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People who ping me just “Hi” and wait for me to say something before they get to the point
I hate this too. I've solved it with my reports and peers by quickly chatting with them about it. Not sure how to approach it with more senior folks🤷♂️
People who don’t let me finish my sentence.
Mine - people asking obvious / stupid questions.
Even worse - people asking the same obvious / stupid question twice.
If I don’t want to engage in inane office conversation instead of doing my work, I’m the one labeled as weird. Not excited to deal with this again when we’re back in the office.
Pro
When people try to BS you... I’m like seriously, if you don’t know just tell me. Nothing wrong with that. 🙄
People who like to be the artificial respirators of meetings
🤝
People who chronically derail the topic/conversation at hand
When meetings go over time.
When internal people set up meetings over existing meetings when they can see your calendar
Meetings for the sake of having a meeting
Try to avoid MSFT engagements 😄
They don’t allow pets in our office
Pro
Oh, I can't list just one:
When people don't follow explicit instructions
Interrupting me, especially when it's to tell me I didn't answer the question (I have a client who does this all the time and it's like, if you let me finish, I would answer your question)
Not using proper grammar/sentences in deliverables (I have people who randomly capitalize words in the middle of sentences, and I have no idea why, and others who can't form while sentences)
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