Friday February 17, 2012

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    hoserfella

    Constant snorting, hands down. Some have never heard of tissues or were raised in barns, I believe.

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    Tahoochi

    Nail cutting at their desk.

    Talking to themselves.

    Emailing me a message when they could have simply turned to me and told me something (although I see this one in my American co-workers more often than Japanese)

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    smartacus

    When someone sits down or stands beside me and insists on chatting, even though they can see I am busy.

    Someone who makes a habit of reading faxes and letters not addressed to them.

    The constant battle between opposing sides over the air conditioning in summer and the heating in winter.

    Someone who monopolizes meetings.

    Lots more, but that will do for starters.

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    bamboohat

    when someone leaves the room and a couple people immediately start to gossip about him/her in hushed tones, as if hushing their tones is going to cover up their backstabbing conversation.

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    kyrie

    Sticking fingers in nose, palm covering mouth, then attempting to communicate.

    Rushing around making it look like something is drastically important and in the end nothing has been done.

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    KingSaint

    I had a really old guy who sits across from me, every now and then he would get really bad gas, he would also clean his ears with his over sized tooth pick, when he did that I had to go for a walk.

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    stirfry

    Rushing around making it look like something is drastically important and in the end nothing has been done.

    welcome to every japanese company in the world

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    IvanCoughalot

    I like the hours and hours of meetings do establish a procedure (such as what company policy should be so we can be seen to have made plans for the event of an influenza infection, for instance), and then as soon as the eventuality comes to pass, everybody squeaks "Ehhhh? Doh shio?"

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    seesaw

    The bitchiness and pretence by my female co-workers, especially the middle age ones who just cant stand someone else younger, smarter and prettier than them.

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    tmarie

    I work with a foreign guy who is a bible thumper. God manages to get brought up at least once a day. I was given some "Jesus is the Reason for the Season" thing just before the holiday started. Enjoy your religion but don't bother me with it.

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    hellhound

    I hate people who take their job too seriously. I want people at work to have fun and drink coffee and leave me alone. Merry Xmas

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    evaganda

    tmarie...that bible thumper cares about your soul because in due time we will all die...the bible thumper just want to give you hope not his religion... ..........people who act as if they know everything and think they are superior to others annoy me to no end.

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    nisegaijin

    Talking while eating desk lunch.

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    JackDorff

    People trying to act as a town crier (office crier) by announcing the news first thing in the morning.

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    IvanCoughalot

    hellhound - what's worse than that is the skinny get who knows he's hardly got anything to do, but makes a herculaean effort of demonstrating busy-ness and can't trouble himself to give the time of day to those around him who are equally unburdened with urgency but are less inclined to pretend.

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    tigerguy

    Japanese bimbos flirting with the important people in the office and making tea for the only the bosses. People playing music from their PCs is annoying too.

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    Sarge

    I'd rather answer and see the answers to this question:

    What is the nicest thing you've ever seen a co-worker do?

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    uberloser

    Fat chance, Sarge.

    I hate the slackers who assume the right to call in sick if the wind changes direction.

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    flammenwerfer

    Keyboard punchers - usually petite ladies who insist on typing by smashing the keyboard, especially when inputting data with numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard.

    Coffee and noodle slurpers in the eating spaces (often right next to the work spaces.... I don't buy the cultural difference, its annoying unnecessary and offensive to the ears. Burping is a far more natural bodily function and often necessary to relive discomfort yet it's considerate impolite even when done discretely? [shrugs shoulders].

    Yelling into the telephone, talk normally FFS, its not a 1930's crank phone on copper wire, the modern phone have sensitive microphone that can pick up your voice perfectly without screaming.

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    GW

    people you have to lead every step of the way day in day out, even though they have done it 1000s & thousands of times you still have to go through the whole process, even though its all there in the email I sent I have to take calls & more calls explaining exactly whats right in front of them on their screens. I dont might confirming bits here & there its nuts.

    And even worse than is that they only start getting going on the tasks at around 1600hrs & thats only after I have to prod them again.

    I work for myself but the few twits I have to deal with to get things done really can make easy tasks a real PITA!

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    XXXXX

    Not many, er, except one fatso who bumps into everything and everyone and never apologizes. He's kicked my chair with me on it a number of times and staring angrily at the beast didn't bring results. No physical coordination whatsoever, the limbs, hanging like things from the body. Ugh.

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    unrested

    when the old men in the teachers office decide its perfectly good manners to hock up a wad of mucus and tar in the loudest way possible right in the middle of lunch time.

