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biggest pet peeve at work

evident

evident

Lifer
Heres mine. my ms exchange inbox size limit is 40 megs. each day some goober emails me a powerpoint presentation or some other useless file that's irrelevant to me that's anywhere from 1-5 megabytes and i'm constantly putting shit in the archive folder.

oh and they took away the water cooler.

what's yours?
 
trying to convince people that they don't need a 4gb mailbox if they just emptied their deleted/sent items every couple years.
 
Originally posted by: ric1287
trying to convince people that they don't need a 4gb mailbox if they just emptied their deleted/sent items every couple years.
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lol. my mailbox gets full every week. it gets old an d not productive, especially when everyone doesn't utilize the sharepoint and just mails tons of files. i wonder if IT will even allow us to expand mailbox capacity
 
We were out of toilet paper so I had to use paper towels.

The coffee/sink area is fucking disgusting. A clean it, and a day later it looks like a coffee giant took a shit on the counter.

My coworkers are so lazy. One of them doesn't do shit except browse the internet all day. I browse the net too, but after I have gotten my work done. Boss gives him an assignment and tells me to teach him how to use a program he has to use to complete the assignment. I say okay, and teach him how to use it. Two hours later, he leaves early to "teach piano lessons". The boss asks if he finished that assignment. His response:

"Assignment? What assignment? I didn't do anything."

"You know, the assignment that I had Dumac teach you how to use that program for!"

"Oh, no. I didn't know you actually wanted me to do that."

The other day I had to use his work station because it had something mine didn't. While on the internet, I accidentally open the history. He uses Google Chrome (he's one of those guys who has to use all the "cool", "innovative" stuff), so I see his entire history. From 9-5 every day (Excluding lunch break) he is surfing the net.

He's the worst, but the rest are pretty bad. It takes them an hour to do what I do in 15 minutes. He is used to their workpace, so he is always surprised when I come asking for more work. I swear, there is only 1 other competent guy here besides the boss, and he is gone most of the time anyway.

EDIT: Not to meniton they all get payed almost 3x as much as me!
 
People talking so damn loud I can hear them across the office. Ok, maybe only half way.

Second one is people looking into your cube at you when they walk by. WTF are they looking? I am either in my chair looking at my monitors, maybe some paper or not at my desk. Do they think one day I'll be wearing a clown costume and giving out balloon animals or something?

This isn't someone just walking by and glancing in or anyone I even talk to on a regular basis, but in my peripheral vision (I have good peripherals for checking out the hotties. No, this one is not a hottie. If I could, I'd rather not see her in any part of my range of vision) I can see them actually turn their head and stare into my cube as they walk by. WTF do they want? Do they do this to all the other cube dwellers?
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
People talking so damn loud I can hear them across the office. Ok, maybe only half way.

Second one is people looking into your cube at you when they walk by. WTF are they looking? I am either in my chair looking at my monitors, maybe some paper or not at my desk. Do they think one day I'll be wearing a clown costume and giving out balloon animals or something?

This isn't someone just walking by and glancing in or anyone I even talk to on a regular basis, but in my peripheral vision (I have good peripherals for checking out the hotties. No, this one is not a hottie. If I could, I'd rather not see her in any part of my range of vision) I can see them actually turn their head and stare into my cube as they walk by. WTF do they want? Do they do this to all the other cube dwellers?
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To me its the opposite, ill be passing by a cube and the guy turns and looks at me. Im not even looking at him, his workspace, monitor etc.
 
some guy who try's to claim the microwave. he gets all pissy whenever someone else use's it. he will hrmph and puff but won't say anything to anyone until they leave. sheesh.
 
1) guys who don't flush the damn toilet in the mens room
2) co-workers that think the entire world should stop and accommodate their needs just because they have kids
 
People who reheat stinky food and then sit in the actual workplace, and not the lunch area.

Thanks for making me smell your fish/eggs/stinky meat for the next 2 hours.
 
it's not the size that counts... it's the duration! (<witty remark here>)

yeah we only keep our mail for 2 months then it gets wiped unless we move it to a personal folder. I'm good about keeping a clean mailbox but having to move stuff every month BLOWS.

I used to be in an office in a cube... I hated that everybody around me could hear my phone conversations... it wasn't noisy enough in there. They weren't personal / private conversations but I just have this thing about people overhearing my words. Same in a public place... I don't want the next table to hear what I'm talking about.
 
When I was a cubemite, the following drove me nuts:

- People who were useless / weren't necessary. They tended to yack all day, were nothing but distractions, etc.
- People who overvalued their worth. Documentation monkeys were typically really bad about this. They would act like the customer was purchasing the documentation, not the product.
- HR BS. Seriously... another communication memo on how to communicate?
- "Touching base" to talk about "low hanging fruit" and "pain points for customers".
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
- "Touching base" to talk about "low hanging fruit" and "pain points for customers".
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How about you "ping" me as to your availability for said meeting 😛.
 
Originally posted by: evident
Heres mine. my ms exchange inbox size limit is 40 megs. each day some goober emails me a powerpoint presentation or some other useless file that's irrelevant to me that's anywhere from 1-5 megabytes and i'm constantly putting shit in the archive folder.

oh and they took away the water cooler.

what's yours?
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Mine is 40 megs at work as well, it drives me nuts. We upgraded to XP last year from NT =\
 
Pure apathy and laziness when it comes to cleaning up common areas.

Coffee spills all over the counter. Leaving huge wads of paper towels in the bathroom and break room sink. Cleaning up the microwave after your lunch explodes in it. Cleaning up your ass droppings off the toilet seat and around the general vacinity of the toilet.

I work with some filthy, lazy fuckers.
 
Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: jbourne77
- "Touching base" to talk about "low hanging fruit" and "pain points for customers".
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How about you "ping" me as to your availability for said meeting 😛.
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yo dawg we need to get up soon these bitch ass custies stay complainin'....get at me! one.

yo hit me when your back and we can chop it up.

 
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