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I am opening this thread for all of those who have stupid coworkers (which is probably most of us). Please come here to vent about whatever morons are pissing you off, or something frustrating that happens at work. We are here for you.

This woman in our Computer Support Services Dept (I have NO idea how she is in this dept; I had to show her how to use application sharing at a training SHE was hosting and she consistently messes people's computers up!) asked me if she could join the "Green Team" at my job that I started. Sure, it's open to everyone. So she comes to our last meeting with a Styrofoam cup. My boss (who is also on the Green Team) yelled at her; we launched this whole initiative, "Bring Your Mug to Work Day" so discourage the use of disposable cups.

Anyway, yesterday she was in the kitchen again, and using ANOTHER styrofoam cup, and I was like annoyed and she goes, "Sometimes people need convenience" and I said, "You're off the Green Team," laughing, and she got all mad at me and said I "need to let people be people." She got mad when I said she wasn't eco-friendly and then she goes, "I know I'm Green! I know I'm Green!"

My boss was annoyed too and I'm annoyed--like if you are a doctor giving a lecture about the dangers of smoking and beforehand, everyone sees you lighting up a cig. WTF?! Anyway, she had no clue, and I was really frustrated.

Next?

Have your boss stop providing styrofoam cups for the office. Problem solved. I hear you though, some people are ridiculously clueless.

At my job I work on projects for many different people. These people request my help through my supervisor and we set up a plan, that way everyone knows what is expected and its all great. BUT, there is one guy who will have a casual conversation with me and then suddenly I'm in trouble for not doing his project....wait, what project? He never talked to my supervisor, he never said to me that he wanted me to do the project (or I would have pointed him to the supervisor). No he just asked me a few questions about what I do and then told his boss that I was handling it. Handling WHAT? WTF?! You can't do that. He's done this more than once and I have the feeling he's doing it again right now. This makes me nervous and frustrated.

The dude that sits next to me is a close talker. It's seriously freaky at times. He comes into my cube while I'm sitting and stands so his feet are touching my chair then he looks straight down at me and talks to me. He's also worn the same sweater for at least a month. I seriously hope he washes that thing every night or has a closet full of them. He's not even a good programmer so I'm not supporting hiring him when his contract is up.

Me next.
We have a moron that was suppose to interview a prospective candidate along with HR. He didn't show up (forgot), let HR do the interview alone for an hour and when HR finally got in touch with the idiot, he said "You do know that I extended an offer to "x" - who is an internal person changing positions. Okay, so waste two people's time, don't tell anyone you did this, and don't think an apology is necessary. Nice. Oh, and the reason you can get away with this is why? Oh, right, you're the owner's brother. Right......idiots.

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Originally posted by Callilucy:
Have your boss stop providing styrofoam cups for the office. Problem solved. I hear you though, some people are ridiculously clueless.(

We can't get rid of the styrofoam cups b/c apparently they are to be used for guests. Actually, we're switching from styrofoam to paper. I don't understand why people think it's totally okay to use four disposable cups a day...."It's not a big deal."

Yeah, and these kids are going to have their grandkids living on garbage dumps....

I have a lady that 'lectures' me everytime I pass by her her about riding my bicycle and motorcycle to work. I can understand one time but everytime I see her!! Constantly refers to my bikes as 'those things' and how dangerous they are and that people should be banned from riding bicycles and motorcycles! It makes my blood boil because I am passionate about bicycles and the good they do for the world and peoples health. I tried to reason with her and explain the benefits of each like not killing the earth and staying fit + less congestion not to mention I LOVE my commute... next day, same deal!! I mean, I dont complain about her smoking a pack of cigarettes a day or driving the biggest 4x4 in the lot, and I dont want to start this 'my way is better than yours' thing. Its like she got this way of thinking and since I dont fit in that box I am a freak. I honestly dont know what she does other than stand by the door and smoke ughh ... I am def. going to avoid her and make sure she notices too! Thank you Cherie for this thread!

Tell HR. You legally do not have to put up with that.

I am definitely considering doing that. Although I normally avoid confrontations, I dont let people walk all over me ...

static, I love your avatar

Well, after leaving my job with the change jingler and the micromanager- (long, funny story I'll share with you guys sometime)...

I have now, a coworker who is snotty, full of herself, and convinced I am incapable of grasping the menial drivvel I do all day long, because I've been here for a bit over three weeks and don't know a damn book full of legal terms, or how everyone wants things done (everything here is VERY specific).
The boss has told her multiple times to lay off, including a couple times where she has given me the wrong directions in training...proceeding, thereafter, to give me a 20 minute lecture after the paperwork came out wrong, about how I "should know these things by now" and "they're not that hard".... UGH!!!
That, and evertime I bring food I've cooked from home (and I'm a total foodie, and have no reservations about bringing oxtail soup, or something similarly unfamiliar to the white bread american palate), she has to "ewwww" it for 45 minutes... And, basically starts bragging about how picky of an eater she is...
She's extremely closed minded- and when she asked me what I got for Christmas- and told her my family would all be going skydiving together in March- she told me I was a nutcase... and continued to rant about how dissimilar I was to the rest of the world..
She also got on my case today because she was trying to push off a styrofoam plate for my pizza...but, I used a paper towel, instead.
She asked why. I told her that styrofoam wasn't biodegradeable- and it would just sit in a landfill forever.
She said: "So, what's your point"?
I said that it's processes polluted the air, and it would be there forever, and the dump would be full of the stuff.
She said: "So, what's your point"?
I wanted to punch her, but walked out instead.

