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Who Has a Co-Worker That They Can't Stand?

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Why is that?

I have one that has to be liked by EVERYONE and takes me being the ONE that ignores her as me treating her like shit. We got along pretty well when she started, but once I got a feel for her personality type (everyone is shy when they first start), I started to pull back and she did not let go. Now she just lashes out at me for it when she gets the chance. And in general, I just find her very loud and annoying. I have a lot of loud coworkers, but she really never shuts up. Youngest one in the office, and it shows, even more than my immature ass.
 
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MegaBeefBowl

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She smells bad all the time, drinks a Monster, then gets a large Starbucks frappe and complains about not feeling well.

I'm hoping for a heart attack soon.

Edit: How could I forget! Her laugh makes me want to go deaf. It's basically assault having to hear it.
 
SABO.

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one of the managers in my team because she is fucking useless, has no idea what she's doing, pushes away the clients, can't support a team for shit, talks a mile a minute, throws people under the bus and only got tossed a bone because she was at the company doing the same fucken role for 12 years.

One of the clients we have put it in their contract that they would not have to deal with her as a contact.

She is that fucking bad and it drives me nuts
 
Jadow

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The ones who never manage to shut up all day gossiping, thank the lords for headphones
 
turbobrick

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My most recent one I had was that she hated working for the company, but knew we were short people so she wouldn't get fired easily. She'd always half-ass all work she did, come in late, leave early and basically be a burden on everyone else. She told someone else she does it to stick it to management, but doesn't realize it hurts her co-workers the most. So glad when she got fired.
 
Doom_Bringer

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Arrogant know it all coder. Made me look bad in front of the team since I couldn't learn Redux quickly enough. Fucking asshole
 
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Yeah, I've got one.

I work at a software firm, and about a decade ago the owner of the company instituted a "quiet time" between 1pm and 2pm. Now no one respects quiet time anymore because this is a period right after lunch when you normally need to talk to other people to plan things (plus the number of employees has grown from about 5 to 150 and it doesn't scale). However, there's this one dude that will legitimately sprint up to someone if he hears them talking and remind them that it's quiet time. Not even a "shush", just a completely serious "it's quiet time." What are we, fucking toddlers? He's forced everyone in the area to effectively communicate over Skype for a one hour block, even if we have important meetings coming up that need to be discussed. And heaven forbid you should start talking about something non-work-related, because then he'll yell at you about not showing respect.
 
hyuckwut

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I don't really dislike the guy, but I'm annoyed by the dude who sits across from me. He kinda stinks, breathes like hes out of breath (sitting), and falls asleep every 5 minutes sitting up (snoring, too). I'm kinda worried about him :\
 
RationalGinger

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MegaBeefBowl said:
She smells bad all the time, drinks a Monster, then gets a large Starbucks frappe and complains about not feeling well.

I'm hoping for a heart attack soon.

Edit: How could I forget! Her laugh makes me want to go deaf. It's basically assault having to hear it.
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Please tell me you aren't in Ohio...you described a former coworker so we'll it's eerie..and I refuse to believe there are two of them.
 
The Albatross

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I get along with everybody, but there's like ... 2 or 3 people who I fucking groan every time they instant message me, book me for a meeting, send me a code review, etc.

I basically hate everybody on this one incompetent team. Their manager is incompetent and he has hired incompetent people. The only people on his team who aren't incompetent are people who were on it before him.

There's also this one super annoying guy I can't stand. Him and I get along fine, I'm one of the few people who get along with him, but I can't stand him. He just endlessly blabs about things he has no idea what he's talking about. He's one of those guys who researches like... 5 seconds of every technology stack, enough to pretend like he knows what he's talking about and 95% of what comes out of his mouth makes no sense.
 
HardTimesFamilyPride

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I have a group of older ladies at my job who fit that rumor mill stereotype and are constantly getting in/sharing everyone else's business.

I'll be eating in the break room and one of 'em will be in there and will yell across the room to ask me about some other employee's personal shit like it's my business or like I care. Really frustrates me.

