Share some of your work pet peeves!
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One of mine is people who ask you about something when the answer is already in their in-box. IRKS ME. Check your e-mail.
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People who ask questions at meetings just for the sake of asking a question - shut the &^$%&^ up please!!!
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People who run over to my desk or call me immediately to discuss an email that I sent them .5 seconds ago. There's a reason why I sent you an email...
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@2PeasinaPod: how about the reverse — someone sends you an email and immediately calls you to discuss. Also annoying.
People who don't respect deadlines. It affects everyone down the line.
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When someone schedules a meeting and more than half of the meeting spent just telling stories about themselves.
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Oooh I thought of another one. Read receipts. Or when you don't do the read receipt and they call you like @tinyperson said. "Did you get my email?" UGH.
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@tinyperson: & @mamimami: Yes! That is worse! Why did you send me an email and then run over to ask me if I've read it yet??
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1. When guys in the office are clipping their nails (hands AND toes). I slam their doors shut, I have no shame.
2. When people send me an email that says "Can you please call me?" without an inkling of what it's about, so I have to assume it's life or death. Give me a clue, people, I support 300 workers.
3. When you're in the middle of a task and finishing it before answering an email/call and the same person continuously calls/emails until you answer the phone really angrily.
4. The girl who has to 1-up everyone.
5. People who don't understand when I'm speaking into a headset and point at it, it means I'M ON THE PHONE, and don't continue talking to me.
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@babycanuck: Gross!! to your #1! Really people?!
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People above my pay grade who, at meetings, come up with pie in the sky ideas and then turn to me to say "you can make that happen, right?" when really, there's no way in hell anyone could.
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@mfa_lady: Yeah, people and their crazy ideas!!!
or people above my pay grade who complain about all the difficulties and responsibilities their job entails!!
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@Alivoo01: Hell yes! I purposely embarrass them so they stop!
@mfa_lady: Same here! so annoying.
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@babycanuck - #1!! SO gross. Oh and my other co-worker picks at her skin while sitting in my office gossiping and I hate skin and I always imagine that its all over my floor... BARF.
Also, my admin calls me from her desk about 10 feet away. just.walk.here.
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@psw27: I have co-workers that do this!! They'll call each other instead of just walking over! Or they'll all be on the same conference call and put it on speakerphone so it echos like crazy!! Either put on your hands free set or set up a conference room so all of you can be on it at the same time.
I know it's not bc they're busy multitasking either. One guy was sleeping through the call to the point he was snoring!!! I'm sure some are busy, but still. Ugh!
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Ha. Gotta love it. @alivoo01 My admin is definitely not busy. She spends her entire day shoe shopping... (I am on HB but still, I walk over to her when I need something!)
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@psw27: We have sales guys that call their admins from their offices. I always purposely answer 'SHE'S NOT THERE!' so they stop
I'm such a biotch!
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People who just read slides or the agenda and call it a meeting. I know how to read - I assumed you called a meeting because you had something *more* to add...
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I have one who's a total debbie downer. Always complaining about everything. Yeah, work sucks sometimes but he makes it seem so much more depressing with his constant bitching. He's also always taking personal calls (like right now...) and just blabbing on and on and it's SO irritating and so unprofessional. I don't know how he's still working here with his terrible attitude. Ugh. Luckily I'm changing positions at work next week and won't have to sit next to him anymore. Hallelujah!
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Clients who insist on sending little pieces of information in 138972947 separate emails. Then they get mad when some of what they sent gets confused/lost. Augh.
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Meeting chairs who are incapable of making people stick to the agenda/stay within the time limit.
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Coworkers who just barge into your office and start asking you to help them with something without even asking if you're busy.
This is why i've been working from home lately!!
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Ummm everything. I had a new boss and then everyone hated her and quit and now I'm the only one in the office (one person works remotely) and I'm getting all the crazy.
- micromanaging. If you are the head of an organization, you do not need to proof read my social media posts. If you think I'm that incompetent, fire me. I'd have offers out the door.
- telling me I can't put anything I planned with my former supervisor before she left on my work plan because my coworker has too much work that she hasn't finished yet (out of procrastination).
- not submitting grant requests on time.
- not submitting legal documents on time.
- losing our funding from national.
- not being able to quit because I'm pregnant.
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@jedeve: Micromanaging - YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was induced and literally worked up until I pushed at the hospital. I was updating spreadsheets, responding to emails, etc. It's all time stamped! I even sent an email saying I'll be out of commission for the next 20 minutes because I'm getting my IVs put in then emailed back saying, I'm available. I even stayed up late the night before to make sure I tied any unloose ends so that follow ups are super duper easy for my boss.
now, if I work from home, my boss asks for a daily report of what I did. But if I'm in the office, he doesn't ask. WTF?! Really?!
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ooooohhh... how about CYA behavior? Like, when that is someone's number one M.O.
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Telling people you are so busy you don't even have time to breathe, but actually spend most of your time being a social butterfly gossiping with anyone who will listen. Rawr.
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1. Lack of professionalism. Even if we're best work buds, I do not want to hear about your sex life. Ever.
2. People forwarding emails you sent without your permission, especially in sticky situations. I've become super careful about what goes in an email!
3. This is specific--a former coworker would pass gas and then call people over to his desk to ask them questions while the foulness hung in the air.
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Attending looong meetings that do not help me do my job any better, but are set up only to further someone's career.
Female superiors engaging me in work related conversation in the ladies room.
People who insist on popping into my cube unannounced during lunch time to talk about something work related.
The guy who shares a cube wall with me and constantly uses speakerphone
People asking really personal questions like "How much weight did you gain?" "When are you going to try for your second?" "Are you breastfeeding?"
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Oh, another one... I am coming up with a lot today! It bugs me when people aren't resourceful. I have wanted to use http://lmgtfy.com/ Let Me Google That For You so many times, but it would just be too rude!
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@Happygal: 3... WHAT? Is that some kind of fetish? EWW!!!!!
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@mamimami: OMG. I swear one of my coworkers asks me questions JUST to talk to me. Um.... Google. It's easy to use and it's way smarter than me. Bye.
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Mine might be slightly specific to my job but:
1) Every Friday we have to go to head office for a meeting. I live the farthest away and it takes me about 1 hour. Lately well over that because of the snow. Last week I left very early to account for the snow and got there on time. My boss who lives about 20 minutes away was 15 MINUTES LATE and then had a 10 minute meeting. We'd all asked that he cancel it as we felt we didn't need one. He said no. SUCH a waste of time, especially since I'm on commission and spending my entire morning at the office makes me no money.
2) When people can't follow simple directions. I get the sale, I tell you the date the client wants you to contact them for information, you do it! NOT HARD!
That might be it.. oh that and I got a pay decrease while selling more because my commission structure changed...4 MORE WEEKS TILL MAT LEAVE!
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When people accept your meeting request and don't show. I scheduled it for a reason. If you don't think it's necessary please let me know ahead of time.
And people that can't figure out how to book a conference room. Then you have 8 people in a meeting and 8 people outside with nowhere to go because it's "double booked."
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@mamimami: I don't know WHAT that is all about! Weirdo.
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@Alivoo01: I hate our early monday meetings. It's an old boys club. We talk about ice fishing and the good 'ol days for 45 minutes before we actually start talking about work.
Oh and we poke at the only woman in the meeting, who is 30 years younger than everyone else. And doesn't fish.
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Also, people who call over and over, but never leave a message. Then get their boss to call me. "Why are you ignoring so-and-so?" Well, maybe they should get some social skills and learn to LEAVE AS MESSAGE!!!!
I'm such a biotch!
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