Some coworkers are just God sent. You make best friends, you fall in love, you meet your idols, you find your team players to climb up that long career ladder with. They make your lunch breaks less lonely, meetings funnier and deadlines… well, the deadlines are the same no matter what.
But sometimes your coworkers are just the opposite. They make doing your job harder than it already is, and everything in between way less enjoyable. If you are dealing with a coworker like that, let me tell you, you are not the only one. There are millions of people out there handling the most annoying, irrational, or even plain evil colleagues because… well, because it's what you’re supposed to do, right?
So if you're too tired to deal with this on your own, this post compiled by Bored Panda is a safe place to vent and talk about hard things. Pull your seat closer and scroll through the stories about coworkers from hell by sharing your own experiences in the comments below!
And when you're done, more stories about difficult coworkers await in our previous features here and here.
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All Of My Coworkers Agreed To Dress Up As Smurfs For Halloween. I'm The Only One To Go Through With It
My Coworker Told Me That Everyone Dressed Up At My Office. Now I’m The Only Person Dressed Like Captain Kirk Amongst Khakis And Polo Shirts
Yesterday This Guy Put Ghost Pepper Popcorn In Our Industrial Microwave At Work For Over 5 Minutes. The Office Was Filled With Black Smoke Burning People's Eyes
No one could breathe. He basically maced the building. We were moved to the other end so we could keep working.
Bored Panda spoke with Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur who shared some great insights on dealing with difficult coworkers. So pull your seat closer.
Mitterbauer said that “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 said.
As A Practical Joke, Some Co-Workers Wrapped My Office In Foil. In The Process, My 30" LCD Monitor Was Accidentally Turned On, And It Boiled Itself
Here's what it looked like when I unwrapped it
I really hate such blatant waste of resources. The monitor, the tin foil
My Coworkers Have A Sick Sense Of Humor
My Coworker Lied To My Boss That I Could Cover His Shift
When dealing with difficult coworkers, always focus on the behavior you would like to address and which is bothering you, and never go down the road of stating negative traits or characteristics about that person, Mitterbauer argues.
“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,” she explained.
I Work At A Place Where At The End Of Shifts We Split The Tips Evenly Between The 2-3 People That Work
We had more than 50$ of tips today and my coworker had to leave about 10 minutes early. She ended up taking all but ~2.50$ and management won't do anything about it.
Someone Brought This To The Office Potluck
It's Always A Pleasure To Realize That Your Coworkers Don't Know How To Close A Box Properly... Right When You're Ready To Go Home
Most people have had coworkers they don’t get along with, Mitterbauer continues, but she says there’s a difference between not being great friends and them making your working life miserable. “When their behavior starts affecting your work and/or you are thinking about this issue in your free time, possibly dreading going to work the next day, that’s when it becomes an issue.”
Coworker Announced That She And Her SO Are Finally Pregnant, I Got Her A Box Of Pastries To Celebrate And When I The Party Was About To Start I Open The Fridge At Work And See This
My Coworker Put Straight Printer Ink In One Of My Gloves At Work. This Will Take A Week Or Two Minimum To Come Off
Apparently Someone Has Been Munching My Donuts And It Was Supposed To Be For My Kids After Work
Came Back To Work So See This Prominently Displayed In A Coworker’s Cube
Stupid. There is a difference between stupid and ignorant.
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I'd make a big deal about how I didn't know they were a drug addict, they hid it well and well done on them for being so open about it - when they correct me I'd just be like, and you're ok with people knowing that? I'd stick to the drug story
Ha! Good one. Or H. We celebrate you not putting those poisons in you...hurray!!
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"My body, my choice!" Shouted the antivaxxer, proudly wearing his red MAGA hat, coughing open-mouthed. Then a week later yelled at women entering Planned Parenthood. Two weeks later, there was silence, no more words spoken from that mouth. As there should be at a funeral.
