Co-Workers...please share

dcfaithful

haffajappa wrote:

i work at (whats become) a bit of an entrepreneurial little shop that i pretty much run by myself when the bosses arent there... so i guess i got it good huh? well sometimes i bring my dog. haha

actually, we hired this new guy, he's really nice and all but its slightly awkward cos his mother is a cusotmer there, and about a year and a half ago she tried to set me up with him which was kind of weird... now he works there, and he stares at me when i'm doing work. He also crowds me a bit and it drives me NUTS.

just because you are learning doesnt mean you have to stand close and look over my shoulder everytime i'm doing something. for example i was measuring a parcel (there is a post office as part of the shop) and he was looking over my shoulder while standing beside me, looking at the parcel in front of me.

he also does things that should be common sense. he was helping a post office customer and his phone rings and he picks it up and starts talking in philippino! conversing! and he wears his sun glasses on his head... just stuff you shouldn't have to tell someone not to do.

woops i guess i did have reason to rant! haha

Some people lack logic...he'll pay for it sooner or later.

JordyWordy

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

Ok here's my co-worker rant:
I work with this little red-headed stalker weirdo, that I'll call 'nathan.' He's about 5'1" with little midget hands that constantly shake because he's an alcoholic. He was big-time stalking me about a year ago, showing up in odd places at odd times - leaving notes on my car, changing my tail light when it went out, putting money in my meter, buying me truffles when I mention I could go for something sweet, and so on. But he got better and we began to play squash together 2 or 3 times a week probably about 5 months ago. He thought that meant we were friends, I guess, but I just wanted to play squash. Then he started getting mad at me for not being a real friend and not taking the time to get to know him. so I said, "look, nathan, I have a husband and three kids, I work 6 days a week and I don't have time for friends. No offense, I'm just being honest here." Then he starts crying - mind you this is in the middle of the dining room when I was resetting for dinner! There were no customers, but come on!!! And he says, "i'm sorry. you're perfect, I love spending time with you and playing squash and you only have one flaw." At this point I've moved on to the wine room and I'm actually cornered, so jokingly I say, "what? My face?" hahaha. He says, "No... your husband...." I couldn't talk to him or look at him after that and that was about 2 months ago. It's been strange at work ever since and he's a cook. Plus I've gained weight because I have no one to play squash with. :( One day, on his day off & I happened to be the hostess, he showed up at work just to hang out and I hid in the foyer or by the bathrooms the entire half hour he was there!
/rant. that feels so much better!

You win. Ive had the whole "tears when rejected scenario" with a co-worker, but WOW, thats a whole league above it.

dcfaithful

JordyWordy wrote:

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

Ok here's my co-worker rant:
I work with this little red-headed stalker weirdo, that I'll call 'nathan.' He's about 5'1" with little midget hands that constantly shake because he's an alcoholic. He was big-time stalking me about a year ago, showing up in odd places at odd times - leaving notes on my car, changing my tail light when it went out, putting money in my meter, buying me truffles when I mention I could go for something sweet, and so on. But he got better and we began to play squash together 2 or 3 times a week probably about 5 months ago. He thought that meant we were friends, I guess, but I just wanted to play squash. Then he started getting mad at me for not being a real friend and not taking the time to get to know him. so I said, "look, nathan, I have a husband and three kids, I work 6 days a week and I don't have time for friends. No offense, I'm just being honest here." Then he starts crying - mind you this is in the middle of the dining room when I was resetting for dinner! There were no customers, but come on!!! And he says, "i'm sorry. you're perfect, I love spending time with you and playing squash and you only have one flaw." At this point I've moved on to the wine room and I'm actually cornered, so jokingly I say, "what? My face?" hahaha. He says, "No... your husband...." I couldn't talk to him or look at him after that and that was about 2 months ago. It's been strange at work ever since and he's a cook. Plus I've gained weight because I have no one to play squash with. :( One day, on his day off & I happened to be the hostess, he showed up at work just to hang out and I hid in the foyer or by the bathrooms the entire half hour he was there!
/rant. that feels so much better!

