Tell Me About Your Co-Workers

MarisaKathleen · February 2014

Everyone has annoying co-workers. Tell me about your annoying or weird co-workers.

You all know about the smug little guy in my office who makes the shitty cookies.

I also have a co-worker who has diagnosed herself with SAD and sits with a Vitamin D therapy light on her desk and turns it on at random times. She's one of our front desk people, so she's student facing all day long. It's hilarious. She also has warned us all that her SAD is the reason she's "such a jerk lately."

Disclaimer: I'm not making fun of people who have SAD. I just think this light should be reserved from home use.

1fish2fish · February 2014

Fellow intern is a stoner, total Type-B. Dirty dishes in the sink for days, doesn't put her schedule in the shared schedule so we know who's doing what and when, takes naps in her office in between clients (when we should be doing paperwork/intakes/supervising practicum students), drinks the water bottles ear-marked for clients (guess who has to replace them- me!).

Other than that, I'm very happy with my coworkers. I have about 15 other ones.

ellebee2 · February 2014

One of my colleagues insists on printing everything instead of emailing it. Or better yet, she will email and then print you a copy and bring it to your desk.

I have another colleague who blasts 'Hotel California' at approximately 4pm every Friday. It was fun the first time. Maybe even the 2nd. But now... super annoying.

My boss doesn't show up for work until about 11am. Daily. He's not at meeting or anything, just lazy.

1fish2fish · February 2014

Also, I don't think the light therapy should just be used at home. It's good she feels comfortable using it at work...doesn't excuse her from being a jerk though.

ellebee2 · February 2014

Also - I work with a chronic over-sharer. Just recently I ran into her in the bathroom. She asked me how my bladder control is post-baby (we are NOT that kind of friends. Or friends at all). Then proceeded to tell me allll about how her 2 kids ruined hers. And then she launched into nipples (how they are long from BFing so she has to wear a padded bra to keep them concealed). Yup. I work with some real gems.

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MarisaKathleen · February 2014

ellebee2 said:

Also - I work with a chronic over-sharer. Just recently I ran into her in the bathroom. She asked me how my bladder control is post-baby (we are NOT that kind of friends. Or friends at all). Then proceeded to tell me allll about how her 2 kids ruined hers. And then she launched into nipples (how they are long from BFing so she has to wear a padded bra to keep them concealed). Yup. I work with some real gems.

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I don't like this at all! Bleh.

I do notice that there's a certain age where over-sharing is totally common...I just can't figure out precisely when it is. The aunts on my Dad's side are all in their late 60s/early 70s and all do it. It's crazy. But some of my coworkers who do it are only in their 50s.

GR8TDANEMOM · February 2014

I don't have any, I have a home preschool. I am planning to hire someone soon though. It gets old only having kids to talk to. Ill even take some crazy quirks to have another adult around.

1fish2fish · February 2014

dimples12 said:

1fish2fish said:

Fellow intern is a stoner, total Type-B. Dirty dishes in the sink for days, doesn't put her schedule in the shared schedule so we know who's doing what and when, takes naps in her office in between clients (when we should be doing paperwork/intakes/supervising practicum students), drinks the water bottles ear-marked for clients (guess who has to replace them- me!).
Other than that, I'm very happy with my coworkers. I have about 15 other ones.

Um, and this person will be going for licensure?

Yep.

MRoxy0628 · February 2014

dimples12 said:

I agree with @1fish2fish. There are more subtle versions. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DRBOJ8/ref=s9_hps_ft_g60_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1JPQY73CVV782G9MF7GH&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1719382982&pf_rd_i=1001755941

I have no annoying co-workers now. I did have one that I shared a wall with that engaged in personal gossip all day long and was SO loud. I would try to hold sessions with college kids while she talked about inappropriate stuff. Two white noise sound machines did nothing to cut it down. Ew.

One of my students who is using one was told to use it for 30 minutes in the morning. I guess I assumed it was most beneficial when used for set periods of time.

