Awww lighten up, BrownTown96. Baecugb added details that made the post interesting to read.

Well said, GrandPrixGirl! :)

ummmm...Cardtrader? Nobody here indicates that they are slacking off by "worrying about what everyone else is doing"..... the question was posed to us----and we were simply answering it.
I think YOU were one who didnt actually answer the question. Im guessing..retired..?

People who spell grammar, grammer
People who spell lose, loose

baecugb-you retyped specifically what other people posted. What is your point?

These are a bunch of great answers but it sounds like to me that alot of you people with these complaints are not getting to much work done if your to busy worrying about what everybody else is doing or not. JMO

Stealing food from the fridge. I once had a Mountain Dew stolen from the fridge, on a long weekend. Only two people were at work while I went home to grab some sleep. Mountain Dew was gone when I came back, and empty can in a garbage can. I sent an email to everyone in the group (off and on duty) that I'd licked the top of the can before putting it in the fridge. My car door was kicked in the next day.
My current annoyance is an older "computer expert" who loudly pounds his keyboard like it's a manual typewriter, and keeps lifting and clacking the mouse. Umm...slide it around guy or use a mouse pad.
Oh, and I really never want to work with anyone from SE Asia, who cooks fish in a microwave with their fish sauce. It made the entire office smell like a sewer for hours.

To Pastafarian - Why would we want to "broad brush management and white collar workers?" Please clarify.

Office Rule #1. Do not let anyone that does not drink coffee make coffee. Violating this rule results in a nice hot carmel colored drink or something that could be used to patch pot holes.
Office Rule #2 If in the event that a non coffee drinker must make the coffee, refer to rule #1.

An employee who knows how to "work the boss"...
meaning this person wears a path back and forth to the bosses office daily. This person rats on ALL other employees while smiling and chatting to the "ratted on" person. He/she continually brown-noses the boss, and everyone knows it happens. And the boss--sings this persons praises. Thinks this person is the best employee ever. Makes us all just sick.

Watching ten people standing around when there is something obvious to be done. The "it's not my job" mentality.

People who act inconvenienced when you ask them to do something that is their job.

Wow Purrmaid, I thought only union people shiftless and lazy. Guess we should use that broad brush again and start painting management and white collar workers. We have all the evidence we need in one post.

I am 1 of 4 employees out of 100+ to have a doctorate (the only female) and apparently that makes me uniquely qualified to go to the supply closet to replenish toilet paper & paper towels & refill the bathroom soap dispenser in the ladies room.

o Burning microwave popcorn
o Use of buzz words like "face time," "elevator speeches," and "synergies"
o Workers who complain about their workload, when you know they didn't arrive until almost 9:30 a.m., leave at 4:00 p.m. and spend most of the day parked in eBay and Face Book.
o CC-ing everybody and their uncle on every email
o Managers making $75 - $125K who can't spell, write a sentence or paragraph using proper grammer and still speak using the word "ain't"
o Human Resources meeting in which the new (inferior) healthcare insurance was defended as perfectly adequate. Then later in the meeting the HR lady lets it slip that it was so bad she went with what her husband's company was offering for their family coverage.
o Overpowering cologne with a cedar base. It isn't manly, it's hampster bedding.

Acer, You got that right! I have one that sits by me and is on facebook all day long. You think my boss would notice this.

Management oxymorons:
1- Having a 3 hour meeting to discuss how to be more available to the employees.
2- Introduce a sales promotion in which each sale must be signed off by a manager before shipment, then flying to Timbuktu to attend a 3 day seminar on efficiency

Acer. You hit the nail on the head.

People who spend their time on the Internet posting to blogs when they should be working.

Good point grandy... if people continually have problems it is partially a communication failure on their part. Most people are affraid to address problems in fear of the response from the other person. If you can represent yourself nicely and communicate.. people would be surprised how fast problems can be fixed.

The person who barges into my office, slaps whatever they want to talk about down on my desk and starts talking, no matter what I'm in the middle of doing.

The person who leaves 3 drops of coffee in the pot instead of making a new one.

The person who acts like I asked them for a kidney when all I need is something that will take them less than 5 minutes.

The person that makes a new pot of coffee and lets the first part drain directly into his/her cup. This makes the rest of the pot nothing but coffee colored water.

An office is where you make it. Since im on call for tech support 24/7 wherever i am at is my office if I am conducting business. I currently am sitting in a building at a desk though. So :P

*Clipping nails at one's desk
*Remaining time not cleared from the microwave
*When I'm the only one in the restroom with seven empty stalls and another person comes in and has to take the one next to me.

Watch Horrible Bosses movie- funny.
A don't like a messy desk and don't give me "a messy desk is a busy one"

Smokers. We have a couple in our office that go outside every 15-30 minutes. Then their clothes just reek, especially since our building is pretty small. Then they make cusotmers wait so they can go get their fix.
Also hate hearing people chew food, gum or hard candy. Yech, customer service people should never be eating anything in front of their customers. (Yes, we have people do this at our office too).

What I miss the least since I retired is the office politics -- managers having their favorites and promotions or best assignments being based on buttering-up rather than skills. That was causing a lot of gripes and snarls in much of the office. Luckily, my corner of the office was staffed with a long-term team who worked well together.

Watching the secretary fawn all over her husband, a couple hours after her boyfriend left. An otherwise great job - high turnover, though, as nobody could stand being around her every day.

Our office had a couple women who were always cold no matter what the temperature. We had thermostat wars where they would jack up the temperature every time they walked by the thermostat, and everybody else would lower it down again.

People who wear their religion on their shirt sleeves & their politics on their bumpers. If a conversation is engaged, then fine, speak your peace but otherwise keep it shut.

This is a Politically correct wannabe question. why? because Not everyone works in an "office".

People who use the bathroom and don't flush or plunge the toilet when they plug it. Also people who don't wash their hands afterwards.

Sigma - your intelligence quotient just went down a few more points. Please don't breed. Our educational ratings are low enough.

People who say "knock-knock" instead of knocking on my door.

People who ask "How are we doing today?" when they ask *ME* how I am.

People who constantly quote "Office Space".

People who feel the need to speak in businees jargon constantly. I don't give a rolling donut about you wanting to "touch base" about the "weekly projected cashflow" Just ask me if we got any checks in the mail this week, okay?

I like my office job but the people who never seem to leave it scare the crap out of me.

the office complainer

LinkedIn and Facebook

Everyday Sigma shows that he really doesn't know what he is talking about...

Don't care for the overpowering smell of fish in the office and surrounding areas after someone heats it up in the break room. Unfortunately, the way this place is set up, you can't get away from it no matter where you go. Please save the fish for dinner when your at home.

Sometimes I do.
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All though working in the building office amongst others i'd have to say it would be peoples horrible breath. If people have decomposition going on in there they need to either do something about it or suck on mints all day. That is the worst.

I take it Sigma works from his car.

Starting meetings way late or really long meetings. I also dislike negativity. People who are negative, tend to believe the world is an unpleasant place, and they do everything possible to make it that way for themselves and for others.

Nevada long-time locals complaining that it's "chilly" when its 65 degrees in January.

People that wait at the "stop" line at a green light when turning left and then get stuck through another red light. So many people dont know you are supposed to protrude out into the intersection as far as you can go and wait there. Man thats irritating.

Double posting...lol. j/k

Double dipping.