Workplace Pet Peeves

[Keltron]

When people leave stuff in the fridge to rot.

When people piss on the toilet seat.


When my co-workers let their clients stay after their session and work out some more.

When my co-workers do their own workouts during peak times and don't relinquish any equipment.

When my client dumps the barbell on a failed squat even though I'm using rubber bumper plates that are made for dropping and a co-worker says I'm making too much noise. I wanted to use the power cage w/the safety rails but I had to use the squat stands and bumper plates because YOU were using the cage and wouldn't switch w/me even though your client was still in a beginner's phase and wasn't squatting w/weight that would require the need for the safety rails.

When they don't make their clients clean up the mess of chalk they left on the floor.

When someone puts sexually vulgar music on the sound system. We are definitely a bit less polished than other training studios.. We play some hard core rap and metal w/a fair amount of swearing.. that's fine but stuff like, "I knew this hoe that sucked d1ck really good.. I came in her mouth blah blah blah" is just plain nasty. Nobody wants to hear that ****.

[beachguy498]

Lazy asses that won't flush the toilet. That's just nasty.

We had one guy like that in another facility I visited once in a while. No one knew who it was until he was caught coming out of the stall and not flushing. He was nicknamed "floater" on the spot.

Another facility had a phantom shi**er. He would leave little gifts all over. In desk drawers, boxes in the stock room, in locked rooms even. Nobody had a clue who it was and he was never caught. It just stopped one day.

Rob

[beachguy498]

I work with this one douche... sits in the cube next to me. Instead of walking 6 feet and either asking me a question or telling me something, he emails it and copies the world. His famous line for everyone.... "did you get my email?".

Thank god the place is in a transition and one of us might be reassigned to another group.

Rob

[Keltron]

Speaking of bathrooms... I worked w/one guy who would always forget to lock the door when he peed.

We had one guy like that in another facility I visited once in a while. No one knew who it was until he was caught coming out of the stall and not flushing. He was nicknamed "floater" on the spot.

Another facility had a phantom shi**er. He would leave little gifts all over. In desk drawers, boxes in the stock room, in locked rooms even. Nobody had a clue who it was and he was never caught. It just stopped one day.

Rob

Wait.. he would leave his feces in desk drawers and boxes???

[-=FLEX=-]

Instead of walking 6 feet and either asking me a question or telling me something, he emails it

Last company I worked for went through some tough times, and the President was ousted by his co-owner. We had some old curmudgeon take over and for whatever reason he hated my guts. No idea why. He actually e-mailed me once to tell me to come to his office, which was about 20 feet away from his. Really??? I thought it was beyond condescending.

[BalhamBeast]

It might be a woman fiddling with the heating. Women feel the cold more - fact. I am a miserable bitch when it's cold. However, I keep my thermostat at home around 19-20 degrees (about 66 - 68 F) so even to me, 74 seems a bit excessive.

My pet peeve, however, is too much air con. (Not a problem where I work now because there is none, but they have the air con up too cold at my gym and with my achey old joints, I like it warmer). When it's hot it's nice to have some air con but it's annoying having to cart a hoodie or jumper around when it's 26 degrees, just to keep warm enough at work.

Another peeve - overly bright overhead lighting. I hate it. (Fortunately, that's also something I don't need to deal with any more. I've had many office jobs in my time but I'm a PE teacher now).

Also, long and unnecessary meetings.

[Keltron]

Last company I worked for went through some tough times, and the President was ousted by his co-owner. We had some old curmudgeon take over and for whatever reason he hated my guts. No idea why. He actually e-mailed me once to tell me to come to his office, which was about 20 feet away from his. Really??? I thought it was beyond condescending.

What a jerk.. You should've emailed him back saying, "Since you're into it anyway, why can't you just tell me what you want to tell me via email?"