One of my coworkers is gone a lot (in my opinion) and I don't think she always uses her time off, but rather will just cut out early or show up late. I work in a school, so we do have set hours. It wouldn't bother me every once and a while, but it has been happening pretty frequently for the last 4 years.

jenndub · February 2014

I work with an attorney that is 13 weeks pregnant. She shows up around 10 to 11 and leaves by 3 because "it's not good for me to sit in traffic because I'm pregnant." She mentions that she can't do something because she's pregnant at least once a day. It's pretty irritating. She also almost had a heart attack when I suggested that we have a sandwich platter at the next meeting. SHE CAN'T HAVE DELI MEAT!!!!!! This is her second kid, I can only imagine how crazy she was with the first one.

Stasi · February 2014

I work with some creepy old men...

There is one guy in particular who has back-stabbed and sabotaged almost every single person in our office.

Mild example: Asking you how you would handle a certain aspect of your job. If you reply back that you take a shortcut or aren't doing something exactly how protocol requires (because honestly, if you really did everything by the book while working for the Federal government, nothing would ever get done) especially things 99% of us "cheat" on, then he'll walk over to a supervisor - within earshot of your desk, so you can hear everything - and say "Well, I just talked to Stasi and she said she never, ever files/reports things like...so I shouldn't have to either"

Serious example: Opening a sexual harassment case against our female superior and making everyone go through extremely embarrassing private interviews on the credibility of said supervisor. Also, having the whole office convinced that he is so disturbed that he might bring in a gun and kill us all...

thebanich · February 2014

Stasi said:

I work with some creepy old men...

There is one guy in particular who has back-stabbed and sabotaged almost every single person in our office.

Mild example: Asking you how you would handle a certain aspect of your job. If you reply back that you take a shortcut or aren't doing something exactly how protocol requires (because honestly, if you really did everything by the book while working for the Federal government, nothing would ever get done) especially things 99% of us "cheat" on, then he'll walk over to a supervisor - within earshot of your desk, so you can hear everything - and say "Well, I just talked to Stasi and she said she never, ever files/reports things like...so I shouldn't have to either"

Serious example: Opening a sexual harassment case against our female superior and making everyone go through extremely embarrassing private interviews on the credibility of said supervisor. Also, having the whole office convinced that he is so disturbed that he might bring in a gun and kill us all...

@-)

AKB090609 · February 2014

My favorite crazy was the woman who kept note on her personal calender of who was out of the building when. She also tracked who was late for work or break and how many minutes late they were.

None of these were part of her job and she was never getting her shit done on time because of it. She was a peach!

1fish2fish · February 2014

MRoxy0628 said:

dimples12 said:

I agree with @1fish2fish. There are more subtle versions. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DRBOJ8/ref=s9_hps_ft_g60_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1JPQY73CVV782G9MF7GH&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1719382982&pf_rd_i=1001755941

I have no annoying co-workers now. I did have one that I shared a wall with that engaged in personal gossip all day long and was SO loud. I would try to hold sessions with college kids while she talked about inappropriate stuff. Two white noise sound machines did nothing to cut it down. Ew.

One of my students who is using one was told to use it for 30 minutes in the morning. I guess I assumed it was most beneficial when used for set periods of time.

One of my coworkers is gone a lot (in my opinion) and I don't think she always uses her time off, but rather will just cut out early or show up late. I work in a school, so we do have set hours. It wouldn't bother me every once and a while, but it has been happening pretty frequently for the last 4 years.

The more I think of it and take your perspective into account, it seems like the light therapy is more attention seeking...if the co-worker really needed it, I'm sure she could find a subtle way to get her "dose" during the day.

My initial gut was- well, she could be taking sick days and calling out because of depression. I'd rather have her working and using light therapy.

Stasi · February 2014

cheeseandrice said:

oy.

The student (not mine) that sits across the space from me has been listening to "For the First Time in Forever" (Google says it's from Frozen) on repeat. For approximately 2 hours.

