This is why i could never work in an office - that whole open plan thing especially - just looks like torture - whoever thought that would be a good idea?
Tell me about it, but the worst thing isn't so much things people do but that so many people seem to spout such utter twaddle when they're supposed to be working, especially a young 20 or 21 year old super cocky guy on my team who is self-appointed expert on all things - politics, religion, dog training, hi-fi, computers, sheep farming, road traffic laws, cars, motorcycles, the legal system, central heating systems, no matter what the subject, he thinks he knows everything and will argue with anyone stupid enough to argue with him. I've become good at just tuning him out as when he does touch on some subject I know a little about, it's obvious he hasn't a clue.
He knows so much about cars he's always going on about how great the V8 engine in his mate's Mazda RX-8 sounds (a Wankel V8, interesting concept!) and he is always criticising everyone else's driving and saying they shouldn't be on the road yet he failed his own driving test twice so far
