Mobile phones in open plan office

Complaints Corner
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Rant of the day: people who walk around an open plan office with their mobile or the headset from their landline phone and talk loudly to the disturbance of others.

By far the worst culprits are the swinging-dick alpha-male managers who labour under the mistaken belief that it makes them look cool and in charge. But it doesn't - in fact mate it makes you look like a prize plonker!

Today I learned that one such cretin has really bad "schimmel" (mould) all over his house! Really? Does he honestly think than anyone else in the office - or the known universe for that matter - gives a flying ****?

Cheers,

Nick

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I have the same issue, i tend to tell them go talk inside your office A.K.A "Go Get A Room", but then i am actually the manager

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Lol, I had a funny experience with one of my upperlever managers today.

Moronic Manager: So, is this taken care of?

LIB: Yeah, I believe Bobby is handling all the matters pertaining to such and such.

Moronic Manager: No see, that's two things right there..yadayadayada, Bobby for one is an idiot and "you believe"....I'll have to take care of it myself.

LIB: Thinking (smile and nod boys).

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Isn't there a study somewhere showing that productivity in open space office drops down to soviet level? Must be. It certainly felt like it (One year in open space tourism office convinced me of it).

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http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4355

Sor Ted

If I had one, I'd use it in the train

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Imagine sitting next to a trader who thinks the more he yells on the phone, the more money he makes.

And to add to it, he made cheesy jokes, pretended to be overtly friendly (only to talk behind his back as soon as he got off the phone).

I'm really glad I don't have to be around that stud anymore.

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that is why this wonderful site exists

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/

maybe you can start to post what you hear? the juicier, the better....

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My personal pet peeve with mobile phones in open plan offices is when people go off to meetings and leave their phone behind, only for it to ring incessantly with some stupid ring tone that might have been funny for about 5 seconds. If you are thinking of changing your ring tone to something humorous, DON'T!