@cheeseandrice I was curious, so I YouTubed the song and listened (with headphones on, of course) and I'm literally laughing out loud that someone would listen to that song on repeat...ridiculous.

Added: I guess I should ask, how old is the student?...that might change things..

hmp1 · February 2014

Back in my cube days, I sat next to a guy that was cheating on his wife. He tried to play up being this great family man but, dude, I can hear every call you make. I know you are a cheater cheater that cheats. Also, he was gross and was always hacking something up. I can't believe anyone would sleep with him.

BeebopandBuddy · February 2014

My coworker is one of those people who always has it a little worse than you do. She took a job with an hour commute and then complains about it every day. If a little snow falls, forget it, she's not coming in. She calls out sick all the time. She actually called out because her dog was sick last month, which wouldn't have been so bad if she wasn't out so much already.

Now she has cut back her hours because she goes to school on Thursday nights and doesn't get home until 11. So she leaves early on Thurs and doesn't come in at all on Fridays. Never mind that I go to school, work full time and have two kids, her life is very hard.

Anytime they ask us to come in early, she refuses because it's too hard for her. She's single and lives alone, so, to me, this translates to "I don't want to get out of bed".

Clearly I have a lot to say on this subject, lol.

pharmer78 · February 2014

cheeseandrice said:

oy.

The student (not mine) that sits across the space from me has been listening to "For the First Time in Forever" (Google says it's from Frozen) on repeat. For approximately 2 hours.

Awww now I'm going to be singing this in my head all day.
Add: If you haven't seen the movie yet, it's so cute.

pharmer78 · February 2014

I love my coworkers, even the quirky ones.
Which makes me think maybe I'M the annoying one in the office (because every office has one!) :-S

ellebee2 · February 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

ellebee2 said:

Also - I work with a chronic over-sharer. Just recently I ran into her in the bathroom. She asked me how my bladder control is post-baby (we are NOT that kind of friends. Or friends at all). Then proceeded to tell me allll about how her 2 kids ruined hers. And then she launched into nipples (how they are long from BFing so she has to wear a padded bra to keep them concealed). Yup. I work with some real gems.

ETA: Spelling

I don't like this at all! Bleh.
I do notice that there's a certain age where over-sharing is totally common...I just can't figure out precisely when it is. The aunts on my Dad's side are all in their late 60s/early 70s and all do it. It's crazy. But some of my coworkers who do it are only in their 50s.

Yeah, this woman's kids are late teens/early 20s... definitely note in the 60s/70s age range where it becomes super commom (and dare I say, a little more accepted). Blows my mind!

CdnFarmGirl08 · February 2014

One my lovely fellow co-workers insists that her class has a dance party for half an hour everyday, refuses to teach reading (just checks in on them once in awhile) and rarely actually teaches. Just throws dance parties, makes pies, and makes stools and art projects all day long.
It's really annoying and I hate putting kids in her class for the following year.

Newt69 · February 2014

I oversee 8 other women in my position....I like them all but 2. 1 is a self absorbed ahole who is annoying, faked injury to get out of work, always calling out for no reason, always late.

The other is constantly ailing....today's issues were here hand and her hip.

Both are instigators and cause a lot of tension for me...wish they would both leave.

MarisaKathleen · February 2014

These are so awesome. And they make me appreciate the weirdos I work with. Clearly it could be a lot worse!

As for my light therapy co-worker---I think it's an attention thing....they get 2 15 min breaks and a 30min lunch and since we're in the middle of nowhere, there's no where close to go for any of those things. Most of the time she hides in a secret cube and plays on FB/Pinterest. There's no reason she couldn't light therapy herself then. It's just funny at this point because she's said "I'm low on Vitamin D...that's why I'm such a jerk" like 16 times in the last week. We live in Wisconsin. We're all low on vitamin D this time of year.

