How do you handle an aggravating office mate?

[WATERWINGS]

I work in the same small office with two other draftsmen.



The room is probably 25’ x 25’ square.



One of the biggest gripes I guess I have with him, is that he CONSTANTLY clears his throat………WITH HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN……………..AND ITS LOUD.



I clear my throat too, but I do it with my mouth closed, and even though it can probably still be heard, at least I have my freekin mouth closed.



Out of curiosity, I made a hash mark on a piece of paper every time he did this…………57 times in ONE HOUR……. with his mouth wide open. (sometimes its more often than that.)



It reminds me of the girl on Mad TV that makes that annoying sound throughout her skit.



If I come into work in a bad mood, it is so hard not to say, “Can you do that with your mouth closed”….or “is all that necessary”…….??



But I have to work in the same office with him, and there are times when I count on his help with something I am having trouble with, (he has over double the time as a draftsman as I do), so I don’t want to insult him.



He also makes personal calls all day long, and we have to sit and listen to them……(well, not really, cause I put the Bose Headphones on and drown his gay sounding ass out)….(this morning I did it to drown out his loud throat clearing)



I can tolerate hearing him talking business on the phone, but when he gets on the phone with his girlfriend, or his “pals”, he sounds just as queer as a 3 dollar bill…..and it grosses me out.



Any personal calls I make, I don’t want everybody listening to anyway, so I go down to an empty office to make my calls.





He still hasn’t noticed yet that every time he makes his “gay calls” me and my other office mate BOTH put our headphones on to drown his gay soundin ass out.





Oh…when he gets up to go to the bath room……its always…..”I have to go to the little boys room” AAARRRGGG!!!



If you ask him where something goes……”bend over, I’ll show you”…………….F. YOU. I’ll show you where my FIST goes.





He is the type that reads out everything on his computer screen to the whole room……..we don’t want to hear that crap……….



We don’t care how many emails you get trying to sell you watches, or Viagra, or diplomas, or greener lawns, or ENLARGEMENT pills……………..S. T. F. U.





OH…he thinks its funny to fart in the office too.





I guess I have held it in so long, that I needed to vent……………….WHEEW…….I feel a little better now………..thanks for listening.









Anyway….how do ya’ll handle the people that you have to sit with for at least 8 hours a day ?



Is it better to be ugly and speak your piece, or keep it to yourself and suffer?

[CDave]

Tell him he should see a doctor about his throat clearing. Then make up a story how one of your relatives use to do that and it turned out they had{incert disease here}.
Or talk to your boss about it. Tell him it's hurting productivity.

[JohnBoy]

It is better to say be honest about the situation. I would say "Dude I'm going to kick you fcuking ass if you keep that up, it's fcuking annoying and I'm tired of it....I'm not kidding"

If he does it again you need to do the right thing and back-up what you said you would do. Wait until after work and catch him out of the office and beat his A$$, maybe break his jaw so he has to get it wired then the problem is solved...He will have to cough with his mouth closed and drink trough a straw:D

***Disclaimer*** I do not condone work violence but sometimes you have to take matters in your own hands so you don't have to deal with a jackass for 8 hours a day...

[silverbullet02]

I'd call him on it...or start doing it yourself, right after him...he clears his throat, you clear yours. Farting in the office, well, that's funny, I don't care who you are... As far as babbling loud on the phone, just yell 'keep it down' really loud and obnoxious like, sounds like your office buddies will back you up. What's he gonna do? If he's smart enough, you can drop some subtle comments when he says stupid stuff, that's always fun. This is just my opinion tho. Being in the Navy for 10 years now and been on a submarine for quite some time, we may approach these things differently, lol!

Brian

[jacklake2003]

Start watching "The Office", you'll get some good ideas.

[delawarerick]

We had a clown that would go so far as to steal your food in a community small size refrigerator. So lets say he ate something I know he didnt want to. I ground up exlax and laced the sandwich with enough laxatiive to clean a batalion. This was no chitting matter. When he starts that crap try calling your supervisor and let him hear it. Rick

[1BadAction]

Sounds like a world class jerkoff. Just get him fired and if you run into a problem with azzholecad PM me and I'll answer it for ya, problem solved. lol.

[pyro]

He probably has a vocal tic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic) that he's well aware of. It's kind of like blinking-- You do it without reason, it feels good to do it, and feels stressful when you try to hold it back. Some people bounce their leg, clear their throat, utter certain words or pretend to stutter, make odd facial expressions, toss their hair out of their face, crane their neck around, etc. It's kind of an internal stress reliever.

