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Monday, January 25, 2010
What most ticks you off at the office?
From loud talkers to grub thieves, annoying co-workers have a way of grinding on the soul.
The Today show tackled annoying co-worker behavior in a ‘ground-breaking’ expose Monday, Jan. 25, called “Pains in the Office.”
Host Meredith Vieira interviewed lesser paid Today show staffers about the annoying things other lesser paid Today show staffers do - stealing food, talking baby talk, lingering too long, spilling smelly foods in the microwave, etc.
(See the rather cute video below.)
If Michael Scott proves anything it is that annoying co-workers don’t only work at the Today show.
They are you, they are me.
Thirty-two percent of those who took part in a 2006 Harris Interactive poll listed “loud talkers” as one of their biggest pet peeves in the office.
Thirty percent were ticked off by cell phones ringing and 22 percent with those who use of speakerphones in public areas.
Another 9 percent hate when people using personal digital assistants (PDAs) during meetings.
Considering all of that, it is sort of surprising that 91 percent of people do not think profanity is acceptable in the workplace.
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