At work

[4getmenot]

Does anyone else get annoyed by little traits of their work colleagues?, When I'm at work out the corner of my eye all I can see is the bloke I work with shaking his leg under his desk, and I mean constantly as if he's got a twitch. Its so annoying.

[whiskeysheri]

Yes, my boss constantly bursts into my office making me jump and I have to fling the magazine I'm reading (instead of working) across the room! LOL! x

[teag1rl]

and my boss keeps sneaking up on me and I have to click answerbank off! there's a woman behind me who does nothing but go on an on and on about slimmimg world whilst stuffing cakes in her pie hole, it's just the sound her voice that annoys me more than anything!

[claireybear]

I sit opposite a guy who rubs his nipple through his shirt all the time. Doesn't help that I have a bit of a crush on him and it is slightly off putting!!

[Loosehead]

I get annoyed at some of the common traits I see. The one that p1sses me off most is when you are at someones desk discussing something and their phone rings and they answer it, I mean why do people have the "must answer the phone" gene? .When it happens I go back to my own desk and ring them and when they sound surprised I say "well clearly the phone has priority so it's pointless me trying to talk to you in person"!!! When it's the other way round I just let it ring until it either stops or goes to voice mail.

Then there's the phone ringing at the next desk when there's no one there, the caller seems unable to comprehend that the person they are calling is not there and keep on and on, when finally you answer it, they always say "Is Fred there?" and I always say something like "well Sherlock if he was do you think he might have answered his own phone?" rant over

[Litchick]

My boss never uses complete sentences..he says things like, "thank you very" or "thank you so" and never calls ANYONE by their full name. Sharon is Shar, Michele is Mich, Annette is An....and it never varies. EVERY SINGLE time he says their names it's the half name.

The guy next to me clears his throat, sneezes, snorts and wheezes every 5 seconds and the girl across from me CACKLES with laughter every 10.

Okay, MY rant over.... :)

[claireybear]

Mmm Loosehead clearly you do not work in a customer service environment. I don't think my customers would take too kindly to me ignoring them everytime a colleague wants to have a natter!!

[Loosehead]

No I don't, I was not referring to casual nattering I meant work conversations

[Breezy23]

Yes 4getmenot that leg shaking thing drives me mad. I don't seem to remember seeing anyone doing it 20 or so years ago but now loads of people seem to be afflicted. The trouble is once I catch sight of it, especially in a pub or similar I just have to turn away and face a different direction 'cos all I can see out of the corner of my eye is their b-----y knee going up and down. Also get annoyed when people have change and jangle it like a set of worry beads.

I remember being in a meeting once and my boss was chairing it, clicking his biro on and off. After about 10 mins I ended up saying "excuse me" got up and removed it from his hands with an ever so sweet smile. He didn't realise he'd been doing it and it was driving everyone else mad as well but no-one else had the bottle to do anything. Thank god he found it funny.

[4getmenot]

Oh my god the clicking of the pen aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh. Whistling also drives me up the wall.

[Ethel]

And what is your annoying trait or habit, 4getmenot?

[yellowduck]

Photocopy room ettiquette it something that needs to be worked on by a few people in my work place! Firstly there aren't really enough photocopiers for the number of people and the amount photocopied every day. So quite often I have to make several trips to the photocopy room to find one free. Then the polite thing to do when you get on a machine and someone comes in with like one sheet to copy and your doing 100, is to let them on first. Well, I'd eventually managed to get on a photocopier and I had quite a few copies to make. Then this woman came in just after me looking a little flustered and under pressure. So I asked her if she had much to do and she said no, just 25 copies. So I (feeling mildly proud of myself, considering how often I'd attempted to do this bloody copying!) said she could go first. This woman then proceeded to whip out a booklet of 50 sheets to copy, I actually couldn't believe my eyes! And to make things worse, she hadn't even sorted out the order! So, I was standing there for a good 25mins while she sorted herself out! I would have stopped her, but she was thanking me too much - I couldn't get a word in edgeways! And then as she was leaving she said,'It's so nice getting all your work organised for next week, isn't it?!'. This was 4pm on MONDAY!!! I was sooo ****** off so started frantically ramming the paper through the machine, which promptly malfunctioned (as is the norm!) and so I spent the next 40 minutes hanging around waiting with the technician who couldn't understand how I'd managed to get so many sheets mangled in the feeder! Pure rage is the answer to that one!

[Litchick]

Yes the WHISTLING makes me crazy!!!!!! Also forgot to mention that my boss and the other guy both constantl talk to themselves no matter what they are doing. If they are faxing, they will say the number out loud for each button they press and so on......GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[andy-hughes]

The lady who sits diagonally opposite me whisltles the chorus of Deck the Halls really quickly about five times an hour ... all year round!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[4getmenot]

Does it matter ethel, you dont work with me do you :-)

[andyjevs]

The bloke (28 years old) who sits next to me insists on drinking his tea so hot that he has to slurp it pretty loud. He was never taught any table manners so he slaps his lips whilst eating too.....probably my worst pet hat !!!!!!

[alfiebrady]

I once worked with a woman who'd drag her feet as she walked around the office. Not very annoying - until Summer, when she wore sandals; her feet got very sweaty and the sound, my god, the sound...sshhlpp, sshhlpp, sshhlpp, sshhlpp...

[sense4all]

I used to work with a C.J. from Reggie Perrin. He was made the office manager,and thought he was the bees knees.When a couple of months later I resigned I had the pleasure of pointing out that the only reason "he got where he was today!"was because they offered me the job first and I said no! Apparently he was cured for the duration of his despotic reign , tee hee.!

[Scarlett]

GOD I am so anal. I nearly KILLED a fellow student for waggling his leg ALL the way through an exam. I seriously could not concentrate at all. It was horrendous! The girl at the school where I teach was sniffing CONSTANTLY today- and I mean, seriously, once every 2 seconds, no joke. I thought "Is she for real??!" ! She was so oblivious to how antisocial this was! So, yes....

[Scarlett]

Claireybear! I posted a question a while ago about men who rub their nipples!!!! I think it is a concentration thing, actually. But yes, eeeeew.

[*ALFIE*]

I always get the giggles when the office goes all quiet - I need to control myself. Does this happen to anyone else ?