Work Pet Peeves
 

I know we all have something from our jobs that just make our @$$es itch.

One of mine:

1. The Spec. Ed. administrator asks if I have 5 minutes. Okay, she needs to see me...NOT!!!!! She wants ME to show SOMEONE else HOW to do something, because she doesn't know what or how to do it! :mad:

2. When the kids do well in sports...Our team won district (we're in the playoffs) the administrators do not congratulate them. They always want to chastise the students for NOT performing. :mad:

What about when I'm discussing a kid and trying to think of ways to help him and when I state who his teacher is and they go "Oh he's in Special Ed" it's like "oh they'll never improve, or that explains it. Especially when that's not their exceptionality.


How about when you're in a meeting with administrators and teachers who taught Jesus and you make a suggestion and they discount you for lack of age, or experience, and say "oh that's the system you'll learn". Then why am I sitting in this long bleepity bleep bleep mandatory meeting and nothing is going to change?

Whew I needed to vent, Thanks:(

What about having a boss who corrects you in front of co workers, rather than calling you to his desk?

What about a boss who wants to do everybody else's desk, but his desk is a disaster area of two month old work?

What about a boss who will tell the consumers "yes", after you've just spent twenty minutes telling them "no" and why they can't have it their way?


What about a boss who just basically gives you an infection by his mere presence. (I won't say what kind of infection, let's just say it's very itchy).

Coffee-drinking co-workers who feel it's everyone's responsibility for making sure the coffee maker is turned off at the end of the day. I don't drink coffee, so I don't think so.

People that assumed because I wasn't married or had kids waiting at home that I would be available to work overtime or change my work schedule to accommodate them.

A manager that sent out group e-mails instead of addressing the problem directly with the employee involved. We always knew who he was referring to. It was always the same one or two employees.

Co-worker with poor hygiene. One girl loved to take off her shoes at her desk and the stinch was awful!eek:

What about co-workers who beg for your food before you get a chance to offer them some?

What about office mates that play music loudly and sing horribly including snapping their fingers and walk into a room and asked what ya'll laughin' at and when you say "oh nothing", they say "no really, what's funny?". It didn't help that it was a male.

I was sitting behind this woman in church and her feet stank soo bad -she had her shoes off-I couldn't concentrate on the message. I kept jumping up to give my nose a break (God forgive me);)

What about people that are always calling you a know-it-all and then turn around and ask you every question imaginable.
What about when you show a person at least 3x's how to do something and they still don't get it. Plus they are one of the smart a@@es that call you a know it all.:p :p

Some things that get on my nerbs...
 

-I hate when I take the time to write a detailed email explaining something & then the person I sent it to asks me the very question that I answered in the email.

-I hate when coffee drinkers come to my desk & want to talk in close proximity to my nose {coffee does NOT make one's breath smell minty fresh}

-I hate when people walk in the office, look in you straight in the eye & keep walking...then, 15-30 minutes they come by & say "Oh, hey, I didn't see you..."

-I hate when people come to supposedly ask you a question, then they stutter over the words as they try to read the email you're typing or note you're writing.

-I hate when people ask you a seemingly innocent question about a co-worker & then go to the boss & say "so & so agrees with me that so & so is a problem in the office".

-I hate when people go off on STUPID tangents during meetings, making the meeting last 50 million years!

-I hate when people borrow things from your desk & don't put them back.

-I hate when people call & don't address themselves, but get mad when you don't know who they are right off b/c you don't recognize the voice

-I hate when people want you to do something right away, eventhough you've got some things that are REAL priorities to do first!

-I hate when everyone in the department complains to the boss about an OBVIOUS slacker in the group, but they do nothing but make EXCUSES & never fire this person or straighten them out! :mad:

-I hate when people take for granted that you're a go-getter & just don't do a certain task b/c they know you'll take care of it...or, pass the task to you

*TOO TOO MANY TO NAME!!!*

Re: Some things that get on my nerbs...
 

I agree with both of those!!! Both of those "tick" me off to the highest point of "ticktivity". :mad:

Some more:

I hate it when people try to turn training sessions/ classes into b&m sessions about the company & management.

