25 Rude Employees Who Gave Everyone In The Office A Massive Headache In 2023

1.This coworker who keeps leaving his TOOTH on the office desk???:

a tooth on a desk
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2.This person's coworker (and their boss's family) who has no boundaries and called them at 6:38 a.m. before their alarm even went off:

screenshot of someone's phone log
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3.This coworker who doesn't shut doors, doesn't do dishes, and also doesn't empty the lint trap:

someone holding a bunch of lint
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4.This coworker who poured milk in the coffee machine:

The coffee machine is filled with plain milk
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5.This boss who didn't contact his employee all weekend about where he needs to work on Monday:

"Your about a day late"
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"Drop em at my house"
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6.This coworker who quite literally carves into everything in the office — like this table...

A table in what appears to be a break room has had random lines carved into it with a knife
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...this chair...

The chair has been slashed with a knife three times, and some of the stuffing is spilling out
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...and this surface:

The surface has a triangle carved into it
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7.This office manager who tried forcing an employee to put money toward a gift for their boss:

"Can you do $10?"
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8.These coworkers who leave the vacuum cord like this:

a frayed vacuum cord
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9.This person who left a full box of brownies with their coworkers — and asked them to just leave a few:

a brownie with a bite taken out
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10.This coworker who started writing fun facts of the week for the office to enjoy — and this person who got seriously tired of it:

Someone wrote a fun fact that the Eiffel Tower can be six inches taller in the summer because of thermal expansion, and someone else wrote "don't care" under it
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Wow.

A closeup of "don't care"
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11.These employees who throw confetti to celebrate office birthdays and then just...leave it on the floor:

confetti all over the floor
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confetti all over the floor
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12.This coworker who writes in all caps for EVERYTHING — even when talking to clients:

The coworker sends several texts in all caps, then says "it's just a brain thing for me especially when typing notes"
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13.This person who decides to take up TWO parking spaces at the office every day:

A car in the parking lot is parked with the line of the spot right in the middle of the car, taking up as much of two adjoining space as possible
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14.This coworker who opened this person's snacks and ate all of it while they were on leave — and left the empty packaging in their drawer:

empty snack packs on a desk
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15.This employee who needed to take her cat to the vet, but apparently, a pajama party at work was more important:

"Is there's any way to take him right now"
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"You are aware if this."
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16.This employee who had someone change their schedule — without their knowledge — to work on a day they originally had off:

The employee says they're confused why they're scheduled to work today, since they were not told and it's a day they're unavailable, and the responder says "it's your responsibility to check the schedule"
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17.These employees who leave the office kitchen like this:

The sink is full of plates and silverware, so used mugs and glasses are being lined up on the counter
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18.This person who came back to work after being on sick leave — and discovered someone put their heat-changing mug, which was a gift from friends, in the dishwater and completely ruined it:

The outside of the mug is warped because of the heat of the dishwasher
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a destroyed mug
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19.These coworkers who fixed the trash lids:

trash lids on the wrong trash cans
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20.This employee who literally left a note to remind people to stop leaving chairs after meetings that block their office door, buuuut they just kept doing it:

A chair sitting so close to a door that it's not possible to open the door; the chair has a note on it
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The note says: "It's no big deal to meet out here, but when you are done, please put the chair back and don't leave it blocking my door. Thank you!"

a note asking people not to leave chairs blocking their door
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21.This employee who gave a one-week notice that they would have to leave their job in order to move and help their father, who just had a stroke, and then received this message from their boss:

The text says "I was gonna promote you to salary, but you have to move to help family, sucks for me"
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22.This coworker who doesn't even bother to put on a new roll:

The roll of toilet paper on the holder is completely empty and has not been replaced
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23.And this lazy coworker who leaves things around the office, like this toilet paper roll...:

The toilet paper has simply been placed on top of the holder instead of actually being installed
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...these containers...:

An empty, dirty Tupperware container has been left on top of the office's filing cabinets
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a dirty food container
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...this ripped-open packet of printer paper...:

The packet of paper has been messily torn open and simply left on a table in a conference room, instead of the paper being installed in the printer
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closeup of printer paper
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...this empty box of binder clips...:

An empty box sits on a table instead of being thrown away
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an empty box of binder clips
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...the trash in the kitchen...:

A used plastic spoon and paper towel have been left on the kitchen counter, directly above the open trash can
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...and these dirty dishes:

A used mug and bowl have simply been filled up with water and left in the sink
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24.This coworker who parks like this ~every day~:

The car is straddling the line between two spaces, so it's impossible for anyone else to park in either space
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25.And finally, this employee who put up an office sign to make it very clear that "work is NOT meant to be fun":

The sign tells employees not to discuss non-work topics or facilitate friendships and asks people to report any coworker having non-work discussions
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H/T: r/mildlyinfuriating