The Annoying Co-Worker Thread

[Reeena 0]

The good/bad thing with being in the military is I will PROBABLY see these people again and end up working with/for/alongside them again in few years...

[thetreble 19]

The nerve of some people!

I recently received an email from the manager who took over my position when I lived in Canada. Actually, they split my responsibilities into 3 departments and the new person (who it took them over a year to find) only does 1/3 of my job so that really ticks me off. But I digress. Anyway, she was "assigning" me a task to get in touch with my former contacts to tell them to let them know to contact her instead of me now. It's been 2.5 years since I worked in that position! I was like "Yeah. I'll get right on that."

Assigning you a task? I'm pretty sure you aren't obligated to do ANYTHING unless they want to pay you for it! haha Some nerve.

[Krikit 1,164]

The nerve of some people!

I recently received an email from the manager who took over my position when I lived in Canada. Actually, they split my responsibilities into 3 departments and the new person (who it took them over a year to find) only does 1/3 of my job so that really ticks me off. But I digress. Anyway, she was "assigning" me a task to get in touch with my former contacts to tell them to let them know to contact her instead of me now. It's been 2.5 years since I worked in that position! I was like "Yeah. I'll get right on that."

Assigning you a task? I'm pretty sure you aren't obligated to do ANYTHING unless they want to pay you for it! haha Some nerve.

I know. I was tempted to write her back and ask her how much she was paying me for it. Instead I just ignored her. lol

[trailmix 77]

It's funny, reading this thread keeps reminding me of the most annoying co-worker I have ever had (there have been a few). I worked from home, for IBM, before coming to the U.S. and I was really only working with one other person on a day to day basis.

You could telecommute for this job, but she chose not to - who does that?? She wanted the 'social interaction' (read gossip).

Her name was Agnieszka - I noticed today that there is now a VJ member with that name

I will only tell one story about her - although there are many. I decided to quit as I could no longer stand working with her. So on my last day of work, like 4 hours before the end of the work day, I see an email in our shared work account - to a client. In the email she is basically blaming me for something and telling the client that she now has a new coworker so she shouldn't be seeing these kinds of things anymore.

Well in fact the 'error' was her error and she is the one who had worked on that particular thing (easy to check as every single thing we did had a 'ticket').

I forwarded the email to the office manager and said, I think my work here is done. Turned off my computer and

Edited April 3, 2009 by trailmix

[thetreble 19]

At least you bowed out gracefully! That is what matters. i'm amazed at people who won't admit to their mistakes. I admit to mine all the time at work because it is human to drop the ball once and awhile. Some people though..woah..can't do that! That would be like...admitting you aren't a machine!

[trailmix 77]

At least you bowed out gracefully! That is what matters. i'm amazed at people who won't admit to their mistakes. I admit to mine all the time at work because it is human to drop the ball once and awhile. Some people though..woah..can't do that! That would be like...admitting you aren't a machine!

[The_Dude 1,142]

The nerve of some people!

I recently received an email from the manager who took over my position when I lived in Canada. Actually, they split my responsibilities into 3 departments and the new person (who it took them over a year to find) only does 1/3 of my job so that really ticks me off. But I digress. Anyway, she was "assigning" me a task to get in touch with my former contacts to tell them to let them know to contact her instead of me now. It's been 2.5 years since I worked in that position! I was like "Yeah. I'll get right on that."

Assigning you a task? I'm pretty sure you aren't obligated to do ANYTHING unless they want to pay you for it! haha Some nerve.

I know. I was tempted to write her back and ask her how much she was paying me for it. Instead I just ignored her. lol

You should use a nifty little MS Word template and make up an invoice and email it to her for a "services rendered".

[Krikit 1,164]

Seriously. I was tempted to do it and then invoice her. But I like her. lol

[The_Dude 1,142]

Seriously. I was tempted to do it and then invoice her. But I like her. lol

I'm sure it would brighten her day

[DeadPoolX 9]

That's funny you guys mention British shows and movies. I've watched some before, but every time I've needed subtitles to understand (the one exception being Monty Python). My wife can somewhat understand them since she spent a couple of years in England, but there are also times she's as clueless as I am.

There was one movie we watched where one character spoke with a heavy southern accent and my wife had no idea what he was saying. It didn't sound difficult to me, so I translated. He wasn't even using slang.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I have identified a new species of annoying co-worker. The Former Employee. There are the ones that you knew when they worked here and have since moved on, and there are the ones who worked here before you began and just linger. Well, one just came by my office. She had quit a few years before I began working here, and none of her "friends" while working here were in the office. Let the awkward silence begin!!

[trailmix 77]

I have identified a new species of annoying co-worker. The Former Employee. There are the ones that you knew when they worked here and have since moved on, and there are the ones who worked here before you began and just linger. Well, one just came by my office. She had quit a few years before I began working here, and none of her "friends" while working here were in the office. Let the awkward silence begin!!

Yeah. Or a few of the people are still working there and go Hi! <former employee name>!! How's it going, oh you go married nice! Then the phones ring or whatever and there former employee stands.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I have identified a new species of annoying co-worker. The Former Employee. There are the ones that you knew when they worked here and have since moved on, and there are the ones who worked here before you began and just linger. Well, one just came by my office. She had quit a few years before I began working here, and none of her "friends" while working here were in the office. Let the awkward silence begin!!

Yeah. Or a few of the people are still working there and go Hi! <former employee name>!! How's it going, oh you go married nice! Then the phones ring or whatever and there former employee stands.

Well, this lady is sitting in a general area in my department. Everyone is out in the field atm, and she is just sitting there. She first started to sit at the desk of a co-worker that I know well. She looked a bit shocked when I showed her to the general area in the middle.

[Krikit 1,164]

I have identified a new species of annoying co-worker. The Former Employee. There are the ones that you knew when they worked here and have since moved on, and there are the ones who worked here before you began and just linger. Well, one just came by my office. She had quit a few years before I began working here, and none of her "friends" while working here were in the office. Let the awkward silence begin!!

I've had that happen to me too! And then there was another one that no one in the department got along with. She annoyed everyone to distraction to the point where we had to convince another department to take her. The first time she popped back in for a visit we realized that her secure access had not been disabled so we removed that. After that, she would stand at the office door on the exterior phone, calling different extensions to try to get someone to let her in. I had to instruct staff to not do so unless she had a scheduled appointment! Then she started standing at the door waiting until some poor unsuspecting co-worker came by. She would engage them in conversation and would walk in with them while the door was open, forcing the staff to tell her to stay where she was. OMG. She was a nightmare. Not my problem anymore, though.

Well, this lady is sitting in a general area in my department. Everyone is out in the field atm, and she is just sitting there. She first started to sit at the desk of a co-worker that I know well. She looked a bit shocked when I showed her to the general area in the middle.

Good for you.

[thetreble 19]

Who has the time to do that? How embarrassing.