Ear.
I turned around with a look of disgust on my face and went 'are you actually fuckin kidding me?'

Yeah. Told him to come back when he could eat civilly or learnt some table manners.
Not my finest moment.
There's no excuse for poor table manners. It's just polite.

WontLetThoseRobotsDefeatMe · 21/02/2019 20:30

beesknees They could easily be a supervisor while much younger than those they are supervising though.

My immediate boss is a decade younger than me.

Yorkshirelady · 21/02/2019 21:12

I would be fuming if I was your colleague and I found out that you were on mumsnet all day whilst your getting paid the same as me....so what if I'm humming an out of tune song and chewing with my mouth open?..I can do both whilst working and earning a crust for my family....I can tell you're busy! I bet the boss can tell as well!! LOL

IWantMyHatBack · 21/02/2019 21:16

Sniffing.

Everybody has the odd cold etc, or struggles with hayfever, but this man is making me murderous. He's been sniffing every 5 seconds since November. I have to wear headphones ALL the time to block him out.

Aggg

MarcMyWords · 21/02/2019 21:22

Eating breakfast cereal with a half pint of hot milk at the desk every morning, stolen from the collectively paid for office milk supply. Followed by humming AND belching.

Give me back my cubicle.

Angie169 · 21/02/2019 21:40

I am a supervisor across 7 sites each site has 2 or 3 staff , i try to get to them all at least twice a week ,
a quick text to say I am on my way and they all stop for a quick catch up and a brew ( about 15 mins ) except on woman she always is the last one to turn up , normally 10 mins after I have got there , our jobs are physically demanding so most really appreciate a short break but she always come in saying ooohhh i just had to . . . . finish( a personal) phone call , go to the loo , so so stopped to talk to me , while the rest of us are stood around like lemons waiting for her. HURRY THE FUCK UP , we all have work to get back to .

Hiddenaspie1973 · 21/02/2019 21:49

The unidentified guy somewhere in my open plan office who coughs his sputum filled lungs out all over the place.
Listen mate, I've been in this God forsaken hellhole nearly a year. You've had that cough for just as long. The drugs don't work so ffs see a fucking Doctor rather than subjecting us all to the fucking death rattle.

Wheretheresawill1 · 21/02/2019 21:59

The woman who sits next to me who cracks her knuckles every time she gets anxious
The same woman always off sick and when in work is always saying she has a headache

Bloodybridget · 21/02/2019 22:04

I once had to ask a colleague to stop sniffing. He sniffed loudly all day long, I couldn't stand it. Very awkward and difficult but things did improve!