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Location: Midwest | I suddenly realize how much I love my spot.... a dark corner in the back of the laboratory... lol |
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| Did I mention he chews gum all day too! I have never heard anyone chew gum louder then this guy! I would give anything for my own office in a corner somewhere. |
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Location: Phoenix | Omg I feel for you so bad. Thank goodness there's only a couple people in our office and nobody ever eats here!!!! |
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| This is why I love being a teacher! I would much rather work with kids then have to deal with adults! |
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | Is this thread still going? seriously I feel for anyone that has to endure people who are so easily annoyed.
instead of looking for every tiny thing that annoys you, you might try looking for the good in these people; after all they are working with people that can't stand to be around them and instead of telling these people where to go, they try even harder to get them to like them |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | awwwwwwwwww snap |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | kwanatha - 2014-02-06 6:45 AM Is this thread still going? seriously I feel for anyone that has to endure people who are so easily annoyed. instead of looking for every tiny thing that annoys you, you might try looking for the good in these people; after all they are working with people that can't stand to be around them and instead of telling these people where to go, they try even harder to get them to like them
When you have to spend 8+ hours a day, five days a week, in a confined space with the same person (or people) you start to notice things. It's no different than being in a relationship/marriage except you can't choose who these people are & you can't say things to them the way you would to someone you're close to, due to HR or professionalism or politeness, whatever the reason.
I have a manicure set in my desk that I mess with during slow times every once in awhile & one day my co-worker, who sits 12 feet from me, mentioned that her husband has a co-worker who clips his nails at his desk & it drives him nuts. She mentioned how much it would bother her, so I took that as a subtle sign that she didn't like it, & now I'm careful about only messing with my nails when she's out to lunch. I have another co-worker who LICKS HIS COFFEE CUP in the middle of staff meetings. Seriously, from bottom to top, the exterior where it's dripped down the sides. I really don't think he realizes how disturbing it is, so I try not to look at him during meetings.
To the OP, you have a lot of choices how to handle the situation, but changing another person's behavior is hard & takes a LOT of time & may or may not be successful. You can try being direct, you can try being passive aggressive or you can try just getting over it. He's obviously pretty dense & not self-aware so he may not even know how annoying he is. |
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| Everytime his sticky feet go by just say, "I smell corn nuts! Does anyone else smell corn nuts?".... for those who have never smelled corn nuts, they smell like stinky feet! You could rub something that smells good under your nose so you won't notice it so much. Lol
Edited by sodapop 2014-02-06 8:29 PM
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 Horsey Gene Carrier
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | It has taken me TWO years to teach 'some' manners to the guy in the next office and I have to deal with him on a daily basis.
EXTREMELY rude....I use the 'evil mare look' on him a few times. I had to be passively rude to him by ignoring him, closing doors when I did not want to be disturbed. I don't know how many times I had to tell him to ask our boss the questions he was asking me because he did not want to appear dumber than he was to our boss.
I knew I had finally made some progress when he walked up behind me one time and instead of asking me to move so he could by, he practically ran getting away from me when I glanced over my shoulder to see who had walked up.
He is still rude, plops down in his chair, sighs a lot but now he is at least tolerable. |
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| My boss is hard to be around he's up Perfectionist real bad so he has me do stuff like clean the bathroom with a tooth brush and he's always raising his voice all day long unless he gets real bad then he just leaves .can't stand it but I'm in a small town where they don't like to hire unless you speak Spanish.
There's 5 who work there but I have to do the stuff that no one else likes
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Location: Sorrow Not! Defending against workplace bullies | myhre - 2014-02-06 8:47 PM
My boss is hard to be around he's up Perfectionist real bad so he has me do stuff like clean the bathroom with a tooth brush and he's always raising his voice all day long unless he gets real bad then he just leaves .can't stand it but I'm in a small town where they don't like to hire unless you speak Spanish.
There's 5 who work there but I have to do the stuff that no one else likes
Are you serious? You have to clean the bathroom with a toothbrush? I think I would rather learn Spanish LOL. Honestly though your boss sounds more than annoying....he sounds abusive. |
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