work mates who don't shut the fuck up

[electric.avenue]

I sat next to a guy in my old place who would grunt and groan when checking his email and surfing the web. It sounded like he was lifting very heavy objects with a back injury.

RAOFL!

I know a few peeps who have this odd habit - oddly they all tend to be middle aged men. More to the point, my partner seems to be developing this ghastly habit! He grunts like a weight lifter at the smallest of things.

@ RubyBlue: You have my sympathies! I cannot stand non-stop talkers, and if I am working I like to just tune out and concentrate on what I'm doing.

When I was at uni there was this one lass who couldn't think without talking, and she was constantly beating a path to people's doors to rap, rap, rap. Ppl used to run when they saw her coming.

I have a friend who likes to phone me up and talk for hours, so I have taken to not picking up, much as I like the guy. I think it's just that he hasn't really got anyone to talk to.

There is one woman I know who repeatedly used to ask me the same questions, (ruddy personal ones! ) very publicly too. I now avoid her like the plague.

Me? Well, I do tend to repeat the same anecdotes, as my partner is always pointing out. Hey, did I tell you this one about this cat we used to have who .... (continued on page 101)

 

[Fledgling]

His reports were the same. He would write "I called upon your policyholder at the agreed time of 3.30, however, he didn't answer the door. After knocking for about 10 minutes a neighbour called over and said he was probably around the back in his garden. She went into her own garden to alert him and eventually he came to the door..."

I used to cross it all out and amend it to "We have discussed the circumstances of the incident with your policyholder."

quality!