Most annoying thing your co-worker does or says....?

Question

My co-worker always calls me kid because i'm one of the youngest in the office. (I'm a records associate in a lawfirm and 19)

Answer 1

Well darn. I'm 50 and belong to a coin collecting club where the president, who is 89, calls me "kid" and I actually thought it was a complement. Mark my words, in about 30 years' time, you'll be happy as a clam to have someone call you "kid!"

Unfortunately, I have sorta the opposite problem from you: most of my co-workers are recent college grads and are in their 20's, and I'm the department "dinosaur." (I've worked here for almost 30 years, which makes it even worse-- most of my co-workers weren't even born when I started working here.) It's scary-- these kids (ooops, sorry about that) almost speak a different language.

From my perspective, I would guess that what you really want to do is figure out how to bug the oldsters in your firm. Here is what I suggest you do:

1. Make a point of asking the people who call you "kid" things like: "What did you do before they had Post-its?" "Tell me again about the days of dial telephones!" "What was it like when people could only wear shirts that were white to work?" "I heard that snail mail used to not have ZIP codes. Is that true?" Extra points for you if you can avoid smirking while asking these things.

2. Tell the offender that you're thinking of starting a how-to cell phone tutoring service for older workers, and ask the offender if he/she would like to be your first client.

3. Provoke the oldster into telling you one of his/her "when I was your age" stories (not too difficult, we do like to maunder on, we old folks), and when he/she finishes, give them a wide-eyed look and say "Wow! That's incredible! How could you possibly stand it?"

4. Ask them questions like: "Was it the Vietnam war where we used the atom bomb?" or "Did you burn your draft card in the 70's" or "Did you burn your bra in the 70's?" or "What did we need women's lib for?" and so forth. You'll make 'em crazy.

5. When they're giving you the "kid" business, smile sweetly at them and tell them "when I get old like you, I bet I'll be annoying too."

Enjoy!

Answer 2

Can it be an ex co-worker-------or two?

6 of us go out for dinner together once a month. We all use to work together, and it is a chance to see each other. One has gotten to the point where she cannot say a paragraph without adding alot of cuss words in it-------she is loud and it is so embarrassing.

Another-who I dearly think the world of-starts laughing so loud at things that sometimes are not that funny. Then she gets so carried away, she start stamping her feet and banging on the table. The faster she does these things------the louder she laughs. I do know one night some diners who were close to us kept looking at us and finally called the manager about it. The manager never said anything, at that point, as we were about ready to leave.

Between the two of them, we have gotten so many dirty looks.

But! What can I do about these two!!??

Answer 3

Oh where to begin.

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MOST annoying, MOST annoying.....try to stick to ONE. Hmmm.....

Impossible. I'm going to have to go with anything that comes out of his mouth. But that's a boring answer. I'll try again....

Nope. It's not what he says, it's what he does. He has a ritual for every occasion. The one that bothers me .... well they all bother me, but the one I'll list is his going home ritual.

I don't know what he does at his desk because I put up a wall. But when he steps from behind it he turns to face his desk. He stands there staring. Then he walks to the door, turns just so, and extends his right hand to touch the door handle. He turns to stare at his desk again for precisely 12 seconds. Then he turns to go, being sure to ONCE MORE check the printer and check his mailbox.

Oh. Perhaps that's it. Every time he leaves the office - and I mean EVERY TIME, he checks the printer and checks his mailbox. And we get mail like three times a day.

Answer 4

There are three people in my office that smoke, which is fine, but what pisses me off is that they stand at the back door, door wide open letting all the cold air in. On top of that, because it is cold outside, they huddle just inside the door so all the smoke floats throughout the entire office and stinks up the entire place.

Answer 5

I have a co-worker who is a nice lady but she has the very annoying habit of talking baby talk to people.

Answer 6

Insults from a co-worker who is born and raised in NYC about where I was born and raised. Very annoying.

Answer 7

I hate it when the whole office shares cheezy cliches like, "Back in the day...", "...get my ducks in a row", "on the same page", "back a winner", and other various sh!t. It's like a tape recording of conversation being spliced and put back together with someone else's voice attached. Can't anyone form their own sentences or express themselves with original words any more?

Answer 8

Umm... well... I have one co-worker who tends to but in when I'm helping a customer and cuts me off whenever I start to say something.

Answer 9

We need to think in our jobs and it is usually quiet even though we work in cubicles. Well this guy in the cubicle next to mine will blurt out some expressions really loudly or start talking to himself at an unacceptable volume.
The other day he blurts out, "Sh!t, why am I so unimaginative?"
He is driving everyone crazy.

Answer 10

This one lady laughs really loud, sounds like a chicken getting ready to lay an egg!!