Office atmosphere suckers!

[Fnaar]

coat her nails with hooks.

 

[Bay Runner]

nail her without her coat on

 

[trustysteed]

nail the desk, it'd be more fun.

 

[Watt-O]

Doesn't like Jaffa cakes? What's not to like? She sounds like a seriously f@cked-up individual!

 

[Twenty Inch]

Make the response you want to make, and then smile nicely.

EG:

"It's horrible here, I've had to walk up a flight of steps and the coat hook is too far away"

"Well, it could be worse, you could have lost your family in an earthquake in Chile" Big smile.

 

[trustysteed]

tell her "be thankful you work in an office and not at seaworld"

 

[chillyuk]

Sounds like my ex. I wonder if she has found a job.

 

[Brahan]

Nail her head with a hook.

 

[Fnaar]

Hail her need with a look.

 

[Norm]

We have just had a new woman transferred into our office for 6 months. She started about 8.30, and has already told us of her friends suicide, her 'medical' issues, and how pi$$ed off she is with the office move. She has made herself a coffee, and didn't offer to do us one, she has moaned about being put on the desk in the corner with her back to the wall, she apparantly is used to having a ...wait for it.... coat hook near her desk. She doesn't like Radio2, it's too noisy and boisterous, she thinks we should have a smarter dress code, and she doesn't eat Jaffa cakes, and has suggested we start a fund for biscuits so we have a range available. She also tutted that I sat here having my porridge at my desk after cycling in, which incidentally she thought was 'silly'.

It's going to be a long 6 months Any suggestions?

She sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[wafflycat]

Doesn't like Jaffa cakes? What's not to like? She sounds like a seriously f@cked-up individual!

Jaffa cakes are horrible. Bleccch. Neither cake nor biscuit.

 

[Happiness Stan]

Try to deal with it with a bit of humour.
It may be the case that she feels threatened and vulnerable

Ask her in a jovial why why she doesn't like Jaffa Cakes. Have a biscuit competition where each person brings in a biscuit of choice and are judged of a variety of qualities.

Bring a hammer and nail into work and tell her you've sorted out the coat hook problem.

As for her problems, show a tinesy bit of sympathy and stop it dead.

If she get's up to go for a coffee say "I thought you'd never ask, I'm spitting feathers here" and then ask if she would like one later.

Alternatively she might just be a psycho in which case the next 6 months are going to be tough

 

[Happiness Stan]

Jaffa cakes are horrible. Bleccch. Neither cake nor biscuit.

Actually, they have been officially deemed as cakes for Customs and Excise purposes.

 

[Fnaar]

Stand up, decisively, and shout (pointing at her) "OK, you and me, let's Duke it out!" and challenge her to an arm-wrestling contest.

 

[Bollo]

Put a hooker near her desk.