Work Pet Peeves

[AKA2D '91]

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!

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.

[Lovely]

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

[Miss. Mocha]

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).

[AKAtude]

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:

[Lovely]

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)

[MS.REVLON]

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.

[Soulful Soror]

-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!

-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!!!*

[tickledpink]

Originally posted by Soulful Soror
-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 people go off on STUPID tangents during meetings, making the meeting last 50 million years!

*TOO TOO MANY TO NAME!!!*

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

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!

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

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!!!

[Ideal08]

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.

[misskriss01]

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...

[HeartbrAKA]

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.

[SFactor]

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$$

[Ideal08]

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

Soror, I feel you!! I have been trying to figure out how to dress at this job, but now I'm like, whatever. I'ma wear what I want so that I'm comfortable. I want to tell the people that say that all the time that maybe they should try looking nice once in a while.

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.

You already know what I have to say about that mess. I'm glad I'm not the only one dealing with this crap. I only killed one ant so far today, so I guess it's getting better.

[toocute]

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

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.

[joi]

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