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What is it that drives you really crazy?

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  • P ProffK

    People who don't know what it means when somebody doesn't answer their phone. It bloody means they aren't there!!!! Doesn't it? And then, after letting it ring for fourteen days, they hang up and call again less than a minute later. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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    Olli
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    I'll second that... It's the same here, especially when the guy has a really nerving ringtone... X| X|

    Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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      Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

      Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
      Homer Simpson
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      HTML email! If you need pretty pictures, colours and fonts to say what you want to say then you should be using different words not different formatting.

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        HTML email! If you need pretty pictures, colours and fonts to say what you want to say then you should be using different words not different formatting.

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        And you need to go back to using DOS with a monochrome screen my good man. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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        • O Olli

          OK, maybe translation makes it not so funny in english... It's something which is not really a crime, but it's kind of... I thought it was funny... :suss:

          Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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          David Wulff
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          Everyone point and laugh at Olli! Ha ha! ;P


          David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

          "I live very much in the real world, it's just not the same world shared by most other people"

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            HTML email! If you need pretty pictures, colours and fonts to say what you want to say then you should be using different words not different formatting.

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            David Wulff
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            I disagree. External corporate e-mail should be (for initial communications or when dealing with unnameds only) branded as if it was headed letter paper. Image is everything on first impressions. Newsletters, announcements, etc, also need to carry the company brand. And for the text, yes, straightforward black text may fine in most cases, but formatting such as bold, code, etc are highly useful depending on the content.


            David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

            "I live very much in the real world, it's just not the same world shared by most other people"

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              Everyone point and laugh at Olli! Ha ha! ;P


              David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

              "I live very much in the real world, it's just not the same world shared by most other people"

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              Olli
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              :((

              Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
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              • P ProffK

                People who don't know what it means when somebody doesn't answer their phone. It bloody means they aren't there!!!! Doesn't it? And then, after letting it ring for fourteen days, they hang up and call again less than a minute later. The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that while the pessimist is always a victim, the optimist is always a target. - Brady Kelly

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                Bruce Duncan
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                I know your pain all too well.

                Searching the web without Google is like straining sewage with your teeth.
                Userfriendly, 2003/06/07

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                • O Olli

                  Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                  Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                  Homer Simpson
                  :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                  Johnny
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                  Colleagues who eat with their mouths open... who whistle all the time... and me being splattered on the head with porridge... Thankfully my headphones protect my sanity, although not from porridge attacks.

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                    Colleagues who eat with their mouths open... who whistle all the time... and me being splattered on the head with porridge... Thankfully my headphones protect my sanity, although not from porridge attacks.

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                    Lost User
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                    Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! Live to ride. Ride to live.

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                      Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! Live to ride. Ride to live.

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                      Olli
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                      Matthew Lang wrote: Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! :laugh::laugh: Think I have a new sig....

                      Olli "Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues!"
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                      • O Olli

                        Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                        Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                        Homer Simpson
                        :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                        KaRl
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                        "Hell is others".


                        In every work of genius we see our own rejected thought. - François Rabelais

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                          I disagree. External corporate e-mail should be (for initial communications or when dealing with unnameds only) branded as if it was headed letter paper. Image is everything on first impressions. Newsletters, announcements, etc, also need to carry the company brand. And for the text, yes, straightforward black text may fine in most cases, but formatting such as bold, code, etc are highly useful depending on the content.


                          David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

                          "I live very much in the real world, it's just not the same world shared by most other people"

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                          Mike Dimmick
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                          David Wulff wrote: formatting such as bold, code, etc are highly useful depending on the content. For an example, I point you to the Visual C++ forum[^], which regularly has unformatted, impenetrable posts. Personally, I like using lots of emphasis.

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                          • O Olli

                            Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                            Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                            Homer Simpson
                            :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                            ColinDavies
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                            People who say slash slash instaed of solidus virgule. Regardz Colin J Davies

                            *** WARNING *
                            This could be addictive
                            **The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "

                            It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox

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                              Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                              Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                              Homer Simpson
                              :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                              Joseph Dempsey
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                              Olli wrote: I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? 1) Slurping liquid out of a cup or cereal bowl ( how rude! and irritating ;) ) 2) Talking about medical problems ( the nasty sort ) on the phone in a open cube enviornment. ( I mean really ppl, can't that stuff wait till your in private ) Joe Joseph Dempsey joseph_r_dempsey@yahoo.com

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                                People who say slash slash instaed of solidus virgule. Regardz Colin J Davies

                                *** WARNING *
                                This could be addictive
                                **The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "

                                It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox

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                                Nic Rowan
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                                What about saying "whack whack"?


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                                  Matthew Lang wrote: Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues! :laugh::laugh: Think I have a new sig....

                                  Olli "Headphones are the ultimate answer to annoying colleagues!"
                                  Matthew Lang - The Lounge
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                                  I am honoured! I often read people's signatures and see the wisdom and intellect oozing through. I would never have thought someone would use something I said as their signature! :cool: Matthew Live to ride. Ride to live.

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                                  • O Olli

                                    Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                                    Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                                    Homer Simpson
                                    :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                                    Navin
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                                    People who refuse to do their jobs. If your nose runs and your feet smell, then you're built upside down.

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                                      Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                                      Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                                      Homer Simpson
                                      :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                                      A few things: People who frequently come to chat for long periods of time when I have my office door shut with absolutely no work objective in mind. :confused: People who do not understand Windows security settings and give individuals full access because they do not know which group is appropriate. People who aren't "techie" who take what I say, repeat it in a way that drains all of it usefullness and now has no resemblance whatsoever to what I was saying in the first place in an effort to sound more knowledgeable than they really are. People who come to me with a "big favor" for a quick fix that they really really need and when I hurry to finish it for them they say they do not get around to using it for at least a month. Inaccurate specs, cancelled projects, meaningless projects (Do these qualify since they do come from coworkers...:confused: ) All of the expected disadvantages of the trade. People who drink the last of the coffee without making a new pot and those who leave just a few ml of coffee in the pot while leaving the heating unit on resulting in this dark black goo. :mad::mad: Gosh that felt good. :-D Seriously, I do love my job but these are some of the things that have bothered me in the past. Take Care, Daniel

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                                        Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                                        Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                                        Homer Simpson
                                        :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                                        Daniel Ferguson
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                                        I used to work in an office where one co-worker spoke their internal monologue out loud all day long, including talking to nobody in particular or inanimate objects like the fax machine. I found it extremely difficult to concentrate.

                                        "Pretending to guide me, you led me astray, And I don't want to fall into your kind of ways." "Melt" by Front 242

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                                          Hi OK, according to a thread from the soapbox (Megans sniffing thread[^]) I'm wondering what your co-workers are doing to drive you to insanity....? A while ago I had a co-worker who liked apples, and every morning he was eating his apple at breakfast time...with an open mouth! I could have freaked out with that, .... I was ..... aaarrrrrrghhhhhh.....:sigh: OK OK, it was nerving.... So what is it that does you really drive up and down the wall?? (sniffing, coughing, breathing, eating...)

                                          Olli "Ooooooh, they have the internet on computers now!"
                                          Homer Simpson
                                          :beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|

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                                          Smitha Nishant
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                                          Some new recruits often subscribe our emails to mailing lists. I find thatvery disturbing :doh: Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach

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