The guy who shares my workspace has some very peculiar habits which on most days I can deal with but which on other days can be a little unsettling or even irritating. When his phone rings he will say “Uh Oh” out loud. YES, every time. No, I don’t know why.

When he is even slightly worked up about something he gets up and starts pacing back and forth… into the cubicle area… out of the cubicle area… into the cubicle area… out of the cubicle area… this one drives me the most crazy. He just did it about 2 minutes before I wrote this.

ok, there are other twitchy quirks but I seem to have blocked them out because I can’t think of them just now. Mostly they involve talking out loud to himself. This is almost like talking to me except he’s not which puts me on edge. At the same time, I suppose I am glad he doesn’t talk to me all that often. I am also glad that I have not (yet) picked up the “Uh Oh” thing when the phone rings.

*OH just remembered one of the other things he says... O.K. it's not so much that I remembered as that he actually just said it. He exclaims "Nuts!" quite frequently. I suspect this might be what it was like working with Mr. Cleaver back in the day.