You win. Ive had the whole "tears when rejected scenario" with a co-worker, but WOW, thats a whole league above it.

Exactly.
This guy wins the award for 'Most Pathetic' in my book.

libragirl

I share a cubicle with this girl who is always bitching about something that is unfair. Fairness doesn't apply to the workplace. I tune her out most of the time.

iamsam_pj

decides2dream wrote:

love it!


funnily enough, the woman responsible for me even brought into the firm despises me. and, it too is due to some ridiculousness... a post-it sticky request for work with associates, very long story....and since then, yikes. i gave her the benefit of the doubt for a loooonnnngggg time, then i finally did accept that it really IS 'personal'.....and now in a way, i feel so much better. she is a bitter, miserable woman.....and i am pretty damn happy and doing well, so fuck her. :P sadly, can't escape her until she dies or retires, whatever comes first .....but i deal with her less and less. however, i am certain to say good morning to her daily, nice as can be in all interactions, just b/c i know it pisses her off.

one of the funniest things ever (funny to me at least) was the look on her face when i told her a couple months ago that i wouldn't be moving to seattle in the original time frame i had expected...and that it could be another 6-9 months. her face just dropped...and i laughed hysterically in my head

it amazes me that people almost feel the need to be miserable and mean! life's too short for me to spend it being angry at stupid stuff every day keep being nice!!

Thoughts_Arrive

Jennytree wrote:

There's one fella in my work (from Australia) who does nothing but give out about the Irish Government and how they've ruined the economy and how the country sucks... he then goes on to say how great Australia is, how he got his $1000 cos their government planned ahead ... and on and on and on... yet he still lives here. :roll:

Some people just love complaining about circumstances they made for themselves.

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi

decides2dream

iamsam_pj wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

love it!


funnily enough, the woman responsible for me even brought into the firm despises me. and, it too is due to some ridiculousness... a post-it sticky request for work with associates, very long story....and since then, yikes. i gave her the benefit of the doubt for a loooonnnngggg time, then i finally did accept that it really IS 'personal'.....and now in a way, i feel so much better. she is a bitter, miserable woman.....and i am pretty damn happy and doing well, so fuck her. :P sadly, can't escape her until she dies or retires, whatever comes first .....but i deal with her less and less. however, i am certain to say good morning to her daily, nice as can be in all interactions, just b/c i know it pisses her off.

one of the funniest things ever (funny to me at least) was the look on her face when i told her a couple months ago that i wouldn't be moving to seattle in the original time frame i had expected...and that it could be another 6-9 months. her face just dropped...and i laughed hysterically in my head

it amazes me that people almost feel the need to be miserable and mean! life's too short for me to spend it being angry at stupid stuff every day keep being nice!!

you betcha!

as they say, living well is the best revenge. :twisted:

mfc2006

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

Ok here's my co-worker rant:
I work with this little red-headed stalker weirdo, that I'll call 'nathan.' He's about 5'1" with little midget hands that constantly shake because he's an alcoholic. He was big-time stalking me about a year ago, showing up in odd places at odd times - leaving notes on my car, changing my tail light when it went out, putting money in my meter, buying me truffles when I mention I could go for something sweet, and so on. But he got better and we began to play squash together 2 or 3 times a week probably about 5 months ago. He thought that meant we were friends, I guess, but I just wanted to play squash. Then he started getting mad at me for not being a real friend and not taking the time to get to know him. so I said, "look, nathan, I have a husband and three kids, I work 6 days a week and I don't have time for friends. No offense, I'm just being honest here." Then he starts crying - mind you this is in the middle of the dining room when I was resetting for dinner! There were no customers, but come on!!! And he says, "i'm sorry. you're perfect, I love spending time with you and playing squash and you only have one flaw." At this point I've moved on to the wine room and I'm actually cornered, so jokingly I say, "what? My face?" hahaha. He says, "No... your husband...." I couldn't talk to him or look at him after that and that was about 2 months ago. It's been strange at work ever since and he's a cook. Plus I've gained weight because I have no one to play squash with. :( One day, on his day off & I happened to be the hostess, he showed up at work just to hang out and I hid in the foyer or by the bathrooms the entire half hour he was there!
/rant. that feels so much better!

wow. have you told your boss about this?

