What Drives You Crazy About Your Co-Worker?

Look out if you have fallen to some of these bad habits in the workplace. I have asked many people what drives them nuts about their co-workers and these habits topped the list. We all know that nobody is perfect. Everyone has annoying habits but what some things should be left out of the workplace.

What annoying habits do your co-workers have?

Co-workers who cook foul smelling food in the breakroom. Many employees cannot stand walking back into an office after lunch to the smell of onions and other foul-smelling items.

Co-workers who don't bathe regularly or wash their clothes. You'd be surprised how many people knew co-workers who came to work stinky. If this annoys you, you can keep a bottle of air freshener near you and spray it around every once in a while to kill the odor.

Co-workers who clip their fingernails at the office. Let's face it. We all have one of these. The annoying sound when someone clips their fingernails in the office drives you nuts!

When you walk by a co-worker and they aren't working! They are on a personal call or surfing the internet all day while you are working your tail off trying to meet deadlines. I know someone who once put a screen saver that said "GET TO WORK AND STOP SEARCHING THE WEB, WE ARE WATCHING YOU" on the computer of a fellow co-worker they felt wasn't spending enough time working.

When co-workers gather in one place just to gossip and complain for several minutes. We all have our gripes about our jobs. Let's leave the complaining outside of the office and take it elsewhere. It can lead to tension in the office among other employees.

When co-workers don't pick up after themselves. If you get sick...don't come into the office. If you must come in, it is a good idea to throw your tissues and napkins in the trash can. Also, it would be helpful to disinfect the areas you have gone in the office as to not spread germs to other people. One of my co-workers bought three boxes of tissue and crumbled them up then left them all over the office of the sick person. She was so disgusted with picking up dirty tissues off of the floor she decided she had to get revenge and that was the best way she knew how without confronting the sick person.

When ladies walk into the office and immediately take off their shoes. If you know the shoes are uncomfortable when you leave your house, go back in and change them. What good is it to wear shoes to remove them the second you get to work. In my office, someone stole the shoes a lady took off once she arrived. They took them and threw them outside.

These annoying habits were at the top of the list. If you commit some of these office crimes, now you know it may drive some of your co-workers absolutely insane. Is there a certain etiquette to follow while in the office? I believe so. If you have co-workers with habits like this, the best thing to do is to let them know that it is bothering you. Most of the time, they will accept that it bothers you and they will not continue.