It doesn't mean he's retarded or gay-- Tics can actually be a symptom called stimming, which commonly occurs with high-functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorders that tend to make such people seem rather awkward in otherwise normal social situations, among other things. When you have lots of brain energy, you need a way to vent off some of it, so your head doesn't explode. He might actually be a genius.

Does he do a good job in the office?

[Kartracer]

I shared an office with a guy who was very annoying. Part of it was his emphysema, which there was nothing I could do about. But beyond that, he was really loud with everything he did. He slammed doors often. He also liked to click his pen. I fought it with subtle comments and clicking my pen back at him.

Had another guy who sniffled all of the time across the office. I would always kind of shout out "blow your nose" and finally he started to hear me.

[D.B.S]

Do what you always do, take half the day off and we can go boat riding :D Let him do all the work!:D

[donmac]

get a recording and play it back to him.

[RB in NM]

his "bend over" comments are enough to get his job due to sexual harressment in the workplace issues, unfortunately you need to let it be known to him that those comments are offensive to you and that you want them to stop, (otherwise defense lawyers in court can make the point that no one ever complained, therfore he was' allowed or even encouraged' to continue doing these antics.) Document his statements, take that to you supervisor. Or, jus' kick hiz azz as mentioned.....;)

[Hydrophobic guy]

Just tell the jackoff that he's driving you nuts with his fcukin throat clearing and ask is there some FCUKIN REASON HE CAN'T CLOSE HIS BIG FCUKIN MOUTH!!!! As for the bend over a$$ comments I'd make it known to this dip$hit that if he says another fcukin thing about bend over or, your a$$ that your gonna knock him out. Now as for personal calls most companys frown on them drop an anonomous note to the boss that he actually works half a day because of his continuous personal blabbereing and its effecting the other employees. As for the drafting assistance just put 1Bad on speed dial. Hey, he offered. ;)

If all this fails throw him in front of a bus. :D

[Nasi]

You must be politically correct in the work place.........with the economy the way it is, everyone is expendable now days.......document, document and continue documenting!

[Pro300x24LD]

[clears throat]....you need to speak up and say something either subtly or directly, but often times annoying people don't know they are annoying if you don't say anything. [clears throat] most people are willing to accomadate [clears throat] your requests to be less annoying if they are approaced in [clears throat] a non confrontational fashion.

[Hydrophobic guy]

most people are willing to accomadate <CLEARS throat>your requests to be less annoying if they are approaced in <CLEARS throat>a non confrontational fashion.

Yah, like the way I suggested. :D

Honestly,
I've run small and big companies and some of this asshats work behavior if he worked for me would have gotten him a verbal repremand, then written up, next suspended, and if he still didn't get his $hit in one sock fired. Most companies have written employee conduct standards for just this type of thing. ;)

[hydromaniacc]

There was 3 guys around here who started a communications company that became very successful. One of the guys wrote the ''code of conduct'' for the company. The next thing you know the same guy is on an HBO special about swingers and he's talking like a big shot while his wife is in the hot tub with some other dudes. He got fired when he went back to work. Check the code of conduct for your office. Oh and by the way... The guys wife could make a freight train take a dirt road.

[mirage243]

Send me his e-mail address,.................. I'll do the rest.:D

[joed]

Jawnie back off the caffine man you`re holding on too tight. There `s beer in just a few hours. Hold on loosely. Finger tips man finger tips. Did I mention you are aging by the milli-second. I surprized you can even hear this mooron:cheers:

By the way if you can spare it I need a nice piece of bamboo for a push pole for the potoon.

[Phil's other half...Sue.]

Up until the point of the sexual statement, I always give people understanding when they have problems, especially ticks, like Pyro said, I always feel for people with disabilities... but the guy killed it for me when I read about his rude, crued statement to you, and his personal behavior on the phone, I would be p issed also...you held your cool that shows class in the workplace, most people wouldn't. Might be time to put a call into HR for the simple fact that he is showing disrespect in the workplace with his associates. This is just from a woman's point, I am sure with a statement like that some would want to put their fist down his throat :eek::eek::eek::mad:.

[stokernick]

I'd just move to the other office!

[hydromaniacc]

:cheers:ATTABOY!

[mickeyjr]

Is it better to be ugly and speak your piece, or keep it to yourself and suffer?

You can say a lot without saying anything at all. Eat a pot of baked beans every morning when you wake up, and move your desk closer to his.

[Forkin' Crazy]

You can say a lot without saying anything at all. Eat a pot of baked beans every morning when you wake up, and move your desk closer to his.

They make fart spray! :thumbsup: