Reply to: Desk sitters

[OwlHoot]

bollocks, he got me

He plonked himself down on your lap?

[original PM]

Urban Dictionary: pegged

Option 1.....probably.

omg!

[fckvwls]

What does that entail??

Urban Dictionary: pegged

Option 1.....probably.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

If its the right person then I don't mind

Unfortunately there is a definite lack of 21 year old attractive girls working in corporate IT

Not where I am at.... Radders has some serious distractions. Eye balls popping out all the time.

[original PM]

he just want to be all matey and make you feel relaxed. he is almost certainly trying to set up a rapport prior to inviting you to join the squash club then inviting you out for the 'office splash' every evening.
after that it will be the swinging sessions and only a short step to wearing the gimp mask and the rubber gear.
If you dont like the idea of being Pegged by big Annie from Accountstell the fcker to get his @rse off your desk NOW.

What does that entail??

[BA to the Stars]

he just want to be all matey and make you feel relaxed. he is almost certainly trying to set up a rapport prior to inviting you to join the squash club then inviting you out for the 'office splash' every evening.
after that it will be the swinging sessions and only a short step to wearing the gimp mask and the rubber gear.
If you dont like the idea of being Pegged by big Annie from Accounts
tell the fcker to get his @rse off your desk NOW.

This sounds like the voice of experience

[EternalOptimist]

bollocks, he got me

he just want to be all matey and make you feel relaxed. he is almost certainly trying to set up a rapport prior to inviting you to join the squash club then inviting you out for the 'office splash' every evening.
after that it will be the swinging sessions and only a short step to wearing the gimp mask and the rubber gear.
If you dont like the idea of being Pegged by big Annie from Accounts
tell the fcker to get his @rse off your desk NOW.

[minestrone]

bollocks, he got me

[minestrone]

I opened the desk drawers so he had no where to sit and he sat on the desk next to mine.

This could be a long battle until the contract ends.

[fckvwls]

there is an easy way to fix that.

Don't respond, or don't use messenger.

Used with a bit of common sense, there is value in having something like skype distributed amongst the team. Used without common sense, it's annoying.

[Ignis Fatuus]

there is an easy way to fix that.

Don't respond, or don't use messenger.

Had a boss who messaged all the time. If I didn't respond right away he'd phone or come over. He insisted that IM had to be open all the time so he could micromanage.

I cleared the way for him to find someone who was prepared to work that way.

[jmo21]

The people that get me are the ones that insist on skyping me when they are sat 10 metres away and want to have a flipping conversation that necessitates typing half a book. Get off your arse and walk over to me then you lazy fqwit! I realise they often want the audit trail of what I have written in a skype conversation but ffs, if that's the case send me an email and I'll respond formally when it's more convenient for me.

there is an easy way to fix that.

Don't respond, or don't use messenger.

[SupremeSpod]

Got loads of those at the office in London. Then again it is the telesales hub.

On a serious note.

You have a telesales hub in London? Just a thought but, isn't that an expensive way to do things?

[Mich the Tester]

What is the issue with people who sit on your desk when they want to talk to you? Arse on your schema diagrams is one way to piss a man off.

Permit me to suggest a solution;

[Ignis Fatuus]

The people that get me are the ones that walk around the office with a headset whilst on the phone talking loudly.

It's not just that, it's that the fact of being on the phone dispenses with any need to watch where they're walking.

As for desk sitters, the French sit on your desk to talk to the person next to you. Optionally tilting your monitor (while you're working on it) so that they can balance their paperwork on it while they talk to them.