I caught the part where HE was yelling his fool head off at planned parenthood. Cause HIS opinion on abortion is the one that matters. I hope HE enjoyed his quiet funeral
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Same. All the companies in my area require you to be vaxxed. I wouldn't work somewhere that didn't require it. Thankfully I live in somewhere that is inhabited by intelligent, rational people who actually care about others. You won't be able to find a job around here if you're not vaxxed. And no one throws temper tantrums or stages protests about it either. That's how it works to be a decent member of society. Some of you here are obviously just selfish children.
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Coworker is probably outside now having a coke and smoking a cigarette :D
I know smokers who are antivaxxers. While they smoke and expound on the perils of vaccines, I follow the cigarette in their hand as it goes up to their lips and say nothing. I don't take health advice from smokers or idiots. Sometimes they are one and the same.
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Un-poisoned is accurate. Now it's coming out that those vaccines are causing blood clots, cancers etc. Glad I waited to see the side effects first.
Tammy, everything you just said is completely false. NO ONE has gotten cancer from the vaccine. Trying getting your information from actual facts and not whatever fantasy site you are reading.
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I got vaxxed but its so nice to see how absolutely horrible you all can be if someone doesn't do what you think they should. You want ppl to leave you alone to make your choices but can't do the same. I bet you don't even see the hypocrisy!
Well, I look at it this way. We are all part of a society, whether we like it or not, and that comes with responsibilities. One of them, during a global pandemic, is to take as many precautions as possible to bring the crisis to an end with as little loss of life as possible. Now, just in the US alone, over half a million people have died, many lost significant income because they couldn't make it to work, and the supply chain is still f****d up because of it. If people had pulled together, instead of being blatantly selfish and ignorant, I truly believe we would be in a much better position, and many of those people would still be alive.
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No matter how hard you try or get injected, those brainless are not coming back.
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A co-worker is entitled to his opinions whether you share them or not. To display it like that is them trying to start a discussion.
No, it's them trying to start a fight. It's a hot topic, and people are very aware that displaying something like this will not lead to a calm, rational discussion.
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Proudly a uneducated moronic conspiracy theorist with only three brain cells I’m y skull
How do you know he's a conspiracy theorist by this? His body his choice right? Just because he chose not to get a vaccine, assuming that's what he's even talking about, doesn't mean anything else. Just means that it's his choice to do what he wants with his body. You know, kinda like how everyone is protesting the new proposed abortion law here in Virginia because women want the right to choose... Hmmm
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That's so funny, because you're got only a few years - months to live. I'm a Neuropathic Dr & I'm totally stoked retards like you are committing suicide!! Enjoy hell!!
That's so funny because you have approx three years to live.. Moron! Neuropathy, John Hopkins Krieger..
Finally, sanity amongst the Kool aid crowd. Bet he's the only one who hasn't been sick. Lol!! Pathetic injectors.
You're entitled to your own choices but why did they feel the need to draw attention to it? If you truly believe it's a hoax, then why all the hostility? There's never any facts to back up this choice, so is it just plain contrarianism?
Yeah, the ones who are upset they got chemically altered.
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You should quickly put a mask on everytime your coworker comes around you. An then spray Lysol as they leaves. I guess thats shaming them,but someone that stupid could use a little of that.
I went to my my doctor's office and noticed that my favorite nurses wasn't there. I asked about her, and was told that she left. This was before the vaccines, BUT I just found out that she did in fact leave. Permanently. Leaving a husband and 2 young daughters, a best friend, and patients who loved her. This was a mental health clinic, and the person who killed her, yes, KILLED her lied about being sick. I am still angry and devastated. Her best friend was trying to console me....She was27.
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GOOD FOR HER. Probably the only one who hasn't had convid nor another strange illnesses pop up after getting jabbed.
Call HR. This is b******t. They are basically saying if you took the vaccine your not only were poisoned, bit we're a dumbass for April my yourself to be "poisoned". Also take a poop on the hood of her car when no one is looking
Tell everyone you're an idiot without telling everyone you're an idiot!
