Whats the most annoying thing that happens at your job?

[Bambi]

I work as a vet assistant and one of my pet peeves of all time.... Stupid phone calls! I especially hate the ones when people call and ask for spay/neuter, or vaccine pricing. Those phone calls take forever and I usually get a response of..."It costs what?! Thats okay!" and they slam the phone down in my ear.

Mind you we are generally really busy when they call and do this. It just annoys the snot out of me that I took the time to add all of the prices up and then i'm treated rudely. People just don't understand how exspensive it is to take care of an animal and we catch their wrath all of the time.

So what pet peeves do you all have at your work?

[JLC]

Hmmmmm.....pet peeves at work....


--I make the bed, but hubby tosses the pillows off and pulls the blankets down to lay down and read a book.

--I vacuum miles of carpet and the kids wander around munching on crumbly crackers. Oh, they also take their shoes off after playing outside and dump piles of sand wherever they happened to sit down.

--I wash endless piles of laundry and somehow, perfectly clean, folded clothes that weren't quite put away properly last time (putting away is the kids' responsibility) end up back in the baskets with dirty clothes. OR, I find piles of wadded up clean clothes tucked away in the back corner of a closet because someone didn't feel like hanging them up. Arrgghhh!

--Working hard to prepare a nice dinner for everyone and having kids make sickly faces and act like I'm expecting them to eat earthworms baked in a chicken-foot casserole.

[Shelby]

Ooh don't get me started. I'm a dog groomer..

So.. at least once a week I get pooped on, peed on, bitten (this is usually daily) barfed on, anal gland squirted on etc. Dogs seem to like to potty AFTER you have washed and are 90% done drying them.

Owners that think I can wash, dry, and give a haircut to their hairy, smelly, wiggling wheaton terrier in a hour.

People that think their dog is the only dog I have to work on. We tell them it's 3-4 hours and they have a hissy fit. They don't seem to realise that each groomer has 3 dogs coming in at the same time.

People who want me to turn their matted-to-the-skin neglected hasn't-seen-a-groomer-in-a-year-or-two dog into a showdog.

I could go on..

[jglass38]

Annoying huh? How about the fact that I have to be at work at an ungodly hour (8:30) and they expect me to do actual work for like 8 whole hours. The nerve!

[Shelby]

I used to have the 7am-3:30pm shift but I guess my boss got the clue and scheduled me later. lol I am not much use early in the morning..

[jglass38]

I used to have the 7am-3:30pm shift but I guess my boss got the clue and scheduled me later. lol I am not much use early in the morning..

I am not much use all day long!

[Shelby]

hehe.. yeah me too sometimes.

[jotay]

Gee, that would have to be work!

I am a superintendent for a custom homebuilder so there isn't even enough room to post all the things that are annoying at work.
Here's a list
Subcontractors
Subs who speak no english
vendors
and I saved the best for last
Homeowners!

I had a old boss who use to say "this would be a great job if it wasn't for homeowners"
But it's a catch 22 cuz if there weren't homeowners I wouldn't have a job

Actually I love my work and my job.

[Shelby]

Yep.. dog owners are sometimes so horrid. One comes to mind especially.. Cookie's owner. Cookie is a nice little yorkshire terrier (usually 'nice' and 'yorkie' don't go together, but Cookie is a good girl)

Anyway, Cookie's mom is the PICKIEST customer. I once spent probably an hour hand scissoring her dog.. scupting the hair. It looked so nice. She walks in and 'oh that's too long, she looks like a little dutch boy with puffy legs' Ouch. And her grandkids are with her making snide remarks while I'm trying to 'fix' the haircut.

This happens every time.. she always complains about something. Of course she never leaves a tip.. lol the picky ones never do. Of course I have to smile and cheerfully fix whatever is wrong this time..

[jglass38]

The customer is never right...