I work with a "birther" hahah

oregonzoo
oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
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What are some funny things about your co-workers?



I just got an email about Obama being born in Kenya.
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  • Turtlehurdle
    Turtlehurdle Posts: 412
    My boss looks like ned flanders. Seriously he does. Glasses and hair.
  • Treesy72
    Treesy72 Posts: 230
    I used to work with a woman who looked just like Harry Potter.....
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Beat that person until they can't move. Ugh.


    I work with almost nothing but women. Many of them older and black. My work wife Tara nicknamed me Precious. So that's how I start my work day, "Morning Precious!"

    Also I kill all the bugs, lift all the things and am rewarded with cakes and treats. All in all I can't complain.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    I work with nerds. When I have an ounce of cleavage showing.... they all stop what they're doing:)) It's pretty funny. And they forget the English language.


    I now wear lower cut tops for my own personal enjoyment.
  • hellokathy
    hellokathy Posts: 540 Member
    I work with only men in my team. One of them looks like Brain from Pinky & the Brain. Not kidding. He's actually really creepy and annoying and no one likes him. People from other departments will come round when he's not there to tell us how annoying he is. And lately, he's been giving me a lot of compliments. Of course, it has to be the creep doing this! :embarassed:
  • S1NN3R
    S1NN3R Posts: 452 Member
    My co-worker always feels the need to tell me about her bowel movements and rambles on about anything and everything! LOL

    I avoid asking her anything because that will spark up a 3 hour story from her. Pandora and earphones are great!
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Oh yes, I work with TWO birthers. *eyeroll*

    One of those will read off headlines from Yahoo but then argue with you on the details of the article even though she only reads the headlines. Fun stuff.
  • KayakAngel
    KayakAngel Posts: 397 Member
    Two of my coworkers talk in baby talk to each other - seriously. Grown *kitten* women, both of them. Yes, Pandora and earphones is my defense too.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    My coworkers believe we're in high school and intentionally ostracize one person in the office from any gatherings, luncheons, etc. The ostracized person varies from year to year. It's awesome... (comic sans font here.)
  • Shannon2714
    Shannon2714 Posts: 843 Member
    Beat that person until they can't move. Ugh. <~~~~Agreed.


    I work with almost nothing but women. Many of them older and black. My work wife Tara nicknamed me Precious . So that's how I start my work day, "Morning Precious!"

    Also I kill all the bugs, lift all the things and am rewarded with cakes and treats. All in all I can't complain.

    You know they are right...you won't live that down... :wink:
  • Desterknee
    Desterknee Posts: 1,056 Member
    I work for an organization which deals with a lot of middle-eastern businesses. Naturally a lot of Arabic speakers are employed. So during staff meeting when talking about potential opportunities sometimes they'll say "Insha'Allah" which is "god willing" in Arabic.

    A new hire, a southern blonde protestant, has now taken to saying "Insha'Allah" after everything even though she is neither an arabic speaker, nor muslim.

    I find this to be highly annoying lol.
  • Shannon2714
    Shannon2714 Posts: 843 Member
    Oh yes, I work with TWO birthers. *eyeroll*

    One of those will read off headlines from Yahoo but then argue with you on the details of the article even though she only reads the headlines. Fun stuff.

    It could be worse...the one man I work with reads Fox News *kitten* to all of us all day...I'm seriously considering stabbing my eardrums with a pencil.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I work for an organization which deals with a lot of middle-eastern businesses. Naturally a lot of Arabic speakers are employed. So during staff meeting when talking about potential opportunities sometimes they'll say "Insha'Allah" which is "god willing" in Arabic.

    A new hire, a southern blonde protestant, has now taken to saying "Insha'Allah" after everything even though she is neither an arabic speaker, nor muslim.

    I find this to be highly annoying lol.

    I'd shank her.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Two of my coworkers talk in baby talk to each other - seriously. Grown *kitten* women, both of them. Yes, Pandora and earphones is my defense too.

    Shut. Up. I dare you to record them so they can hear what *kitten* they sound like.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I work for an organization which deals with a lot of middle-eastern businesses. Naturally a lot of Arabic speakers are employed. So during staff meeting when talking about potential opportunities sometimes they'll say "Insha'Allah" which is "god willing" in Arabic.

    A new hire, a southern blonde protestant, has now taken to saying "Insha'Allah" after everything even though she is neither an arabic speaker, nor muslim.

    I find this to be highly annoying lol.
    Well, it could be worse, she could be complianing about the fact they say that... that's what I was expecting to read lol
  • littlehedgy
    littlehedgy Posts: 192 Member
    This is a conversation I had the pleasure to overhear between two elderly co-workers.

    C "Isn't it funny how potato and tomato sound the same... but they don't taste the same?"
    B "Yeah because one is a fruit, and the other is a root!"
    c "FRUIT AND ROOT RHYME TOO!"

