Things you do at work to wind people up...

[Starscream_UK]

Ok, this is just a stupid thread to try and distract folks from the shit storm going on outside their windows.

What's an example of something you've done at work because you know it irritates someone so utterly irrationally? What's your rationale for engaging in such an act, if you have one? Here's my starter for ten...

I have a colleague who hates the sound of a teaspoon stirring the contents of a cup. Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, soup - anything. It drives her insane. I will deliberately over stir my drink to wind her up...because I hate the way she says the word "moist". Somehow she makes her top lip quiver when she utters that word and it's like fingernails down a chalk board to me. It's like it turns into a wobbly rubber band whenever she speaks that one solitary word...

 

[cheekygirl75]

I had a boss who was very picky about her office supplies, and I was responsible for ordering them. She also didn't like questions and gave vague descriptions of what she wanted. I got to the point that I loved ordering *exactly* what she told me to get, even knowing it was probably the wrong thing.

 

[hairball18]

Walk in the door.

 

[Cyber_Bella]

I have a couple of colleagues that refuse to discuss things in their own space, instead they will have gossip sessions right outside my office door. I keep my door open because it can get pretty stuffy. So, I started butting into their conversations or giving a play by play audibly. I’ve also gave unsolicited advice.

 

[Starscream_UK]

I had another colleague who was utterly convinced that the F11 key on a keyboard was a universal kill switch. She said that if you pressed it, someone, somewhere, died because of it.

On the days we were in the office together I would spend my lunchtimes just hammering the F11 key on my keyboard...she said I was a monster...I mean, she's probably right...

 

[Cyber_Bella]

I had another colleague who was utterly convinced that the F11 key on a keyboard was a universal kill switch. She said that if you pressed it, someone, somewhere, died because of it.

On the days we were in the office together I would spend my lunchtimes just hammering the F11 key on my keyboard...she said I was a monster...I mean, she's probably right...

 

[Willingtoshare]

Ask them to actually do stuff and…work.

 

[Chillygirl]

My coworker complained that my snacks were too loud. So now I always snack on the loudest, crunchiest things I can find.

 

[AmberLGreen]

I once had a coworker who wasn’t very nice. He wasn’t a team player and he complained about everything.

He wasn’t very computer literate so one day when he left his computer unlocked and went out of the office, I changed his screensaver to the Lock Screen picture. He kept getting really annoyed when he thought he had to enter his password but the computer would unlock as soon as he hit a key.

He was very particular about the height his chair was set at. If he had been particularly moany that day, I would wait until he went out of the office and adjust the height slightly. He would come back and sit down and then spend about 20 minutes getting the chair back to the height he wanted it at.

 

[LikeableMe]

I’ve never tried to intentionally irritate someone at work, but I did pull a prank on someone once! He had these two tv show characters on his desk, and I replaced them with different characters from the same show and left a photo postcard saying his characters were on holiday. I returned them at the end of the day, and let him keep the two I had bought! Gave everyone a little giggle

 

[Starscream_UK]

I once had a coworker who wasn’t very nice. He wasn’t a team player and he complained about everything.

He wasn’t very computer literate so one day when he left his computer unlocked and went out of the office, I changed his screensaver to the Lock Screen picture. He kept getting really annoyed when he thought he had to enter his password but the computer would unlock as soon as he hit a key.

He was very particular about the height his chair was set at. If he had been particularly moany that day, I would wait until he went out of the office and adjust the height slightly. He would come back and sit down and then spend about 20 minutes getting the chair back to the height he wanted it at.

In keeping with the theme of computer illiteracy...I once set the password for a national annual leave spreadsheet in a large government department to "itsasecret". When people would ask me for the password I would tell them...of course, they all thought I was being a really awkward sod...

 

[J_Bone]

Telling the HR rep I know she was staring at my crotch and it better not happen again

 

[Mrtenant]

I have been working at home for the last 3 years. I would rather go to an office and pick on somebody. Anybody.

Currently, the dog, Angel, is my coworker. Angel will occupy the spare chair in my office most of the day. Every now and then, I poke her tummy with my big toe. She looks up and gives me a 'wtf?' look. Laziest coworker ever.

She always bothers me for some of my lunch. Will wake up and bark like hell whenever someone is at the door. I guess that's her payback.

 

[Btq97]

In keeping with the theme of computer illiteracy...I once set the password for a national annual leave spreadsheet in a large government department to "itsasecret". When people would ask me for the password I would tell them...of course, they all thought I was being a really awkward sod...

I got a warning years ago when 51/2 inch floppy discs were a thing. Told one man to leave it in its sleeve to stop viruses from spreading. He did and I got shouted at.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

A recently promoted guy I work with has let his new title go to his head a bit and gave me a pretty silly excuse why he couldn’t move a meeting a week later until I was back from vacation. It wasn’t time sensitive and I really should have been there, so I took it upon myself to send a delegate in my place. It may have been a person I know drives him crazy and he hates dealing with

 

[Anastasia1999]

I abhor laziness and will crack my whip at anyone dragging their heels in my team, that is the kind of winding up I do.

useless lazy fucker, what a waste of space he is.

 

[LeatherPearls]

My colleague hates the sound of my pen tapping on the desk... but it helps me concentrate. Do I bang a little longer and a little harder just because he is a pain in the ass? I DO!

 

[ctarrantella]

Apparently tell people the truth.

 

[Pink5Frills]

Well I am at present attending college, but I do have a weekend job and a job when college is out, but I never intentionally irate anyone, as I am that kind of girl, shy and a little quiet.

 

[AlpineFresco]

I am myself. It's enough