I'd take a pic of that sign, attach it to an email to your boss saying I quit
Smart co-worker probably won’t have an unfortunate heart issue or stroke either. Pop
Have a customer i did some tree removal for. He was a pharmacist who quit after they forced this vaccine on people. This is not some idiot that isn't aware of pharmaceuticals. He said it's crazy to believe the same companies that were in trouble for the opioid epidemic. Said that the vax might be okay for older people and that's because they won't be around for the long term effects.
I wish yall would quit with this vaxx bullish,you have no idea what it's doing to your body long term..follow the government blindly, that's the answer!! Lol gtfoh
People are learning that trumptards lies are killing them. Just not fast enough.
You know a vaccine is supposed to be a disarmed virus, if you look up the ingredients online only the Johnson &Johnson had a disarmed virus. The other two just had m rna proteins. So by definition only one can be called a vaccine. The other two are just injections. Useful injections, but they still lack the core ingredient of a vaccine, the disarmed virus.
While I do enjoy “bored panda” in general, I am quite amazed the majority of bored pandas take headlines as fact.
That is pure gold!! Good for them, they didn't fall for that govt hoax.
I can't argue this because my family is not vaxed and I'm obese my husband has heart issues and yet we both had covid and are perfectly fine I can't say the same about my family Member that is dead that had the vaccine. Said family member card covid even the vaccinated and died his wife was on oxygen I don't know if she had the vaccine or not but she's perfectly fine so the vaccine treats everyone differently and we need to quit acting like twaffles just because we disagree on something. being rude to people regardless of the reason is wrong and hurtful.
Okay, this person who put this sign up is welcome to make their own choices for their body's, but they don't have to be toxic to the people around them who make different decisions.
Ignorant.. wow. I feel bad today, got a cough and fever! But had to come in and finish my project! Man this coffee tastes bad! Like someone made coffee water! It doesn’t even smell like coffee!! Oops! Covid queen or king! Run away fast!
Proudly STUPID & SELFISH.The films of infants, children & adults suffering from viruses we now have VACCINES for. They are haunting & it’s disgusting to know infants & kids are suffering again because of stupid people. I had chicken pox. I’ve seen people in terrible pain from shingles. I got the shingles vaccine as soon as it came out & the booster.
Just because they don't yet want this one vaccine does not make them an anti-vaxxer.
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Keep knocking it over and say the vaccine has messed with your coordination
I didn't get the vax. But quite simply because I've been exposed 9 times, I've got 14 negative tests, but my antibody test is positive. Per the doc, I'm immune. The vax could ruin that delicate balance and potentially unalive me. I advocate for anyone and everyone to get it, unless they also have the antibodies without a positive test.
.... that's not how vaccines work. Just because you have antibodies doesn't mean the vaccine will harm you. Jfc how do you people still not know this after 2 years?
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Why would anybody get a vaccine to protect the likes of you. You’re a worthless horrible human being. The irony of being a someone like yourself and expecting strangers to give a s**t about your life. It’s laughable.
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Why they have to use un- as oppositum of something. Like there aren't equivalent words with opposite meaning?
Not inject lab-created chemicals in one's healthy immune system to suppress its abolity to be sel-healing. No one seems to have learned the true lessons of Covid: Maintain one's health and weight in order to fight illness, by eating healthy and exercising (too many Covid deaths and other poor outcomes were due to comorbidity, not from being unvaccinated; wash one's hands often; do not touch one's face, especially with said unwashed hands; cough/sneeze into the crook of one's elbow, if a tissue is unavailable; wash one's hands after coughing or sneezing; use a quality hand sanitizer (not one produced with harmful chemicals, preservatives & colors), if hand washing is not an option; and, stay home when one's contagious. Seriously, don't eat a ho-ho while smoking and holding both with hands that were never washed after using the bathroom, while telling me that I should die for not placing a lab-created concoction, containing heavy metals & developed from aborted fetal cells, into my body.
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This is less about bodily autonomy and more about social responsibility.
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Stand up and stand proud. I'm going to say this person never convid once or twice. But yet you vaxxers... Going on convid number two or three. Lol!! Losers.
The only loser here is you Josie. And everyone who is unfortunate enough to know you personally.
