| Office annoyances time 10:40 - Nov 18 with 7557 views | Keno |
When an email is sent to a lot of people there are a couple of people in the office who response using a "reply all' so you get their reply even though the reply doesnt concern you and just clogs up your inbox
So annoying!!
Surely that should be a sackable offence??
what else you got for which colleagues should be instantly dismissed [Post edited 18 Nov 2024 10:40]
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| Office annoyances time on 16:37 - Nov 18 with 1090 views | factual_blue |
| Office annoyances time on 12:06 - Nov 18 by PhilTWTD |
Calling anyone they vaguely think might have some interest in coming to a meeting when they might be better off getting one representative of that team to go along. And calling meetings During World Cup matches. Missed the first half of Scotland-Brazil in 1998 because of that. |
You still haven't forgiven Gav for that, have you? |  |
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| Office annoyances time on 16:37 - Nov 18 with 1095 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Office annoyances time on 13:55 - Nov 18 by gainsboroughblue |
Classic.
Reminds me of the 'class sketch' with Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett and John Cleese. |
Was exactly my aim.
Apparently that sketch wasn't as well known as I thought. lol |  |
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| Office annoyances time on 16:42 - Nov 18 with 1067 views | soupytwist |
| Office annoyances time on 13:26 - Nov 18 by Dubtractor |
This. So much this. |
But if you have a phone on your desk and that rings, do you not pick it up?
What's the difference? |  | | |
| Office annoyances time on 16:48 - Nov 18 with 1044 views | Meadowlark |
| Office annoyances time on 14:09 - Nov 18 by homer_123 |
Well, without stating the obvious, why else would they be emailing you?
For me, if I meet someone, I always ask how they are doing. Why would it be different if I were emailing them? |
1.It's a rhetorical question, as it is when you meet someone in person.
2. It's rarely sincere
3. It's unnecessary
4. It is new. I think this is my main gripe. In the old days a business letter just started with "Dear X, " and got straight to business. Later, an email did the same thing. "Hi X,"
Now it seems necessary to ask or hope that you're well. Why?
I suspect I might be outvoted on this one, but I'm also retired so I rarely have to put up with it either.
On another point, I once told a potential client that I was willing to come and meet them "anytime". They subsequently scheduled a meeting for central London at 4.00pm on a Friday!! (I live in North
Suffolk!!). Aaargh! |  | | |
| Office annoyances time on 17:22 - Nov 18 with 983 views | factual_blue |
| Office annoyances time on 11:06 - Nov 18 by artsbossbeard |
People who simply call you on Teams without a cursory "Hi, you available for a quick chat" message firstly should be shot at dawn.
Initial bullets to the kneecaps before the kill shot to those who call you unannounced over the lunchtime period also. |
According to HIGNFY the other week, tube drivers can restart their lunch break if a manager so much as even speaks to them during their break. | |
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| Office annoyances time on 17:41 - Nov 18 with 948 views | Dubtractor |
| Office annoyances time on 16:42 - Nov 18 by soupytwist |
But if you have a phone on your desk and that rings, do you not pick it up?
What's the difference? |
If someone calls on the phone, you can legitimately ignore it if you are busy/focussed on something else under the pretence that you didn't see it/were away from your desk. On teams the person ringing can see that you are active at your laptop, so therefore know that you are ignoring them, so its just a basic etiquette to check that you are free to chat. |  |
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| Office annoyances time on 17:54 - Nov 18 with 922 views | jontysnut |
| Office annoyances time on 11:59 - Nov 18 by Churchman |
The things that did my head in were:
1. People who were sitting a few yards away sending me an email - you have legs and the power of speech. Get off your chair and talk to me you dope!
2. Being copied in to messages I didn’t need to see. Useless tools that think that by copying in the world and his misses that they’ll cover their own @rse. Take some responsibility! It’s what you’re paid for!
3. People having a moan up about you on email and copying in third parties. It rarely happened to me but when it did I went nuts. Don’t care if they’re right or wrong or who they are - it ain’t happening!
4. See point 1. People using email unnecessarily when they can speak face to face or pick up a phone.
5. Twerps that send emails at 10pm on a Sunday evening copying in the universe just to prove how dedicated and hard working they are. No it doesn’t! It shows you are a clown that cannot manage your time properly at best or an inadequate, confidence free crawler at worst.
That’ll do for starters. |
Your last point!
