As Jo is away and as I still have a full inbox I thought I'd go with a "Blue Peter" ready made blog (thank you TalentRevolt newsletter) which gave me a giggle! Enjoy...
You know what it's like to have an annoying co-worker in the office right? The one who talks too loud on the phone. The one who eats smelly food at their desk. These are nothing according to a survey by CareerBuilder where HR managers listed complaints as varied as co-workers being too sun tanned to wanting to check a co-worker for ticks. The survey of 2,600 HR managers in the US listed a wide variety of concerns including:
- Employee has big hair.
- Employee eats all the good cookies.
- Employee is so polite, it’s infuriating.
- Employee suspected co-worker is a pimp.
- Employee is trying to poison me.
- Employee’s body is magnetic and keeps de-activating my magnetic access card.
- Employee is personally responsible for a federally-mandated tax increase.
- Employee was annoyed the company didn’t provide a place for naps during break time.
- Employee only wears slippers or socks at work.
- Employee’s aura is wrong.
- Employee smells like road ramps.
- Employee breathes too loudly.
- Employee wants to check a co-worker for ticks.
- 8:00 a.m. is too early to get up for work.
- Employee wore pyjamas to work.
- Employee has bells on her shoes and it’s not the holidays.
- Co-worker reminded the employee too much of Bambi.
- Employee spends too much time caring for stray cats around the building.
- A male employee keeps using the ladies’ room because the men’s room is not as tidy.
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