Doesn't she know that's a serious breach of office etiquette? Wait, she probably clips her nails, too.
Our office disabled the speakerphone capability from all phones in the cubicle areas. Of course, there are always those in offices who use it without closing their doors...
This is the girl that wears leather miniskirts and tight black "jeans" to work - our office is business casual. Oh, did I mention she's our nutty HR Lady's favorite? She reminds her of her "adopted Korean daughter Brooke." Seriously.
Call someone else in the office and have them ring you back. Then pick up the phone and talk for a few seconds, getting louder. Then scream out something into the phone that will embarrass the person like, "Rectum? Damned near killed 'em"...
Or, "I don't care how badly he says I've broken it, if he can't manage to be in my bedroom and get it up tonight, we're through" then pass that one off as personal business, someone putting up something at your house like a... window blind or something... LOL
Actually, she is more punk than trixie type girl - she's in a band so she keeps her nails short. She's very sweet - except for the phone thing.
Tree - I'd love to do that, but I fear it would be lost on her. Plus I can't hear for crap when people are on speaker (I have troubles with some frequencies), so it's a pointless exercise.
It's good that she's nice otherwise. Generally speakerphone jerks are jerks everywhere else, too. Maybe she's just young and inexperienced, and no one has kindly explained to her that it's not good office etiquette to use the speakerphone in the cube farm.
We used to have a guy who had the most obnoxious cell phone ringtone ever, that he'd have turned up to the highest volume possible. He'd have shouting matches with his callers, then, like as not, you'd hear him backtracking and having to apologize for it.
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Our office disabled the speakerphone capability from all phones in the cubicle areas. Of course, there are always those in offices who use it without closing their doors...
Jinx. But they're probably fake.
Some people just have sh*tty boundaries.
Do it, do it!
(ok, I am a bad example. Don't listen to me!) :)
Call someone else in the office and have them ring you back. Then pick up the phone and talk for a few seconds, getting louder. Then scream out something into the phone that will embarrass the person like, "Rectum? Damned near killed 'em"...
Or, "I don't care how badly he says I've broken it, if he can't manage to be in my bedroom and get it up tonight, we're through" then pass that one off as personal business, someone putting up something at your house like a... window blind or something... LOL
Tree - I'd love to do that, but I fear it would be lost on her. Plus I can't hear for crap when people are on speaker (I have troubles with some frequencies), so it's a pointless exercise.
I need to keep fighting for an office.
It's good that she's nice otherwise. Generally speakerphone jerks are jerks everywhere else, too. Maybe she's just young and inexperienced, and no one has kindly explained to her that it's not good office etiquette to use the speakerphone in the cube farm.
We used to have a guy who had the most obnoxious cell phone ringtone ever, that he'd have turned up to the highest volume possible. He'd have shouting matches with his callers, then, like as not, you'd hear him backtracking and having to apologize for it.