Poll of the Day > I cannot help but feel frustrated at a coworker's behavior.....

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......even though I should probably just ignore him. I am not the perfect worker so perhaps this is just a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

I have a coworker who regularly talks about social and political issues not just with other coworkers but also with certain clients over the phone. He has a habit of repeating the same story to each person he talks with. He also complains about errors with our in-house program that leads to his finalized work sometimes being incorrect.

This might not be that bothersome as I can understand taking a breather now and then is important. I work 10-11 hours a day and on average 8-9 hours is actual work. I can also understand the issues with our in-house program can be frustrating.

What I find irksome is his common excuses of not getting projects done on time or not responding to emails because of him getting phone calls or being interrupted. He also repeatedly tell clients we have issues with our program and it was not his fault there is an error with his finalized work.

I am a fellow engineer, not management, so part of me feels this is beyond my concern until his behavior negatively effects the rest of us. Maybe it is simply because my cubicle is next to his so it is difficult to ignore what he is doing.

Again, I am not the perfect employee. Maybe I am just stuck up but something about his behavior is simply frustrating to deal with. How does such people even exist? How does one even deal with such people?

Comments, opinions, and suggestions are appreciated,

Thank you

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It'll end in sex so just get it over with.

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catch him after the act and tell him what he should've said and that him not doing so hurts the other workers, then buy him a donut

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Just remembered there was one time his sloppiness with our in-house program almost got me in hot water. By chance we were doing preliminary analysis for two different clients who were bidding for the same job. His preliminary analysis offered a cheaper solution compared to mine. Management asked me while our results were so different and turns out he forgot to use the correct values and blamed the program again.

Maybe I am taking on too much of a burden by feeling certain errors with our in-house programs falls on us. But if we are aware of these issues and continuously make mistakes despite being aware of these issues, at some point the fault lies with us and not the program. The program is only as good as the user.

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Bang his significant other, and if he has no significant other, bang him.

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