Bad Habits

Everyone has an annoying habit; and they’re finding their way into the work place.

Your nine to five can be stressful enough without dealing with the little quirks of others. But while you’re sitting at your desk stewing about someone’s pen clicking habit; chances are you’re annoying them just as much. To find out some of the biggest pet peeves people are finding at work careerbuilder.com reached out to their community of social media members. Then they compiled a list of the most popular responses in the hopes of educating offenders.

Some of the highlights include gum popping and people showing up late for meetings. Then there are the more specific offenses. This includes people that walk into your office, see you are on the phone and take a seat anyway. Then they sit there waiting for you to finish the conversation. In the meantime not only are they listening to the whole thing chances are they’re toying with items on your desk or trying to ask you a question anyway.

For more office place grievances keep reading. Find out if you have any habits in need of breaking.

From Careerbuilder.com
1. "People hovering at my desk" -- Julia E., via Facebook

2. "People who are always 'putting out fires'... I think folks should calm down a little and just get stuff done. Oh and meetings, meetings, meetings ... with too many people. Really? When was the last 10 person meeting that was truly productive?" -- Sarah O., via Facebook

3. "Gossip/drama! Keep it to yourself! Don't get involved! If someone starts to say something negative about a co-worker, tell them, 'I'm sorry you have difficulties with X; I hope you two can work things out. I'm sure it's none of my business. Please don't involve me because we are all friends here.'" -- Leslie N., via Facebook

4. "Micro-managing." -- Sergio C., via Facebook

5. "People who enter your office, see you speaking on the phone with a customer and plop down and wait listening to the whole conversation while doing distracting things like picking up items, photos, etc., from your desk. Or even worse, when they try to talk, interrupt your call and ask you questions while you are still on the phone. Rude, rude, rude." -- Tracey E., via Facebook

6. "The microwave and fridge is near my desk, [but] why do people have to place their items on my desk?" -- Cassandra B., via Facebook

7. "People who do not do their job well, but complain about their situation. You control your own future." -- @MsMichelleTyler, via Twitter

8. "When people chew gum loudly and pop it!!! Uggggh -- drives me bonkers!" -- Paula C., via Facebook

9. "My pet peeve is people who show up late for meetings. I was always taught that five minutes early is on time!" -- Em V., via Facebook

10. "People who use and wear scented products in enclosed work spaces, which can literally kill a person who is chemically sensitive. Employers need to embrace and enforce fragrance-free policies. I consider this the new secondhand-smoke issue." -- Hedwig R., via Facebook

11. "Emails with blank subject lines, or even worse, one that is so long it belongs in an actual email, not the subject line." -- @Robzilla28, via Twitter

12. "People who complain about something that someone else did wrong but don't do anything to fix it." -- @chadjedwards, via Twitter

13. "Favoritism! Especially from the higher echelons of an organization." -- Tanya W., via Facebook