In the office...
People who talk REALLY LOUDLY on the phone. It's got to the point with one particular colleague now that I'm either going to have a word with her, or punch her repeatedly in her stupid face.

PS any tips on how to approach this subject with said colleague? I have obviously already tried "Would you mind talking a little more quietly on the phone as people find it distracting."
( Sculpture of Man Putting a banging donk on it since, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 22:43, 8 replies)

"Would you mind talking a little more quietly on the phone as people find it distracting."
What sort of fucking social cretin are you?
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 22:47, closed)

The sort of social cretin who spends a lot of time on the internet rather than talking to real people.
See every other user on the board.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 9:13, closed)

Kindly remind them
"They're on the other end of the phone, not the other side of the world."
(ThatNiceMan thought he was being funny, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 22:47, closed)

"We invented telephones so that you didn't have to shout to people far away"

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Tue 5 Apr 2011, 23:05, closed)

show her a ball gag

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 23:12, closed)

Go for the simple
"For fucks sake shall I just open the window and you can save the cost of the phone call"
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 8:06, closed)

Loud
I understand this one completely.

In particular, the source of my problem is heavy smoker in her late fifties who yells loudly about her sex life, has regular coughing fits, and sexually harrases my male colleagues.

The shouting down the phone thing is only the tip of the iceberg
(Barry Subchimp, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 11:53, closed)

Punch her repeatedly in her stupid face.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 12:15, closed)