Yes especially to #2 and #3!
#2 is just plain rude, I get if you were alone and then someone walked in but once another person walks into the break room, switch it to headphones or turn it off. Same goes for FaceTiming/being on speaker phone.
#3 drives me insane - read the room! Let me have my 10 minutes in peace; if I want to talk to you, I’ll take out my headphones.
Another pet peeve is just general dirtiness, the way people just leave things around in the break room for someone else to clean up.
11 hours ago, RNperdiem said:TV is on something obnoxious and the volume is turned up full blast. There is a reason I take lunch at off peak times.
My clinic has a very large breakroom that, if it were full, would seat about 50 people. It has a big-screen television which is ALWAYS tuned to the Steve Wilkos show-- have you seen this horrible thing? It's families accusing one another of child molestation, generally, or other horrible crimes, publicly in front of a live audience. He gives them lie-detector tests and then they jump around and scream and cry. When I was a child, "Jerry Springer" was on TV, and this is in that same genre. It's awwwwful.
DesiDani
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What are your breakroom or break time pet peeves? I bet stealing people's food is on top, but there is way more. I'll give mine to start:
1. There are a few chairs, to begin with, in the tiny breakroom. Your Target backpack DOES NOT require a chair. Put it on the floor or leave it in the car.
2. Headphones were invented I think in the 80s. I don't want to listen to your phone calls, music, or Youtube videos. Read or buy some headphones for 99 cents.
3. If you see me with my headphones or my face in a book that is a clear clue.