I hate it when people ask me questions about their job before they've researched the answer! (This is a BIG pet peeve).

I hate it when those same people look at me like I'm being mean when I ask what they have researched.

I hate it when people tick customers off, then wonder why the customer eventually wants to speak to a supervisor.

I hate it when people spend 20 minutes arguing with a customer over 12 cents! :mad:

I hate it when people ask for help, then have the audacity to question your decision (next time, handle it yourself)! :mad:

I hate it when people bad mouth their peers in front of management.

I hate it when people get promoted and "change".

I hate it when people come to work and slack off (don't even try). Please give us all a break and quit!

I hate it when married men get up in there and try to be playas!!! :eek:

I can't stand that the heat is not on right now!! I mean, really people. It's November in Ohio: COLD!! Yes, the afternoons are nice, but the nights and mornings are COLD!! Why is the heat not on??? And then my boss says, "Well, I think we have heat, the business office doesn't even have heat." I looked at her like she was nuts. It's cold, I could really care less about the business office. Turn on the heat, please.

I hate that I am having critter issues up in here. First, the gnats. Got rid of the plants, hence no more gnats. Now I am having an ant issue. I really don't even know what to say about that.

That's my venting for the day.

What about people that bite off of everything you do? Hairstyle, clothes...and be the first one talking about "Oh, that outfit is so cute" and then they have something on like it the next week...GET YOUR OWN STYLE!!!

Another thing I can't stand are ghetto fabulous folks...they come into work and act like they don't have any home training at all...now THAT rattles my nerves...

OOh I hate when people ask "why you all dressed up?" Why can't I look nice?

I hate that my coworker has 5 trillion plants and I have gnats flying all over my area and she refuses to move the plants talkin bout they're not coming from her plants.

I can't stand the female manager that has to act like a binch to the rest of us to "prove" herself.

I can't stand that the same female manager insists on turning on the air conditioner and it's hella cold-she doesn't even ask if anyone else is hot.

I can't stand when Black folks come to work actin ignant.

Can't stand nosey folks, or folks that tell you their family history-every day.

When someone asks you a question and your co-worker answers it!! The sad part of it is - that person says - S-Factor, and goes on with their question........did they call your name??? I don't think so!!

H-E-*-*!!

If he or she wanted to ask the co-worker - why didn't they stop at his/her desk instead of mine??????????

Just being an ole nosey A$$

UUGGHH!!!
 

THANK YOU. We have business casual in my office but sometimes I like to put on a suit and not a polo shirt. I always get questioned or crooked looks. Dang.

WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO TAKE THEIR PHONE CALL, BU INSIST ON GIVING YOU A 40 SECOND TRAINING SESSION INSTEAD OF THEM TAKING THE CALL THEMSELVES.

OR A FELLOW BLACK CO WORKER WHO INSISTS ON MAKING RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR OWN RACE AROUND WHITE PEOPLE:mad:

TTT
 

I know this is an OLD post but I had to vent

My coworker yells at her computer EVERY day. She knows that the internet connection is slow at work, and yet EVERY day she complains about it. Uh hello? The internet connection is slow for a reason, it is not supposed to be used for personal use. While I do use it for personal use (gotta check out GC), I don't complain! :mad:

Also, asking me who is on the phone when I answer it. Chick, if it's not for you don't worry about it.

I hate co-workers that have a problem with something you are doing and instead of doing the mature thing and talking with you about it directly, they go straight snitching to the boss. That really burns me up!! Tattletales are for kindergarten kids!! :mad:

I am a subsitute teacher and I hate it when the administration gives lots of applause to the athletic teams and none to the kids that are doing well academically. I mean, the football, basketball, baseball and track teams get a big dinner while the honor roll students get about 5 funky little minutes at the end of the assembly program at school. :mad:

Co-workers who have a double standard b/c of your status. Example: I used to be a medical secretary. On my shift, my immediate supervisor is the charge nurse. We BOTH are supposed to follow the same rules on the floor in regards to phone and internet use during down time: no more than 10 minutes on the phone and 20 on the internet, no chatting or shopping. Well, why is it that it's cool for the charge nurse to sit on the phone for hours on end talking to her hubby and ordering baby stuff on the internet and reading magazines on downtime, but I get wrote up for using that SAME time to study for a class or to talk to my husband and son for two minutes to see how they are?? :mad:

Bosses who do not support their staff. My old boss at the hospital would not say anything to the doctors that would verbally abuse the staff. She was too busy being their boot-licker that she would let us suffer so that she can get some recognition with the docs. :mad:

I really don't like my boss so I plenty of pet peeves but I will only give you a couple:

I hate it when my boss talks to me about my coworker.....why would I give her that info especially since that is not my business to give.

I hate it when my boss gives me work to do and says that it's first priority, but comes back hours later and gives me something more and then labels that as first priority.

I hate it when my boss uses equipment that she knows she does not know how to use and BREAKS it!!! Which delays my work load.

I have a serious problem when people come to work sick with a cold, the flu, or bronchitis(sp) and wait till they get near my desk and start either caughing or hacking! :mad:


I hate it when people see my light on my phone lit, but manage to call anyway and keep calling until I pick up and WANT NOTHING or people will see me on the phone with a customer and just stand there until I get off and still WANT NOTHING OR SAY ANYTHING IMPORTANT!:mad:

Some co-workers instead of having the nerve to ask you to do something, they will drop all these hints out loud to other co-workers.:mad:

Or co-workers who have a question, but they have to be all up on you while asking it!

Or those who complain about what they are gonna do, what aint right about the company, how they wish the supervisor would right or say this and that to them and how they will do whatever if they do AND when the time comes they sit there looking stupid!:mad:

I hate it when coworkers come to my cube to talk to me or ask me a question, but his/her EYES are roaming around my desk trying to see what I’m working on. Look at me when you are talking to me, not files on my desk or my computer.:rolleyes: :mad: :rolleyes: :mad: :mad: :mad:

When co-workers get grade school-ish. My fiance just called. It's snowing today (in April -- go figure) and people in his office (which operates 24/7, by the way) are already (12:30 p.m.)asking their managers if they can go home. Hello!

FRUSTRATION
 

Ok, yall, we are having some email issues at work. Apparently, some of us have not been using the proper protocol when it comes to email. THERE IS NO EMAIL PROTOCOL!!! :mad: How can you expect me to follow something that doesn't exist??? And why are you scared to put what you have to say in email? You afraid to have your words documented? Is that what it is? Whatever it is, if you want to have a protocol, then have one. Create one. Put it in writing. Then (and ONLY then) you can tell us to follow the proper protocol. Dang.

My biggest pet peeve (on the job or anywhere else) would have to be last-minute shiznit. My school is doing departmental presentations this week, something we all knew or should have known about since March 18. At no time did anyone approach me about helping to create a presentation for our department. Since I hadn't heard anything about it, I presumed (wrong!) that everything was under control.

This morning we're sitting watching the other departments make their (very pretty) PowerPoint presentations, and my boss (a woman) hands me a note saying, "After lunch [Director's name] said he needs us to put together a presentation for him by tomorrow [his presentation is in the afternoon on Thursday]. He said it doesn't have to be PowerPoint."

In that instant, my afternoon was shot. Instead of staying through lunch, we ended up leaving immediately before lunch (and a sister had NO money today!). I came back and spent the next two hours scanning and cropping catalog covers, and then this cat went home without approving it! I didn't have time to take lunch until 4:00, and of course by then I had to hit the ATM and spend my own money! My fiance called to tell me that his father had just found out he had diabetes, and I couldn't stay on the phone.

I actually came back to my office and slammed the door, something I never do (childish, I know). I put something together in about two hours. It won't be PowerPoint (which Director barked at us to learn), but it will be colorful and informative.