Oh my. These coworkers just keep on getting stupider and stupider.

It's because most really smart people don't breed. And, when they do? Their offspring don't end up in offices like mine.

:edit: That says a lot for me, doesn't it... hahaha.

Wow, now I feel lucky I never had to deal with that.

Is it necessary that you have to interact with her? I wouldn't be able to stand it!

My stupid co-worker who does the mail threw out my Fels Napa soap because she thought it was junk mail!

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Originally posted by gettinglost:
I have now, a coworker who is snotty, full of herself, and convinced I am incapable of grasping the menial drivvel I do all day long

Gettinglost, omg, they're multiplying!!

My favorite person in the world enjoys sneaking out of the office then appearing horrified and offended when you ask where she was...for 2 hours.

Me: Where did you go? Everyone's been looking for you!

Her: Oh, um, to the bank.

Me: For two hours? That must have been some line. Was there a robbery in progress? Where you held hostage?

Her: Ugh, get over it. I'm here now. (she rips the butcher paper off her desk)

Me: Why do you have butcher paper covering your desk?

Her: In case someone spills something while I'm gone.

Me: Well, if you were sitting at your desk, you could keep an eye on it. Intercept those pesky Coke bottles before they destroy your keyboard.

Her: Get over it! I'm here now. (crumples the paper) Can you watch my phone? I'll be right back.

She disappears for another hour.

I think one of the managers I work with qualifies to be on this thread. (And it sucks because she's a great person!) The thing about her is that she NEVER washes her hands after using the bathroom. Isn't there a Seinfeld episode like this?

I've been in the bathroom with her when her intenstines have unloaded, (sorry not to gross anyone out), but I'll be washing my hands, and she goes from the stall to the exit without even stopping at the sink. I offered her some Purell hand sanitizer at one time, but she passed on my offer. It's just common hygiene etiquette. How can she not know about washing her hands!?

It really grosses me out, especially since we work together and exchange papers back and forth...who knows what type of bacteria is on those papers!!! ICK!

Oh and what's worse is when someone brings in cookies or brownies for the department - she will pick one or two up with her unwashed potty hands and bring them to me...they might as well be toilet bowl remnants! Of course they go right from my desk into the garbage!

Do you eat the poop-tainted brownies, jk?

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Originally posted by cherie:
Do you eat the poop-tainted brownies, jk?

That sentence produces a terrible mental image.

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Originally posted by jk1071:
I think one of the managers I work with qualifies to be on this thread. (And it sucks because she's a great person!) The thing about her is that she NEVER washes her hands after using the bathroom. Isn't there a Seinfeld episode like this?

eww that is seriously awful. how can people possibly not wash their hands in this day and age? isn't it common knowledge??? i mean, it doesn't matter if you *think* you didn't get any goo on your hands; what about whatever the last person left on all the handles! ick..

anyway, i was going to suggest that you covertly put up some very clear handwashing signs inside each of the stalls on the doors so she'll be face to face with it every time she sits on the can. and maybe one at the exit door too for good measure. and maybe by the sink too.

I think this one may just take the cake, guys.

I have a 25 year old co-worker we will just call "Bethany". (Names have been changed). Bethany is screwing one of my bosses. Yeah, okay, whatever- fraternizing happens. But, my boss is 50, married, and has two kids....... Yeah, gross.
Neither of these two nitwits think I know about their little "relationship". They chalk their paranoid zeal towards eachother, up to "being really good friends".
I was reluctant to believe Bethany was screwing old man river, until the owner of the company told me one day- One day while they were taking an extended weekend down to Ft. Lauderdale for the boat show. (Which, I kind of figured out immediately, once I realized they were both going "alone" to Ft. Lauderdale for the weeked.
The boss is the owner's good pal. But, the owner fails to see how detrimental this "relationship" is to the way his business runs. For example:


The place I work is a repo agency. I get paid quite well to put up with a whole zoo of different animals- and on top of it, my job is interesting- it changes from day to day. But, this is what "sealed the deal" for me wanting to leave and take my trip.

Old man river was supposed to 'unbury' a car from the lot, so a transporter could take it to auction, he does it every morning. He didn't, and was 6 blocks away, dealing with some detail about the remodel job on his house.
So, Bethany calls up one of our repo guys- and MAKES him come back, from a 45 minuite trip up to grab a car he had stashed (he was 15 minutes away from the car)...so her 50 year old boyfriend didn't have to be torn away from his vastly important task.
I heard the entire conversation. Our repo guy did not scream at her, he didn't curse her- he did ask why she didn't call our boss instead, and then she proceeded to scream like a banshee through the phone at him.
Okay. Wouldn't have been a big deal if she didn't, then pull this shit:

She called the boss "her boyfriend". Tells him our repo guy was rude, and yelled at her. Boss comes back, tells repo guy what a piece of shit he is for 20 minutes at the top of his lungs- and repo man quits (owner laid off boss for a month, and begged repo guy to come back).
This... all for some dramatic little ***** he's banging on the side.
I was of course, appauled and visibly upset- the boss, then asks me what's wrong. I tell him it's not my business, and he has the cajones to ask me if I'm angry because I think he yelled over Bethany....

Well... DUH!!!!!!!

She wields her vajayjay like a light saber over ol' Darth Vader...and has made everyone's life a living hell.

Everyone has secrets about everyone else 'cept me. I keep to myself, and do my job.

I am SOOO glad I am leaving in two days. Halellujah!