Working in a geek environment at the state, I encounter a lot of very strange people.  Some are very shy and avoid eye contact at any cost.  One guy, whom I have nicknamed “the crab man”  walks sideways with his face to the wall.  I tried walking like that once and started experiencing motion sickness after only a few feet.

Some are outwardly aggressive, “in your face” type of individuals and interesting enough, they all are women.  They go out of their way to defy any sort of  rules or social norms.  They are the ones who will take the last cup of coffee and not make another pot proclaiming that some one else can make the next pot of coffee.  Of course, they are also the ones who can be heard cussing a blue streak because no one made any coffee.

But for the most part, the rest of the geeks opt for passive aggressive behavior.  One of their favorite tactics is to select “reply to all” when they respond to any email regardless of the content.  And in doing so, they not only reply to the sender but also to everyone else who may have received the email.  This, of course, creates more email for the staff to deal with.

For some reason, these people seem to take great pleasure in annoying their co-workers.  But, I guess it is better than going postal.