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Cowperson · 03-14-2006, 10:46 AM

A survey reveals the biggest pet peeves in the office . . . .

http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/14/pf/j...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Cowperson

Rhettzky · 03-14-2006, 10:50 AM

I'll have to agree with the "loud talker" point. The guy in the office next to mine has a booming voice and is on the phone for a good part of the day. It's freaking annoying, also when he uses his cell phone instead of the land-line he finds the need to double the volume of his voice. It's brutal.

The only one I would add is bad BO. This one guy in our office stinks terribly every day and it's gotten to the point where I can't interact with him professionally at all. It's disgusting.

Tron_fdc · 03-14-2006, 10:51 AM

People who are late for meetings is my all time pet peeve. I work with a guy who makes a point of it, as if he's soooooo busy that he can't get off the phone to get into the boardroom on time. He's ALWAYS 10 minutes late, and it drives me freakin insane.

Tron_fdc · 03-14-2006, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhettzky

I'll have to agree with the "loud talker" point. The guy in the office next to mine has a booming voice and is on the phone for a good part of the day. It's freaking annoying, also when he uses his cell phone instead of the land-line he finds the need to double the volume of his voice. It's brutal.

The only one I would add is bad BO. This one guy in our office stinks terribly every day and it's gotten to the point where I can't interact with him professionally at all. It's disgusting.

I work with a guy who comes from overseas, and eats all kinds of funky food chased down with about a pack of cigarettes. His halitosis can stink up a room, and we all call him "sh*t breath" behind his back

JiriHrdina · 03-14-2006, 10:53 AM

Happy people that try to talk to me in the morning. I'm generally a pleasent fellow but it takes me about an hour in the morning to get the engine going. People that have worked with me for a while know to pretty much let me be for that time period but others try to come in and "make with the small talk". Bleach.

Actually small talk in general bugs the hell out of me. If we are going to talk, let's talk about something. But I don't need to know about your thoughts on the weather, or need to have a forced conversation based on "How 'bout them Flames!".

Cheese · 03-14-2006, 10:54 AM

Cell phones and PDAs in meetings are my big beef.
If I chair a meeting the first words out of my mouth are...Ladies and Gents, please turn all of your electronic equipment OFF!

Jiggy_12 · 03-14-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Actually small talk in general bugs the hell out of me. If we are going to talk, let's talk about something. But I don't need to know about your thoughts on the weather, or need to have a forced conversation based on "How 'bout them Flames!".

I completley agree. Everyone at work knows I'm a huge Flames fan, and some of them are too. But I hate it when the guys that don't know a thing about hockey, start talking to me about the Flames.

I have nothing to say to them!

Frank the Tank · 03-14-2006, 12:27 PM

People who take themselves too seriously is one of my biggest peeves. Just relax buddy, you really aren't that important.

The woman (heffer) who sits in the cube beside my wife talks to herself all day long. Drives my wife NUTS.

Flame On · 03-14-2006, 12:29 PM

going on coffee break and encoutering 20 women all paying with bloody purses and exact change and ordering mocha latte's with whip and cinammon!

Tron_fdc · 03-14-2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fotze

Yup, it is brutal how they will just repeat what they read from Dowbiggen's column. You can tell those people because when you mention certain players you know they have never heard of them.

And how would you know what's in his column? CLOSET DOWBIGGEN FAN!!!!

On a sidenote, I heard that ###### on his radio show talking in some lame german accent. Doctor Von######bag I believe it was.....I actually felt sorry for him and the new low he had just reached.

Regulator75 · 03-14-2006, 01:43 PM

I hate the people who use the damn speaker phone while at work, it's so damn rude. The entire dept does not need to hear your conversations.

troutman · 03-14-2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

People who are late for meetings is my all time pet peeve. I work with a guy who makes a point of it, as if he's soooooo busy that he can't get off the phone to get into the boardroom on time. He's ALWAYS 10 minutes late, and it drives me freakin insane.

There is a funny SNL skit around that. When the tardy guy arrives late for the meeting, everyone is wearing long white beards.

FurnaceFace · 03-14-2006, 02:09 PM

I used to sit near a guy who had an allergy problem and would constantly sniff in a bizarre way. It was every few seconds and would go on for hours. Once you heard it you couldn't stop hearing it. Drove me nuts. And then sometimes he'd end up horkin up a good one while at his desk. It was bad enough when he'd go to the can and hork up ummm..."fluid" for 5 minutes but at the desk was nuts. He'd also clip his nails at his desk ona weekly basis which was equally annoying. I'm just glad he's two floors down now.

The trick with people who are late is to ignore them and make sure you don't stop and go over ground you've already covered. If they ask about the topic you've already covered. Shut them down and tell them you covered it at the beginning of the meeting and you'll talk to them about it after the meeting as everyone else's time is valuable or something like that.

I consulted at a company where being late for meetings seemed to be part of the culture. People wouldn't leave their desk until it was time for the meeting and then they'd have to go up/down three floors and walk to the other end of the block. I'd just start me meeting with the people who were on time and screwed the rest. Some people got the message and attendance improved.

habernac · 03-14-2006, 03:11 PM

kind of a different office petpeeve: micromanaging. Our place of business has it down to a science.

Bill Bumface · 03-14-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

I consulted at a company where being late for meetings seemed to be part of the culture. People wouldn't leave their desk until it was time for the meeting and then they'd have to go up/down three floors and walk to the other end of the block. I'd just start me meeting with the people who were on time and screwed the rest. Some people got the message and attendance improved.

Was it CP rail?

If you showed up on time for a meeting there you were all alone wondering if you got the room number wrong.

simonsays · 03-14-2006, 03:42 PM

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And 11 percent of those polled hate it when colleagues engage in personal conversations in the workplace.

So I'm guessing that about 89% wish their office didn't employ so many boring tighta$$es...

FurnaceFace · 03-14-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Was it CP rail?

If you showed up on time for a meeting there you were all alone wondering if you got the room number wrong.

DING DING DING!!! Winner!

Eagle Eye · 03-15-2006, 01:07 PM

Most annoying thing ever...

Person sitting next to me is the noisiest human being alive. She blows here nose every five freaking minutes with such force that it would put Huricane Katrina to shame. Also she eats constantly throughout the day and I can hear every friggin bite she takes.

She must be eating carrots right now with her ****ing mouth open!!

Eagle Eye · 03-15-2006, 01:16 PM

Haha no, don't work there anymore.

This chick is about 30times larger.

Man it was getting so bad I had to close my office door to concentrate (for posting on CP that is)

DuffMan · 03-15-2006, 01:22 PM

People who start conversations with... "I have a quick question"
Unless they are expecting a yes or no answer they should just ask the freakin question.