Annoying co-workers

“OK, so one of the "little girls" here at work has jingle bells on her shoes today. WTF does she need bells on her shoes for? If she moves in her chair, she jingles. If she sneezes she jingles. UG!!
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“If she jiggles she jingles?”

“Please post a picture of one of the "little girls" before I can judge.”

“Yes, TnT, that's true too!

If it was Dec. 22nd, I might be able to forgive the jingling. But its only Dec. 1st for crying out loud!”

“'She's got diamonds on the soles of her shoes'?”

“gee Smiley, get in the Christmas spirit will ya ;)”

“If she has them on Dec. 2nd, you have permission to rip them off and stuff them where they'll wriggle and jiggle and tickle inside her.

Umm, ok, that doesn't sound quite right. Trying for an "Old Lady who swallowed a fly" image, but I don't think that is what most people are thinking right now.”

“Ug. I say she's a "little girl" becuase she's pretty immature, thus the bells. She's afraid to talk to a lot of people, and won't talk to anyone in the company she doesn't know. There's really more than to it than that....and the bells are just adding to the drama!!”

“Hear the sledges with the bells -
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells -
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

Edgar Allen Poe, 1849”

“so she is sleeping with the boss eh and everyone knows it”

“Ya know what they say, "There's always one ass hole in the bunch. If you don't work with at least one ass hole...well, it's probably YOU!". Being self employed I guess I'm both. I get on my nerves so bad sometimes.”

“whats wrong with bells on your shoes?


~Quickly takes bells off her shoes~”

“Hi smiley.

Hand her a sheet with some integrals on it and tell her if she can't solve it in 2 minutes, you'll be confiscating the bells... :-)”

“Are You Annoying at Work?

Every office has at least one jerk, pest or loudmouth who drives the rest of the workers crazy. Could it be you? Take this quiz to find out how annoying you might be:

How many of these statements describe you?

1) You make provocative statements to "foster dialogue" or needle others.

2) You often find yourself delivering a discourse consisting solely of buzzwords and catch phrases.

3) You make up nicknames for all of your coworkers and refer to them only by these names. (e.g. "Good job, Chachi!", "I'm going to have to disagree with you there, T-bone!")

4) Your office is completely decorated in your children's pictures and artwork.

5) You have plastered your cubicle with photos of yourself taken with famous people.

6) It is your trademark to recite rhyming or other cutesy messages as your voicemail greeting.

7) The questions you ask at meetings are preceded by long monologues of your views and accomplishments.

8) You routinely eat odiferous lunches at your desk.

9) You bring in dishes that you tried to cook, but didn't turn out quite right as "special treats" for your coworkers.

10) People seem tense -- even panic-stricken -- when they see you coming their way.

11) Others back away from you as you speak.

12) You send flurries of e-mails to the rest of the company telling them what you are doing. (e.g. "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom.")

13) You vigorously chew or pop your gum.

14) You wear strong perfume or cologne.

15) You assume your coworkers are fascinated by your personal problems and exploits.

16) You interrupt others while they are speaking or are deep in conversation.

17) You are moody and don't care who knows it.

18) You often give others assignments as they're walking out the door for lunch or to catch the train home.

19) You borrow staplers, scissors and tape from others' desks and forget to return them.

20) Your dialogue with others often end with the other person shouting "You are so annoying!"


If you only counted one or two, not to worry, you can quickly make changes before you're labeled a pest.

If your actions match three to five of these statements, take heed. You are on your way to becoming the source of many an eye roll.

If you do six or more of these on a regular basis, chances are you are already on the office watch list and have been anointed by your coworkers as annoying. It's time to do a reality check and make some changes.

Ask your boss and colleagues for feedback, and be ready to listen. If what you hear doesn't fit your self-image, ask them to help you understand what they are saying by giving examples. You might say: "Tell me more about what I do that leads you to believe that." Then listen, without arguing, defending or justifying your actions.

