Talk About It On Thursday

Talk About It On Thursday

Most Annoying Work Place Behaviors

Someone did a lot of research on this. But our guess is that your list
is just as good.

A company called Opinion Research asked 1,800 people to choose the
workplace behaviors that are the most annoying. Here are the, uh,
winners:

1. Grumpy or moody co-workers (37%). Usually, this involves people
who bring their personal problems to work. An early-morning spat with a
spouse is a top contender for the cause of such behavior. Anyway, it's
what we hate the most, according to the survey.
2. Gossipers (19%). Apparently, many who were polled don't see the
value in baseless stories about who's cuddling with whom, who's getting
fired and who's answering polls. Or maybe they were the ones being
gossiped about.
3. The use of jargon (18%). Clearly, the people who put this on
their list are incapable of "thinking outside the box."
4. Loud phone talkers (18%). We imagine this one's triple-annoying
when the speaker is gossiping and saying stuff like "thinking outside
the box."
5. Poor toilet etiquette (16%). The less said about this, the
better.