[beachguy498]

Last company I worked for went through some tough times, and the President was ousted by his co-owner. We had some old curmudgeon take over and for whatever reason he hated my guts. No idea why. He actually e-mailed me once to tell me to come to his office, which was about 20 feet away from his. Really??? I thought it was beyond condescending.

I've gotten those before... d-baggery to the nth degree....

Rob

[beachguy498]

Speaking of bathrooms... I worked w/one guy who would always forget to lock the door when he peed.

Wait.. he would leave his feces in desk drawers and boxes???

Yup. Apparently a US Navy thing. Big ships used to have one now and then. Part of the deal was to be as daring as possible when they dropped off a package.

Rob

[Keltron]

Yup. Apparently a US Navy thing. Big ships used to have one now and then. Part of the deal was to be as daring as possible when they dropped off a package.

Rob

Wow.. that is absolutely disgusting.

[JeepCreeper]

My pet peeve, however, is too much air con. (Not a problem where I work now because there is none, but they have the air con up too cold at my gym and with my achey old joints, I like it warmer). When it's hot it's nice to have some air con but it's annoying having to cart a hoodie or jumper around when it's 26 degrees, just to keep warm enough at work.

A job back in college, all co-workers were male. Two guys had a system. Turn the A/C down as low as possible. This would cause erect nipples on female customers. A quick buzz to the back room would alert them that a hottie had entered and to race to the front for the show.

[dungeonmistress]

Compared to where I used to work, the worst day here is still far better than the best day there. However...

There are two supervisors here-me and another person. Now one would think there would be some coordination between us but she doesn't play that game. If there was coordination I think it would make for a better run office. But you see, that's what I get for thinking. I am the more responsible one, many times directing the work of both of us and I think it may have to do with birth order. I'm a first born (mature, responsible,natural leader) and she's the baby who's had everything handed to her. If she can't or won't figure out how to do something, it will not get done unless I do it. I know I could say no but that's not the mature thing to do lol.

[crupiea]

Yup. Apparently a US Navy thing. Big ships used to have one now and then. Part of the deal was to be as daring as possible when they dropped off a package.

Rob

True, every unit will have a phantom ****ter. We had one on the ship who would leave turds in the soap dish of random showers.

[BalhamBeast]

That doesn't surprise me! There's an amusement park in the north of England where they had a ride called the Terroriser (video here if you want a mental picture of what it was) and the ride ops would deliberately try and get womens' boobs to fall out by the way they operated it. I know mine fell out on it but I had a fleece over my top so no bewbs for them. Heh.

[superman713]

True, every unit will have a phantom ****ter. We had one on the ship who would leave turds in the soap dish of random showers.

That would be a serious ass whoopin if someone ****s anywhere other than the toilet at my place...


My biggest issue at work is when people call in sick as hell, can barely talk, but show up the next day like nothing was wrong... Just tell me you drank too much or need the day off.

Or when a customer comes in and is looking at a certain item and asks how much it is... while looking at the damn price tag!!!! WTF?!?!?!

Or when a customer wants an item then asks to circumvent paying taxes by paying cash. that one pisses me off. I have to pay the taxes and so do you buddy! No!

[badclams]

Glad I work outside miles away from a$$clowns like that.

[theKurp]

People who assume that just because I work from home that they're free to stop by anytime to chat. Or the solicitors who bang on my door during the day to try and sell me $hit.

[Phattso]

People who send emails and their entire message is in the Subject, with no text in the actual email. Doesn't piss me off. Just annoying.

You know who you are.

[NorwichGrad]

A. Yup. Monitor gazers.


B. Phantom $hitters. Y'know. Those who dump their load and don't flush.


C. My biggest one is particularly with this 100-lb dweeb that I invite to meetings from time to time. He is the director of supply chain. (I doubt that phucker lifts, so I'm not concerned whether or not he reads this.) Anyway, he is freakin' INTERRUPTOR. I'm in the middle of presenting an important data and he will freakin' interrupt unnecessarily. His question would have been answered if he just kept his mouth shut because I was getting there. "I'm getting there" is such a common phrase out of my mouth whenever he is in meetings.

