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Ireneparalegal · 03-28-2006, 09:10 PM

Since I work at home I can't complain.

In the past there was this female attorney I worked for and she was a drinker. I hated when she stood over me looking at something on the computer that I was working on and I could smell her breath!!!! Oh God, the smell of her breath was horrendous!!!! I had to keep from breathing so I wouldn't smell it.

She also annoyed me by not being able to say Good Morning when she came in. As soon as she walked in, it was WORK WORK WORK. Almost never a pleasant moment to start the day.

Number 9 Dream · 03-28-2006, 09:59 PM

Yeah, their bad habit is they don't work

Ireneparalegal · 03-28-2006, 10:01 PM

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Yeah, their bad habit is they don't work

good answer!!!!!!

dawsongirl · 03-28-2006, 10:39 PM

Well...my ex-bosses were insane. I mean, seriously, they both had to have mental problems. It was hideous. The woman never trusted a thing I did, even if I did it correctly. Ugh....I could go on for hours with those 2 Bellvue escapees.

Lady I work with now annoys the **** out of me. Okay, so I admit I'm a little anal when it comes to the way certain things look. But still....we have to type up all the deliveries into an Excel spreadsheet, with columns for date, time, carrier, who it was delivered to, and who we called to inform of the delivery. Well, this woman does not spell check or look over what she typed, so there's a ` or some other symbol erroneously inserted into the date or time. She also likes to put info in there that's not necessary. No one gives a crap what the DHL guy's name is. Yet on the other hand, she (and actually, the other 2 don't do this either) doesn't take the time to spell things out. Abbreviations are fine online, but how much longer does it really take to spell Medicine over Med? And if you can't spell Gastroenterology, then you should find a different line of work.

Plus, she's also a liar, a user, a manipulator (she made me work for her so she could stay home and watch a damn basketball game with some stupid ass pity story, yet she suddenly comes up with a "meeting" so that she can't work for me May 5th...when I won't even be in the same damn state)....and apparently she has this habit of wandering away from her desk to go talk to random people. She turns the phone ringer up loud so that she can hear it. We're not supposed to do that.

One week, she just plain did not show up to work, claiming she was too sick to even call and say she wasn't coming in. wtf?

If she'd have been fired when she should have been, then I wouldn't be in the mess I'm in not being able to find someone to work for me on May 5th. Gawd I hate her. I hate the job as a whole.

swedeace · 03-28-2006, 11:20 PM

All of us do agree that one of our co-workers is nice and friendly, but.... (yes...but!) she follows rules "by the book" to the tee. There's nothing wrong with that, but when it gets to the point when she is soooo nosy and observant about who does what, how they do this or that, and expects others to do the same thing and then rats others out is where we draw the line. We don't like it, so we are usually careful about what we say/do around her. You could say it's like working with a monitoring snitch.

Janice · 03-29-2006, 01:30 AM

I had a co-worker once who NEVER EVER EVER SHUT THE HELL UP! And I'm not kidding. She would hold people hostage and just babble on and on, usually about herself. Lots of us would do our best to avoid her.

I watched a show on Dateline once about people like her. Turns out that they're not conceited, as one might think. On the contrary, they're insecure. They keep talking in an attempt to win others over...oblivious to the fact that they're alienating them.

Brieannas21 · 03-30-2006, 01:12 AM

There's this lady at my job, who tells everyone's business. If she over hears it she'll tell any and everyone. I really dislike people like that.

Dutabi84 · 03-30-2006, 01:28 AM

This one guy on our crew has a habit of spending way too much time washing the parking lots that get dirtied up after he mixes. Sometimes he'll spend an hour doing something that should take about 15 minutes. Thus his nickname PLW - Parking lot washer.

One of our foremen has absolutely no communication skills whatsoever. A skill one probably should have if they're going to be the leader of a crew of workers. Even when he does have something to say, he'll have his personal bitch (the PLW) do the calling/talking for him. He also doesn't return calls.