MRoxy0628 · February 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

These are so awesome. And they make me appreciate the weirdos I work with. Clearly it could be a lot worse!
As for my light therapy co-worker---I think it's an attention thing....they get 2 15 min breaks and a 30min lunch and since we're in the middle of nowhere, there's no where close to go for any of those things. Most of the time she hides in a secret cube and plays on FB/Pinterest. There's no reason she couldn't light therapy herself then. It's just funny at this point because she's said "I'm low on Vitamin D...that's why I'm such a jerk" like 16 times in the last week. We live in Wisconsin. We're all low on vitamin D this time of year.

Yes and even so it's not a reason for anyone to be a jerk. If you're aware of it, you should try to correct it.

melody921 · February 2014

My team is good, ever since they got rid of the guy who used to sleep at his desk and tell all of us the company wouldn't be around in a year.

But there's an HR woman who seriously can't do anything for herself. In addition to being a whiner who sloughs off her work, she's abrasive, rude and steals office supplies from our department.

And just to top it off, when we put together a company cookbook, she took time out of her day to come to my office to tell me that she tried my recipe for baked oatmeal and didn't think it was sweet enough. So add more sugar next time, jackass.

tinyhumantoe · February 2014

Because I am always bitching about people, it might be surprising to hear that I work with the most awesome people. Most of our employees are once in a lifetime finds.

Our engineers are............ well, engineers.

One alternates walking to the water cooler and restroom every 10 minutes. Dude, can you get a water bottle or something larger than a dixie cup, and maybe combine the piss/water trip into one? I know when I get up it takes a few minutes just to get back into my work flow. I stopped stocking the paper cups because he was single handedly killing the environment on a daily basis. He complained for a week then finally brought in a glass cup the size of a double shot glass, NO JOKE.

Same one leans on my doorway to chit chat. He has zero social skills, nothing to say, and looks like Lloyd Christmas putting out the vibe.

He has never worked 1 minute over 40 hours... leaves when the clock strikes even when we had a 4" flood in our building because of a faucet he left on. He has told our shop guys numerous times, "yah, that's why I make engineering pay."

MarisaKathleen · February 2014

tinyhumantoe said:

Because I am always bitching about people, it might be surprising to hear that I work with the most awesome people. Most of our employees are once in a lifetime finds.

Our engineers are............ well, engineers.

One alternates walking to the water cooler and restroom every 10 minutes. Dude, can you get a water bottle or something larger than a dixie cup, and maybe combine the piss/water trip into one? I know when I get up it takes a few minutes just to get back into my work flow. I stopped stocking the paper cups because he was single handedly killing the environment on a daily basis. He complained for a week then finally brought in a glass cup the size of a double shot glass, NO JOKE.

Same one leans on my doorway to chit chat. He has zero social skills, nothing to say, and looks like Lloyd Christmas putting out the vibe.

He has never worked 1 minute over 40 hours... leaves when the clock strikes even when we had a 4" flood in our building because of a faucet he left on. He has told our shop guys numerous times, "yah, that's why I make engineering pay."

Don't you have the cancer faker in your office too??

tinyhumantoe · February 2014

@marisakathleen .... She isn't in our office. She's an outside rep. She is an absolutely awful person.

One of our other outside reps in LA has an IMDB page he created for himself. He is listed as a "director" and "actor." He posts photos he has taken with various actors (from his cell phone), obviously while interrupting their dinners at random restaurants in LA, and posts them as though he is friends with them. HAHA!

I got confused one day because someone kept calling him by a different name. For example (made up analogy because his fake name is totally searchable), his name is "Bob", and this person kept calling him "Bono." It finally all made sense when I read his IMDB page which has a paragraph run-on sentence explaining how it's his nickname because he looks like the very famous actor with the same name. He doesn't, at all.

His Linkedin account shows that he attended a community college for 3 months. There is a full paragraph about how he lost interest in "collage" after he found out that one of the guys his professor had been talking about in class as a successful business person was really a guy that skipped the country to escape white collar charges. This is a huge paragraph under his "education". Huh??

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