Bad office behavoir - WTF is up with this guy...

SaigonK

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So I have a co-worker, anbd he is a schmuck at times, but I have often let some of his bad behavior go, not complained to management, etc.

It seems he has a "thing" for answering my phone, and as of late it has gone a step to far...

The other day one of my fellow cube dwellers tells me that when i had gone to a meeting, my cell phone (it is a work provided cell phone) started to ring. I left it in my wool coat, so it wasnt loud, and my co-worker who sits straight across from me sai dhe could barely hear it.

Regardless, the schmuck goes over to my desk, looks for the phone and when he cant see it in plain sight, he hears it ring again and figures out it is in my jacket. So whats his next step? He goes INTO my jacket at my desk, searching for my phone, finds it, takes it out of my jacket, and then proceeds to see who is calling me!

He doesnt answer it in time, so he opens it and calls back the person who last called me!
It wasnt a number in my phone, so no caller id showed up, just the number...WTF is up with that!

First, it is obvious he shouldnt be in my personal space, thats a no brainer, what if I had a needle in my jacket for diabetes that the cap fell off of? What if he pricked himself? What if my girlfriend had placed a piece of clothing in my pocket to hold, and he ran across it, he is the type of idiot that would have pukked it out and shown it aorund....


My question is, what do you think is the best way to deal with this?
I was debating sending an email to my group (he works in my group) and say that i was made aware that someone has been answering my phone, and even gone as far as reviewing my calls and calling back people...but I am unsure the best way to word this without being too much of a pirck...
thoughts?

 

FoBoT

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go for entrapment

hide a claymore mine in your stuff with a cell phone taped to it
call the phone

that should work
 

totalcommand

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Originally posted by: SaigonK
So I have a co-worker, anbd he is a schmuck at times, but I have often let some of his bad behavior go, not complained to management, etc.

It seems he has a "thing" for answering my phone, and as of late it has gone a step to far...

The other day one of my fellow cube dwellers tells me that when i had gone to a meeting, my cell phone (it is a work provided cell phone) started to ring. I left it in my wool coat, so it wasnt loud, and my co-worker who sits straight across from me sai dhe could barely hear it.

Regardless, the schmuck goes over to my desk, looks for the phone and when he cant see it in plain sight, he hears it ring again and figures out it is in my jacket. So whats his next step? He goes INTO my jacket at my desk, searching for my phone, finds it, takes it out of my jacket, and then proceeds to see who is calling me!

He doesnt answer it in time, so he opens it and calls back the person who last called me!
It wasnt a number in my phone, so no caller id showed up, just the number...WTF is up with that!

First, it is obvious he shouldnt be in my personal space, thats a no brainer, what if I had a needle in my jacket for diabetes that the cap fell off of? What if he pricked himself? What if my girlfriend had placed a piece of clothing in my pocket to hold, and he ran across it, he is the type of idiot that would have pukked it out and shown it aorund....


My question is, what do you think is the best way to deal with this?
I was debating sending an email to my group (he works in my group) and say that i was made aware that someone has been answering my phone, and even gone as far as reviewing my calls and calling back people...but I am unsure the best way to word this without being too much of a pirck...
thoughts?

your wording sounds great. go with that.
 

tfinch2

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Confront him. Don't do the group approach. Put his ass on the spot in front of everyone and punk him. Don't be a puss.
 

BooGiMaN

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what exactly did he tell the person when he called them back?


i would take it up with HR that behavior is unexcusable and deserves a swift kick in the nards for each offense.
 

EvilYoda

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I say you give your cell a nice coating of LSD before your next meeting...expensive, yes, but well worth the entertainment.
 

everman

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I say switch the phone on to a loud ring tone, place in pocket, call your phone from somewhere out of sight, and tell him to stop answering your damn phone :D
 

BooGiMaN

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well you could always do the eye for an eye thing...and start answering his phone....even when he is at his desk...

 

altonb1

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Put a loaded mousetrap in your pocket with the phone, then call it and let him go for it.
 
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Um, if you know for a fact it's him, then why not take the direct manner and just go up to him and tell him to stop doing this crap. Don't pussyfoot around it, just confront him and be done with it.
 

SpunkyJones

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Originally posted by: Yossarian
jesus christ another atot pussy. go up to the guy and say "don't ever touch my phone again".

Dam straight skippy! I'm tired of this crap too, just tell him to stop.
 

TheoPetro

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place your phone on your desk. rig a trip wire from the phone to a shotgun.....road runner style. leave and call your phone. when you hear the bang and alot of screaming casualy walk back and enjouy.

(for extra fun dont aim the gun so it kills him just so it shoots his balls off OR another fun place is the kneecap
 

Sphexi

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Originally posted by: tfinch2
Confront him. Don't do the group approach. Put his ass on the spot in front of everyone and punk him. Don't be a puss.

QFT...tell him to knock the sh1t off or find somewhere else to work. No room for that kind of garbage in the workplace.
 

sygyzy

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Does your girlfriend really put pieces of cloth in your coat so you can hold?
 

Dr. Detroit

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Originally posted by: everman
I say switch the phone on to a loud ring tone, place in pocket, call your phone from somewhere out of sight, and tell him to stop answering your damn phone :D

HELL YEAH! WINNAR!!!