Author Topic: How do deal with a coworker... (Read 5137 times)

K Frame · « **on:** January 10, 2006, 02:21:48 PM »

who sits in his cube and sings like a herniated yak?

He drives everyone nuts!

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:26:30 PM »

oh, the visual is just toooo much......

cheesy

Brad

p.s. - Mike, if you wouldn't sing, your co-workers wouldn't ask such questions....

Justin · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:30:50 PM »

Mike, here's your solution.

telewinz · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:32:21 PM »

You and some of your office workers should also sing trying to imitate him...it works!

TarpleyG · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2006, 03:01:59 PM »

One of the girls that works for me brought her kid in today because he was sick and he coughed ALL DAY LONG...if she wasn't a contractor (doesn't get paid unless she is there), I'd have sent her home.

Greg

Werewolf · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2006, 03:56:14 PM »

Uhhhhhh....
Did you consider just walking over and politely asking him to stop because it is annoying? Usually works for me.

If that doesn't work then quietly - so no one else can hear - tell him to "shut the *expletive deleted*ck up"! That has always worked for me but then I'm a finance/accounting guy who weighs 220 and looks like a hells angel. Your normal accountant is fairly easy to intimidate (especially if the intimidator looks like a hell's angel, weighs 220 and is known to be the office gun guy.

If you aren't willing to take the direct approach then take the pussy/wimp crybaby modern approach and complain to your supervisor.

K Frame · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2006, 04:04:50 PM »

"Did you consider just walking over and politely asking him to stop because it is annoying?"

Gee... NO! I NEVER would have thought of that! rolleyes

It's an ongoing thing for him. I'm new in the office, but most of the people here have asked him to shut the F up. Apparently it's not as bad as it used to be, but then again, I'm new, and haven't been exposed to this.

brimic · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2006, 04:09:25 PM »

Raw chicken stuffed into the post of his chair.

K Frame · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2006, 04:18:04 PM »

I sit BESIDE him.

I don't want to have to deal with that kind of stink.

onions! · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2006, 04:36:30 PM »

Annoy him back.

Little things that'll slowly drive him nuts but,in & of themselves,won't disturb anyone else.

You know "childish" stuff.

pepper in his coffee
empty his stapler every few days
trade all his pens' ink refills for empties
tape on the receiver of his phone
clean his monitor & make sure to leave streaks
if he's really anal then move his stuff around
bring in a radio
better yet-aquire an older clock radio that has the noisy flip numbers.That'll grate on anyones nerves.

Is he a gunny?Maybe hang a shredded target in your work area.

Or you could just shoot him.

BTW,glad to hear u found a job!

mtnbkr · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2006, 05:36:00 PM »

Just be you. Tongue

Or, I'll loan you my cow-orker and you can learn the true meaning of pain.

Chris

Declaration Day · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2006, 07:00:37 PM »

Record him singing. Then call him at odd hours of the night and play it back to him over the phone.

Standing Wolf · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2006, 08:38:04 PM »

Sounds like a task for an assault lawyer. Heck, they do all kinds of other dirty things, right?

Ex-MA Hole · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2006, 04:04:57 AM »

Quote from: Declaration Day

Record him singing. Then call him at odd hours of the night and play it back to him over the phone.

+1

(Can I get a new keyboard? I snarfed coffee.)

Werewolf · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2006, 06:46:34 AM »

In all seriousness Mike, if this guy's singing is impacting department morale and from a business point of view productivity then you and a number of your other co-workers should take it up with the guy's supervisor.

It is really that simple.

Lennyjoe · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2006, 06:54:08 AM »

Spit balls.

Chris · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2006, 07:00:20 AM »

Okay, it's simple, but should work. Go to Wal Mart and buy a cheap pair of the really big and brighly colored shooting muffs. Next time he starts singing, pull them out and put them on. best case scenario, he shots up. Worst case, you might look a little silly, but it should buy you some quiet.

Art Eatman · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2006, 10:58:38 AM »

Is he one of these bottled water guys? Buys a bottle of Certified Tap Water for a couple of bucks, pops the top, takes a sip, and then drinks more, later?

If so, get some alum. When he heads off for a potty break, add the alum to the water and shake. The alum dissolves.

That's the end of singing--and talking--for a while. No harm done.

, Art

charby · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2006, 11:24:07 AM »

Stand up above your cubicle wall and start quoting Monte Python at him.

Deer Urine assualt, but then the whole cube farm has to smell it.

Give him a wedgie if he bends over while singing.

Just tell him, I hope you are secure at your day job because your singing career sucks.

grampster · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2006, 11:42:25 AM »

mtnbkr had the best solution. Tongue

Waitone · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2006, 11:47:44 AM »

"Hostile Work Environment" mumbled around the proper people should fix it.

stevelyn · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2006, 05:03:43 AM »

Kiwi his phone.

280plus · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2006, 05:07:50 AM »

Evil bunch we have around here... shocked

bermbuster · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2006, 06:58:00 AM »

Quote from: stevelyn

Kiwi his phone.

Kiwi?

charby · « **Reply #24 on:** January 12, 2006, 06:59:36 AM »

I think as in Kiwi the shoe polish, use a matching color to the phone.

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Author Topic: How do deal with a coworker... (Read 5137 times)

onions!

Chris