Office atmosphere suckers!

[addictfreak]

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?

But does she give good h**d.

Ok i'll get my coat!

 

[Apeman]

Ignore her ,pass wind and look up with a startled look exclaiming"was that you!"

 

[XmisterIS]

Lol!

Another option is to look at her, blink, and say, "I come in theez country since 3 months. Ees nice I meet jou! I like jou, do jou like me?", in response to everything she says ...

 

[661-Pete]

Does the expression 'workplace bullying' hold any meaning for any of you guys?

 

[Brahan]

Hail her need with a look.

Feed her greed with a cook(ie)

 

[ComedyPilot]

Whenever she engages from now on, go 'shop' in reply, like, 'Have you done that report?' or 'Are the minutes for the meeting ready?'.

What's the worst that she can do?

"....Err boss, I want to tittle-tattle all day, but X wants to get their work done!"

Suicidal 'friend'?

My arse....................but given her manner who'd blame the friend for ending it?

 

[XmisterIS]

Scream at her, "I've got f*****g tourettes, what's your problem?!!"

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Scream at her, "I've got f*****g tourettes, what's your problem?!!"

New keyboard please.

 

[Arch]

Suicidal 'friend'?

My arse....................but given her manner who'd blame the friend for ending it?

Ok, she sounds like a bit of a nightmare but...

Joking about suicidal friends is a bit off. I suspect more people on here than you imagine have lost a friend, or relative, to suicide. Call me sensitive, and ok, I probably wouldn't have mentioned it on first acquaintance like she has, but it can affect people very deeply.

Give her time to settle in. She might turn out to be ok. Or a horror, in which case, be glad it's only 6 months.

 

[Brains]

Find out how the last lot offloaded her, and see just how fast you can pass her onto the next lot on a 6 month 'loan'

 

[ComedyPilot]

Ok, she sounds like a bit of a nightmare but...

Joking about suicidal friends is a bit off. I suspect more people on here than you imagine have lost a friend, or relative, to suicide. Call me sensitive, and ok, I probably wouldn't have mentioned it on first acquaintance like she has, but it can affect people very deeply.

Give her time to settle in. She might turn out to be ok. Or a horror, in which case, be glad it's only 6 months.

Arch, whilst I respect your comments immensely, I too have lost friends to all manner of endings, from road 'accidents' to illness and also one to suicide.

One thing I would not do is try to curry favour with people I don't know with an opening gambit of, 'My friend topped themselves'.

It is disrespectful to the new people and to the memory of the passed one.

All this is IMO, and I respect your view to disagree.

This woman has (IMO) overstepped the mark, and is using her friends (alleged) passing as a trading pawn for friendship or as an ice-breaker. That to me (IMO) is an abhorent thing to do.

Still love you though......[hugs]

 

[TVC]

It's easy Maggot, just come into the office in your tightest lycra, taking care to do your best stretching exercises in front of her, then sit down and slowly unpeel a banana whilst looking directly at her. Either she will never bother you again, or she will want to roger you - either way a winner.

 

[Arch]

Arch, whilst I respect your comments immensely, I too have lost friends to all manner of endings, from road 'accidents' to illness and also one to suicide.

One thing I would not do is try to curry favour with people I don't know with an opening gambit of, 'My friend topped themselves'.

It is disrespectful to the new people and to the memory of the passed one.

All this is IMO, and I respect your view to disagree.

This woman has (IMO) overstepped the mark, and is using her friends (alleged) passing as a trading pawn for friendship or as an ice-breaker. That to me (IMO) is an abhorent thing to do.

Still love you though......[hugs]

Fair enough - but people react in different ways. She may have all sorts of internal problems about it and just isn't dealing with them in the 'right' way. Or it might not actually have been all that close a friend, and she's just one of those people who yaks on about the first thing that comes into her head.

I just think, she sounds like she has plenty of other causes for antipathy to pick on... I mean, not liking Jaffa Cakes!

Hug accepted and returned however...

 

[ComedyPilot]

Hug accepted and returned however...

 

[TheDoctor]

I'm still getting over the shock of Waffles saying she doesn't like Jaffa cakes.
I've gone right off her