Attention seeking woman at work driving me insane

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Name changed as outing to anyone that works with her!

She’s driving me insane, seriously - to the point where I have urges to shout at her or literally walk out. Shes so loud, constantly shouting and screaming. She’ll literally scream all of a sudden, waits for everyone to ask what’s wrong and then will say “I’m just so bored!” Or “I’ve just remembered it’s pizza for tea!” Or some other stupid shit.

She’ll randomly throw her papers up in the air and say “it’s stressing me out!” And everyone laughs. What exactly is funny about that?? Maybe the first time I’d laugh but when it’s a weekly thing - not so much

On Friday she suddenly slammed her laptop shut and screamed. Of course everyone was like “what?? What??” And she’s sat there lapping up the attention before declaring “I’ve just seen that my favourite band are touring”. Everyone laughed and said “Jesus I thought it was something serious”. It’s never serious, it’s always something stupid.

She’ll get up and suddenly start dancing - even getting up on the tables etc. at Christmas she brought in a load of those dancing snowmen/santas/clapping monkeys etc, set them up all around the office and turned them all on together. The voice was unbearable. The manager made her get rid of them in the end so she screamed and pretended to cry.

The woman infuriates me. I don’t even know why she annoys me so much. I seem to be the only one not laughing! Before anyone says I’m jealous, trust me - I’m the most introverted person ever, the last thing I want is to be centre of attention

She’s actually making me consider changing my job. I can’t stand it. I’m literally dreading going in tomorrow.

No it really doesn’t. On paper, if you look at the list of criteria and don’t know exactly what you’re looking for in patient presentation you could say the dramatic behaviour checks one box. In reality a MUCH deep and more detailed evaluation would be needed. Honestly Google has a lot to answer for.”Oh hey, I used Google and is says you have XXX let’s not bother trained doctors, eh?”

How can it be that this country has multiple adults going to their place of work and screaming and shouting? This thread is a lesson in how bonkers some of your workplaces are mine is so boring in comparison.

There's someone similar to this in my office, but much more watered down version. The woman in my office literally never shuts up. She sings, shrieks, shouts across the office, involves herself in every single conversation - doesn't matter whether or not she understands the subject matter because she'll just turn it round into a completely different conversation about something she DOES understand. It's absolutely fatal to make eye contact as then you're stuck with her talking at you for a good 15 minutes. I wear headphones when she gets too much and try and just keep my eyes straight ahead on my screen. The crazy bitch actually stuck her head in front of my screen and said "what are you doing?" I really feel your pain...

She says it's because she has ADHD and she can't help it. But I have anxiety and the nature of my work means I need to concentrate so why should her inability to act professionally impact me? Annoying!

"Arse gravy drivel"

Fucking brilliant, and spot on in this instance.

No it really doesn’t. On paper, if you look at the list of criteria and don’t know exactly what you’re looking for in patient presentation you could say the dramatic behaviour checks one box. In reality a MUCH deep and more detailed evaluation would be needed. Honestly Google has a lot to answer for.”Oh hey, I used Google and is says you have XXX let’s not bother trained doctors, eh?

Why do you assume I'm not trained in PDs?

Sounds tedious, unprofessional and attention seeking. I would invest in noise cancelling headphones and grey rock it. Her behaviour is a manager issue.

maybe mention to your manager that this colleague appears to be struggling and you have grave concerns for her welfare.

What do you think would happen if someone said: Stop it. I can't stand that horrendous scream. It's really unprofessional and really grating and you do it too often for no good reason. Give us a break and calm down.

Because you would know it could t be diagnosed from somebody’s description in 1 post in mumsnet.

Or just tell the manager that her behaviour is causing you to consider leaving. Ask if they are prepared to haul her in and tell her to curb her screeching and dramas.

is there a manager present?

If the manager won’t manage her then suggest she swaps desks with the screamer - so she’s shut in her office and can perform her vocals to her heart’s content.

Next time she starts dancing on the tables ask her if she has a second job in a lap dancing club, seeing as she has such good balance on them..

Seriously though, she must have something wrong with her to behave like this.

Worked in IT with a horrible woman who cackled and shrieked at the top of her voice, she was also plain nasty to selected people.

She made a lot of peoples lives a misery, whilst others seemed to lap it up.

She was part of the reason I never went back after maternity leave.

Foul woman.

The noise and the relaying of stuff was also similar.

You have my full sympathy. Look for a new job.

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Because you’d know you couldn’t even contemplate offering an opinion of diagnosis based on a thread on Mumsnet

Oh god I used to work with a woman like this. Thankfully she quit. I feel your pain.

You: Morning

Her: Morning

You: I’m pretty busy today. Can you please do all your screaming, hysteria and dramatics now? Like in the next five minutes so we can get it out of the way and get on with our work?

Her: Excuse me?

You: Seriously. Check now. Is your favorite band on tour? Is it pizza for dinner? Has your best mate just got engaged? Might there be a spider in the corner? I’ve got ten minutes that I can spare now, so please, do your checks, scream your head off and then please behave like a non-mentalist for the rest of the day. Thanks

I work for the NHS and we have one too.

Everytime she screams tell her to put a fiver in the annoying office behaviour jar, joking but not.

Yes this, absolutely this. I've been thinking this all the way through this thread and was going to write it when I got to the end. There's no way I could have stayed quiet while she's screaming.

What does training in PD’s mean HunterBidensBurnerPhone that you have been on a one day course that covers this topic

Has she ever been to the Sistine chapel, do you know?

(Apols if someone has already asked…haven’t read whole thread)

Yeah I worked with one of these too. I was in the finance team and pushed through an approval for her to do a qualification that would mean she had two days out of the office a week.

She was/is awful. It culminated in her having an affair with our married director and they both got fired.

Tell her to pack it in and try for some basic professionalism.

It's not whimsical, endearing or funny.

Epic.
I would pay to watch that conversation 😂

God sounds exactly the same as this woman, last time a wasp got in she screamed and threw a can of coke across the room - an open can of coke. It went everywhere.

That's the best phrase I've seen all day!

Christ, I can't believe some of these replies. Complaining about her on grounds of health and safety? Working with people who you dislike isn't a health and safety matter, it's just life.