I hate it when I take the time out and make detailed plans for activities (that the facilitator of the program asked me to do) and then she totally changes them at the last minute. Then she has the nerve to say that her programs aren't organized. Hmmmm, I wonder why!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :rolleyes:

I hate it when you have a boss who clock's every minute of your one hour lunch break and then they turn around and take a 2-3hr lunch break when they only have an hour.:mad:

I'm a school teacher...
 

Work Pet Peeves...Here's just a few

-co-workers standing over your desk to be nosey and find out what you class is doing for school wide presentations.

-parents/guardians that do not take an active part in their childs life.

-administrators who have been out of the classroom setting sooo long they are out of touch w/ the students needs.

-co-workers trying to take all of the credit for your ideas.

-receiving hand outs(especially ones that contain info. for the following day) to go home w/ the students 5 minutes before dismissal.(then the parents are upset w/ you because the students are late)

-administrators that do not listen to their staff.

-attending field trips on substandard buses.(they always break down)

Hmmm...to sum it all up, my biggest pet peeve about work is everything!

Right now if I had a backup plan I would really tell these people to kiss my grits!

-nosey co-workers

-stupid emails

-last minute instructions

-fake concern of management (you aren't your usual chipper self, is there something we can do for you? :rolleyes: )

-lies (oh, we didn't quite make incentive (bonus), this month, but we are starting out really good for next month! :rolleyes: )

-chief wannabe's....(Tooooo many damn chiefs, not enough indians) I had to tell one chick, "If you want to be a supervisor, then it would behoove you to put in an application, and once you SECURE that position, then you come tell me what I should be doing...until then I don't wanna hear it, mmkay?"

This place is getting to me more and more everyday. I've noticed that I have a headache everynight, and I wonder if it is all mental and not sinus related!

social work... Its anything except social...thats why I dont do it anymore...you wanna keep smokin crack an wonda why you cant keep your kids....whatever:rolleyes:

Okay, I guess this can fit here...
 

Okay, so you know I was mad at sooooomebody, if I went back and pulled up an old post...it didn't even fit in the HC thread.

My biggest pet peeve with patients who are in this ER can be summed up with one word: RUDENESS.

Two people in a row just did this to me...if I am sitting here speaking with a patient, do NOT just come up right behind that patient's chair and try to ask me a question...I will either ignore you or embarrass you (depending on my mood). In some rare instances (like tonight), I will ignore you until I am finished with my patient and THEN I will embarrass you. :mad:

I'm getting this woman's info, and this guy comes standing almost ON her chair saying he's going for a smoke if we come looking for him, that he's outside. :rolleyes: He's like, "Ma'am, did you hear me?" I refused to look at him, I just finished registering my patient. Only AFTER I was finished with her and she had gotten up from her seat, I addressed him. "It's quite rude of you to SEE that I am speaking with someone and to insist on making your presence known...and to address your concern--if we call your name and you are not here, they will call the next patient in line. If you are sick and really need to be seen, you will have a seat and not go meandering through the hospital." :rolleyes:

I really HATE people sometimes! :mad:

Can a new worker get a Standard Operating Procedures manual?

Can a new worker get some of the workers that have been here for 10+ years to give her some help?

Can the director of the council that the new worker is responsible for ANSWER HER EMAILS IN A TIMELY FASHION??!! If you know the meeting is in two weeks, then why are you giving me stuff to send out about the meeting the week before it? And then have the nerve to catch an attitude b/c I started working on another council? BINCH, that is YOUR fault?!!!!

And can you not go running to the Dir of Admin everytime I do something "wrong"?! If no one has shown me what the procedure is (refer to first issue noted here, please), how the hell am I supposed to do it "right"? How bout you get off your ass and help me? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Lordy...I need a drink

okay I work on the 10th floor of my building, i just really dislike it when people get on the elevator and ride it up one floor. That holds up the process of me getting to my office knowing that Im already late.


My other pet peeve is that whenever my little area has a gathering that involves food, you have these coworkers that can smell the idea of food and come over to my area and pig out and leave nothing left for the people that it was actually for. But when they have something in there area its all on the hush hush and they dont want to share any food. That lights a fire under my tush.

