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NFT: How do you deal with annoying coworkers?

SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/22/2018 1:41 pm
We all have at least one. For me, it's the woman who sits right across from my cubicle. She's loud, she is constantly chewing on food, she pops her head into my cubicle & asks 'Whatcha doing?', even though she can clearly see I'm either working or doing something else. Just an annoying person with who I spend 40 long hours a week.

I try to block her out & avoid conversation with her, but it's a struggle considering her proximity to my desk.

How do you deal with coworkers you can't stand?
Ice pick, hefty bags, shovel, quicklime  
Greg from LI : 5/22/2018 1:43 pm : link
Some assembly required
Glock 19  
Chef : 5/22/2018 1:44 pm : link
and a pig farm
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Heisenberg : 5/22/2018 1:44 pm : link
i'm self employed  
QB Snacks : 5/22/2018 1:46 pm : link
My employees that annoy me I have a system with my top guy. IF they're in my office for more then 3 minutes I shoot him an email. He calls my desk line and I pretend it's a customer
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Greg from LI : 5/22/2018 1:50 pm : link


Hard to believe Office Space is almost 20 years old.
Honesty is the best policy  
dep026 : 5/22/2018 1:50 pm : link
tell her that she is preventing you from working and her annoying habits arent helping.

If she is your friend, she will take the advice and improve.
If she hates you for it, does it really matter? Cause she wont bother you anymore anyways.
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halfback20 : 5/22/2018 1:51 pm : link

RE: .  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/22/2018 1:51 pm : link
In comment 13971377 Greg from LI said:
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Hard to believe Office Space is almost 20 years old.


LOL. Great gif.
Another great Ron has all the answers...  
ron mexico : 5/22/2018 1:53 pm : link
RE: Honesty is the best policy  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/22/2018 1:53 pm : link
In comment 13971378 dep026 said:
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tell her that she is preventing you from working and her annoying habits arent helping.

If she is your friend, she will take the advice and improve.
If she hates you for it, does it really matter? Cause she wont bother you anymore anyways.


Solid advice dep. I really don't care if she hates me anyways. It's not like her & I are going out to Happy hour on Fridays together.
RE: RE: Honesty is the best policy  
dep026 : 5/22/2018 1:54 pm : link
In comment 13971389 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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In comment 13971378 dep026 said:


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tell her that she is preventing you from working and her annoying habits arent helping.

If she is your friend, she will take the advice and improve.
If she hates you for it, does it really matter? Cause she wont bother you anymore anyways.



Solid advice dep. I really don't care if she hates me anyways. It's not like her & I are going out to Happy hour on Fridays together.


exactly. Now if shes hot and you want to bang her, then be more gentle.

But if she is someone you dont see the office, does it matter if she hates you?
RE: RE: RE: Honesty is the best policy  
DennyInDenville : 5/22/2018 1:56 pm : link
In comment 13971392 dep026 said:
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In comment 13971389 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:


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In comment 13971378 dep026 said:


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tell her that she is preventing you from working and her annoying habits arent helping.

If she is your friend, she will take the advice and improve.
If she hates you for it, does it really matter? Cause she wont bother you anymore anyways.



Solid advice dep. I really don't care if she hates me anyways. It's not like her & I are going out to Happy hour on Fridays together.



exactly. Now if shes hot and you want to bang her, then be more gentle.

But if she is someone you dont see the office, does it matter if she hates you?

Better odds getting laid with A lot of the hot ones taking the original direct asshole approach imo
Something tells me Denny has never worked  
figgy2989 : 5/22/2018 2:01 pm : link
In an actual work environment
RE: Something tells me Denny has never worked  
Greg from LI : 5/22/2018 2:04 pm : link
In comment 13971406 figgy2989 said:
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In an actual work environment


FIFY
My coworker  
phil in arizona : 5/22/2018 2:04 pm : link
has these headphones that are really open so you can wear them for a long time without the fatigue you'd get from normal headphones. They are designed for silent raves.

