Reasons why I’d like to beat up my office mate

I’ve been working at my current job for about 3 months now and I’m learning how to best deal with office mates.
I share an office that has been turned into a mini cube farm - 1 office, 4 people. Me and 3 guys.

The one guy that sits across from me is going to drive me INSANE. He’s nice, but just has no clue when it comes to sharing space.

Here’s the list of things that he does daily that should NEVER be done in the office, or in public for that matter: (these apply to the ladies as well)

1. Cologne.
There is no need to douse yourself with cologne when you first get to the office (or refresh mid-day). Do this at home - and really, one squirt will go a long way.
No one wants to have to breathe it in or taste it.

2. Chewing with your mouth wide open.
I understand the need to snack at your desk, but no one wants to hear you crunching on your Pringles with your mouth open… ALL. DAY. LONG.

3. Knuckle Cracking.
Really. Every single finger 5 times a day?!? No.

4. Nail Clipping.
I’m still so surprised when I see this. It’s disgusting - don’t do it. Go home, close the bathroom door, and have a blast.

It’s not even 10:00 and I’ve been subjected to numbers 1-3 already.

His other habit - if you can even call it that, is falling asleep at his desk about 3 times a day. But that’s amusing because he starts to snore so damn loud that he wakes himself up. We’re waiting for him to fall off his chair.

I’ve met with the other office mates - who are equally disgusted, and they think it would be best if I had a little chat with him later.
I’m going to have a LOT of fun with this. :)

2 Comments so far

  1. mariah (unregistered) on November 3rd, 2005 @ 2:30 pm

    girl… sounds like my old supervisor. only instead of pringles, he’d crunch ice - ALL DAY LONG! 8 hours of crunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunch… i wanted to bludgeon him with my stapler. he was so annoying that our department head had to have a talk with him. instead of changing this awful habit, he would just wait for her to leave & start up again, cause he knew there was nothing the rest of us could do & he got a sick pleasure out of being a total asshole.

    god, im so glad i quit!

  2. Anna (unregistered) on November 3rd, 2005 @ 9:07 pm

    melissa watch out. you might get dooced.


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