New peeve thread???

[Kfamr]

I'm not sure if i've posted this or anyone else has but, LOUD PEOPLE.

There's a guy that lives atleast 5-6 houses down the road and I can hear every word he says, everytime he's out there. It's quite annoying. Especially getting on my nerves right now because i'm trying to rest with a horrible cold and can't because of him!

[RedHedd]

I'm not sure if i've posted this or anyone else has but, LOUD PEOPLE.

That's one of my peeves too. My "cell mate" at work is so loud I have to use ear plugs so I can think and do my job. She has NO idea she's such a pain, even though I've politely asked her to keep it down on numerous occasions - she just doesn't get it. And then she uses this electric stapler that's like a shotgun. Every time she uses it, I jump out of my seat it's so loud. I've even complained to management, but they back her up because "she's just doing her job." She's one of those suck-up people with no backbone, who never says no to any request and lets the attorneys walk all over her and then wonders why she's so overwhelmed with work. Management loves it that they can abuse her.

[RICHARD]

And then she uses this electric stapler that's like a shotgun. Every time she uses it, I jump out of my seat it's so loud.

Unplug it to the point where it looks like it's plugged in or jam the sucker up.

take the strip of staples and break them up and reinsert them into the machine..


GUARANTEED JAMS......she'll spend more time fixing it than stapling!

[RICHARD]

Here's another one!!!!!


NEW IMPROVED LOW CARBS LOW FAT

Heat oven to 450 degrees, place into a greased oven.

[smokey the elder]

Grr. When people say they're out of the office until a certain day; you call that day and they're still out and haven't updated. They leave another extension, and no one is there. That second extension leaves a THIRD extension, and no one is there!!!

[RICHARD]

Grr. When people say they're out of the office until a certain day; you call that day and they're still out and haven't updated. They leave another extension, and no one is there. That second extension leaves a THIRD extension, and no one is there!!!

What do I do??

I call, when they leave their voice mail unblocked, on an outside line and put the call on hold, that way they get the crappy hold music but can't trace the call back to me....

[AbbyMom]

The peeves that have been peeving me lately:

Food service employees who handle your drink glass by the rim. EWW!

Cashiers that lick their fingers before handling your bills or your plastic sack.

Coworkers who take a chomp of a veggie and then stick it back in the dip. Or crunch that tostito and stick it back in the salsa. Or the one guy who picks up every bagel in the basket to examine it closely before choosing

[Cincy'sMom]

Grr. When people say they're out of the office until a certain day; you call that day and they're still out and haven't updated. They leave another extension, and no one is there. That second extension leaves a THIRD extension, and no one is there!!!

Along the same lines...when you try to call or email a client, and they are out for a vacation, but have not left a message to that effect on either voice mail or a bounce back email with an alternate contact.

The most interesting one I had, I had been trying for a week to contact a client with results to their testing. The test article had not met requirements and I could not relase results without speaking to the client about a failure investigation. I called the main line, hoping an operator could at least confirm the person was out of the office, only to be told that information was confidental and that they were a " big boy" who would answer the voice mail when they had a chance! Two weeks later, when the client finally did call back, they wanted to send more sample and were upset when I said it would be 4 weeks for results...they wanted them in two weeks!! Why should I rush, when they blew me off for two weeks?

[smokey the elder]

I hear that about your lab tests! I get the same thing all the time in the pilot plant. They run two shifts, but we're so shorthanded in analytical that we have to do doubles some times. One of my coworkers got sick after doing a double. Yeah, that's great for production.

[JenBKR]

The most interesting one I had, I had been trying for a week to contact a client with results to their testing. The test article had not met requirements and I could not relase results without speaking to the client about a failure investigation. I called the main line, hoping an operator could at least confirm the person was out of the office, only to be told that information was confidental and that they were a " big boy" who would answer the voice mail when they had a chance! Two weeks later, when the client finally did call back, they wanted to send more sample and were upset when I said it would be 4 weeks for results...they wanted them in two weeks!! Why should I rush, when they blew me off for two weeks?

I have a lot of the same type of problems - I work in a lab that analyzes mold & bacteria - people don't seem to understand that some things cannot be rushed! They get so upset when I tell them that it takes 1-2 weeks for certain tests, and then they call every day to see when their results will be done. Grr, if you'd stop calling, we might actually be able to work in them!