Ireneparalegal · 03-30-2006, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by swedeace

All of us do agree that one of our co-workers is nice and friendly, but.... (yes...but!) she follows rules "by the book" to the tee. There's nothing wrong with that, but when it gets to the point when she is soooo nosy and observant about who does what, how they do this or that, and expects others to do the same thing and then rats others out is where we draw the line. We don't like it, so we are usually careful about what we say/do around her. You could say it's like working with a monitoring snitch.

a Brown Noser for sure...

dawsongirl · 03-30-2006, 03:45 AM

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He also doesn't return calls.

Hmm....sounds like my mom's boss. So then she gets the brunt of the angry "why didn't he call me?" phone calls.

Ireneparalegal · 03-30-2006, 02:36 PM

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Hmm....sounds like my mom's boss. So then she gets the brunt of the angry "why didn't he call me?" phone calls.

I remember when that female attorney wouldn't return calls and me and the other paralegal had to take the brunt of it from clients. It was so pathetic. I didn't blame the clients at all. I blamed the boss.

Also, there was this time I worked for the phone company and it had over 3000 employees. Well, I was always wearing dresses, skirts and high heels...the ladies called me Tina Turner because of the way I would run in them. Anyhow, one day this "supervisor" (not my supervisor mind you) came to me and told me my wardrobe was "inappropriate". I asked her what she meant by that and she said my skirts were too short, they were too tight, and i show too much legs and thigh when I sit. I belonged to the union so I took this alleged complaint to the union leader and he helped me out so good. Several members of the union and her and her bosses had a private meeting and I was told afterwards that she practically admitted that she was just "jealous". The union told her there was nothing wrong with my appearance and no one else had ever made a complaint and besides, if my own supervisor didn't find any fault in my wardrobe, why should she? I was so happy that day...she had made me feel so miserable because I had just started working there and I was going thru a divorce and I couldn't afford a new wardrobe at this time. I had actually cried, but I felt so much better when so many of the women who worked there told me that supervisor was a Beeeotch and she was just jealous. As long as I wasn't offending the other ladies, I was glad. From that day one, that supervisor wouldn't look my way. Which was ok with me. I would walk by her and just smile!

TVFactFan · 03-30-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Brieannas21

There's this lady at my job, who tells everyone's business. If she over hears it she'll tell any and everyone. I really dislike people like that.

You feel that way because You know she is talking about you when she is around someone else. I had the same problem, my former supervisor would talk about everyone in the company and i know for a fact he talk sh*t about me too when he was not around me.

dawsongirl · 03-30-2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I remember when that female attorney wouldn't return calls and me and the other paralegal had to take the brunt of it from clients. It was so pathetic. I didn't blame the clients at all. I blamed the boss.

My mom has gotten to the point where she just tells people he probably never will call them back.

Ireneparalegal · 03-30-2006, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

My mom has gotten to the point where she just tells people he probably never will call them back.

i was honest with the clients. I would tell them i gave her the messages. They knew it wasn't us, but the lawyer. Sounds like your mom is doing the right thing in saying that.

Chad Michael Murray · 03-30-2006, 04:23 PM

When I worked retail in a clothing store, there were a lot of fun things about it, but there were also some pretty frustrating things thanks to some certain co-workers.

Basically, whenever I was working, I would wind up running my ass off the WHOLE time, doing 10 things at once, and naturally it was hard to get them all done in a timely manner when they were all literally supposed to be getting done at the same time. So I'd be working on one thing, then have to run and tend to customers or something, and then I'd come back to what I was doing and of COURSE the manager would come then and say "Why are you being so slow?"

I remember once, I was trying to ring up a customer AND help another customer while another co-worker idley stood by talking to her friend, and then someone else needed help too, so I politely asked her to go help that person for me. Then she said "Why can't you?" when she was OBVIOUSLY watching what I was doing anyway! So right there in front of the customer, I said "...well...I'd like to get this lady's stuff paid for, and I can't do everything at once." I got a really snotty look from her for that one.

