Name some annoying habits of the co-workers that you sit next to (Typing too hard, talks too much, pen tapping, leg shaking, etc). How do you mention that it's driving you insane without being rude?

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Talking and laughing loudly constantly, the kind that goes right through your headphones.

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I’ll get you headphones for Christmas.
Thanks for being a good sport.

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Person next to me really likes to hum...haven’t said anything yet but I either go sit somewhere else or put headphones in lol don’t want to kill people’s joy

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Same!

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Bare feet up on the desk. Dude, no.

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Or even shoes up on other people’s desks, conference tables, or really anywhere other people sit. There’s one VP in my company who does it EVERYWHERE.

Speaker phone at their desk!!!

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I talk too loud. Try not to. It’s in my blood and I really can’t help it.

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I’m Italian from Brooklyn, so same!

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Shrimp chips. Closed office, mouth open chewer.

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Playing Metallica at full blast

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When they’re on their phone and they laugh out loud after seeing something funny as if they want to be asked, “what are you looking at?"

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There’s a dude at my office who literally shouts and laughs at the top of his lungs while talking on the phone at his desk——which is literally in the middle of our open concept office——anywhere from 1-3 hours, every single damn day. It effects all the creatives on this side of our office but no one ever says anything to him. Better question might be——WHY DOES NO ONE EVER SAY ANYTHING?

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Haha fortunately my guy isn’t a singer—unfortunately that means there’s at least two of them 😞

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That dude who walks around with no pants on definitely needs to go.

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Meditate and don’t waste your energy on the small stuff

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Headspace app

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Not sure if this is just a BCW thing, but dressing like a college student and wearing blankets all day really needs to go. This ain't a Bolt bus. It work.

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I had a horrible copy writer for a short time who would just turn her chair around and just stare at what I was doing. I could always catch her reflection in the big monitor and ask her to stop. Beyond annoying. If you’re bored maybe do your work.

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Dip spitting at their desk.

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It used to be in snapple bottles but I think someone complained. So he switched to coffee cups. Soooo nasty

Noisy art directors looking at my screen display while I work, then making comments from afar. DONT BE THAT PERSON.

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Vocalizes almost every email she types.

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Flip flops.

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Regular personal conversations (in an open area) where the person shouts loudly at family members and customer service people.

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The noises from a blender bottle or mixing dressing in a salad - it’s like nails on a chalkboard!

I hate it when people mix their salads by shaking it. I swear it's like they want us to know they're eating healthy.

The person that smokes and doesn’t take a lap around the block to get rid of the smell. Weed or cigarettes.

Chewing on nuts...all. day. long.

Just dealing with it until my last day (laid off) tomorrow.

Work slippers and blankets?!

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Me, but not at work where most coworkers are introverts.

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