Employees Confess Their Biggest (and Most Insignificant) Office Pets and “icks”: “I’m Not Alone In This”
Employees Confess Their Biggest (and Most Insignificant) Office Pets and “icks”: “I’m Not Alone In This”
- Aussies share their ‘icks’ in the workplace
- Answers included lunch meetings and condescending employees
Australians share the biggest icks and pet peeves they experience at work.
From pen thieves to team-building activities and even co-workers who are overly cheerful in the morning, workers across all industries reveal what makes them sharp in the workplace.
There were many classic answers, including meetings that could have been emails, colleagues heating up fish in the microwave, and receiving work-related texts on days off.
Others said condescending co-workers, superiors who favor some team members over others, and people who click their pens or tap their toes all day are also outraged.
“Tell us what drives you CRAZY at work. We go first.. If they call a meeting after 4 p.m. on Friday, after to read Boost Juice’s Facebook page.
Australians share their problems, annoyances and annoyances at work, including meetings that could have been emails or meetings scheduled during lunch breaks (stock image)
The post drew hundreds of comments, starting with people breaking office etiquette.
“Pen thieves or don’t put things back where they belong!” said one woman and another added: ‘No one replaces the toilet paper’.
“People don’t clean up after themselves in the canteen,” a third wrote, while a fourth said, “People eating tuna in the lunchroom.”
“If someone repeatedly clicks their pen or taps really loudly on their desk, but they don’t realize how annoying it is because they have headphones on,” explains a fifth.
“Touch my sandwich when it’s in the sandwich press or open the microwave to see if my food is cooked,” someone grumbled.
“Pen thieves or don’t put things back where they belong!” said one woman and another added: ‘No one replaces the toilet paper’ (stock image)
One person said they hated it when someone couldn’t “talk and work at the same time” and another was angry with colleagues who refused to “admit their own mistakes.”
“When they text in our group chats on weekends when I’m trying to enjoy my free time,” one user commented.
“If you suppose you work as a team, but end up doing all the work yourself,” another replied.
“If you have to follow up several times to get an answer,” a third complained.
Many prearranged meetings that could have been emails are annoying, as are meetings held during breaks.
“If the meeting organizer starts to finish the meeting exactly at the scheduled end time and that ONE person has to ask a question that will make the meeting go on for another 15 minutes,” one man added.
Another employee said it infuriates them “when someone sends me ‘hi’, wait for me to say hello before asking me his question.”
“If a co-worker treats me like I’m below them because I’m younger than them, I get a superiority complex,” said one woman.
Someone was not a fan of “corny” team building activities, especially if they are made to be done outside of working hours.
“Asking staff to participate in ‘fun’ team-building activities on their own time, when not asking them to do so during the busiest working hours,” they noted.
One person said they are not morning people and disliked colleagues who are.
“When they’re all soooo happy and happy at six in the morning and want to say ‘good morning’ to you,” they moaned.