PJGARDEN

libragirl wrote:

I share a cubicle with this girl who is always bitching about something that is unfair. Fairness doesn't apply to the workplace. I tune her out most of the time.

You got my sympathy with the sharing cubicle part.....And you are right, fariness never applies in the workplace.

Tone

Jennytree wrote:

There's one fella in my work (from Australia) who does nothing but give out about the Irish Government and how they've ruined the economy and how the country sucks... he then goes on to say how great Australia is, how he got his $1000 cos their government planned ahead ... and on and on and on... yet he still lives here. :roll:

Some people just love complaining about circumstances they made for themselves.

Ugh. As an Australian, I'm sorry. That's a bad habit I've seen many Aussies overseas adopt and it's not a good one... go home if things are so much better... that attitude just shits me to tears.

I work with an entitled, know-it-all little Gen Yer who spends half her day making pronouncements about how she knows everything and the other half being condescending as though I have no friggin clue as to how business works. Some of the time it's amusing, most of the time it's downright annoying. I really need to keep a list of the stupid things she says and the unbearably condescending emails she sends, mostly I just hit delete. She's convinced she should be on the same salary as more senior staff members and is utterly bewildered that she hasn't been promoted after just 12 months. I'm just really confused by where this self of entitlement comes from... I find it baffling. My new boss finds her equally baffling... he doesn't want to deal with her, so he's charged me with the job of "handling" her... :?

Thoughts_Arrive

Hey! We ain't all like that.

But :oops: for the bad bunch you know.

justam

dcfaithful wrote:

So, I'm sure this topic has been touched before...and I my rant may be somewhat hypocritical...but:

I work in a Document Control department, and we have several temporary employees from Kelly Services. One in particular is this guy (a little off-set, but hey, I never judge) that bitches about every aspect of his day. Even the most juvenile, and minor things will get him on a rant for about 20 minutes where he ends up repeating the same sentence about 12 times.

Now, granted the guy works two full-time jobs and has I think 3 kids and a wife, I understand the stress. He now has another child coming on the way. He talks about how stressful his life is and how he's always sleep deprived. He's always complaining about money and finances because the kids and wife are expensive...but yet after all this, he knocks his wife up again....WTF? This is after he has complained to all of us in a staff meeting that he cannot provide them with health insurance because he is a temporary employee here, and at the post office...where he has worked for I think 5 years without being hired on. I've tried telling him "Look, I know jobs are hard to get right now, but maybe you should look at something else that may in time hire you on permanently and provide you with benefits. That way you don't waste another 5 years..."

I guess you can't force people to do things, and I wouldn't want to...but at this point, I don't sympathize, and I'm really sick of 8 hours of constant sighing, endless grumbling, and bitching because someone submits a file to our department that is bound differently or he doesn't recognize it.

I feel better now. If anyone would like to vent, feel free

Unfortunately, his personality may be the reason why no one wants to hire him permanently but I think it'd be incredibly hard to tell someone "Maybe you shouldn't present everything in a work environment like you do? Maybe it's making you less attractive as a permanent hire?" :?

iluvcats

I bitch and moan all day and I have no kids.

we all vent to each other where I work.

Tone

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Hey! We ain't all like that.

But :oops: for the bad bunch you know.

Oh, I know. I am an Aussie and I work for an Australian company... and at times we do get together and vent about our frustrations, I just think it's bad to do that in front of someone whose country you're currently residing in... I think it's rude and makes us seem arrogant. I'm always embarrassed when I realise I've run my mouth off... but then again, I live in NYC... it's kinda expected

I feel sorry for my American coworker, surrounded by Australians with our little Gen Yer taking her to task for everything she thinks is wrong with America. I leap straight to America's defence on her behalf.