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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1175 on: October 26, 2018, 09:10:02 AM »
People that laugh at things that aren't funny, like while they say random anything. I think it's a nervousness thing but it annoys the eff out of me.

We have an engineer at work that was in a car wreck way back (I didn't know him before), he's still incredibly smart but he has these ticks and things that would make you question if he can even spell Qhats.

Well anyway, one of them is this same laughing thing, it's insane.

Guy misses a few days for a death in the family, comes back to the office and a few of us are discussing it it with him. He looks at the dude and says, "Really sorry to hear that, haha."

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1176 on: October 26, 2018, 09:11:47 AM »
Also, back to the gum thing. There is a woman in this office that pops her gum incredibly loud all day, seriously starting the second she comes in. Is that a nervous/anxious thing too? I really don't know, but my god it's the worst.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1177 on: October 26, 2018, 09:13:18 AM »
She's a goddamn monster and that's all there is to it.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1178 on: October 26, 2018, 09:45:18 AM »
Have we discussed inserting voice notes into a thread of text messages? I want to be able to read the text message silently, not listen to your voice note.
No one does that do they?
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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1179 on: October 26, 2018, 09:45:48 AM »
Has anyone called her out on this?  I'm a nice guy and earbuds help with crap like that but I'd feel pretty ragey and stabby if I had to listen to that all day.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1180 on: October 26, 2018, 09:49:40 AM »
The guy who was the main motivator of starting this thread ran wild for years with his gum popping. Nobody said a word. I hate myself for it to this day.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1181 on: October 26, 2018, 10:03:03 AM »
You guys should try to get private offices, they are great
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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1182 on: October 26, 2018, 11:17:52 AM »
You guys should try to get private offices, they are great

This.  Elimination of pet peeves is as easy as closing the door.
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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1183 on: October 26, 2018, 03:17:51 PM »
You guys should try to get private offices, they are great

This.  Elimination of pet peeves is as easy as closing the door.

Had one. Company went to an open floor plan for basically everyone to improve interaction and collaboration. It's dumb.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1184 on: October 26, 2018, 10:44:09 PM »


You guys should try to get private offices, they are great

This.  Elimination of pet peeves is as easy as closing the door.

Had one. Company went to an open floor plan for basically everyone to improve interaction and collaboration. It's dumb.

Thank God every day that I'm staff level. All the commoners have open office. So nice to close the door and kick up the Flip 4.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1185 on: October 26, 2018, 10:55:54 PM »
I imagine this is pretty common, but I'm amazed at adults who can't chew food with their mouth closed. When we have office lunch I go later just so I can see where the loud chewers are sitting and not sit there.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1186 on: October 27, 2018, 11:33:47 AM »
“thank you so much” for simple/mundane tasks



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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1187 on: October 29, 2018, 12:24:10 AM »
that moment when you are drying off with a supposedly clean gym towel and find yourself covered in other people's hair

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1188 on: October 29, 2018, 12:21:34 PM »
that moment when you are drying off with a supposedly clean gym towel and find yourself covered in other people's hair

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1189 on: October 29, 2018, 12:33:01 PM »
that moment when you are drying off with a supposedly clean gym towel and find yourself covered in other people's hair

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yeah, that's way grosser than all of his lunch posts combined
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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1190 on: November 01, 2018, 11:04:14 AM »
Have we talked about emails were the first email comes without an attachement and the three minutes  later there is a second email announcing "well I guess it would help if I attached the document...."

Happens at least 20 times per week

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1191 on: November 01, 2018, 12:38:23 PM »
oh like you've never done that smdh

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1192 on: November 01, 2018, 07:58:56 PM »
Have we talked about emails were the first email comes without an attachement and the three minutes  later there is a second email announcing "well I guess it would help if I attached the document...."

Happens at least 20 times per week

Really chaps my hide when colleagues swiftly realize an error and immediately correct it without any prompting from me

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1193 on: November 01, 2018, 09:17:50 PM »
I’m working with a doctorate degree candidate who can’t function a rough ridin' computer in his 50’s and he’s driving me absolutely insane. Can’t text or fill out paperwork online. Calls me 12 times a day for me to coach him through it.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1194 on: November 02, 2018, 09:28:07 AM »
Have we talked about emails were the first email comes without an attachement and the three minutes  later there is a second email announcing "well I guess it would help if I attached the document...."

Happens at least 20 times per week

Really chaps my hide when colleagues swiftly realize an error and immediately correct it without any prompting from me
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Yes, how dare they deprive you of the opportunity to call out their oversight in a "reply all" email to all 20 original recepiants.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1195 on: November 02, 2018, 11:56:32 AM »
Have we talked about emails were the first email comes without an attachement and the three minutes  later there is a second email announcing "well I guess it would help if I attached the document...."

Happens at least 20 times per week

Really chaps my hide when colleagues swiftly realize an error and immediately correct it without any prompting from me
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Yes, how dare they deprive you of the opportunity to call out their oversight in a "reply all" email to all 20 original recepiants.
I'm all about swiftly correcting errors but some days it feels like every email I get with an attachment was proceeded by an email that promised an attachment but did not actually have an attachment.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1196 on: November 02, 2018, 03:06:35 PM »


You guys should try to get private offices, they are great

This.  Elimination of pet peeves is as easy as closing the door.

Had one. Company went to an open floor plan for basically everyone to improve interaction and collaboration. It's dumb.

Thank God every day that I'm staff level. All the commoners have open office. So nice to close the door and kick up the Flip 4.

Uh, you're smarter than this. I'm "staff" level, but this was just one of those ridiculous schemes for a company to spend millions to renovate the floors, add loungy areas, and think they're getting everyone (no matter the level) to not recluse and be more teamworky and inviting to convo/collaboration.

Now people try hilariously bad ways to make their spots closed in w/ the tall dry erase boards, filing cabinets, etc., though.

And I just work from home more often than not now, so it kind of did the opposite for me.


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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1197 on: November 02, 2018, 03:15:31 PM »
I'm very much against the open office floor plans. It inhibits workflow. Encourages the chatterboxes to interrupt everybody's day. The pet peeves thread is loaded with annoying coworker crap. I'd propose most wouldn't be noticed without the crappy open floor designs of the cube life.

Thus, I'm quite happy about having a door when I have to be in the office.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1198 on: November 02, 2018, 04:38:59 PM »
You guys should try to get private offices, they are great

Get a private office within an outer office.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #1199 on: November 02, 2018, 07:52:05 PM »
New offices have all-glass interior-facing walls. No more wristers in the privacy of your own four walls :(