    HIlarity ensued. I mean shake the walls hilarity between those two. They continued to discuss how weird it was that potatoes and tomatoes sound the same but they don't even look alike. Another gem was the TWENTY minute salt conversation.

    "There's pink salt, and sea salt and rock salt, and man made salt ect ect"
    and she just keeps running and running and running
  • Krizzle4Rizzle
    Krizzle4Rizzle Posts: 2,704 Member
    I work with a sociopath who lies about everything. Even small thinks that make no sense..like where she went to lunch. She creeps me out.
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    One of my guys looks like Jimmy Nuetron, LOL.

    Our office is without a doubt a carbon copy of the the show The Office.
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    I sit next to an uber-conservative who spouts Rush Limbaugh headlines to me while simultaneously channeling some of the most upper class, WASPy stereotypes I have ever witnessed. He is the modern day version of Judge Smails from Caddyshack.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    This is quickly becoming my favorite thread of the day.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    I'm the youngest person in nursing admisistration which means that all my bosses seem to think I am either their barbie or their kid. They are constantly giving me unrequested advice on my clothes and stlye. It freaks them out that I hang out with the regular staff in the building and they are constantly threatening to take me shopping. BTW they are all in their late 50's upper 60's
  • Desterknee
    Desterknee Posts: 1,056 Member
    I'd shank her.

    If only this were a viable option.
    Well, it could be worse, she could be complianing about the fact they say that... that's what I was expecting to read lol

    So very true. But now you have me wondering if she's mocking them or just trying to be a cool kid. Luckily she's in DC office so I only hear her do it once a week.

    ETA:

    Actually, she writes it in e-mails too.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    There is also the woman who got angry at me for telling her "bless you" after sneezing. She says it's "against her religion" she opens doors with paper towels.

    And of course, my friend. The pot smoker who talks about that, and needing to get some on work IM.
  • heliumheels
    heliumheels Posts: 241 Member
    The only co-workers who I have issues with are the mean ones. I'll give you one example, since she is kind of funny. She is 40, single, and is basically an animal hoarder. She has a paw print tattoo on her neck, along with some other really terrible tattoos. I wouldn't base my opinion of her on these details alone, but she happens to be the loudest, most obnoxious person that I have ever met. She is on my project team, so I get to hear her talk at the top of her lungs in little conference rooms, when I am two feet away. Before we moved to a new building and I moved as far away from her cubicle as possible, I used to listen to her large range of conversation topics; everything from her grandmother's uterus (seriously) to her cat named Precious. She is a whiner, a complainer, and a crier. Being an animal lover, she claims that eating meat freaks her out and she doesn't really like to eat it, yet I see her wolf down every meat available at luncheons (except for man-meat, for obvious reasons). She talks *kitten* about everyone behind their backs (including my boss, who is a really nice guy) and takes credit for other people's hard work. She is just a big, lazy waste of space in this department and I hope that she quits or gets fired. Phew. That felt good to get off my chest.
  • poshcouture
    poshcouture Posts: 610
    Two office doors down there's the property lawyer that by day looks like he stepped straight of GQ and by night, the lead for a Linkin Park cover. Then there's the Theft Claims Adjuster I've appropriately nicknamed "Abercrombie" (and my gawd can he ever work the Fitch's) posted in the office right across from me. Needless to say, I'm pretty distracted most of the day. Not that you can't already tell.

    I LOVE my job!

    OH! The funny! My co-worker who's extra loud and chipper in the a.m. This is fine but she has a voice like Kitty Forman from That 70s Show. Talk about nails on a chalkboard!
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Oh yes, I work with TWO birthers. *eyeroll*

    One of those will read off headlines from Yahoo but then argue with you on the details of the article even though she only reads the headlines. Fun stuff.

    It could be worse...the one man I work with reads Fox News *kitten* to all of us all day...I'm seriously considering stabbing my eardrums with a pencil.


    yikes! That would be worse! (these ladies are definitely Fox News watchers but they know better than to talk to me about that nonsense now) :angry:
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    There is also the woman who got angry at me for telling her "bless you" after sneezing. She says it's "against her religion" she opens doors with paper towels.

    And of course, my friend. The pot smoker who talks about that, and needing to get some on work IM.

    I open the bathroom door with a paper towel (on my way out). :embarassed: After seeing how many people leave without washing their hands...I don't want to touch that door handle. :sick:
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    I'm just here for the Precious. Oh, yeah man. I saw that.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    I'm just here for the Precious. Oh, yeah man. I saw that.

    :explode:
  • futurestarz
    futurestarz Posts: 510
    A lady I work with looks exactly like Ursula from "The Little Mermaid" it's uncanny. She's just as evil too :mad: haha

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