He says he likes them because they do a good job blocking out distractions, but he can still, say, hear his phone ring.

I never hear them bleed sound.
https://www.amazon.com/VIE-SHAIR-Sociable-Headphone-Magnetic/dp/B01LRGKAFK - ( New Window )
Lol sad  
DennyInDenville : 5/22/2018 2:05 pm : link
Way.
Wah*  
DennyInDenville : 5/22/2018 2:05 pm : link
Ugh couldn't even get that right lol
The problem with headphones  
phil in arizona : 5/22/2018 2:17 pm : link
is that sometimes the offending party has literally zero social awareness/respect for your personal space, and they'll come over and bother you even more.
we have a recent hedeghog addition to our row. loud, obnoxious,  
Victor in CT : 5/22/2018 2:31 pm : link
voice like amplified nails on a chalkboard. Every conversation becomes her personal shit. So fucking annoying. Absolutely no consideration for other people who are on calls with clients as well.

Another office menace: wifi headsets. Now we have people roaming around on their phone calls talking loudly with no regard for other people. I put a chair in the way of one who passed a good 10 times in 5 minutes the other day. Message was apparently received.
RE: i'm self employed  
FranknWeezer : 5/22/2018 2:35 pm : link
In comment 13971372 QB Snacks said:
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My employees that annoy me I have a system with my top guy. IF they're in my office for more then 3 minutes I shoot him an email. He calls my desk line and I pretend it's a customer


I'll go you one better. Grab your phone and put it in your lap. When the incessant talking gets too much, one-touch tile your OWN desktop direct line and then shrug at them and say, "I should probably take this." They'll leave. Done it a million times and it works.
uggh....  
FranknWeezer : 5/22/2018 2:36 pm : link
put your "cell phone" in your lap
one touch "dial", not 'tile'
Ask your boss if you can move  
Ryan in Albany : 5/22/2018 2:38 pm : link
to the cubicle on the far side of the office.

I don't have that problem per se  
Bill L : 5/22/2018 2:39 pm : link
My co-workers are really nice. They bring me snacks and unblock BBI from my terminal.
This may not apply, but I found it funny.  
aimrocky : 5/22/2018 3:08 pm : link
One of my reports has an issue with my other report, to the point where they barely talk. When they do talk, it usually sparks an instantaneous, petty argument. I've talked to both of them, and neither has any desire to bury the hatchet. I've told them not to let it effect their work or else I'll be forced to intervene.

These two have cubes that face each other, and the cube walls end at your shoulders, so they stare at each other every day. Last month, one of them asks me if she could get a second monitor because it'll help her review multiple spreadsheets and email addresses. There's absolutely a need for it, but I knew the real reason was to build a wall so she couldn't see the other co-worker. I get the monitor, and it's on the shorter side, so her eyes still peer over. A few days later, she comes over with a monitor stand, so I burst out laughing. Now, she's basically built an additional wall to avoid the other guy.
If the Mexicans have taught us anything  
jcn56 : 5/22/2018 3:12 pm : link
it's that any problem can be solved with an appropriately sized plastic drum and enough hydrochloric acid to fill it up 75% of the way.
Obviously I meant the cartels  
jcn56 : 5/22/2018 3:14 pm : link
although I'm guessing they're less open floor plan/cubicle and more private office types.
Do what the Russians would do ...  
short lease : 5/22/2018 3:27 pm : link

Some sort of plutonium in her coffee.
I get them demoted  
Larry in Pencilvania : 5/22/2018 4:22 pm : link
Don't mess with me,I hate everyone
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Route 9 : 5/22/2018 4:40 pm : link
I would recommend trashing them right to their faces. It's so funny to see grown men 20-30 years older than I am complain like a bitch. If you just tell it like it is and make some fun out of your day, you'll have some good memories. Pull some pranks on them as well, I will not repeat that part of my work day though.

