Have a coworker who drives you CRAZY????

[Pburgh]

Alice, did I ever tell how wise you are?? lol

[alicia-w]

oops! she just got really quiet! we were pretty cruel to her yesterday. under this new personnel system, we're getting pay bands. her job falls into a band where the most you can make is less than she is making now. so she's trying to find a way to get promoted, but she doesnt have any education or special skills (at least ones that are marketable...) so we're feeling pretty smug right now. there are only a couple of us who will benefit from the new paybanding system and i'm one of them. too bad i'm probably taking a contractor job.

[pojo]

That is an understatement! One of my friends is extremely hyper... she's going on 23 and acts like she's 12 around our bosses. Believe me, my boss will make her go somewhere to get out of our hair! Peace and quiet is an earned right!

[breeze]

LOL, I've finally learned to shrug and yell, "I'm old - leave me alone!"

Hmmmm....seems to work, so far...

[alicia-w]

shame on me, but i bought a muzzle at Petsmart last night and put it on her desk this morning.

that woman laughs way too much. no one is that happy that often without benefit of major medication.

i dont even know how she can breathe!

[Pburgh]

You didn't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alicia-w]

yes, i did. and it wasnt even pretty. just functional. now i just wish i could get her to wear it.

where's an iron maiden when you really need one? anybody have one they can lend me???

[breeze]

ROTF @ the muzzle! Better Google Search for that iron maiden!

[HurricaneHunter914]

[alicia-w]

And here are the results of a new survey to validate our disgust with these folks!@

Biggest office pet peeves
Condescending tones and loud talkers were among biggest annoyances, according to a new survey.
March 14, 2006: 6:26 AM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Does the guy in the next cube drive you up the wall with his deafening voice?

Thirty-two percent of employees listed "loud talkers" as one of their biggest pet peeves in the office, according to a survey released by Randstad on Tuesday.

Nearly half of those polled said condescending tones were the worst, while 37 percent found public reprimands at work particularly irritating.

Micromanaging struck a nerve with 34 percent of the respondents, even more than cell phones ringing (30 percent), use of speakerphones in public areas (22 percent) and using PDAs during meetings (9 percent).

And 11 percent of those polled hate it when colleagues engage in personal conversations in the workplace.

Harris Interactive surveyed 2,318 employed adults for Atlanta-based Randstad's monthly Job Bites survey on workplace etiquette.