Worst Office Etiquette Stories

Good Day Monkies,

I lucked out on missing this polar vortext so I'm bored and decided to stir the pot a little.

What is the worst office etiquette story you have? Is it a coworker's habbits or one incident?

I'll start...

-One coworker flosses his teeth at his desk and I have counted up to four times he has flossed before we even eat lunch. You can hear the string snapping up to 30' away. Some days he will just sit the string on his desk (post-floss) and put it into his trash can a few minutes later.

Please top that.

-Gator

 

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Two people sitting 10 feet away from each other chatting loudly on intercom to one-another after their conf call while others are scrambling with complex finanical modeling work right between the two, thus suffering the endless echo of every word and laugh exchanged. Happens daily.

 
Amazon Prime:
Are you supposed to flush before you're finished?

My thought too! I'm not trying to get poo water on my butt. HOWEVER courtesy flush is key. Gotta give it that double tap before you walk out.

 
<span class=keyword_link><a href=/company/amazon target=_blank>Amazon Prime</a></span>:
Are you supposed to flush before you're finished?

Only if you like wasting water. Save the whales - flush every other shit.

Commercial Real Estate Developer
 

Haha I (sadly) know a few guys like that. They love taking calls on the toilet, and don’t care that the other end hears 10+ flushes from the rest of us. Always remember to courtesy flush.

“Doesn't really mean shit plebby boi. LMK when you're pulling thiccboi cheques.“ — @m_1
 
ironman32:
Multiple times, and in different workpapers, have heard people on the phone while in the bathroom sitting down. I always try to make extra noise whenever I hear it happening.

Talking to headhunters, I bet

I have a friend who lives in the country, and it's supposed to be an hour from 42nd Street. A lie! The only thing that's an hour from 42nd Street is 43rd Street!
 

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