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hnsq · 08-11-2011, 01:53 PM

People who complain about their job on a daily basis and don't look for something new.

andywire · 08-11-2011, 03:21 PM

Had a few goods ones. Had a guy complain constantly to me that my machines are too loud, like I was just trying to make his life miserable or something. I hate listening to people sing while their working, especially if they sing the same songs over and over again. It drives me crazy to answer the same question over and over again because people don't listen the first, second, or third time. I tolerate it more when they verify things I told them to do before they do it... It at least shows some of what I said got through their skull. I'm sure I will think of more. Oh, and I despise people who complain about standing for long periods of time. That was in the job description if you bothered to read it! Not only do I have to share workspace with a guy who is lazy, but one who apparently can't read

dubyanumberone · 08-12-2011, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by b75

People who bring stinky lunches with them. Seriously you don't need to cook fish everyday in the kitchen - it just isn't necessary! The whole building feels like it stinks after that. Like can't you eat that for dinner instead!

People who stink up the bathroom/have poor bathroom sanitary habits. Just why???

Microwaving fish in the employee lunchroom should be grounds for automatic termination. Same with burning popcorn.

nightcrawler · 08-12-2011, 09:10 AM

I can't stand when the men use the bathroom and when they leave they close the door, thus when you go to the bathroom, it looks occupied when it isn't.

I even tried doing a sign on the wall to leave the bathroom door open when you leave.They still don't get it.

blkgiraffe · 08-12-2011, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by hnsq

People who complain about their job on a daily basis and don't look for something new.

People who consistently brag about how they're the best at their job and feel the need to remind everyone everyday; even though no one cared or asked.

suissegrl702 · 08-12-2011, 09:55 PM

-People who let stuff spoil in the refrigerator. One place I worked at was so bad with spoiled food (and this was in a hospital) that there was no place to put lunches. It was bad. You'd open the fridge and it stank so bad it wasn't funny. I worked at a law firm where one of the managers found green curdled milk in the fridge. It wasn't thrown out during the fridge clean up because the owner had put her name on it. But, honestly, how could she have forgot about it?

-People coming to work sick. I've worked as a nurse's aide and its a real problem with healthcare workers. Back in 2009, I had a coworker come to work with swine flu--she could barely stand, and had a fever of 104, and the nurse manager would not send her home. So half the residents and 2/3 of the employees got swine flu, including me. 5 people almost died. All because she didn't want to stay home. I worked in a call center where there was this nasty cold going around where you lost your voice...people still came to work with it. Over half the call center got it, and the managers were left wondering why people were staying home and why the queue was so bad for clients waiting. And really, neither place was that picky about call-ins. People just didn't want to call in, so they came to work sick. I think at one point in the call center, we had 60 people working regularly, and with the nasty cold going around, there was a day where only 40 showed up for work. Clients were angry at having to wait forever to speak to someone. It was brutal.

-overcooking popcorn...one of my coworkers from the call center actually set the microwave on fire. It was bad.

-loud people making phone calls and talking loudly in the break room.

I will also never understand why some people can get away with murder but others are micromanaged to death.

Chatteress · 08-12-2011, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by suissegrl702

-People who let stuff spoil in the refrigerator. One place I worked at was so bad with spoiled food (and this was in a hospital) that there was no place to put lunches. It was bad. You'd open the fridge and it stank so bad it wasn't funny. I worked at a law firm where one of the managers found green curdled milk in the fridge. It wasn't thrown out during the fridge clean up because the owner had put her name on it. But, honestly, how could she have forgot about it?

-People coming to work sick. I've worked as a nurse's aide and its a real problem with healthcare workers. Back in 2009, I had a coworker come to work with swine flu--she could barely stand, and had a fever of 104, and the nurse manager would not send her home. So half the residents and 2/3 of the employees got swine flu, including me. 5 people almost died. All because she didn't want to stay home. I worked in a call center where there was this nasty cold going around where you lost your voice...people still came to work with it. Over half the call center got it, and the managers were left wondering why people were staying home and why the queue was so bad for clients waiting. And really, neither place was that picky about call-ins. People just didn't want to call in, so they came to work sick. I think at one point in the call center, we had 60 people working regularly, and with the nasty cold going around, there was a day where only 40 showed up for work. Clients were angry at having to wait forever to speak to someone. It was brutal.

-overcooking popcorn...one of my coworkers from the call center actually set the microwave on fire. It was bad.

-loud people making phone calls and talking loudly in the break room.

I will also never understand why some people can get away with murder but others are micromanaged to death.

Good peeves especially about coworkers coming into work sick. I cannot believe a nursing manager would even ALLOW that employee to remain at work with Swine Flu! She should have been terminated for that and worse had those 5 employees died from exposure - not to mention the patients you guys were caring for!

Reneeme · 08-13-2011, 09:39 AM

People that act one way when the boss is around but act totally differently when the boss is not around!

Oh, and people that have long conversations with other people next to my desk, or worse, talk over me to the person behind me (we have cubes with both low and high walls).

And, people asking me about food that other people left to share just because I sit near the place where people leave food (daily!!). I sit facing away and they do not even use my name, but after a long silence I figure they are waiting for me to answer, so I say, I heard Ellen made the brownies, I think Paula brought the grapes, no I do not know what kind of candy that is but I heard Cindy brought it back with her from her vacation......

.....Bosses that put my desk in the middle of everything.

Offices that are too hot because most people are colder than I am!

Mrs. Skeffington · 08-14-2011, 08:12 AM

Working with someone who is related to/went to school with/is friends with a relative of, etc., of every client who sets foot in the door. Granted, it's a small town attorney's office, but this co-worker had a connection to EVERY client who came in or called for an appointment and she'd always announce it so that everyone knew it.

annerk · 08-14-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Skeffington

Working with someone who is related to/went to school with/is friends with a relative of, etc., of every client who sets foot in the door. Granted, it's a small town attorney's office, but this co-worker had a connection to EVERY client who came in or called for an appointment and she'd always announce it so that everyone knew it.

Isn't that potentially a conflict of interest?