A couple of these same ladies will constantly bring merchandise to me because the packaging will have cartoon characters on it so they assume it's a toy dept item when more often than not it's hygiene shit like toothbrushes and bubble bath stuff. Then they'll try to argue with me about it!

Other than that there are a few kids who seem to need validation from others and will talk and talk and talk and talk and try to force my attention away from whatever I'm already focused on then get mad when I point out it's kind of rude. Really sucks because if it weren't for that I'd be fine with them.
 

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There's a person who works in our lab who does not speak English very well and does not know how to operate a computer. We have to spend a large amount of time showing her how to do things like get through bitlocker and connect to VPN. They can use the software we use to perform our jobs but anything else and we either have to help or she's on the phone with IT and those calls sound absolutely painful.
 
Viewt

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At my current company, I actually get along really well with everybody - or, at the very least, we can work together without issues. My last job, though? Ugh, there was this one guy...

The weird thing about it was that we worked together just fine for like two and a half years. Then he got his MBA and became a complete asshole. He made ridiculous demands of people that didn't report to him, he undermined people's managers, and he just generally made a big stink every time he didn't get exactly what he wanted. Basically, he wanted to make a big jump in responsibilities and power, but the company culture at that place just wasn't going to vibe with that. That company was (and is, presumably) very conservative when it comes to process/org structure changes. As a result, he made enemies out of just about everyone he worked with, but because of my role, I just ended up having to deal with him the most.

I'll give him credit, though. After throwing a big fit and quitting, he managed to fleece the CEO into doubling his salary to get him to stay. AND he called the CEO an idiot with the attention span of a kindergartener. Which, hey, I agree, but DAMN, dude.

Anyway, I grabbed lunch with an old coworker and, expectedly, this guy is crashing and burning. A bunch of people have left the company and now that there's less of a buffer between him and upper management, they're getting just as annoyed as the rest of us were.
 

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everyone who's worked in a restaurant had that shift leader or manager whose true passion in life was spotless floors and they decided a restaurant job was the best option to do that for a living
 
Aussiebattler

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There's a lady who watches tv shows all day on her computer and has at least 10 cigarette breaks a day. But she is technically working for another company so no one can do anything about it, unless someone were to snitch to her big boss who works overseas.
 
shnurgleton

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I like everybody I work with, but there is somebody on the other side of the office who is a Loud Talker and it is not pleasant because he is very loud. He seems like a nice guy but I can't say his deafening laughter doesn't color my opinion of him
 
bsigg

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She's a lying, manipulative, cheating, piece of shit of a person who has bounced around departments because no one likes her but she somehow still has a job and I will be dancing on my desk the moment I hear she's gone
 
Socivol

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I had one she was the fucking worst. She had no professional courtesy. She would never respond to emails in a timely manner. She would ask ridiculous requests as well. Once she asked me not to schedule anything for THREE WHOLE DAYS of the week to wait for a response for her. Like who does that? She never replied to emails in a timely manner like it would take sometimes weeks for a response and then immediately want something done. She had a shitty attitude too. I had another one at another job that just sucked. He was trash and thought his shit didn't stink. With both of these coworkers they were loathed by the whole staff not just me, which made me feel even more justified in hating their guts.
 
AtomLung

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Everyone is on a scale from likable to tolerable at my job. I'm sure I would like some of them less if I got to know them better though.
 

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I eventually find something irritating about everyone I work with, including myself. So at best I do my tasks and try to avoid everyone, including myself
 
Celcius

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Yep, I think everyone finds themselves in that situation at some point in their career.
 
Maximus

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I hate my manager. This person doesn't know what the fuck they are doing, way too emotional, tries to micromanage, no strategy, no people skills, gets stuck on things that don't matter as talking points.

I'll be happy when I find a new job or if they leave/get let go.
 

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I kind of hate a dude because he's so likable but is a confirmed trump supporter at the same time. Always yucking it up with people. Although he was effectively banned from part of the office (don't walk through here anymore because you are a distraction), so maybe people actually don't like him. I actually get along with the guy as long as there's no politics, and he's like my closest team member so it's kind of a weird vibe but overall I like the guy.
 
