Annoying people...

I don't mind helping anyone.. with whatever it is that they need help with. I work with a lady that is totally driving me bonkers, literally!

I walked past her cube today, and she asks me to help her with her e-mail.

Her: I don't understand why all of these tabs are on the top of the page when I already deleted the messages that are up there. But when I try to see one of the tabs, it tells me that the message has been deleted.

((This lady is overly dramatic about everything... she never stops talking, interrupts others with some wild goose story of her own.. and almost always has to tell some sort of story or life event that happened to her just soon as someone is done talking.. if she didnt' interrupt them to begin with))

Me: Ok, how did you delete them?

Her: well I just right clicked in the e-mail and clicked on the delete from the menu that came up.

Me: Ok, well you now have to close the tab containing the e-mail that you just deleted.

Her: Well I don't understand why I would have to do that when i already deleted the message, it should automatically close the tab.

Me: That's just how this particular e-mail program is... and explained to her once again how to do it. I even took her mouse and clicked the X on a few that were still open.

Her:Well my e-mail at home I just right click and it goes away and onto the next message.

Me: Not all e-mail programs function the same.

Two hours later...

Her: These tabs are STILL open at the top of the page.

Me: Did you click the X to close them when I showed you the first time?

Her: No

Me: (By this round I was 100% annoyed with this lady and refused to show her again.. maybe if she wasn't whining i would have) I say Call the help-desk.

Our Lead comes out of her cubicle...

Lead: whats going on?

Her: tells her everything...again

Me: (eye roll) and by now the lead is getting annoyed

Lead: call the help-desk
Lead: Just call the help desk.
Me: Call the help-desk
Another lady: Call the help-desk
Lead: would you please just call the help-desk.... maybe they have a switch they need to flip for you... LOL
Hysterical laughter ensued by all of us.. except HER. I just got the evil eyeballs.
And wouldn't you know.. the help- desk walked her through the exact same thing that I showed her to do in the first place!

Our small group contains 5 of us.. all women. I am the youngest of the group, and I'm known for my smart-ass comments. I can't seem to help my mouth when it comes to stupid people. Lately, I have to plug my mp3 player in or an audiobook to drown this lady out because I'm afraid I will really lay into her stupidity one day.

Me 34 .. youngest, smart ass, I get weird looks when I open my mouth. I guess because nobody knows what is gonna come out of my mouth.

A 52 .. the group lead, She had to ask me one day how to make the window on her pc bigger... she come sout of her cube to stand behind us and just stare at us.. "I ask her what she wants and she says she had to get up and walk around. 5 times a day? and don't you have tub after tub of paperwork that you are behind on? 14 tubs of paperwork she is behind on...Sit your ass down longer than a minute and you may just get caught up sometime soon.

B 62 .. my cube neighbor, nice christian lady, but only does what she knows she HAS to do. "We all have our own job responsibilities... none of us CHOOSE to take on the extra tasks that are given to us.

C 58 .. Crazy whiner lady that insists in telling weird stories and interrupts constantly. Has been with the company since January 09' and when she completes a job.. she still has to ask the lead what she should do next, then tries to argue with the lead about what SHE thinks she should do next. umm.. "We all know you aren't home "up there" most of the time.. but seriously?

D 45 .. New lady, complains about crazy whiner lady. Cussed me out for not going to the cafe for lunch one day and she had to take lunch with crazy whiner lady by herself because everyone else had other lunch plans... LOL "Get a life... the cafe is HUGE.. and I'm sure there was an available seat away from her"

I work circles around all of these ladies... either they are smarter and wiser in how to work... or I am just plain stupid for doing everything that I do.