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By James Brew
We spend up to a third of our lives in work, so inevitably we end up spending an awfully large amount of time with our co-workers. For many of us there are always likely to be a few annoying odd balls who we have to try our hardest to tolerate. These individuals wield the power to potentially ruin our working days and drive us up the wall with their sheer annoying tendencies. Here is our rundown of the top 12 most annoying work colleagues… everyone will know at least one of these. If you know all 12 then you may need to consider getting a new job sharpish.
1. The stupid question generator
No question is too stupid for this individual. Explained and covered a topic countless times? Well this person always finds another pointless or obvious question to ask. Wonderful, all those dumb questions mean your meetings are literally never going to end.
2. The work gossiper
Anything you tell this co-worker in strict confidence will be common knowledge around the whole office within a matter of hours. These individuals actually believe they live and work on the set of Coronation Street.
3. The drama queen
These individuals suffer a small run of the mill issue and proceed to blow it out of all proportion with their amateur dramatics and temper tantrums. And the Oscar goes to…
4. The know it all
Congratulations, you were correct on one occasion! Well done! Now we’ll have to hear about it for the next five years. We are fairly sure it is mandatory for every single work place in Britain to have at least one know it all.
5. The comedian… who isn’t actually funny
The person who believes they’re a stand-up comedian but is in actual fact is one of the least entertaining people you work with. Why did the chicken cross the road?… to get away from these wannabe Peter Kays.
6. The Weirdo
This type of co-worker does not understand the concept of personal space. Experts in the art of creeping people out. Strange and intrusive conversations are their bread and butter.
7. The entitled co-worker
Deep down everyone hates the person who has a family or friendship pass with management. They can often be seen walking round with a false sense of entitlement and importance.
8. The loud phone person
Their phone conversations drown out every other sound in your work place and can lead to cases of tinnitus in extreme cases. What makes the crime even more unforgivable is more often than not, the conversations are painfully dull.
9. The work bully
Miss the days of getting your head flushed down the toilet in school? Well these are the people who probably did the flushing back in the day! Work bullies are one of the most serious inclusions on this list and can make work tough for anyone.
10. The food stealer
This person always manages to “accidentally” consume your food. Food stealers can often be found lurking in the kitchen waiting for people to drop their guard. Take your eyes off your sandwich for a second at your peril.
11. The obsessed scheduler
You can’t do a single thing with this person unless it’s in their diary. Looking for a 2 minute chat? Not in the diary? Then forget it. This kind of person schedules their toilet trips.
12. The chain email sender
Forward these meaningless words displayed on your screen to someone else and some magical fairies riding unicorns will come and solve world poverty overnight and deliver you a winning lottery ticket. Chain emails were all the rage about 10 years ago. Not cool anymore. Not cool.
