Workplace “Pet Peeves”
Part of success language is getting along with people in your workplace (or other location where you work or volunteer with people). A question was posed in one of the e-groups to which I belong and the following list is a compilation of the responses to the question, "What bugs you in your workplace?" The learning point from this is to avoid doing or being the things on this list.
Workplace Pet Peeves
(Actual responses to the question, "What bugs you at work? What is your workplace pet peeve?")
"My workplace pet peeve is people who don't begin work until the afternoon and then wants to consume your evening "catching" up on what happened during the morning."
"It's the loud talker, but specifically with personal issues. I am sympathetic to challenges people have, but take your cell phone (which should be set to vibrate, especially if you're in a cubicle) and go somewhere private – for both of us! "You" really don't want "me" or anyone else knowing your bank business, credit concerns, health issues, holiday plans at your sister-in-law's house or other things we must take care of (briefly) during the business day. Further to the loud talkers…minute-by-minute weather updates at the sign of the first flake or drop, etc. Arghhh!"
"People who use fingernail clippers at work. 'Nough said."
"Mine may be a little out there, but my all-time worst pet peeve is people clipping their fingernails at the office."
"And to add to that – starting a new job and finding all those nail clippings in the little spaces in the lap drawer!!!!!! AAAACK!"
"…gum snapper, copier jammer, napper (sleeper) and the orally fixated folk who have this profound need to make animal noises with each chew they take!"
"It makes me crazy when people chew pens and then leave them around for others to pick up without realizing it has been chewed until it's too late."
"My pet peeve is when a 1 hour staff meeting goes into overtime because everyone just spent the first 1/2 hour talking about personal stuff."
"Copy machine jammers who walk away and leave mess for next user."
"Filing fingernails, picking at skin, clipping finger nails, eating while talking on the phone."
"FLIP-FLOPS! Hate 'em. Flop, flop, flop walking. Ugly toes."
(Sylvia's note, with humor: I couldn't tell whether it was just the flip flops that were the pet peeve or whether the ugly toes were, also. LOL!)
"A manager would come to my desk – this is unbelievable – open a paper clip, clean his ears, and leave the [dang] clip on my desk."
Make sure YOU are missing from the "pet peeve" list for YOUR colleagues!