Bitch about a co-worker thread

winneythepooh7 · #1 11-10-2009, 05:58 PM

I am sure everyone can identify with this!

I will start. There's a person that works at my agency with one of my clients. She will literally call my cell phone over and over and over...................and over again until I pick up and speak with her.

I HAD it with her today after I had already spoken to her for the second time, and she called my cell phone EIGHT MORE TIMES in the matter of 10 minutes (I counted the missed calls and times), leaving voicemails TWICE that she needed to talk to me. I finally picked up mid-ring #9 and told her not to do this to me anymore, especially when it was not an emergency issue. I then complained to her supervisor.

My clients who have severe short-term memory and other issues don't behave this way. Sheesh!!!!

Her concern? She was "mad" because her and the client got to an appointment and the people weren't ready to meet with them yet.

Way to go when you are supposed to be a role-model to a client to problem solve basic issues.

winneythepooh7 · #2 11-11-2009, 06:33 AM

You guys are making me feel bad now. Anyone have any crazy co-workers besides me? I swear sometimes I can't make up the stories about my job.

Mini14 · #3 11-11-2009, 07:45 AM

Ok, I'll add to this...

The other week I had to find some information for a customer, so I checked in the database we have, and the company website, and couldn't find the information anywhere. I eventually found out what I needed to know by making some phone calls, and (trying to be helpful) I put the info I had found in the "suggestions" box for the database, suggesting that it might be useful to add it in.

Yesterday my manager called me over to "explain the things I don't understand" and asked what the problem was and why I needed to make a suggestion. I said that there was no problem, I was just trying to be helpful as we were missing some potentially useful information that might also be useful for other people. He started explaining a whole lot of unrelated things and I tried about four times to tell him that I wasn't asking about any of that, and tried to explain the very simple thing I was trying to clear up - in the end he just didn't get it, I didn't want to get into an argument so I just gave up

Today I had to write a "performance plan" (everyone has to) and this same manager told me after looking at my draft plan that I "learn new information reasonably well". In my mind I was saying something like "well at least I actually learn it!!". It was very frustrating.

wordsmith · #4 11-11-2009, 08:00 AM

I'm gonna be the one bitching about a coworker this morning, if I go in after two days home with the flu and find that the sub has trashed my desk/left my curriculum and materials in a general state of disarray, which is what happened when I had a personal day last month. Really disrespectful not to leave things as you found them.

Empressallie · #5 11-11-2009, 12:34 PM

How about co-workers that feel the need to mark every email with a "!!!". It's to the point where I don't even react to them anymore as an urgent issue. Not everything is urgent!

My boss (who is super cool) once told me that if I ever get an email with a "!" from him it means he's bleeding to death and I need to call 911.

These are the same people that take 3 days to send you a simple response for something you need, of course...

steph78 · #6 11-11-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Empressallie

How about co-workers that feel the need to mark every email with a "!!!". It's to the point where I don't even react to them anymore as an urgent issue. Not everything is urgent!

My boss (who is super cool) once told me that if I ever get an email with a "!" from him it means he's bleeding to death and I need to call 911.

These are the same people that take 3 days to send you a simple response for something you need, of course...

Ha - my boss puts the ! on every single project related e-mail. I don't know why because whenever it's really urgent he knows he had better call me (I work remotely part time so I am not checking e-mail all day.)

wordsmith · #7 11-11-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by wordsmith

I'm gonna be the one bitching about a coworker this morning, if I go in after two days home with the flu and find that the sub has trashed my desk/left my curriculum and materials in a general state of disarray, which is what happened when I had a personal day last month. Really disrespectful not to leave things as you found them.

And, I totally did come in to a crazy mess greeting me - papers and assignments not even piled, let alone filed...just strewn about, student materials not put away, empty pop bottles left behind, etc. I suspect that the sub was planning to come and clean before I got there, but I got there too early...because she came and found me and was mortified and apologetic.

Tayl405 · #8 11-11-2009, 01:31 PM

I hate when people touch anything on my desk. I have everything in a certain spot and if it gets messed up I may lose it or forget about it! Sometimes the cleaners come at night and dust and it drives me crazy when everything is moved around in the morning.

I think for once in my almost-5 years at this company, there is no one employee who is driving me crazy. Now that I said that someone will piss me off today and I'll have a nice post to add.