Yep, I can agree and attest to all of this. Bloody coworkers can be annoying sometimes, and I'd like to add another one to this list. Might seem weird, but it's one that I've had to contend with during my days working in telemarketing. Those days are past me, but we never had a proper desk, just ones that are assigned to us. Often times we'd move from one desk to the next, or if someone comes into the office earlier, and just decides that this desk is better than that one over there.
Being someone who keeps his desk clean, it's f**king annoying to move to a desk that's dirty as hell. Always had to take some minute off working just to wipe it down. Even more annoying is that some of my colleagues like eating in the office during lunch. Worse... They choose to eat at my desk. MINE! Even after warning them not to make it dirty, there's always a crumb or two, or stains left over that they never bothered to clean.
Humans suck.
I can feel your frustrations through your words. Why wouldn't people just stick to their usual places? I would really hate that if it happened to me. I also like to keep my things organized so I know how horrible it must be to find your place littered with food leftovers. Glad you're not working there anymore.
Lol, it's so amazing to not be there any more! It was a great time sometimes, but it usually sucks. I guess its a mood thing, or maybe they'd just like to be closer with their friend, and it happens to be more convenient to sit at my desk. Since working in telemarketing doesn't give us much free-time for even the simplest of chats, we'd get crazy sometimes.
80% of the time we don't move, but it's that 20% that bothers me. I'd always come back to my desk smelling like curry or fried-rice, with the keyboard and monitor all turned around. Sometimes, I could find an old sauce packet underneath my desk-phone. It genuinely is infuriating.