They're coming to take me away....

[raybear]

Why must my co-worker clip their fingernails at their desk, particularly when their desk is approx. twenty feet away and the high-frequency metal ringing can pierce my eardrums so easily, distracting me with madness while I'm trying to calculate expense forms?!?

They're trying to kill me.

Comments

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

ya, I think that is the grossest of all office habits.

[drood.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're demons from another dimension. Maybe they're sucking your life force from you when you snooze at your desk. Maybe you should kill them. Yeah, that's it. KILL THEM!

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I love/hate that episode because it's my biggest fear -- everyone around me thinking I'm crazy when I know I'm right. Much like the John Ritter Robot Dad episode.

[drood.livejournal.com]

What do you mean, episode? Was that on TV or something? It happened to me in real life.

[nineinchlovely.livejournal.com]

You know what is my big big pet peeve... I have two:

1. People who walk away from their spots and don't log out of the phone tree..therefore making it ring and ring and ring until I (seeing as how no one else seems to care) walk over and log them out.

2. People who can't take a hint that you're on a phone call. They talk at you anyway and you have the whole cross-talk interference head rattle problem. That, my friend, is frickin' rude. I'm occasionally guilty of this but I'm overly apologetic when it happens. I just love when people have no remorse for that. :snark:

But clipping fingernails..? That's a bit excessive. That's why people created restrooms. Do yer clipping in there, cliptastic coworker!

[nineinchlovely.livejournal.com]

Addendum...: I would take a progressive/pseudo-progressive nailclipping coworker over a bigot anyday.

[loosethread.livejournal.com]

I think it is so disgusting. There was a guy near me he use to clip his fingernails.

i've been known to...

[keetbabe.livejournal.com]

clip my nails at work, HOWEVER, i try to do it when my officemate isn't here.

my pet peeve: listening to voicemail on the loudspeaker. UGGGGGHHHH. i don't want to hear your messages!!!!! pick up that *(&#(&$( phone!

[vfc.livejournal.com]

Clipping of nails in an office, I can handle. Peainting of nails in an office? No thanks. I like to breathe air while I'm working, thank you very much, not chemical death.

[vfc.livejournal.com]

Painting. D'oh!

additional nastiness

[deepfry.livejournal.com]

clipping nails while on public transportation especially during peak hours. all i can think is nails flying everywhere--into bags, into hair of seated people, etc. blech!