Remember, there are countless ways to aggravate coworkers -- you can even annoy them by trying too hard to please or being too nice! As long as you avoid the aforementioned behaviors, use your energy for the good of the organization and treat others as you would like to be treated, you should be all right.

And remember, it's perfectly okay to annoy others sparingly. It reminds them that you still exist!”

“WK - I was at a meeting with a client the other day and the word pedagogical was used about 4x.”

“I'm pretty sure that I'm 8 and 17.”

“DH - I can safely say that that word has never come up at work for me.

Bit - Sometimes 8 for me as well as 17. One time, just to annoy people I performed number 14. Sprayed Polo all over me.”

“Hey WK, I work with that guy. As they say, "The only reason he is alive is because it is illegal to kill him".”

“I used to date a guy who was 3, 15, and 16.

What an ass!”

“Ewker, considering the boss is a woman, I'm hoping she's not sleeping with the boss.

I'm #17 for sure. And I don't really care.”

“I am trying to work at not being so 17. 8 is right out though. I eat stinky stuff at my desk and don't care. Fortunately for me, there are Chinese people working in the same bay that bring in even more odiferous stuff.
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“If my co-worker doesn't stop coughing soon.....i'm gonna chop her #&%!$ing head off!”

“Pig, we have a few on my floor like that as well. One guy everyone is afraid of because he talks, swears and makes faces at himself.”

“Bearmagnet, I know how you feel. My boss has weeks during allergy season where she coughs nearly incessantly.”

“So my ill temper isn't all from stress & fatigue?????”

“The sneezers on our floor are funny. One guy in his own office completly across can be heard everywhere on the floor.”

“Been rainy a lot lately in D.C.?”

“I let loose a few sneezes after lunch that are still echoing in the corners I think.”

“A little rain. We've been having serious temp. fluctuations.”

“Hey Bit...you told me you had an annoying coworker?? Didn't ya, huh ??”

“If you don't see the sun a lot and get cranky, then maybe you have SAD. My doc actually prescribed trips to the tanning bed for me. I didn't try it, but on sunny days in the winter I do try and spend a few minutes outside.”

“Yah, she's out of town right now, woohoo!

There's an open office in our bay and I wish they would give it to her.”

“Or that our one and only research project might #&%!$ the bed by monday?”

“That could be it.”

“Don't take this lying down, Smiley. Show up at work tomorrow with a cowbell around your neck.

Clang, Clang!”

“or, tie a bell under her chair, where she may or may not figure it out... LOL :-)”

“Oh for Pete's sake, just sneak into her house and put a horse's head in bed with her. It works every time.”

“OH, hey, what a great idea! I know there is a cowbell here too! I should tie it to her chair tonight after she leaves!!!”

“LOL.... you need to find something small and hard to find-- that will make noise, but be hard to pinpoint-- now THAT would be truly annoying!”

“Remember Roy Biggins on the TV show "Wings"? Really funny on a sitcom. Not the least bit funny in real life. This guy is the sorriest excuse for a human being that I have ever met.”

“Funny, two ads for something to do with jingles. Gotta love the new inline ads.”

“Maybe she's trying to warn the bears of her approach.”

“We have a woman who began playing Christmas music at the office where we go once a week to compose the paper. I keep forgetting to take my .45 when I go there to shoot her freaking radio.

I could time it to wait till they sing, "The weather outside is frightful," at which point I yell out, "Fright? You want fright?"

KERBLAM!”

“WEZF 92.9 of Burlington, Vermont have been playing Christmas songs for the last week, 24/7....hoorah. Will be playing till the 26th of Dec.

We got it on 14 hrs. in one of our departments. And when I'm driving...it's on that channel 80% of the time.”

“I'm 1,10 & 16”

“smiley, did you rig her chair?! :-)

*** evil grin ***”

“No, I didn't rig her chair. But at least there are no bells today. :))”

“Horse head in the bed worked, eh?”

“LOL! SHhhh, I want her to think it was the girl sitting across from me that did that!”

“She read this thread. And now she's wondering who's Smiley Girl. grrrrr...”