Have you ever worked with someone that gave you the creeps?

[experiment626mom]

I work with this woman who creeps me out on a daily basis. I'm not the only one in the office who feels this way.


She is in her mid 50's and will tell you within the first 5 minutes of talking to her that she has no social skills. She will also tell you the story of her life over and over again. But these are not the creepy things!!

This morning is a good example. She walks in says good morning and comments on my new hair color. When I say thank you and glance up she is giving me this weird "I could eat you for breakfast" look. It sends chills dowm my spine. She stares at people with the strangest look on her face, it really spooks me!!

 

[nuke]

I used to work with a guy that talked to my ****s, or is that my pretties? I finally told him that they aren't going to answer so he may as well talk to me.

 

[dcgrumpy]

I've worked with a lot of weirdos over the years. I'm not sure if my company attracts whackos or they start out normal and become whacko.

 

[Fantasmic303]

Me!! ME!! I do!!

We have a guy working here who, when he started, we secretly referred to him as the mortician. His office is fit for either a 12 year old boy or an English teacher....NOT a 35 year old man.

Every time I walk by his office, I see Harry Potter's GIANT head staring from a poster. On another wall, he's got a print from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, plus a map of Narnia. He also has a huge poster for Lord of the Rings, a Hogwarts day planner, and his passwords for logging into the computer system (I'm an Administrator for it and almost choked when he changed it) are always Harry Potter related. Quidditch. Dumbledore. Stuff like that.

He never uses the flourescent lights in his office, always this low desk lamp, which means it's always like dusky dark in there. His voice is low and breathey, like he's always gasping.

Veeeeeeeeeery creepy. Plus one of the secretaries told me that uses the same paper lunch bag all week long.

Anyhoo, I try to be nice to everyone, so I smile, as long as I'm not cornered in the elevator or his office with him.

And do you know what he told me two weeks ago? He told me that he was disappointed in my etiquette and that he thought I'd have better manners. (This was in regards to my introduction of him to a new staff member. Two days later he informed me that I didn't do it "correctly".) If anyone needs lessons on how to make people feel comfortable, it's THE CREEPY GUY in the office.


Anyways, thanks for the venting time.

 

[KelNottAt]

My DH's office in the house. His business PCs are networked to our family PC. The guy who does the maintenance and occassional repair really creeps me out. It's gotten to the point where I won't let myself or the kids be alone with him in the house. This means that all work must be done during school/work hours or when DH is home. In general, this has worked out. Here are a few of the things he does...

He shows up at all hours without calling first. If he arrives after dark, he stands on the front porch with a flashlight below his chin, shining it up at his face...picture someone telling ghost stories around a campfire.

If we're home while he's working in DH's office in the basement, he might come upstairs cuz he needs something. Well, he'll just silently walk into the room where we are and stand there...looking at us until we notice him. Doesn't say a peep or clear his throat, or anything... just stands there...watching.

There are other examples, but they don't come to me right now. Just plain creepy. And the worst part is I have to endure this in my own home. Ugh. I can just feel myself bristle whenever DH says "Buddy's coming over tonight to upgrade the yada yada." Yuck!

Kelley

 

[experiment626mom]

I would not be thrilled with this guy being in my house!!!

OH and creepy lady tells you that she has no estrogen in her body. She just comes out with it!! And she listens in on phone conversations and then critiques them.

 

[Pkaroch]

We have a girl here about my age, mid-twenties. I wouldn't say she's creepy exactly, but there's a definite lack of social graces. We say she has Dumbo Ears, and she sits in the cube next to mine. Someone can come and tell me something in a bare whisper, and she hears it and just inserts herself into the conversation. And she loves to eat things like carrot sticks, and apples, and she chews with her mouth open. It's completely obnoxious. But there's not a lot to be done...you can't write someone up for having no home training!

 

[simpilotswife]

I used to work for a man who just came across as slimey to me. He owned the company that owned the place that I worked for. He was in another state so I really did not have too much to do with him.

I decided to leave when he pulled something that I felt was shady to do.....it was legal but definitely a little underhanded. I found a job in a couple of weeks and left.

 

[CathrynRose]

I work with this woman who creeps me out on a daily basis. I'm not the only one in the office who feels this way.


She is in her mid 50's and will tell you within the first 5 minutes of talking to her that she has no social skills. She will also tell you the story of her life over and over again. But these are not the creepy things!!

This morning is a good example. She walks in says good morning and comments on my new hair color. When I say thank you and glance up she is giving me this weird "I could eat you for breakfast" look. It sends chills dowm my spine. She stares at people with the strangest look on her face, it really spooks me!!

Seriously (and Im not kidding) I saw youre in Illinois... is her name "Sandy" ??

