The new online tool helps tired workers cope with their colleagues’ irritating work habits

A tool has been developed to help tired workers cope with the annoying behaviors of colleagues in the workplace.

The “generator of passive aggressive signs”Allows disgruntled staff to choose from a variety of ready-made signs to be placed in their office to communicate their contempt.

And if your complaint is more specific, users can enter a specific message to avoid irritating colleagues and make sure they’re heard loud and clear.

The online tool was created by The Workplace Depot, after a survey of 2,000 workers found difficult computer problems, smelly bathrooms, and rotten food in the refrigerator to be the main complaints in the office.

Many also hate the lack of natural light, co-workers doing their boss a favor, and people talking about their weekend plans, even if others don’t care.

But nearly two in five (39%) were quick to share their feelings, leaving a passive-aggressive note or emailing the entire office.

The last few people leaving and not closing properly, cigarette butts scattered outside, and a mess in the communal dining rooms are the main reasons why workers feel compelled to call colleagues.

And one in three (32%) did it due to their partner’s poor parking.

But while half said their posts put an end to what they saw as bad office etiquette, 44% said problems persisted.

A spokesperson for the industrial supplies supplier said, “Offices can often be a fun, old-fashioned environment when social norms don’t always translate into those four walls that we spend most of our lives in.

“And when they are forced to deal with a multitude of little problems almost every day, it’s no wonder that many of them blow them up.

“The way many choose to express their displeasure is the quintessential British form of the painfully polite passive-aggressive note or email.

“However, these will always have a serious undertone of hostility, which to the reader, or worse, the culprit, can be quite alarming. Although it is often quite funny too.

The study also found that nearly half (45%) confronted a colleague about their misconduct at work, with 46% saying this intervention caused them to quit.

However, 8% crossed the line and were even punished after the fight.

And 37% even thought about quitting their jobs due to office nightmares, and 14% made the leap to a new role.

Unfortunately, the grass wasn’t always greener, with 44% saying their new job was roughly the same or even worse than the one they left behind.

Finishing work at breakneck speeds so they can leave quickly has been classified as the most common way for workers to counter their discomfort.

And 37% avoid irritation by rarely interacting with colleagues, while 30% will simply avoid the office as much as possible.

And more than a quarter (27%) simply plug in their headphones to muffle office noise and irritation.

In fact, 40% have even admitted to being less productive when in the office because of what is killing them, according to the survey conducted via OnePoll.

A spokesperson for The Workplace Depot added: “It is clear from these findings that many UK employees are fed up with what is happening around them between 9am and 5pm.

“But like many things in life, if you don’t fix the problem, it will only get worse.

“It is important that these workers defend what they believe to be appropriate behavior in the office, even if it is hidden behind passive-aggressive libel.”

TOP 50 INFLUENZA IN THE OFFICE:

1. Problems with the computer
2. computers are slow
3. people speak loudly
4. People chatting right behind your desk
5. People who leave dirty dishes in the work sink.
6. When someone says he is sick when you know he is not sick
7. smelly toilet
8. Broken printers
9. People who come to work when they are sick.
10. People taking things off your desk without asking
11. People who don’t clean the microwave when food is poured
12. computer crash
13. dirty bathrooms
14. Not being able to wear comfortable clothes
15. Someone flatters the boss
16. Having to talk to people about their weekends / plans even if you don’t mind
17. People who get too close when they talk to you.
18. Food left in the refrigerator that has passed the expiration date
19. Someone is cooking smelly food for lunch
20. The phone rings constantly
21. Dirty fingers on shared keyboards / mice if there is a shared desktop
22. The temperature is still too hot.
23. People who open windows without consulting other people nearby.
24. Someone grab my chair while I’m away from my desk
25. Little natural light
26. The temperature is still too cold.
27. Having to sit in small meeting rooms with many people
28. People who “stretch” their desk over yours
29. People who send passive aggressive emails to the entire office.
30. shared office
31. People who don’t put a new roll of toilet paper in the holder
32. People who leave half eaten food in the refrigerator / kitchen
33. not being able to listen to music
34. People who hang up without saying goodbye
35. People print reams of paper from the printer.
36. Lights left unnecessarily in the rooms
37. Not being able to have daytime TV running in the background
38. People who start a phone conversation without joking first
39. People who pride themselves on the quality of their work.
40. Never have parking spaces.
41. People who sing or whistle without realizing it
42. Without vegetation, like plants.
43. Dinner plates left on the desks
44. People put food in containers right next to your desk
45. Empty the milk cartons left in the refrigerator
46. Personal belongings left to collect dust on desks
47. no one ever says thank you
48. Lack of kitchen facilities / equipment
49. No recycling bin
50. People who now refuse to join the tea tour.