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    TheMarion

    I hate leadership that consistently belittles someone and expects others to follow his example. I feel that, on the job, we should all pull together.

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    Madara

    Agree with tmarie.

    Bible thumpers at the workplace who can't take no for an answer and the loud talker and who can't keep their mouth shut.

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    dolphingirl

    Sarge: I agree! I've had a lot of fantastic co-workers and some of whom I ended up becoming good friends with. The only thing that really annoys me is when someone talks too much.

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    DeepAir65

    mobile phones in the office - why can't these people redirect their calls? I don't notice a normal desk phone going off as it is office noise but some annoying ringtone (or even a normal one for that) makes me break my concentration

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    carpboy

    a chorus incessant sniffing to indicate that they are doing it tough but soldiering on under extreme adversity, a white mask or both... this melody is climaxed by a throat-stripping hock up as heard by unrested.

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    stirfry

    showing up

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    IvanCoughalot

    Spinsters pretending it's cold when it isn't, and shivering, wrapping themselves up in blankets like they've just been winched out of the sea the instant the temperature drops below 27.

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    Lowly

    The guy who sits next to me but is never there. Others who have to see him always come up to me to ask where he got off to, of coures I don't know. He's busy hiding from them and the world. When he is there he smells bad, talks about stupid stuff and has bad ideas about work-- like total non-seqiuters. (He is foreigner expat btw).

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    kupapa

    Clock-watchers, people who lose sleep over things they can't control, poor personal hygiene, people who send you an e-mail then immediately come to your desk to ask if you've read it, people who cannot lead, follow or get out of the way.

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    USARonin

    -Those who don't pull their weight.

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    USARonin

    I'll bet a whole bunch of managers and high school vice-principals are annoyed by their rank and file and students who're constantly postin' on JT when they should be takin' care of company business or puttin' some effort into their education.

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    DeepAir65

    Spinsters pretending it's cold when it isn't, and shivering, wrapping themselves up in blankets like they've just been winched out of the sea the instant the temperature drops below 27.

    how could I forget that one! I remember one wearing a hat as well and complaining it was too cold - this was in July and I was visibly sweating in a short sleeve shirt!

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    LoveUSA

    People who do not appreciate their presents or never give persents themselves. Unthakful people who have been blessed with firendships but threw the friendship themseleves and then write poetry.

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    WMD

    The guy in the office who is constantly farting and the other guy who is constantly talking to himself. And the guy in the office who is always boasting how many languages he can speak.

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    DickMorris

    LoveUSA; Great post, i agree entirely.

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    memyselfI

    People who gossip to much about a co-worker. People who have no idea what they are doing but love to get in your way when you have an idea. Co-workers that do not except change or an new ideas. Old women who have a grudge or is not married yet. Weak managers,Idea killers, co-workers who stare at my lunch ( I am sorry if your lunch is some boring cup a noodles ) suck ups, co workers that report on me if I don't go alone with their stupid idiotic plan. ( sorry if I do not want someone to get hurt or injured )

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    LostinNagoya

    People who sabotage other people's work.

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    LoveUSA

    I hate people who stalk me even if I say no a thousand times.

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    Sarge

    Love, you don't have to put up with stalkers, if your co-worker continues to bother you after you've already refused him, report him to your boss, or if that doesn't work, to the police.

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    LoveUSA

    Love, you don't have to put up with stalkers, if your co-worker continues to bother you after you've already refused him, report him to your boss, or if that doesn't work, to the police.

    ok, thanks.

    also I do not like people who pretend to be better than their coworkers but are actually not

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    mtimjones

    Environmental nazis who spend more time policing other people's energy use rather than focusing on their jobs.

    And the worst, people who take credit for other people's work. I recall a co-worker who was never around when work was to be done, but was always present when it was time to take credit...

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    LoveUSA

    I do not like coworkers who are jealous.

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    marushka

    LoveUSA: agreed, don’t like jealous people. Actually I can not complain: I like them all.

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    AirBetweenTeeth

    Got to agree on the mobile tones one. What the hell ever happened to manner mode?

    And another pet irritation, mainly because it seems so utterly pointless: co-workers who insist on putting on the speaker phone while dialling and only then picking up the receiver after completing the number. Really, what could possibly be the point?

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    AirBetweenTeeth

    Oh, and how could I forget — knuckle-crackers. This seems to be an exclusively male pursuit.

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