Baksteen 84 #1 April 3, 2008 Sorry guys - it's either bothering you lot with this, or be charged with homicide next week. For some reason they let go the quiet, efficient girl I was sharing an office with in favour of an efficient guy who at the same time is the most annoying person I ever met. It's not that he isn't trying to be friendly, but he is just so damn PRESENT. You know exactly when he is in because as soon as you open the door to the office you get hit by this wall of deodorant wafting out. As soon as the air has cleared a little by virtue of a surreptitiously opened window, he comes back into the office and starts to play music on his laptop. I have nothing against some unobtrusive music in the background, but this latin american or techno shit he prefers really drives me up the wall. In itself there's nothing wrong with that stuff, but not when you're trying to think or calculate something. After lunch he mercifully switches to headphones, but unfortunately he is in the habit of periodically singing along a few words he remembers, without being hindered by either talent, or actual apparent knowledge of the tune. Coffee and tea are available to everyone at leisure and he drinks a lot of it, which sounds like he's descended from a toilet which doesn't quite manage to flush right. Another thing is that he is really fast to come to a conclusion. If you're innnocently discussing something with a collegue he'll come 'front risering' in (the word 'swooping' implies skill) before you know it, with his own version of the suggestion and how it applies to him. Next thing you know you have to spend ten minutes dissuading him from, say, quitting his sunday job in favour of doing whatever menial laboratory task for pay. The ten minutes after that you have to spend trying to stop him acting all hurt because you're deliberately leading him on. Or suppose he's mislaid something of his. He'll start accusing the nearest person of stealing/hiding his stuff, before actually looking past his nose to see that the missing stuff is right in front of him on his desk. The thing that really sets my teeth on edge though, is his habit of loudly smacking his lips while thinking - it's bad enough to put me off my lunch, so I live in terror of the day that he discovers chewing gum and all its symphonic possibilities. So tell me, is there anything like justified manslaughter?"That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #2 April 3, 2008 a) Take out the quips about homicide and justified manslaughter, print the letter and hand it to him. Stay with him until he replies and take it from there. He simply needs to know about office ettiquette. b) Ask to move your desk and explain why when/if asked. Talk in terms of productivity. c) Take it to HR...maybe they could find a solution....classes on office ettiquette or something. d) Invest in a good gas mask and an over-the-ear noise canceller. e) All else fails, ipecac in his coffee will keep him out of the office for a while. Walt highly recommends ipecac.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #3 April 3, 2008 Quote e) All else fails, ipecac in his coffee will keep him out of the office for a while. Walt highly recommends ipecac. I was gonna suggest Ex Lax."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #4 April 3, 2008 Yes, I tried talking to him. He thought I was joking. Fortunately it seems I got the job i applied for recently - only three more months left in this department. Three long, long months. Though i like the suggestion about the laxatives (EDIT: he's singing Coldplay now in a high falsetto ) "That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #5 April 3, 2008 Suck it up for now, but slowly switch the office coffee to decaf. Then on the last day put the coffee back to extra strength high octane brand. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
