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Jack Corbett

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 6:50 AM

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I think I need to apologize, because you guys have hit all of my bad habits. I don't talk in the 3rd person or the coffee stuff, but drumming, singing, talking to myself, tapping, wow, I've been annoying people for years. Well, if you ask my family they'd say from birth BigGrin

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Dick Cooman

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 6:50 AM

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I would say the biggest annoyance is people who use loud speakerphones. We have folks here who are two offices away and still call each other on their speakerphones with their doors open. The echo in the hall and open area can wake the dead.

Another is people who leave their cell phone on their desk, but have the volume set to "Outdoor" so they can run back and answer it if they are getting coffee. We used to have a guy here who did that and also had to have a different ringtone for each different caller. We called him "Lord of the Rings". Ha.

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matthew.gordon-box

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 6:53 AM

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I have a guy in my office that when he eats anything his jaw clicks loudly, I just want to walk out until he has finished his sandwich. I then have another guy in here that eats all day long, starts his packed lunch at about 9:30am and does not seem to finish it until about 4. The guy with the clicking jaw also talks to himself while coding, I don't need to know that he is ijit. So to get over all this I put headphones on and listen to an ipod or an internet stream, I then get accused of being anti social. My intolerance lives on :)

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Jack Corbett

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 6:53 AM

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SQL Analyst (3/27/2009)

My boss likes to wander over for a meaningless chat & then blatantly reads the emails / docs, etc that are on my screen or whatever is on my desk irrespective what it is.........

Windows Key + L - lock the screen. This may make you look guilty, but maybe the boss will get the hint as well.

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bob.willsie

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 7:14 AM

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Just a warning. Ice chewing frequently is a sign of iron deficiency. I found this out while recovering from colon cancer surgery. I was always craving and chewing ice.

A co-worker mentioned to me that I had an iron deficiency when she saw me chewing on ice. I was stunned when she told me how she knew.

Once they got my iron level back up the craving and chewing went away.

When you run into someone that does this explain this to them. It might help them out, or convince them your a nut and that they had better stay away from you.

Either way, problem solved.

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Ken Klaft-381933

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 7:16 AM

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I shared a cube wall with a person that didn't necessarily type as much as play the keyboard like a set of bongos - I swear it sounded like they were slapping the keyboard (a whole new meaning to 'banging out code' ). It sounds silly but I swear I could hear them type across the room.

I'll also vote for speakerphones, usually set to maximum volume. If they have people in their cube that need to hear the conversation, rock on. If they're alone in their cube and just too lazy to hold the phone to their ear, it's just annoying. Especially if it's a personal call.

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Luke L

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 7:23 AM

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I also have to jump on the speakerphone bit but from a different angle. I can't stand when people leave me on speakerphone, first because I don't know who else is privy to the conversation, but additionally because even in this day and age most speakerphones are really horrid. Either they pick up too much background noise, or too little of the speakers voice. The worst ones are the half duplex ones that won't let you talk and listen at the same time. When someone walks by behind the person your voice cuts out and you have to repeat yourself typically more than twice.

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NULLgarity

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 7:25 AM

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A quick top 10:
1 - clipping fingernails
2 - whistling a song that ends up getting in my head
3 - repeatedly clearing mucousy throat (go to restroom and spit!)
4 - long personal phone calls
5 - smelly meals (please don't microwave fish at work!)
6 - meals outside of mealtime (hate smelling popcorn midway through morning, before lunch)
7 - wanting to talk religion or politics
8 - whispering things in cube like nobody else can hear (it's a cube!)
9 - peers who try to manage you
10 - folks that take technical disagreements as personal insults and defend bad designs to the death to save the honor of future generations of their family

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Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 7:26 AM

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Loud talkers! There is one person in the department whose voice is about 10 dB too loud and it makes it difficult to concentrate sometimes (I sit next to his office). A few weeks ago he was sick and couldn't talk well...it was pure bliss!

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bob.willsie

Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 7:29 AM

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Good ones. Number 5 reminds me of the Engineering Manager that decided to cook salmon in a toaster oven in his office. Building stunk for days...

Unfortunately number 10 reminds me all to much of me in my younger (and very insecure) days.

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