Not so much cheeses me off ( but it does) but office unprofessionalism.
Yesterday, had my car serviced. Place isn’t near anything, so I took my laptop to do some work in the reception area ( nice, with tables, coffee etc). Three people on the “service area” counter. My God. I eventually had to leave, such was the noise. Very loud personal conversations, cackling etc. I mean, nice for people to enjoy their workplace but this just went on and on. The business should be able to reduce headcount by two quite easily.
And then today. I went to see my former GP at a new place. Walk in to the reception office and there is what I gathered to be the practice nurse and I think her army husband discussing something that he’d walked in with - an allergic reaction. So there was an informal examination going on - there, right in the reception office. The receptionist who apparently knew the husband chipped in with a number of funny one liners and suggestions. Squeals, guffaws … All at the tops of their voices.
