The Most Annoying Office Habits. — Page 3

I think people coming to my desk when I'm trying to post on BWW is a rather annoying habit!

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I can't complain about my boss. He's great.

But I do have a lot of office complaints!

One is, answering a cell phone call during a meeting, while the other four people at the table stare blankly at you until you finish. First, try and let it into voicemail. If it's a call you absolutely must take, at least excuse yourself and step out of the room to have the call so the rest of us can continue with the meeting.

This one guy I work with does his conference calls on the speaker phone. This is fine if you are in an office and can shut the door, but he is in a cubicle. The funny thing is, IT provides all of us with wireless headsets for the sole purpose of long conference calls. Is it so hard to put that baby on when you have a call?

My office is quite casual. Some of the people take this a bit too far. So far, that when a customer is coming in, one of the VPs has to send an e-mail to the staff reminding them of the dress code, and that "business casual is expected when customers are in the office." She actually has to do this, though. One guy came in last week in gym shorts, plastic flip flops, and a t-shirt that with a "not appropriate for the office" slogan on it.

Updated On: 7/26/07 at 02:03 PM

artscallion:

1. ewww (for the first story)

After reading these stories, my only complaint is when I go to take a pee in the mensroom that when you see someone you know, they proceed to have a conversation with you.

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"People having sex in the bathroom stall. I mean, just STOP!"

Sorry, I thought I was being quiet!

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I dont USUALLY talk to myself.

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Did they at least call in? At my present desk, I replaced someone who just wouldn't show up at all without calling, or sometimes would stroll in around 2pm everyday!! I kid you not. It took them a while to get rid of her, but they finally did.

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Dottie, yes they did call in. Both are actually sick, it is just very bad timing.

The people who talk loudly about their personal business are definitely the worst. My office used to be across the hall from the meeting rooms, so I'd have to hear all of the blah-blah-blah conversations between the buyers and vendors. One woman who was getting married told every person she met with every detail about her wedding. Loudly. And after she got back from her honeymoon, she showed everyone her photo album. Loudly. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR FREAKING WEDDING! We also have a woman who is obsessed with her daughter and tells everyone all about the colleges her daughter is applying to and how their visits went and what kind of financial aid she is getting and OMG NO ONE CARES!

I also hate when I'm eating lunch at my desk (probably reading BWW) and people come up to me and start asking me questions about work. Hello, I'm at lunch, I think it can wait until I'm finished eating.

Micromanaging bosses are also bad. Our VP is a big micromanager and it's driving the divisional manager nuts. Thankfully I don't deal with the VP directly very often, but there is a trickle-down effect to her madness.

This is extremely petty.. but my co-worker alphabatizes things using "The." It drives me up the wall.

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I would have to say co-workers that put their noses into everyone's business.....they have an opinion on everything.