You work hard to clear your inbox on Friday. Some fanatic decides to work over the weekend and you've got loads of stuff before you even start on Monday. |  | | |
| Office annoyances time on 18:04 - Nov 18 with 916 views | blueasfook |
People wiping their knob on your cup. So annoying. |  |
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| Office annoyances time on 20:30 - Nov 18 with 845 views | MattinLondon |
People who reheat fish in the microwave in the staff room - filthy filthy b**tards.
People who talk really loudly in the office on their mobile phones in the office and then give you a detailed summary of their personal call. |  | | |
| Office annoyances time on 15:08 - Nov 19 with 733 views | Kropotkin123 |
| Office annoyances time on 11:06 - Nov 18 by artsbossbeard |
People who simply call you on Teams without a cursory "Hi, you available for a quick chat" message firstly should be shot at dawn.
Initial bullets to the kneecaps before the kill shot to those who call you unannounced over the lunchtime period also. |
Sounds like you don't put lunch in your calendar, even though lunch is a daily occurrence for you... |  |
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| Office annoyances time on 15:12 - Nov 19 with 720 views | Kropotkin123 |
| Office annoyances time on 11:59 - Nov 18 by Churchman |
The things that did my head in were:
1. People who were sitting a few yards away sending me an email - you have legs and the power of speech. Get off your chair and talk to me you dope!
2. Being copied in to messages I didn’t need to see. Useless tools that think that by copying in the world and his misses that they’ll cover their own @rse. Take some responsibility! It’s what you’re paid for!
3. People having a moan up about you on email and copying in third parties. It rarely happened to me but when it did I went nuts. Don’t care if they’re right or wrong or who they are - it ain’t happening!
4. See point 1. People using email unnecessarily when they can speak face to face or pick up a phone.
5. Twerps that send emails at 10pm on a Sunday evening copying in the universe just to prove how dedicated and hard working they are. No it doesn’t! It shows you are a clown that cannot manage your time properly at best or an inadequate, confidence free crawler at worst.
That’ll do for starters. |
1. Sounds like a boomer preference (not meant as a dig, rather a real generational communication preference). I'd rather someone emailed me, as I have set times when I will read my emails. Whereas what you are walking up to me and talking about is not in any way my priority in that moment and 99% can wait. Add to that the contact-switch delays. | |
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| Office annoyances time on 15:24 - Nov 19 with 703 views | Churchman |
| Office annoyances time on 15:12 - Nov 19 by Kropotkin123 |
1. Sounds like a boomer preference (not meant as a dig, rather a real generational communication preference). I'd rather someone emailed me, as I have set times when I will read my emails. Whereas what you are walking up to me and talking about is not in any way my priority in that moment and 99% can wait. Add to that the contact-switch delays. |
As long as I was approached politely I never minded. Saved time and personal interaction was never a bad thing. If it was in do not disturb mode, I’d work somewhere where I couldn’t be disturbed or from home.
Yep probably an age thing [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 15:38]
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| Office annoyances time on 15:27 - Nov 19 with 702 views | Kropotkin123 |
Email chains that are like this:
Kropotkin: Hi Recipient, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Recipient: Hi Kropotkin, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Kropotkin: Hi Recipient, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Recipient: Hi Kropotkin, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Kropotkin: Hi Recipient, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Recipient: Hi Kropotkin, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Instead of this:
Kropotkin: Hi Recipient, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Recipient: Hi Kropotkin, blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Kropotkin: blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Recipient: blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Kropotkin: blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Recipient: blah blah blah, auto sign off.
Why say hi to me on every single message? What a waste of time. I'm done with this stupid time waste. I stopped saying hi to c-levels in my emails and now they copy me. | |
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| Office annoyances time on 16:17 - Nov 19 with 653 views | hoppy |
| Office annoyances time on 15:09 - Nov 18 by factual_blue |
There is a major crisis for Suffolk Recycling. They currently have no contract for recycling hard plastics. You have to use the non-recyclable waste skip. |
Was that detail included in the email? |  |
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| Office annoyances time on 18:38 - Nov 19 with 552 views | Reus30 |
The lack of respect for out of office time or leave. I wouldn't do it to anyone so wth are you doing to me?
Professionalism in the workplace, I don't think talking about giving your missus one or talking about sensitive topics in a group discussion is appropriate.
Micromanaging - leave me to it, don't be a butt |  | | |
| Office annoyances time on 19:36 - Nov 19 with 523 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
When a meeting has run way over time, and the chair says "any other questions?"
We all know that one colleague who ruins it. Why? WHY??? SEND THEM AN EMAIL LATER!!! 😡🤬 |  | | |
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