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Ironic given conservatives are afraid of the government, of immigrants, of Muslims, of gays, of liberals.... the only reason conservatism still exists as a philosophy is fear of change.
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Emmy, I personally know at least two people who have died of Covid. They denied the vaccine because of the fear mongering and misinformation. They died. They will never see their children again, never travel, never laugh with family during holidays. Dead. And the vaccine could have saved them. And there are hundreds of thousands of stories just like this. Would they have gotten Covid with the vaccine? Maybe, yeah. But they'd still be alive.
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Only pedophiles call people groomers - to draw suspicion away from themselves.......
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Jen& Gary. What a pair! What are you asshats doing on BP?
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This Is How My Coworker Avoids Taking Out His Garbage
I Won A $5 Bet Against My Coworker. I Came Into The Work This Morning To Find This On My Desk. Thanks, Brad
My Colleague Drove With Me In My Company Vehicle. She Left This Piece Of Gum On The Door
Tell her she left something in the car or return it by smashing it in the middle of her forehead, but then you'd have to find a way to extract it.
Coworker Didn't Know How To Take A Screenshot And Decided To Photocopy The Phone
My Colleague's Desktop
And then they complain to the IT staff about how slow their computer is.
My Coworker Never Shuts Sharpies All The Way And Wonders Why They Dry Out
My Coworker Hasn’t Washed Their Coffee Mug In Years
So Remember My Coworker's Coffee Mug From A Few Weeks Back. Here's The Keyboard
My Coworker Decided To Put Two Kinds Of Candies Together
Coworkers Keep Stealing My Stapler At Work. I've Made It Clear It's Not To Leave My Desk
Coworker Hit My Car And Acted As If She Didn't Know Who Hit It
I Think My Coworker Doesn't Like Sharing Anymore
maybe YOU'RE the a*****e coworker if you think you can just go through your coworker's snacks to the point where they have to write notes to keep you out.
My Colleagues, Everyone
While Looking For A File In My Coworker's Drawer, I Found This. Thing
My New Coworker's Company Rental Car
Coworkers Replacing The Paper Towel Roll
Found At The Communal Coffee Pot At My Corporate Office
This Is At My Work. She Does This Every Single Day
Coworker Walks Around The Office Barefoot
Coworker Forgot Something In His Work Truck
My Coworker Eats His Pickles Like A Psychopath
A Coffee Pot That I Discovered In A Coworker's Office. Wonder What The Inside Is Like At This Point
AURGH!!!!! Please tell me this was a lockdown-related accident...
My Coworker Has Been Complaining About Lack Of Available Space On Her Work Computer
The Side Of My Coworkers Desk Where They Leave Dead Skin And Nail Clippings
The Way My Coworkers Cut This Cake
My Coworker Stocks The Coolers At My Work, And His Dandruff Is On Every Single Can
Someone Cut The Tops Off The Cinnamon Crunch Bagels At The Office
When You Are Off For Christmas But Your Colleagues Have To “Work”
My Colleagues Marked My Lost Safety Goggles With Permanent Marker
Just go over the writing with a dry wipe marker and then wipe with a paper towel. Comes straight off
When Your Coworker Tries To Take Two Pallets Down At A Time With A Forklift
Someone broke one box of beer. It smelled awful. I can't even begin to imagine how terrible it must smell here
A Coworker Tried To Sharpen My Good Kitchen Knifes With An Angle Grinder
My Coworker Made Sour Cream And Onion Pringles Cake. Oh God Why
The Interior Of A Coworker's Truck. Just The Tip Of The Iceberg With This Gentleman
Office Mates Chair
My Coworker Needs Her Office Grocery Privileges Taken Away
The Way My Coworker Eats Sushi
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The straight up theft irritates me. If you didn't pay for it then you can't have it unless someone says you can have it. You're actually making it harder for people to pay their bills.
So many of these hurtful "pranks" indicate an extremely unhealthy work environment, with people taking out their despair and hatefulness on their colleagues. Management should take this very seriously and remove these people from the workplace. The human capacity for revenge and retribution is unlimited...these behaviors will spread.
