That Obnoxious Person in Office whom you don’t know!

Ever wondered how a relatively unknown person, someone whom you see often but aren’t really acquainted to, can tick you off the moment you lay your eyes on him? Well, if you say no then you know you are lying! I bet everyone, yes, everyone has a guy/girl aka bunny who just gets their blood burning at the mere sight of. That individual is usually the obnoxious person in office whom you don’t know!

Don’t get me wrong. I am really a fun loving guy. But I have this buddy in my office whom I just want to bash up real bad with his “wide screen” PC! I realized that I had a buddy suddenly when on a hot summer day, I walked into office pretty much on time. After connecting my laptop and letting it to boot and download my day’s literature, I went off to get some morning coffee with biscuits. In the pantry (also called Breakout area for some reason), I saw another person – just the 2 of us at that time present over there. He was short (about 5 feet 3 maybe), must have had a cigarette in the morning as the aroma was still with him in spirit. To make matters worse, he must have gobbled around 4-5 mints or something – either that or he must have bathed in peppermint soaked water. The blend of cigarette, mint and coffee was so intoxicating that a dead person might rise up from the grave, give this guy a wedgie, throw him in a pool or pond and then go back to being dead in peace!!

Anyways, in the “breakout” area, the guy was continuously pressing the coffee machine button trying to get all types of coffee options poured into one. I swear that I saw him dip a tea bag into the cup which was 3/4^th filled with coffee!! After the combined flavor, he turned around, smiled at me showing his teeth – as yellow as if each of his teeth is a jaundice patient, and left. It was that hot summer morning, at 9:15 am that I identified this jackass as my “Obnoxious Buddy” (OB)!

Karma is a bitch. I am a firm believer in this. And this belief gets reaffirmed when during your worst moods; you look and see your OB. Like the other day, I just was feeling very sleepy but I had to stay lively and BAMMMM – I saw my OB yawning and telling his friends “Aaj mai halfday pe ghar jaa raha hu” (I am going home on a half day). By the time he left my sight, I was groaning.

One day my OB really did something which got me laughing my ass off as well as angry as hell! In the restroom, while I was washing my hands and face, I could see him in the mirror standing behind me with his hair all dyed with Henna! Now he had an orange colored mane!! Plus he had applied copious amount of gel to make his hair all spiky. To top it all off, he was wearing oversized spectacles, thus giving him a pathetically bash-able look! Icing on the cake he smiled the fabled yellowed teeth smile!!!

What baffles me is that once you have identified your very own OB, you will start noticing them more and more often! They will be around you when you least expect them- annoying the crap out of you. It’s unreal to get that kind of consistency. It is as if an invisible force keeps on drawing that individual to do the actions that you so very much detest. They will make your good day bad and bad day worse. MY OB annoys the hell out of me by just showing up in the “breakout area” or for work.  You may say that it is just coincidence that our coffee timings match, believe me when I say this – I tried changing coffee time and that person still follows me in the “breakout” area!

OBs are omniscient. Most of the times they are someone whom you have seen but not interacted with. They always turn up in front of you to irritate you, frustrate you or downright amuse you.

 So, who is your OB? What does he/she do?