You don’t pick people for two things: your family and your job. Coworkers come as part of the package, bottom line.
And although sometimes a workplace is a perfect place to make connections and lasting friendships, other times the people you see 5 days a week can really, I mean, really get on your nerves. Whether your colleagues are always talking, always on their phone, or just always in your way, they can make your workday longer and harder.
We can’t control other people’s behavior, but we can surely vent about it. And since annoying coworkers are basically a universally relatable thing, no wonder the hashtag #ThingsAnnoyingCoworkersDo hit way too close to the bone for many people on Twitter. So pull your seat closer, we’re about to look at the funniest tweets people shared.
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And leaving stinky food in the fridge for so long it's pretty much developed into its own ecosystem, then get mad you threw out their "good tupperware."
Lol I figured from about the first sentence cuz my cat is on my lap
Do you have a coworker who is always talking? Or one who is always asking for favors? Maybe you have a coworker who is always trying to be the boss. Whatever the case may be, we all have that one coworker who is just plain annoying. If you're lucky, you can just avoid that person. But sometimes, you have to work with them on projects or tasks. And that can be torture.
But if you happen to already be in that situation where a colleague is getting on your nerves, you may want to think about a couple of things. First, it’s important to stay polite, whatever happens. Even if they are driving you crazy, it's important to be polite. Just bite your tongue and try to get through the interaction. In this way, you’ll make sure they don’t ruin your reputation.
A second useful tip is not getting drawn into their drama. If they are always complaining or starting arguments, just walk away. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Oh yes when this happens you should say "maybe you should act your wage Karen"
Setting boundaries is also crucial when dealing with annoying coworkers. If they are always asking for favors, make it clear that you're not going to do everything they ask. Set some limits so that you don't end up doing all the work. You may also want to make sure you keep your distance. Remember that you don't have to be best friends with this person. Just keep your interactions to a minimum and whenever they’re needed.
Ah.. this one would be brought up with HR immediately. I'm crazy, but I value being able to breathe very highly. Cologne etc sets of my asthma, and it is not fun.
If you feel like you're stuck in the corner and there’s not much to be done, the only option may be to talk to your boss or manager. They may be able to help you resolve the issue.
And after all, every workplace has its quirks: whether it’s the workings of the company, the flawed management or the people you have to work with, no work is perfect. Dealing with annoying coworkers may be tiring, to say the least, but in the end, it’s part of life.
Meanwhile, according to Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur, “it’s important that you stand your ground and don’t let yourself be intimidated by difficult coworkers, whether they’re negative, talking down to you, or making your work difficult in any other way.”
“Of course, you can try to interact as little as possible with the coworker, but that isn’t always possible,” the career coach added. Moreover, a great skill to practice is becoming better at having difficult conversations, she told us in an earlier interview.
... specially when I had my headphones off. CAN'T YOU TAKE A HINT???
“Stick to negative behavior as that’s more objective and can more easily be verified by everyone involved. Practice exactly what you want to say beforehand, and consider getting other allies on board as well. Sometimes it is necessary to involve management, but it’s often better to only do this once you can demonstrate to the manager what you yourself have attempted to tackle the issue,” the career coach explained.
God, the f*****g forward to all s**t. If it doesn’t concern me, do NOT junk up my inbox with your b******t.
THIS ^ I once had a cubicle neighbor who was in sales. He was on the phone ALL THE TIME, and had an extremely loud voice. I got over-ear headphones. They barely helped.
I won’t do a whole manicure- but I’ll clip a single nail that’s bothering me. Sometimes I do t realize it needs attention until I start typing on my keyboard.
Yes. Or when you get one that just tears part way and is going to snag on everything and be unsightly until it's fixed. That thing is coming off.
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Have to mention this one. It's very aggravating to have a rough patch on a nail so I used to keep an emery board on my PC. One day, yep, had to use it. A senior manager was just walking past and asked me what I was doing."What does it look like?" I responded. "I'm doing the filing." Waited years to use that one.
When I was a bar manager, I worked with another bar tender during busy times. The POS would stand behind the bar and clip his finger nails, not caring his clippings just might be going into the ice bin or into the bar fruit. A customer pointed out that he saw clippings going into the ice. I had to close down that bar for deep cleaning on a Friday night at 7PM. Of course I fired him and he just didn't see how he did anything wrong.