Then again, it may be one of the ways these people choose to lighten up the atmosphere in their stressful work environments. I've found it helpful to avoid assuming the worst of a situation.
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Yup. This list made me mad. That many people sucking is kinda depressing.. considering it's just a drop in the bucket.
The only good thing that came with pandemics was the privilege to work from home. People sucks. Passive-agressive children and pigs like these ones, specially.
The gross cars and personal hygiene issues almost made me puke.... I'm not super a**l about cleanliness, but COME ON
There should be a special place in Hell for some of these people!
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thank you so much! I didn't realise there were usernames and so now I will reread this post and others from now on! again, thanks!!
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there was once at work someone in the UK didnt want a B day party due to panic attacks when surprise, they did anyways the worker sued them for almost half a million and won.
There was this time I was working in an office and they did a practical joke, covering all my stuff in plastic wrap and tape. When I arrived I just sat there, doing nothing. They were laughing their asses off, but I was just there sitting on my plastic-wrapped chair. Then the manager comes in, laughs for a while, looks at me and says "aren't you gonna take the plastic off?" And I said "are you gonna pay me for the extra task not described in my contract?" Everyone got quiet, then he ordered my coworkers to clean the mess and apologize. I left the job the next day.
Just wait until Generation Z and Alpha take over....total stupid chaos
Or all the kids who were homeschooled by day drinkers--
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The first one reminds me of n incident that happened to a friend of mine. It's near Halloween and she was told to come in to work in costume. She was the only one who came in costume, a popular and cute anime character, she was given an exemplary award while in costume, also got a best in costume award because the boss was actually serious about how everyone should have came in costume.
Some of it is stupid, etc., but when you have a co-worker who does something like some of these CONSTANTLY, every damned day, even after being told not to - yeah, people have a right to be "affronted".
Load More Replies... The straight up theft irritates me. If you didn't pay for it then you can't have it unless someone says you can have it. You're actually making it harder for people to pay their bills.
So many of these hurtful "pranks" indicate an extremely unhealthy work environment, with people taking out their despair and hatefulness on their colleagues. Management should take this very seriously and remove these people from the workplace. The human capacity for revenge and retribution is unlimited...these behaviors will spread.
Then again, it may be one of the ways these people choose to lighten up the atmosphere in their stressful work environments. I've found it helpful to avoid assuming the worst of a situation.
Load More Replies... Yup. This list made me mad. That many people sucking is kinda depressing.. considering it's just a drop in the bucket.
The only good thing that came with pandemics was the privilege to work from home. People sucks. Passive-agressive children and pigs like these ones, specially.
The gross cars and personal hygiene issues almost made me puke.... I'm not super a**l about cleanliness, but COME ON
There should be a special place in Hell for some of these people!
Load More Replies... thank you so much! I didn't realise there were usernames and so now I will reread this post and others from now on! again, thanks!!
Load More Replies... there was once at work someone in the UK didnt want a B day party due to panic attacks when surprise, they did anyways the worker sued them for almost half a million and won.
There was this time I was working in an office and they did a practical joke, covering all my stuff in plastic wrap and tape. When I arrived I just sat there, doing nothing. They were laughing their asses off, but I was just there sitting on my plastic-wrapped chair. Then the manager comes in, laughs for a while, looks at me and says "aren't you gonna take the plastic off?" And I said "are you gonna pay me for the extra task not described in my contract?" Everyone got quiet, then he ordered my coworkers to clean the mess and apologize. I left the job the next day.
Just wait until Generation Z and Alpha take over....total stupid chaos
Or all the kids who were homeschooled by day drinkers--
Load More Replies... The first one reminds me of n incident that happened to a friend of mine. It's near Halloween and she was told to come in to work in costume. She was the only one who came in costume, a popular and cute anime character, she was given an exemplary award while in costume, also got a best in costume award because the boss was actually serious about how everyone should have came in costume.
Some of it is stupid, etc., but when you have a co-worker who does something like some of these CONSTANTLY, every damned day, even after being told not to - yeah, people have a right to be "affronted".
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