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The most annoying: - finger drummer, tap dancer. - tell me everything about your last and next weekend. - i visited a foreign office and hanged out with all

The most annoying: - finger drummer, tap dancer. - tell me everything about your last and next weekend. - i visited a foreign office and hanged out with all the important people. - i know so much about cars, wines, travel, outdoors. - last night in narcos, game of thrones... S H U T U P

kelvin0 10y ago
True Story: I worked a few months programming in an open floor plan (all hardwood floors). My commute from an to work was 3 hours each day. The prog next to me was a Finger drummer + song hummer. There was construction for a new building 20-30 feet from me (next building), and they were driving pillars into the ground for foundations (Booom Boom all day). There was no AC during summer. The washrooms/water would regularly be out of order for several hours ever 1-3 days. All this happened simultaneously over the course of several months. I did finally quit, and I would not wish these conditions on my worse enemy.
- partycoder 10y ago
  I had a colleague who would be finger drumming and palm drumming and doing something with his feet like pedaling. I sit next to the guy, and it was really annoying to try to concentrate with such guy.
- partycoder 10y ago
  I sent one of them this link: http://www.somethingawful.com/news/finger-drumming/ http://www.somethingawful.com/news/finger-drumming/ (NOTE: vulgar language)
chris_7 10y ago
The absolute worst is when someone in management (who generally arrive after me) interrupt me to ask about something irrelevant to the company, like my weekend, sportsball, or whether I watched a TV show. I was focused, hard at work making you money. What are you trying to achieve?
- saint_abroad 10y ago
  I've learnt to deal with this by going along with it and getting up for a hot drink every time. If it's going to cost me time getting back into flow I might as well make it a visible 10m. Turns out I'm happier, they're happier and I since get fewer interruptions.
- partycoder 10y ago
  It is also true that it is annoying sometimes to see managers hang out only with other managers and not with managees. But timing is important.

kelvin0 10y ago

True Story: I worked a few months programming in an open floor plan (all hardwood floors). My commute from an to work was 3 hours each day. The prog next to me was a Finger drummer + song hummer. There was construction for a new building 20-30 feet from me (next building), and they were driving pillars into the ground for foundations (Booom Boom all day). There was no AC during summer. The washrooms/water would regularly be out of order for several hours ever 1-3 days. All this happened simultaneously over the course of several months. I did finally quit, and I would not wish these conditions on my worse enemy.

partycoder 10y ago
I had a colleague who would be finger drumming and palm drumming and doing something with his feet like pedaling. I sit next to the guy, and it was really annoying to try to concentrate with such guy.
partycoder 10y ago
I sent one of them this link: http://www.somethingawful.com/news/finger-drumming/ http://www.somethingawful.com/news/finger-drumming/ (NOTE: vulgar language)

chris_7 10y ago

The absolute worst is when someone in management (who generally arrive after me) interrupt me to ask about something irrelevant to the company, like my weekend, sportsball, or whether I watched a TV show. I was focused, hard at work making you money. What are you trying to achieve?

saint_abroad 10y ago
I've learnt to deal with this by going along with it and getting up for a hot drink every time. If it's going to cost me time getting back into flow I might as well make it a visible 10m. Turns out I'm happier, they're happier and I since get fewer interruptions.
partycoder 10y ago
It is also true that it is annoying sometimes to see managers hang out only with other managers and not with managees. But timing is important.