PhilosopherDirtBike

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The other day I sent an email to a coworker about a minor request they had made and then proceeded to go to a meeting about something completely different that she also happened to be in and I got to listen to five minutes of her talking shit about me to someone else in the meeting because she didn't realize that I was the one who had sent her the email. So her, I guess.
 
Hilbert

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I worked with a programmer who was incompetent, slow, and when you gave him a task you had to walk him through the whole thing, to the point where you might as well have done it yourself. He was super talkative, butted into every conversation around him, walked up to you and started long rambling conversations, and was a vocal trump supporter.

I eventually installed a Chrome extension that would call my phone if I clicked it. When he started walking toward me I would click it, and then walk away talking on my phone. More and more people started installing it, and eventually managers heard about it, and fired him. This was after I grabbed my lead and told him I didn't want to work with this guy anymore, I was sick of holding his hand all the time, and to get him transferred to another team.

I feel a little responsible, but not much.
 
sph3re

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Work with a guy who always complains about being busy, yet spends half his day on his phone watching his dog through his security monitor

Always talks shit about the people from his former department, yet he was the worst of them all, which is why they sent him up to his current department

Takes more vacations than people who have been there 10 years longer than he has

He's a cool guy to talk to generally, but he's one of those people who will eventually change the topic of conversation to himself. Like, if you're talking about your pet, you'll get maybe a sentence or two in before he rambles on about his fucking dog

Just the worst
 
hibikase

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I hate my job but I'm too anxious and lacking in self-esteem to leave, so the person I can't stand at my workplace is myself.
 
Soma

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When I worked at Starbucks I had quite a few. I'm a pretty patient guy but maaaaaaaaaaaaaan it was tough to keep my composure at times.

At the bar/resturant I work at now, there's really no one that I outright dislike. Like there's a few that I find kinda annoying or I don't mesh well with their personalities but at the end of the day I'd probably still grab a drink with them after a shift.
 
Grimminski

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Had to fire this racist ass white kid a few months ago, started spouting off some bullshit about immigrants and black folk while doing a local service. What the fuck is wrong with people.

I hope his dad beat his ass.
 
Drain You

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hibikase said:
Funny you say that, recently I asked for a month of sabbatical and my request was denied. Can't even get that basic courtesy after 11 years of service.
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Asking for any sort of time off at my current job is immediately denied and it is the only thing I really hate about it. I asked for a night off to go to a funeral and was hit with a big fat nope. Such bullshit.
 
Sub Boss

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Yes when my family were my 'coworker' /boss, including my SIL, we couldn't stand each other and i wanted to die.

Obviously that business failed, thank god

Now im better, normally i get along with the coworkers or classmates despite not talking much
 
Aftervirtue

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I can tolerate most things, but what bothers me a lot is the overtly flirty stuff that goes on between two colleagues. There is hardly ever any subtlety and worst of all they claim to have significant others. They often intentionally speak very loud while they tease/flirt with each other and it carries to our offices, thus subjecting us to their musings. It is definitely annoying.

A recent example of their antics happened as I was speaking with one of them about some code that'll help with a process of ours and the other one walked into the office and started pretending to be "typing" on the others back, fully disturbing our talk. Take that somewhere else.
 
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Aftervirtue said:
I can tolerate most things, but what bothers me a lot is the overtly flirty stuff that goes on between two colleagues. There is hardly ever any subtlety and worst of all they claim to have significant others. They often speak loud enough while they tease/flirt with each other, so the rest of us are all subjected to their musings from our offices. It is definitely annoying.

A recent example of their antics happened as I was speaking with one of them about some code that'll help with a process of ours and the other one walked into the office and started pretending to be "typing" on the others back, fully distrusting our talk. Take that somewhere else.
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"Work Wives" "Work Husbands" are kinda a weird thing. I've worked at places while I've had a SO but at the same had someone at work that seemed way too flirty etc. Its hard to explain, but I don't blame you at all for being bothered by it. I'd probably be bothered too.
 
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