Originally posted by: SickBeast
She actually bought them for the four people in proximity to her.
EVERYTHING bothers her. I'm surprised she hasn't complained that I breathe too loud.
There's only one way to find out...
There's only one way to find out...
Talk to the boss, explain you are trying to comply with the requests of your coworkers but the office is too quiet and any noise causes a distraction to some people. Ask if they can put in a white noise generator (small little fan devices, relatively cheap) that should cut down on the changes in volumes she hears that annoy her.
You shouldn't run coffee maker / appliances on your desk power. They can draw a lot and it's not far fetched that it could trip the circuit. Perhaps not, but, it is possible.
You shouldn't run coffee maker / appliances on your desk power. They can draw a lot and it's not far fetched that it could trip the circuit. Perhaps not, but, it is possible.
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I would draw up a list of food that makes me produce gas, lots of it, consume said food, go to work, consume said food at work.
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Talk to your supervisor about filing a harrasment complaint about her. Don't forget to consider both the positive (get rid of her) and possible negatives of doing this.
Management is probably already aware of her as a "problem", you might just want to take it (carefully) to the next level.
Management is probably already aware of her as a "problem", you might just want to take it (carefully) to the next level.
just record the conversations in those small mp3 players like creative nano to back you up with the management...
To fix the ipod problem, I would invest in some better headphones, something with noise canceling. It will at least make your ipod sound louder because some of the outside noise is cut down.
Good god, I hope you threw out the hand cream she gave you. That's ridiculous. She's not your mother. I would've taken it and thrown it out when she gave it to me, in front of her, if it had been me. That's crossing a line. Continue to use what you have been using. WTF?
Sounds like SHE needs to have her desk relocated since SHE is the problem.
Sounds like SHE needs to have her desk relocated since SHE is the problem.
There's only one thing that will help your situation:
EXCESSIVE POLITENESS.
Thank her profusely for her help. Use the hand cream very obviously (be sure to quietly drain the bottle of whatever dreck is in there, and refill it with your own) and be intensely grateful to her for turning you onto it - ask her how much it costs, where she gets it, and be sure to pay her back.
Tell her every time you set your coffee cup down, and ask if it is quiet enough for her; offer to get something better if it isn't.
Announce to the world at large that you have gotten rid of the coffee maker, at her request. Tell everyone that you are much happier without it, and you are grateful that she inspired you to do this. Tell everyone again, in case they forgot.
When you need to make a phone call, tell her in advance what it is, what it is all about, etc. Tell her that you're telling her this so that she doesn't get upset, and if it still bothers her, you'll go somewhere else and make your call. Tell everybody that you're going somewhere else to make that business call because it bothers your coworker to make calls near her.
Say a cheerful good morning every morning, and a hearty good bye every time she leaves her desk and a happy hello when she comes back. Laugh heartily at everything she says, and tell her what a great sense of humor she has. Tell everybody else, too.
Buy her presents. The stranger the better - one of those half-bottles of beer; a large plant; something religious; a candle shaped like the Empire State Building; a candy necklace; playing cards with Elvis on them, etc. Give her cards for EVERY holiday Hallmark can come up with.
Get Russian music for your I-Pod. Ask if she likes it. If yes, get some for her. If no, get some DIFFERENT russian music. Ask if she likes it, etc.
Get some Learn-To-Speak-Russian for your I-Pod. Tell her how excited you are to learn her native language. Ask if the Learn-To-Speak-Russian tapes are accurate.
Congratulate her often on her fantastic hearing. Tell everyone how awesome she is, she can hear all sorts of tiny noises. Encourage people to make tiny noises so that she can demonstrate her skill.
Get the idea?
EXCESSIVE POLITENESS.
Thank her profusely for her help. Use the hand cream very obviously (be sure to quietly drain the bottle of whatever dreck is in there, and refill it with your own) and be intensely grateful to her for turning you onto it - ask her how much it costs, where she gets it, and be sure to pay her back.
Tell her every time you set your coffee cup down, and ask if it is quiet enough for her; offer to get something better if it isn't.
Announce to the world at large that you have gotten rid of the coffee maker, at her request. Tell everyone that you are much happier without it, and you are grateful that she inspired you to do this. Tell everyone again, in case they forgot.
When you need to make a phone call, tell her in advance what it is, what it is all about, etc. Tell her that you're telling her this so that she doesn't get upset, and if it still bothers her, you'll go somewhere else and make your call. Tell everybody that you're going somewhere else to make that business call because it bothers your coworker to make calls near her.
Say a cheerful good morning every morning, and a hearty good bye every time she leaves her desk and a happy hello when she comes back. Laugh heartily at everything she says, and tell her what a great sense of humor she has. Tell everybody else, too.
Buy her presents. The stranger the better - one of those half-bottles of beer; a large plant; something religious; a candle shaped like the Empire State Building; a candy necklace; playing cards with Elvis on them, etc. Give her cards for EVERY holiday Hallmark can come up with.
Get Russian music for your I-Pod. Ask if she likes it. If yes, get some for her. If no, get some DIFFERENT russian music. Ask if she likes it, etc.
Get some Learn-To-Speak-Russian for your I-Pod. Tell her how excited you are to learn her native language. Ask if the Learn-To-Speak-Russian tapes are accurate.
Congratulate her often on her fantastic hearing. Tell everyone how awesome she is, she can hear all sorts of tiny noises. Encourage people to make tiny noises so that she can demonstrate her skill.
Get the idea?
Being good is too... hard... Buy a hard bottom coffee cup. Something thats made out of clay or a rock(marble is great for this). Buy some cheap earbuds, or use cheap Sony 1's. Start to chew gum at your desk. Gassy foods was already mentioned... Buy something smelly and put it on your desk, make sure your ok with the smell first though. Cant think no more, brain fart...
You know, it would be nice to side with the OP, but after working for several years with people who..
-don't wipe their ass after they take a ******
-eat onions whole for lunch
-bathe in cheap perfume
-listen to martina ****** mcbride sings christmas
-jabber incessantly about their redneck love lives
-otherwise make me realize that humans as a species are a disgusting, smelly, noisy pack of untrainable apes that ought to be wiped from the face of the planet
.. the only complaint the OP has that seems valid on the face of it is #5
-don't wipe their ass after they take a ******
-eat onions whole for lunch
-bathe in cheap perfume
-listen to martina ****** mcbride sings christmas
-jabber incessantly about their redneck love lives
-otherwise make me realize that humans as a species are a disgusting, smelly, noisy pack of untrainable apes that ought to be wiped from the face of the planet
.. the only complaint the OP has that seems valid on the face of it is #5
Change your name to J. Stalin and make sure she knows.
PS. Print out this entire thread and leave it on her desk. She's insane in the membrane... insane in the brain.
PS. Print out this entire thread and leave it on her desk. She's insane in the membrane... insane in the brain.
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