{"id":720,"date":"2007-03-05T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/annoying-co-workers\/"},"modified":"2007-03-06T06:54:12","modified_gmt":"2007-03-06T12:54:12","slug":"annoying-co-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/annoying-co-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Annoying Co-Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From abcnews.com&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/TakeControlOfYourLife\/story?id=2922532&amp;page=1&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312\">How to Cope With Annoying Co-Workers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When someone makes a mess of the microwave, don&#8217;t say, &#8220;You&#8217;re such a pig.&#8221; Instead, try saying, &#8220;To keep the microwave clean for everyone, all of us must pay attention to wiping it down after each use. Unfortunately, this isn&#8217;t always the case, so I&#8217;d appreciate it if you&#8217;d try to be more diligent about this.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Honestly, who talks like that?  I would tell them they trashed the microwave and the paper towels are over there.  The premise of the article is still entertaining.  Here is an annoying example from early in the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At one company I visited, WallSt.net, the employee gripe was aimed at CEO Albert Aimers. His offense: Parking his Mercedes in two spaces unlike the 400 other cars in the lot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow, talk about a tin ear.  You would think a modern-day CEO would be more in-tune than that example.<\/p>\n<p>I once worked for a sales manager who would smack his chewing gum and speak in short sentences like Burt Reynolds in <em>Smokey and the Bandit<\/em>.  I know it doesn&#8217;t sound like much, but you had to experience it.  I&#8217;m getting irritated just writing about it so I better end it here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From abcnews.com&#8217;s How to Cope With Annoying Co-Workers: When someone makes a mess of the microwave, don&#8217;t say, &#8220;You&#8217;re such a pig.&#8221; Instead, try saying, &#8220;To keep the microwave clean for everyone, all of us must pay attention to wiping it down after each use. Unfortunately, this isn&#8217;t always the case, so I&#8217;d appreciate it if you&#8217;d try to be more diligent about this.&#8221; Honestly, who talks like that? I would tell them they trashed the microwave and the paper towels are over there. The premise of the article is still entertaining. Here is an annoying example from early in the article: At one company I visited, WallSt.net, the employee&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/annoying-co-workers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-sales-management"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-bC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1249,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/the-most-annoying-coworker\/","url_meta":{"origin":720,"position":0},"title":"The Most Annoying Coworker","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 22, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's me.\u00a0 Well, I didn't make the list, but I think I could have won it (Lee will confirm it).\u00a0 But this article in CareerJournal.com reports that SnagAJob.com went with their own list and came up with these answers: According to the 7,000 people who responded to the poll last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anecdotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":930,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/annoying-aspects-of-meetings\/","url_meta":{"origin":720,"position":1},"title":"Annoying Aspects Of Meetings","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 17, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Inc.com offers a quick article about annoying meeting items - New Study Reveals Why Meetings Are So Unbearable.\u00a0 From the article: Of 1,037 full- or part-time workers polled, 27 percent ranked disorganized, rambling meetings as their top frustration, followed by 17 percent who said they were annoyed by peers who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1087,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/the-most-annoying-office-habits\/","url_meta":{"origin":720,"position":2},"title":"The Most Annoying Office Habits","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From Yahoo! 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