What things do you do or know of that are unwritten rules that you get annoyed with when other people break them?
A few for me are:
-if people have their phones in their hands on FULL volume with a million notifications going off. Put it on silent while you use it. That’s why there are notification settings that allow no sounds to go off while using an app…
-never eat any fish or egg based food in an open plan shared office area. Especially don’t reheat any food like that…
-the old classic, message me, don’t call me. Even better is voicenote me, don’t message
-i’ll try think of more
Not cleaning the coffee machine or refilling it with water and expecting someone else to do it
Making food and leaving the kitchen counter dirty
While i’m trying to solve an issue don’t keep asking me questions about said issue!
Don’t ask me for advise then go and get a second opinion, decide you’re going with the other person’s advice/solution only to return later realizing my advice/solution was the better option initially.
Don’t watch/listen to funny videos/jokes and laugh/giggle uncontrollably especially if you’re working in an open office space and you’ve been told previously to stop.
Not understanding what deadlines are.
and lastly, thinking coding/development is easy and making changes to core functionality of an application can’t take that long to complete…Argh!
I you have headphones on and I can hear your music it’s too loud
If your food smells strongly in any way (curry, garlic, spices, fish or a combination of the above) kindly go heat it somewhere else and go eat it on the roof
When offered a beverage by your host, accept it even if it’s water and you’re not thirsty. You don’t have to drink it, just accept the offer.
If you admit you’re clueless about technology, when you report a problem, don’t keep suggesting things that may be wrong, and just follow my instructions.
If you talk to me while I’m trying to fix your laptop, I will stop, turn my chair in your direction, and listen to your nonsense. Don’t get annoyed that I’m not working on fixing it. Pick one.
Knock before entering my office. If you barge in like a freight train, I’ll throw you under a real one.
If someone tells you something, and you argue against it, don’t go spouting it off as truth to other people. And definitely don’t come back to me in a year and a half and tell me like you just figured it out on your own.
Regarding this, I learnt years ago working as a technician on an automotive factory production line that people, and especially management, respond to giving them a time value. 5 minutes, 10 minutes whatever. If they have a time they kind of know when to come back and bother you again Even if you don’t hit your target time, then give another time value. Most managers are just reporting to their superiors so that way they can pass the time on and then they also happy.
The people asking you the questions the whole time, maybe ask them to give you like 10 minutes to figure out the problem.
All in all, obviously you going to get people who still annoy you.
See me typing away furiously at my computer? Yes, that is me working on your issue. Asking me how long it will take, if I’m working on your issue or if I’m aware of your issue will not yield positive office friendly conversation from me.
I will not fix your <insert anything electric/electronic here>; The app/feature/website you want to show me on your device does not interest me because if it did I would have looked at it already.
If you ask a question and I give you a snarky response it’s because I found the answer to your question by clicking the first link I saw when I did a google search for your question.