Lately, there had been a few meetings where I'm running the show, and the first thing out of my mouth is something that I learned in the Army:

"Good Morning everyone. Thank you for coming.. blah ..blah ..blah.. I'd like to take the first half hour of this meeting to present some data. PLEASE HOLD QUESTIONS TO THE END." It's a polite and respectful way of saying, "Hey you arrogant air hog! STFU, let me speak and show my $hit and don't interrupt." Yes. I'm boiling mad..

[crupiea]

That doesn't surprise me! There's an amusement park in the north of England where they had a ride called the Terroriser (video here if you want a mental picture of what it was) and the ride ops would deliberately try and get womens' boobs to fall out by the way they operated it. I know mine fell out on it but I had a fleece over my top so no bewbs for them. Heh.

I think i can speak for everyone here and say pics or it didnt happen.

[ChickenPauk]

Not a peeve, but one I think is funny is the 50+ year old man that pees at the urinal with his pants dropeed to his shoes. Literally, trousers laying on that dirty a$$ floor and his tighty whities at the urinal.

I call him "the toddler" .... that's how my son used to pee - when he was 2.

[cowboybiker]

People who send emails and their entire message is in the Subject, with no text in the actual email. Doesn't piss me off. Just annoying.

You know who you are.

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[Phattso]

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[-=FLEX=-]

People who send emails and their entire message is in the Subject, with no text in the actual email. Doesn't piss me off. Just annoying.

We have one guy in sales that does this. I don't get it. I always try to keep the subject line as short as possible and relevant so that it's searchable/sortable.

[m314]

My biggest complaint is about all the free food here. Bagels, donuts, candy, all of it's free. Fruit too, but who's going to pick that over the donuts. Once a week we get a free catered lunch from a restaurant in the area. This week it's fried chicken, mac and cheese, and cookies for desert. How am I supposed to cut fat when I work in a building with free fried chicken?

Yeah, it's a nice job when my biggest complaint is about the free food.

[MyAvatar]

Lol Ppl at my job change the thermostat every 10 minutes. Feels bad

[cowboybiker]

My biggest complaint is about all the free food here. Bagels, donuts, candy, all of it's free. Fruit too, but who's going to pick that over the donuts. Once a week we get a free catered lunch from a restaurant in the area. This week it's fried chicken, mac and cheese, and cookies for desert. How am I supposed to cut fat when I work in a building with free fried chicken?

Yeah, it's a nice job when my biggest complaint is about the free food.

I wish I had your problem.

My boss is so cheap he wont even provide coffee. srs

[m314]

I wish I had your problem.

My boss is so cheap he wont even provide coffee. srs

We have about 20 kinds of free coffee here, plus an espresso machine and an assortment of black, green, and herbal teas. We also have vending machines with free sodas, energy drinks, fruit juices, gatorade, milk, etc. I'm not complaining about the free drinks. The only downside is that I have no motivation to get my caffeine addiction under control when it's all free.

[Sen8or]

My only coworker 99% of the time is my wife. She is not thermally stable, I can be comfortable in a polo, she is freezing standing next to me in a fleece, women!

My biggest work place peeve is people who scrunch or excessively fold their money, takes ages to sort it out so we can actually put it away in the till properly. A close 2nd is finger lickers. They lick their finger to take out every note (usually scrunched up) from their purse (its usually old ladies). Its gross, I still have to sort that **** out to put it in the till, plus, money is one of the most unhygienic things around, gross.

[cowboybiker]

We have about 20 kinds of free coffee here, plus an espresso machine and an assortment of black, green, and herbal teas. We also have vending machines with free sodas, energy drinks, fruit juices, gatorade, milk, etc. I'm not complaining about the free drinks. The only downside is that I have no motivation to get my caffeine addiction under control when it's all free.

Now you're just being mean