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to develop an obsesive compulsive disorder based in my onservations of the woman that sometimes uses my desk?

40 replies

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:10

Yeah I know, I'm a grumpy old woman but... there is this woman at work who can not stop sucking every single finger of her hands, I have counted more than 50 nnoisy sucking noises at eating a humble packet of crisps. Fordet about when she eats cake or any other more sticky stuff.

Anyways, I had to cover for her a few days ago and sit at her desk and use her computer... The keyboard and mouse were so sticky I felt the need to get a packet of desinfectant wipes to clean it a bit before laying my hands on it, it was full of jam and cheese crisps powder stuff. There was saliva on the screen and even the chair was covered in true white marks were she wipes her hands after cleaning them in her mouth.

From time to time she likes to use my computer and I can immediatly notice if she has done so (jam, crisps crumbles and other sticky stuff on my keyboard, mouse and desk). To make the things worse she is always down with one bug or another one so, the saliva spreading is getting on my nerves.

How do I go about telling I don't want her to use my computer without offending her (or she backfiring giving a good lick to my computer as a revenge?

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SoupDragon · 30/01/2008 18:12

"Stop using my computer you grubby, plague ridden woman" ?

Maybe not.

NAB3wishesfor2008 · 30/01/2008 18:13

Just tell her straight. Be polite, not personal but behaviour like this should be left behind at about 5.

fullmoonfiend · 30/01/2008 18:16

Keep a packet of anti-bac wipes to hand and pass her one with a blithe ''would you mind...?'' when she leaves your computer

cherryredretrochick · 30/01/2008 18:16

How much does this woman eat?

Kimi · 30/01/2008 18:21

Just spray Dettol all over it and when she gets up, she will get the message.

Oblomov · 30/01/2008 18:22

LOL at her feast infested keyboard. This is gross. Coming from someone who eats constantly at work. Leave a subtle hint of wipes. Or, tell her to go shove... her saliva someone where the sun....

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:24

I have gone through two packets of antibacterial wipes already.

To make things worse, she is a sensitive soul, everything upsets her, last year we were required to specify our mood at the beginning of the day (by drawing a face on a blackboard) because otherwise she would think we had something personal against her. At some point I couldn't draw a happy face anymore... I felt like drawing one with 2 fingers up so I stopped.

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 30/01/2008 18:26

Leave her a note.

fullmoonfiend · 30/01/2008 18:31

you are shitting us....!!

Really???

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:33

Erm... no

[wipes computer once again after fullmoonfiend's spray] Sorry, it's becoming a habit

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Oblomov · 30/01/2008 18:34

What ? Who is this woman ? Why does everyone pander to her ?

Wisteria · 30/01/2008 18:36

"last year we were required to specify our mood at the beginning of the day"

WTF???? Where do you work?

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:38

Lovely caring manager, I supose.

She also comes with things like "I want to ask you to be nice to me because I'm starting dating again and I'm getting panic attacks" So we all end up walking in eggshells and afraid to upset her.

I supose she is going through a major personality crisis, which I am prepared to understand and adapt to, but the saliva ladden equipment is more than I can take.

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donnie · 30/01/2008 18:38

oh FGS. Trip trap city.

donnie · 30/01/2008 18:39

abysmal spelling too. Tut tut.

fullmoonfiend · 30/01/2008 18:39

sorry!

How do you draw a ''will be reasonably chipper once I've woken up, had 5 cups of tea and a mars bar'' face??

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:40

Donnie, I have been here for more than 4 years, and meet with MNetters in real life so definitively not trip trap material.

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MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:41

Fantastic, what I needed!

(Actually, my grammatical errors are a bit of my signature ).

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Wisteria · 30/01/2008 18:43

Donnie she's not a troll - no sirree..

Trolleydolly71 · 30/01/2008 18:45

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TrinityRhino · 30/01/2008 18:48

she sounds like a nightmare to work with

can't help giggling though
sorry

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:50

I'm not telling more, sorry, I have been depressed at some point and it wasn't fun. (now thinking of it, I may have come out of my depression at the sight of all the staff drawing stupid emoticons so I wouldn't get upset)

But this doesn't solve my problem. Argh, I'm trying to be understanding but... can't

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Oblomov · 30/01/2008 18:51

What job do you have ?
You are making me laugh, thats for sure.

Oblomov · 30/01/2008 18:52

Don't you just love twaty managers. But she, with her 'I'm dating, so be nice to me...

MeMySonAndI · 30/01/2008 18:53

[whispers] nhs

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