Do you mind people standing over your shoulder while you're trying to work

[terrya]

Bugs the hell out of me, frankly.

"I'll do whatever you need me to do...please just go. Thank you"

[redqueen]

1. Are you kidding? I thought everyone hated that.

I also thought it was well-known to be rude and unprofessional behavior.

[liberal N proud]

2. OK! I am out of here

Just get it done yesterday morning, OK?

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. I can't stand it. I can't stand having anyone over my shoulder when

I'm even trying to play around on the computer.

[Jamastiene]

4. That's when I usually

get all frustrated and say something really nasty even to people I would normally like. They have no idea what it does to me. It makes my skin crawl.

[ET Awful]

5. Agreed.

Bugs the crap out of me.

[mopinko]

6. usually, yes, but

i am always chasing my family around with drafts of my buttons saying- can you read this, do you get this? they are getting tired of me. sigh.

:hi: terrya

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. One of my professors does that...

when I'm talking to an athlete or trying to do an injury evaluation. It makes me really nervous and I don't need people breathing down my neck when I'm trying to work. If I need help, I'll ask for it...evaluate me from a distance please!

[Arkana]

8. I hate that

It makes me make more mistakes than I usually would. I HATE being watched.

[seaglass]

9. Try having someone sitting beside you jacking into your

phone line so they can listen to your calls with a customer.

I understand the need for monitoring, but please do it somewhere else!

[nickinSTL]

10. hate it...

In my case, the department phone is right behind my desk, so when people get calls, they stand right behind me :mad:

I HATE that. I know they aren't there to look over my shoulder, but it's still unpleasant.

[parasim]

11. Yeah, it's times like that where I wish...

... I had the gift of flatulence-on-demand.

[Redstone]

12. Agh! Agh! That makes me NUTS! But even worse

is the fact that I have a large office chair (because it's one of those Bodybilt ergonomic ones) and not only do people hanging over my shoulder bump into it, but I have to tell them to move before I can move the chair so the rollers don't run over their feet!

(Maybe a crushed toe or two would get the message across, come to think of it.)

I can't stand even my WIFE doing that, and we have a damn good relationship otherwise.

Redstone

[madison2000]

13. I love it even more when my asshat supervisor

stands over me and swings his ID badge around hundreds of times. It really makes me feel trusted and valued and makes me more productive.
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[Ready4Change]

14. 100% Yes I mind it.

1) Indicates a lack of trust in the employee. You don't trust me? Fire me.

2) It's a distraction. I want to work at my best efficiency. When someone stands behind me it splits my attention, and my work suffers.

3) People hardly ever just "stand behind" to watch someone work. A person who does that is generally a back seat driver, and THAT bugs the living SH*T out of me. I'm not a puppet, nor a prosthetic extension of your will. You want the work done PRECISELY your way? YOU sit down and do it youself.

4) Don't YOU have work of your own to do? Why the hell are you wasting time standing behind me, slack *ss?