re: Who's the most annoying office co-worker?

One other thing about the bathroom - the guys who walk in and go to the bathroom while they are on a loud phone call. If I’m in there and I can tell they are on an “important” call, I’ll immediately flush to give them away.

The one who comes in a hour before she has to be at work and completely ignores the fact that there are other departments at work, while she sits in her cube, talks to someone every morning to complain about all of her problems. ALL of her problems.

I didn't know this woman's name for about 4 months and I knew that her and her husband hadn't had sex in over 2 weeks because she was mad at him over something to do with how he handled something with his daughter.

For over a week she was pissed that her husband bought his 14 year old a cell phone and that his ex wife was okay with it.

She was tired of the trailer they lived in because it didn't have enough room when her husband's two kids stayed with them every other week..

There was always someone she was going to "tell them about themselves".

We were not sure if she either didn't know she was being as loud as she was or just didn't care that the several people there heard her business, but on a few occasions she wasn't in the mood to deal with whatever drama she had going on because she was on her period.

She became like a Soup Opera. Then her department moved somewhere else and while it was annoying AF, we wanted to know how things would end up, because everyone was sure her husband would leave her.

Secretaries/admin who act way more stressed about shuffling papers than the execs they work for who have to put up with the actual stress/bs of deadlines, client service etc.

My coworkers are all in other states, but I have an office in a shared coworking space. The amount of people that just leave their dirty dishes in the sink for days/weeks astounds me. Legit, the only reason any of it gets cleaned is because I get annoyed after 2 weeks of them sitting there and put them into the dishwasher.

Who puts dishes in a sink and walks away in a public space? Who exactly do they think is coming after them and cleaning it?

Well, nevermind. It's me. frick.

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Dude that always tells you the same lame jokes over and over and over.

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"working hardddd, or hardly working"

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The mid 30's FEMALE who has never had any authority at work or home that's put in a supervision position.

they usually last about 6 months

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I just witnessed an example of that. This woman was very good-natured, smart, and helpful. About 9 months ago they gave her a supervisory title and one meager low-level employee to manage. I don't know exactly what happened, but about 3 months ago she was fired outright- a "gone pecan" after 8-10 years with the company and a cross-country move. I had noticed that she seemed a little bit more arrogant the last time I interacted with her. I suspect she ended up losing her cool and saying something she couldn't come back from. They'd have worked with her otherwise.

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Yep, "hall monitors" is the best way of describing this type of person. Quite frankly, while I might internally think to myself "That's strange that this person showed up so late or left so early" it's ultimately none of my business and I don't care that much.

I think it's a sign of taking your job too seriously when you're keeping tabs on all this type of stuff and reporting to the supervisor.

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I used to work for a lady like this. I was in a small accounting department right after getting out of public accounting, and her boss, my big boss, was a stickler about being on time, staying all day, not taking more than an hour for lunch etc. I was used to 60+ hour weeks, so 40-45 hour weeks there was a breeze.

The rest of the company was more marketing/sales/project manager types, and she was keeping track of when people got in and left. I guess she thought it was a company wide thing about time in your desk, and not just a preference from her boss. She said something to the owner of the company about it, and he just laughs at her and asks how much of her valuable work time was spent tracking this and if she had stayed late to make up that time. She quit keeping tabs on everyone after that.

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One time I worked with a guy that walked without moving his arms everywhere he went. Pissed me the hell off.

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this sounds funny but I could see where it would drive me insane eventually

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The guy who plays the audio on meetings on his laptop rather than using earbuds

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Yes that guy for sure. Dude even had his phone on speaker in the bathroom. Can't even shite in peace.