After working for a business for several years I was promoted from an account clerk to a supervisor of all the account clerks in the department. I also got the larger desk of the previous supervisor. The top drawer compartments for pens, paper clips, etc. were FILLED with fingernail clippings.
Plant manager would put his bare feet on his desk and clip his toenails. Left his office door open, you couldn't not see him.
I worked for an oral surgeon that would clip his finger and toe nails at his desk at the office. I also cleaned the office every week after hours. Of course he would just let the nails fly all over. Then him rolling his chair back and forth over them would grind them into the carpet. I would have to get on my hands and knees picking them out of office carpet!! I walked in on him one day clipping away. I suggested that he do that over the garbage can. His reply? " I never thought about that!!". Jesus!! Fourteen years of college!! But couldn't manage a single considerate thought!!
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I mean we all did some nail filing because all of us always chipped nails but not flat out clippers with pieces flying.
Or paint or remove the paint on their nails at their desk! Stinks up the whole section & can cause others to have asthma attacks.
This is my boyfriend’s NUMBER ONE complaint about his office mate! I don’t even know the office mate’s name because my boyfriend just calls him “the nail clipper” 😂
What, people do this at their office desk? I even feel bad doing it when I'm working from home, because it's during work hours. I so need to relax! 😅
I will clip a single nail if I just messed it up. If I have to do all my nails on both hands, I'll get my file out and discreetly file them
ewww. do your hygiene at home where it belongs. I keep a clipper in my desk in case i break a nail and if that happens i bring it to the bathroom with me to fix it. but i don't want to see your desk become a manicure station while you flick your nail skeletons on the floor. That goes for people taking their shoes off at work, too. It's like people who take their shoes off on a plane-- this is not your house.
This used to be me...I'd put shoes on at home, drive the 10 minutes to work, and take them off the second I walked in the door (so at least my feet didn't stink). I HATE wearing shoes! One of my biggest gripes about my current workplace is that shoes are required (and have to meet specific standards). I HATE shoes!
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I've dealt with people clipping their frito toenails at desks, tables, etc. Disgusting people like that should not be able to get a job where they're around people...or any other living thing...
I had a boss who used to floss his teeth at his desk. He would miss the barrel, when throwing the dental floss away and leave it on the floor.
Folks, if you have to clip your nails, please do it in the bathroom. Even if it's just one nail.
WHY tell me why!!! If it's into a trashcan what's the problem??? You people don't understand the struggle of having nails that grow super fast. I need to clip my nails EVERY SIGNLE DAY. Or my nail will do that thing where it cracks a little. Would you really rather me stick me fingers in my mouth and bite it off???! NO!! CLIPPERS ARE FOR SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE. Y'all don't seem to care when people bite their nails. That's MUCH more irritating in my opinion. I don't wanna be around you knowing your fingers have saliva all over them ewwwww
Then do it at home. And stop SCREAMING, for the love of god...
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Then sing along with it out loud when they can’t carry a tune if it had a handle.
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My friends work place: all male. So the boss thinks he can fart all through the day. If anyone complains, the boss showers you with unkind names, then farts some more. He reasoning is there are no "chicks" so it doesn't matter. Apparently he's still in business.
I used to work at a Goodwill back room and I was part of a four-person team at the clothing/linen sorting table. Two sorters, two hangers. I was always one of the hangers and we often had to hang a minimum of at least 1,600 pieces each day. The other girl who hung clothing hooked up with another coworker who worked in the donation receiving area. It got to the point when he had a day off, she would call in because she didn't trust him alone with the rest of us females. She literally left me hanging several days a week by myself. 1,600 pieces a day by myself. Thankfully, management was on my side and tried to help me out whenever they could and were soon looking for a reason to fire this girl.
Thrusts photos of their kids in your face every. Single. Morning. Granted it’s not as common but the ‘come on, tell me that they’re cute’ stuff makes me wanna dredge up Klingon swear words.
"I can't wait till Friday." Monday Morning. 8AM. Every week. It was funny once. Then it became annoying, like, I get it, you hate work. He eventually flipped out and walked.
The excessive explainer type. You ask a colleague what needs to be entered here or there (SAP) and expect a short and concise answer. Instead, the excessive explainer colleague not only says what you have to type, but also why and what effects it has. In the hope that the "system" behind it will be understood. And then you nod politely and say OK. And just thinks "just shut up". That excessive explainer college? Unfortunately that's me.
Pop and smack their gum. Come over to your desk and say "I know you're really busy but" and then proceed to talk endlessly.