:mad:

One more....when there is a pubkic printer and there are people who live by the copier and go through your print outs and ask "who did this power point?," "Who are you doing this for?." "Is this personal or business?"

Thanks I had to get that off of my chest

This thread got me fired up!

I'm a salaried employee, and I often have to travel for work, so I don't punch a clock. The only people who need to be concerned w/ my time are the ones who write my check. It drives me insane when there are hourly people who see me leave and say "must be nice" :rolleyes:

First of all, I WORKED HARD to get where I am, and if you weren't so busy drinking behind the bleachers in high school, then maybe you could have a better job.

Second of all, it's not "nice" to get up when it's still dark b/c I have to drive three hours -for work, do my thing for a few hours and drive home - in traffic.

The other thing that drives me crazy is a boss who says do this project......You turn it in and they say, oh, um, I wanted you to do it differently.....WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT BEFORE I STARTED. I did not get a degree in mind reading!

Whew, I feel better now.:cool:

Ooo girl...I would be like :mad: MIND YOUR DAYUM BIZ! People are a trip.

...and don't walk up behind me and stare at my computer screen to see what I am doing. I will minimize my screen and make it obvious that they are nosey as hayle! Nosey people make my nether regions itch (per CT4).

Can I vent too? :)

Some of my "favorites" that I've encountered over my career:

I used to work in an office that had a P.A. system accessible from anyone's desk phone. Some of my coworkers would make bizarre announcements, page people to the bathroom, play music, etc. over the P.A. With clients in the office!

I had a micromanaging client who would tell me to do something and then tell me, step by step, how to do it - even though it was something I'd done a million times before. Then he would want to know why it had taken me so long. Um, because I had to spend twenty minutes listening to you tell me how to do something I could do in my sleep!

When I was laid off from one job, there were about 8 people laid off with me. The office's general manager and HR director didn't even have the guts to speak with each of us privately. They just hauled us all into a conference room, gave us our pink slips, and told us to go clean out our desks. :mad:

Oh, same client I mentioned above - He could have written the book on clock watching. He accused me a couple times of arriving at 9:05am, leaving at 5:00pm, and billing for a full day. (a) not true, (b) he's worried about five minutes?? And one day he asked me to stay late (about 1-1/2 hours) to finish setting something up. Naturally I billed him for the time. He then told me that I should have worked that extra time for FREE and that "If you want a good recommendation, you will put in extra hours and not bill me for them." After he pulled that one - he became a former client. :p

OOOHHHH, I really really dislike it when people try to look at what is on your screen. Im like dang can you go and do some work and please do not step foot in my office until your presence is aknowledged and you receive an invite to come in.......

Re: Work Pet Peeves
 

This still happens. We didn't win district, but we are in the playoffs. Did they congratulate the boys for a job well done...HECK NAW! :rolleyes:

How about I just hate my job?
 

I am looking for a new job now as we speak...

Yes, my co-workers complain to my boss instead of me, for the exact same things that they do. Oh, we have visitors...well, why are you talking so dog gone loud?

I am usually on the phone a lot, but there is so much traffic by my workspace that I just want to "shut the heck up!"

My boss is so unorganized. This would be a great youth program, but since she likes to do things at the last minute, the kids are doing nothing.

Oh, by the way, how do you have a youth development program and forget to include food and transportation into the grants???

How come she left me here to work by myself for three days with NOTHING to do? Since she's so unorganized, my work is usually done in an hour, and then I have to find more work to do? Which I REALLY HATE...

How come she made me do a month's work of curriculum, and we haven't touched it?

How come she boos my ideas, and then she comes back a week later and says she likes it?

How come she waits until two weeks before the program starts to check on our space, which isn't finished, so I have to set up a different space two days a week until next month?

How come we are supposed to be teaching our girls how to use apple computers, digital cameras, and camcorders to make dvd's, etc, and we are four weeks into the program, and I don't even know how to do it?

How come we started out with three team members, inluding myself, and I am the only one left after 4 months?

Why? am? I? Here?