03-28-2006, 09:10 PM	#1
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03-28-2006, 09:59 PM	#2
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03-30-2006, 04:23 PM	#15
Chad Michael Murray Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,493	When I worked retail in a clothing store, there were a lot of fun things about it, but there were also some pretty frustrating things thanks to some certain co-workers. Basically, whenever I was working, I would wind up running my ass off the WHOLE time, doing 10 things at once, and naturally it was hard to get them all done in a timely manner when they were all literally supposed to be getting done at the same time. So I'd be working on one thing, then have to run and tend to customers or something, and then I'd come back to what I was doing and of COURSE the manager would come then and say "Why are you being so slow?" I remember once, I was trying to ring up a customer AND help another customer while another co-worker idley stood by talking to her friend, and then someone else needed help too, so I politely asked her to go help that person for me. Then she said "Why can't you?" when she was OBVIOUSLY watching what I was doing anyway! So right there in front of the customer, I said "...well...I'd like to get this lady's stuff paid for, and I can't do everything at once." I got a really snotty look from her for that one.
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03-28-2006, 10:39 PM	#4
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	Well...my ex-bosses were insane. I mean, seriously, they both had to have mental problems. It was hideous. The woman never trusted a thing I did, even if I did it correctly. Ugh....I could go on for hours with those 2 Bellvue escapees. Lady I work with now annoys the **** out of me. Okay, so I admit I'm a little anal when it comes to the way certain things look. But still....we have to type up all the deliveries into an Excel spreadsheet, with columns for date, time, carrier, who it was delivered to, and who we called to inform of the delivery. Well, this woman does not spell check or look over what she typed, so there's a ` or some other symbol erroneously inserted into the date or time. She also likes to put info in there that's not necessary. No one gives a crap what the DHL guy's name is. Yet on the other hand, she (and actually, the other 2 don't do this either) doesn't take the time to spell things out. Abbreviations are fine online, but how much longer does it really take to spell Medicine over Med? And if you can't spell Gastroenterology, then you should find a different line of work. Plus, she's also a liar, a user, a manipulator (she made me work for her so she could stay home and watch a damn basketball game with some stupid ass pity story, yet she suddenly comes up with a "meeting" so that she can't work for me May 5th...when I won't even be in the same damn state)....and apparently she has this habit of wandering away from her desk to go talk to random people. She turns the phone ringer up loud so that she can hear it. We're not supposed to do that. One week, she just plain did not show up to work, claiming she was too sick to even call and say she wasn't coming in. wtf? If she'd have been fired when she should have been, then I wouldn't be in the mess I'm in not being able to find someone to work for me on May 5th. Gawd I hate her. I hate the job as a whole.

03-28-2006, 11:20 PM	#5
swedeace Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 9,009	All of us do agree that one of our co-workers is nice and friendly, but.... (yes...but!) she follows rules "by the book" to the tee. There's nothing wrong with that, but when it gets to the point when she is soooo nosy and observant about who does what, how they do this or that, and expects others to do the same thing and then rats others out is where we draw the line. We don't like it, so we are usually careful about what we say/do around her. You could say it's like working with a monitoring snitch.

03-29-2006, 01:30 AM	#6
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I had a co-worker once who NEVER EVER EVER SHUT THE HELL UP! And I'm not kidding. She would hold people hostage and just babble on and on, usually about herself. Lots of us would do our best to avoid her. I watched a show on Dateline once about people like her. Turns out that they're not conceited, as one might think. On the contrary, they're insecure. They keep talking in an attempt to win others over...oblivious to the fact that they're alienating them.

03-30-2006, 01:12 AM	#7
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	There's this lady at my job, who tells everyone's business. If she over hears it she'll tell any and everyone. I really dislike people like that.

03-30-2006, 01:28 AM	#8
Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	This one guy on our crew has a habit of spending way too much time washing the parking lots that get dirtied up after he mixes. Sometimes he'll spend an hour doing something that should take about 15 minutes. Thus his nickname PLW - Parking lot washer. One of our foremen has absolutely no communication skills whatsoever. A skill one probably should have if they're going to be the leader of a crew of workers. Even when he does have something to say, he'll have his personal bitch (the PLW) do the calling/talking for him. He also doesn't return calls.