The gum please don’t. I can hear it. We can all hear it. it annoys other people. Only excusable use for gum is nicotine gum, and they don’t snap at her poppet or two it or do any other disgusting noises with their mouth. They just hold it against the Cheek
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One of my classmates has a really annoying alarm sound. When we had a sleepover, I woke up to the sound of basically finger nails scratching on a board *shiver*
My coworker has a habit of loudly licking his penis during meetings. It's my dog, I still work from home 🤣
I have one that sits on desks...she came up to ask me a question and plopped her a*s on my workspace...I looked at her like she lost her damn mind and had to nip that in the bud
I read that last line as "... and had to nip her in the butt"
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The "anything you can do/did I can do/did better" person. If you caught a fish the size of a banana, they for dang sure caught one the size of two bananas. Anything going on in your life? Theirs is better/worse.
Get offended when you don't share your personal business with them. When you know they're just gonna spread it around 5 minutes after you tell them.
1. Talked so loud and told you their life story, multiple times. 2. Sang along to radio on their phone. Tone deaf. 3. Tapped table and rattled desk in open office plan. Hummed occasionally and tapped all the time. 4. Micromanaged. 5. Gossiped constantly. 6. Left the seat up in the womens toilet... huh? I could go on.. This was all in one workplace.
May I add clicking your pen during meetings oh my goodness . If you’re doing, that have no illusions that I don’t wanna choke you
Load More Replies... My friends work place: all male. So the boss thinks he can fart all through the day. If anyone complains, the boss showers you with unkind names, then farts some more. He reasoning is there are no "chicks" so it doesn't matter. Apparently he's still in business.
I used to work at a Goodwill back room and I was part of a four-person team at the clothing/linen sorting table. Two sorters, two hangers. I was always one of the hangers and we often had to hang a minimum of at least 1,600 pieces each day. The other girl who hung clothing hooked up with another coworker who worked in the donation receiving area. It got to the point when he had a day off, she would call in because she didn't trust him alone with the rest of us females. She literally left me hanging several days a week by myself. 1,600 pieces a day by myself. Thankfully, management was on my side and tried to help me out whenever they could and were soon looking for a reason to fire this girl.
Thrusts photos of their kids in your face every. Single. Morning. Granted it’s not as common but the ‘come on, tell me that they’re cute’ stuff makes me wanna dredge up Klingon swear words.
"I can't wait till Friday." Monday Morning. 8AM. Every week. It was funny once. Then it became annoying, like, I get it, you hate work. He eventually flipped out and walked.
The excessive explainer type. You ask a colleague what needs to be entered here or there (SAP) and expect a short and concise answer. Instead, the excessive explainer colleague not only says what you have to type, but also why and what effects it has. In the hope that the "system" behind it will be understood. And then you nod politely and say OK. And just thinks "just shut up". That excessive explainer college? Unfortunately that's me.
Pop and smack their gum. Come over to your desk and say "I know you're really busy but" and then proceed to talk endlessly.
The gum please don’t. I can hear it. We can all hear it. it annoys other people. Only excusable use for gum is nicotine gum, and they don’t snap at her poppet or two it or do any other disgusting noises with their mouth. They just hold it against the Cheek
Load More Replies... One of my classmates has a really annoying alarm sound. When we had a sleepover, I woke up to the sound of basically finger nails scratching on a board *shiver*
My coworker has a habit of loudly licking his penis during meetings. It's my dog, I still work from home 🤣
I have one that sits on desks...she came up to ask me a question and plopped her a*s on my workspace...I looked at her like she lost her damn mind and had to nip that in the bud
I read that last line as "... and had to nip her in the butt"
Load More Replies... The "anything you can do/did I can do/did better" person. If you caught a fish the size of a banana, they for dang sure caught one the size of two bananas. Anything going on in your life? Theirs is better/worse.
Get offended when you don't share your personal business with them. When you know they're just gonna spread it around 5 minutes after you tell them.
1. Talked so loud and told you their life story, multiple times. 2. Sang along to radio on their phone. Tone deaf. 3. Tapped table and rattled desk in open office plan. Hummed occasionally and tapped all the time. 4. Micromanaged. 5. Gossiped constantly. 6. Left the seat up in the womens toilet... huh? I could go on.. This was all in one workplace.
May I add clicking your pen during meetings oh my goodness . If you’re doing, that have no illusions that I don’t wanna choke you
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