Anywho - I'll just do a quick snippet of what I made. The Mr wanted something with cauliflower and I was a little pooped from all of the family crap we had to do that day so I went with a dish I've made before. I made Penne Con Cavolofiore (sans the cheese). It's a pretty simple dish to make and it's very good.
Aaaanywho… onto the blog topic.
What I'm going to complain about is not necessarily unique to MY office. I'm pretty sure these things happen all over whether you work in a cube farm or any other corporation.
It's annoying when…
1) People don't say "good morning" or "hello" or even smile when you say "good morning" or "hello" or SMILE. Would it kill you to show some form of politeness? I'm not expecting a greeting of Charles Nelson Reilly proportions but an acknowledgement would be nice.
2) People take the elevators up one floor. Seriously? One floor? Walking up one flight of stairs is really that tough? I make exceptions for a few people (those that are preggers, disabled, injured or even those that aren't familiar with this building and don't know where the stairs are located) but for the rest of 'em? What the fuck, people. Exercise is good for you. Save a tree and walk up the stairs.
3) People talk on their cell phones in the bathroom stalls. That's just gross. Really really gross. Like ridiculously gross.
4) People hold conversations in the bathroom. Some of us have stage fright, thanks and listening to you chatter on about your kid's soccer game isn't helping.
5) People don't hold the door open for me when I'm clearly less than 5 steps behind them.
6) People hold the door open for me when I'm walking up the stairwell and am clearly too far behind them therefore making me feel like I need to run up the stairs so as to not waste their time. Yes, I get that this is a bit contradictory to #5 but there is an unspoken cut-off point for holding a door open for someone.
7) People complain about the weather and gas prices. If I have to hear one more person bitch about how much it costs them to drive their mammoth SUV to and from work, I will NOT hold the door open for them anymore! Do you really not have anything else to talk about with another person?
8) People who make a big fuss when I wear glasses or my hair down to work. One woman even went so far as to tell me she didn't even recognize me because of my hair and glasses. Are you kidding? I felt like I was in that scene from Not Another Teen Movie when they pick Janie for the bet. No, no, no, no, anyone but her! Not... Janie Briggs! Guys, she's got glasses and a ponytail! Aw, look at that, she's got paint on her overalls, what is that? Guys, there's no way she could be prom queen!
9) Smokers don't move away from the front door. My office building doesn't really have a good designated smoking area but it's kind of common courtesy to just move away from the door where everyone needs to enter the building. I don't need your lung cancer or stinky smoke attaching to my clothing.
10) People still have mullets. I mean, really. This isn't a Nascar sporting event. We are a professional corporation. I think this should be a part of the dress code. If I can't wear my uber cute thong dress sandals, then you can't have a mullet.
What annoys you at the office?
10 comments:
I agree with every single one of those. I've also seen people not wash their hands after going to the bath room which makes me sick.
It also annoys me when people laugh out loud when reading something and I'm the only other person in the room. It makes me paranoid.
Slow movers also annoy me. And people who ask a million stupid questions in meetings. Okay, I'll stop there...
It annoys me to no end when people are just plain rude. There are no excuses to being rude. There should be some sort of proper etiquette in the work environment class.
You will always, without fail, run into your boss(or even someone higher up that your boss) as you are coming in late. You may never, EVER, see them. But the one day that your dog had diharrea all over your bedroom carpet and the man that's painting your house showed up to shake you down for a $1200 check you never discussed so you happen to be running 20 minutes late because of course you had to stop by McDonlad's as the thought of making it until noon without anything to eat just kills you. Oh yeah, that is the day you will see "the man" as you are stepping off the elevator! (This was my morning!)But it always happens this way, doesn't it?
I agree w/ lspoon and the rudeness - no excuse. I had a co-worker slam down the phone on one of the higher-ups recently. Yeah, that was professional.
This is really good - that same co-worker just CALLED another employee who sits less than 20 feet away and asked them to come see her.
Also, I often eat my lunch at my desk a lot, and I hate when people interrupt. Please, just give me 15 minutes of peace. Please.
I worked on the second floor of an office building once, and we were required to take the elevator, because building management deemed the stairs for "emergency purposes only." It drove me nuts, especially at 5:00 when everyone would leave and the elevator would be too crowded to get into.
Currently, the only thing that really drives me crazy about my office is that it's a windowless room with cinder block walls. The lack of sunshine is going to be my demise someday.
I couldn't help but send you to this blog...
http://www.youshouldtryharder.com/2008/08/gratuitous-rant-of-day.html
as I found it hilarious how similar your "rants" regarding work were...even down to the kid's soccer games!
All of the above! Though, I admit I have been guilty of #4.
Also, I hate when people don't clean up after themselves - like they drip coffee when they pour and then just leave it, or leave used creamer containers on the counter. The paper towels and trash can are RIGHT THERE people!
Gerard can kiss my tinkler. I love cooking posts and I plan to make that mish mash cha cha cha veggie thing you made last time.
OMG Twink, go here and read the first cartoon:
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/29/what-we-didnt-learn-at-comicon-a-passive-aggressive-show-tell/
i don't know if you have enough space in this comment section for all the things that annoy me at the office, but i'll give you my biggest pet peeve.
lazy assholes that don't do any work and leave me to pick up their slack.
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