My pet peeve at work is -

serena569

People who leave the conference room then stand next to my desk and talk.
People who open my lunch in the fridge then ask "Who has that ham sandwich? It looks reallk good."
People who tell you every ailment. Of the 4 women here, one is diabetic, one has diverticulitis, and one is lactose intolerant. I'm tired of hearing what you can't eat. Just say no thank you when it's offered!
People who send every email with read receipts attached. I don't trust anyone to read their emails so I'm gonna request a receipt. What an insult.

WOW! Thanks for the vent. Now back to my happy place before I become mired in negativity.

kit_katty

Not me but someone I know, his company has now stopped providing tea bags, milk, and cream. I mean, these are such small things that really help with employee morale, or rather, they certainly lower morale when it's taken away! Sheesh, cheapskates!

Wow, I've NEVER worked anywhere where you don't have to pay into a kitty for it or take your own.

Really? I've never worked at an office that didn't provide it. Then again I'm in Canada, maybe it's just become standard up here?

acstansell

corporate speak drives me bonkers. Also, I dislike having lulls in work - it leads to distractions like posing messages about my job on weight-loss forums.

QueenJayJay

Absolutely NO teamwork.

Jamie2007

LACK OF COMMUNICATION

_snw_

i work with ~a lot~ of people, mostly men, who have little social skills. Many of them find it completely appropriate to do things like clip their toenails in the cube next to me. ~shudder~

abrantner

People who are OCD about stuff...I understand doing everything right, but why make something simple twice as hard?

You know my boss??

audreanna76

people who e-mail me and call me 5 minutes later to tell me they e-mailed me and go through a long spill about what the e-mail says...as if I can't read the damn e-mail on my own???

xo_morgan

im a receptionist so one of my BIGGEST pet peeves is whenever someone comes in more than 30 minutes early for an interview. UGH it makes me absolutley furious. Im a fairly friendly person (thats obviously why i work in customer service) but there is nothing i hate more than someone showing up at 11:50 for an interview they arent supposed to be at until 12:30 anyways! "i didnt think traffic would be so easy!"...yeah well i didnt think that you didnt think so stop at a starbucks or sit in your car and jam to the radio for the next at least 20 minutes so you could come in at a decently acceptable time.

Unless of course they come in and know how to hold a conversation..then i dont mind killing time and meeting someone new. but its the ones that come in and i ask about their hometown..kids..their trip and i get awkward one word answers!!!

okay, rant over.

memcd911

The fact that 85% of the men here obviously think they work with their mother/wife/girlfriend. They NEVER clean up after themselves.

hillm12345

My biggest pet peeve is people complaining about how everything has to be "FAIR"

I teach and right now I happen to have extra time in my day... well it's not FAIR to everyone else so now as the music teacher, I have to teach math. UGH!

noexcuses1218

The time clock. More like my nemesis than a pet peeve, really.

JPsFunkyMojo

When I answer the phone saying "Good Morning/Afternoon this is Dr. "Smith's" office" and the first thing they say "Is this Dr. "Smith's" office"

*facepalm*
No, no it's not.

AnninStPaul

I'm tasked with recruiting people to raise/donate money for a company-favored charity...while we're cutting costs.

rameyer1316

coworks who clip there nails at there desk and let the nails fly all over the place. I have two in my office of 10 who do that. Drives me crazy and the men who drip on the toilet seats.

memcd911

I also hate when people assume that because I'm upfront that I'm a receptionist. I'm the office manager. The only things I don't do are outside sales and parts servicing. I do not have time to wipe your *kitten* for you, nor is it in the job description for my position level.

mv0912

My pet peeve is when I try to find out the color of the mulch I'm ordering and the rep tells me to drive out to see it. LOL

LOL!!

AnninStPaul

The fact that 85% of the men here obviously think they work with their mother/wife/girlfriend. They NEVER clean up after themselves.

In my prior office, I went man to man and explained that our support staff ARE NOT THEIR MOTHER and that they need to clean up after themselves. One was walked straight to the microwave to wipe up his mess.

xo_morgan

OH HEY, as we speak someone is here for a 3:30.....its 2:39 my time.......:explode:

rameyer1316

Also I work with a bunch of men only 3 women in my office and they all feel it's the women's job to answer the phone. You can be busy and away from the phone and it will ring and ring and they give you these looks answer the phone already when it's just as easy for them to do it. Makes me mad!

SouthernNHgirl

I work in a small room with 2 other people with no cubicle walls. We can all hear every little thing each other does. I can hear the guys stomach grumbling, etc. It's so distracting!

cmriverside

People who call eleventy-seven times a day to see if their test results are done.

Do you think you will get them sooner by disrupting everyone's work who are trying to get your test results done?

javajunki

My company is laying people off, yet we have and EPC that brings in $150 of treats 3 mornings a week. UMM WHAT!!! Then we have team meetings about cost saving ideas.

le sigh

And We will keep having these daily meetings until we figure out why there in so little work getting done!!

lynnmarie60

they want me to work.

LaDiablesse

people who e-mail me and call me 5 minutes later to tell me they e-mailed me and go through a long spill about what the e-mail says...as if I can't read the damn e-mail on my own???

Are you sure you don't work with me?

sassypaula

My pet peeve at work is when I pay for my own HEALTHY snacks and some A..hole decides he deserves it more than me and consumes the entire product but still leaves the garbage in my drawer. SERIOUSLY!!

mrmanmeat

Not me but someone I know, his company has now stopped providing tea bags, milk, and cream. I mean, these are such small things that really help with employee morale, or rather, they certainly lower morale when it's taken away! Sheesh, cheapskates!

Before you call them cheap, keep in mind providing these things is very expensive. Especially when most employees spend most of their day online.

I'd take them away from my employee's if it was warranted.

TheLongRunner

The chic in the cube next to me who eats apples louder than Mr. Ed. And slurps her drinks. And scrapes the yogurt cup 47 times to make sure she didn't miss that last little bit.

lol

THINandFABULOUS

the kitchen. people always leave their dirty plates, mugs and tupperware in the sink. we also have food, drinks and meals left in the fridge for extended amounts of time. it's so gross. i just want to tell people to clean up after themselves and to take out their old foods!!

myltlisa24

My company takes yard waste & clean pallets & turns it into mulch for the community. Depending on what material is used, it could look entirely different from one day to the next.When I tell our customers over the phone that we sell mulch & they ask what it looks like. "Is it light brown? Is it chunky? Is it fine?" *sigh* It's 2 acres away from my office, I don't know how it's looking today.:huh: I'm not going over there to look at it just to walk back to the phone & hope they're still waiting for me. When I tell them, "Well Sir, people call different things mulch so it would really be best for you to drive out to see if it suits your needs." They get all quiet on the phone like I just cussed them out. I'm all for customer service but YEESH.

What's your pet peeve?

when someone is chewing loudly, or burps, or chews with their mouth open - REALLY - don't we have manners!!!