Yes, Ive worked with one of them - I bordered on feeling bad for her (cuz I knew she was just a lonely, socialess woman) and feeling like LEAVE ME ALONE, WEIRDO!!!

 

[CathrynRose]

I've worked with a lot of weirdos over the years. I'm not sure if my company attracts whackos or they start out normal and become whacko.

HA! LOL!!

Classic "Chicken or The Egg" question... and one I wonder quite odten myself!

 

[snoopy]

I have....and NO her name is not Miss Fancy. I actually am not at all creeped by Miss F., she entertains me more than anyone I know practically.

Anyway, this guy I worked with was a nut and just full of rage. He was always bragging about how he parked in the handicapped parking spot when he wasn't handicapped, until one day when I called and reported him.

Plus he had a combover. Any man with a lick of sense should know that the combover NEVER works. If you are balding, either cut the sides short or shave it all off. NEVER, EVER do the combover!!

 

[Minnie824]

When I worked in the office there was a guy in the cube next to me....never really worked with me...didn't really know him even. Anyway, soon after he moved into the cube, he came and said hi, talked for a min and asked to borrow my scissors. So of course I say sure, hand them to him. He stands there, in my cube, cutting his finger nails with my scissors!! Yuck! He was really a weird guy too.

 

[experiment626mom]

Seriously (and Im not kidding) I saw youre in Illinois... is her name "Sandy" ??

Yes, Ive worked with one of them - I bordered on feeling bad for her (cuz I knew she was just a lonely, socialess woman) and feeling like LEAVE ME ALONE, WEIRDO!!!

No her names not Sandy, wouldn't that be a coincidence if we knew the same weirdo?

 

[Arielle22]

I have an employee who has never done anything wrong. However whenever he smiles he looks like a serial killer! I thought it was just me and asked my boss, she agreed with me.

I also have an employee who stares at my chest. It doesn't bother me as much as makes me laugh. Now if he was in a position of authority and did that I would have a problem. I work with dh and it amazes me that the employee does it with dh in the same office.

 

[KristaTX]

Would it be unkind of me to say I find some of these little anecdotes amusing in a way ? The "Can I borrow your scissors" guy who proceeded to cut his fingernails with them made me laugh out loud. But I am sure glad I don't work next to him!

I don't understand how people be so amazingly socially awkward or even inept . I have worked with a few oddballs myself, and I try to be nice to them. But it isn't always easy. Being nice to them can help some people gain social skills, but being nice to the really weird ones is usually fruitless and exhausting.

 

[Keggy]

My mother worked with a man that had different length toupee's and he would change them out gradually each month so they appeared to grow and get longer then he got a hair cut.

She would joke about it and finally I went to lunch with her so I could see for myself - has to be in the running for worst hair peice ever!

Kelly

 

[RickinNYC]

There was a guy I worked with years ago that really creeped me out. After the jig was up and everyone knew about me, etc... he suddenly became my new best friend. He was a newlywed with a really cute, if not sexy, wife. Anyway, shortly after finding out I was gay, he started to ask me to go to strip clubs during our lunch hour. I kept saying "no" of course, and then his invites became more aggressive. He started asking me to go to the "peep" shows to watch "movies" WITH him in the same booth.

He ended up getting fired not long after that. I have often wondered if he's still married. Lord, I hope not for his wife's sake.

 

[RickinNYC]

My mother worked with a man that had different length toupee's and he would change them out gradually each month so they appeared to grow and get longer then he got a hair cut.

That is absolute GENIUS if you ask me!

 

[experiment626mom]

There was a guy I worked with years ago that really creeped me out. After the jig was up and everyone knew about me, etc... he suddenly became my new best friend. He was a newlywed with a really cute, if not sexy, wife. Anyway, shortly after finding out I was gay, he started to ask me to go to strip clubs during our lunch hour. I kept saying "no" of course, and then his invites became more aggressive. He started asking me to go to the "peep" shows to watch "movies" WITH him in the same booth.

He ended up getting fired not long after that. I have often wondered if he's still married. Lord, I hope not for his wife's sake.

You creeped me out with that story!!!

 

[ReneeA]

I did - a man in his 60's. I was 31 and worked with him. He just gave me a creepy vibe. Our mutual boss asked me if I liked him...asked me answer honestly, and I told him, "No, he reminds me of a child molester." My boss just laughed and said everybody in our dept. felt that way about him. He was eventually fired.

I didn't like him because he liked to invade your personal space. When he talked to you, he wanted to be really close, and hold your hand, or grab on to your sleeve. When standing next to you, he would put his hand on the small of your back (Yuck!) He also would talk very inappropriately to all of the women in our dept...was talking about swinging with his girlfriend and insinuating that we were interested in joining . I was really happy when he called the store manager a f****** idiot and was fired on the spot.

ReneeA