Work is just what it is...work. Whi cares? Do not take it so seriously.
Who cares  
Route 9 : 5/22/2018 4:42 pm : link
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RE: ...  
Ryan in Albany : 5/22/2018 4:49 pm : link
In comment 13971658 Route 9 said:
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I would recommend trashing them right to their faces. It's so funny to see grown men 20-30 years older than I am complain like a bitch. If you just tell it like it is and make some fun out of your day, you'll have some good memories. Pull some pranks on them as well, I will not repeat that part of my work day though.

Work is just what it is...work. Whi cares? Do not take it so seriously.


Great way to rise through the ranks and get ahead in your profession.
You wouldn't last a second in my profession  
Route 9 : 5/22/2018 4:51 pm : link
Professional clown school of Little Egg harbor
RE: If the Mexicans have taught us anything  
Ron from Ninerland : 5/22/2018 4:56 pm : link
In comment 13971506 jcn56 said:
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it's that any problem can be solved with an appropriately sized plastic drum and enough hydrochloric acid to fill it up 75% of the way.
I think you mean hydrofluoric acid. And its Walter White who taught us that.
I find  
capegman : 5/22/2018 5:43 pm : link
out what gets under their nerves the most at work and make sure that situation occurs as much as possible. Then I laugh in my head.
What's really disappointing about this thread is  
smshmth8690 : 5/22/2018 10:25 pm : link
that it's already more than 8 hours old, and I'm the first to give you the best BBI advice ever. Blast Her In The Butt. That is all.
I have some coworkers  
Les in TO : 5/23/2018 6:16 am : link
Who send high importance emails for every matter and try to cram time in my packed calendar for same day or next day meetings. I’ve been direct about that and also set up an outlook email rule to automatically divert her emails to a separate folder that I check less frequently than my main inbox.
Some would say  
mdthedream : 5/23/2018 6:27 am : link
just blast them in the butt.
OP at 1:49  
bc4life : 5/23/2018 8:09 am : link
"I'm working" No you're not, you're on BBI.
I have one coworker I just generally can't deal with  
Dunedin81 : 5/23/2018 8:49 am : link
Job performance is awful, she comes in when she feels like it ("I overslept" "I had a headache"), she is pushing 50 and tells us regularly that she graduated early from college, and I and my younger and more junior colleague routinely have to pick up the slack for her. I am not confrontational, by and large, but I've yelled at her once or twice because I was dressed down by third parties for her not showing up to places she - and by extension the office - was obligated to be. But my boss refuses to fire her. My boss is just sort of hoping the woman will find a more congenial job and take care of the problem for her, as happened the last time we had a coworker who was a poor fit.
RE: I have one coworker I just generally can't deal with  
Larry in Pencilvania : 5/23/2018 6:31 pm : link
In comment 13972269 Dunedin81 said:
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Job performance is awful, she comes in when she feels like it ("I overslept" "I had a headache"), she is pushing 50 and tells us regularly that she graduated early from college, and I and my younger and more junior colleague routinely have to pick up the slack for her. I am not confrontational, by and large, but I've yelled at her once or twice because I was dressed down by third parties for her not showing up to places she - and by extension the office - was obligated to be. But my boss refuses to fire her. My boss is just sort of hoping the woman will find a more congenial job and take care of the problem for her, as happened the last time we had a coworker who was a poor fit.


Your story reminded me that when I was in college and used to Come home on summer break I used to get jobs through a temp agency and this one break it was with the home office of a cruise ship line.

Now this was the second or third time I had worked for them so I knew the people. There was this annoying woman who was Supervisor of Office Services. Now this position was important as this was 1996 and there were 50 on staff travel agents half always working plus 300 corporate workers computers, computers, coffee etc.she was responsible for.

The thing was she was the biggest bitch running and everyone hated her. She then took what I assumed was FMLA leave and did away with her job and folded part of it into travel and the rest into purchasing. When she came back her new title was Supervisor of the Mailroom Storage Closet. I reject my first day back she tried telling one of her former employees what to do and she told her off.

Didn't go well
I don't  
bc4life : 5/23/2018 9:12 pm : link
I am "the annoying co-worker">
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