# Workplace Griping Spinoff - Shredder Guy and other tales

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 10, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-spinoff-shredder-guy-and-other-tales/585014 "2011-06-10T19:01:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-spinoff-shredder-guy-and-other-tales/585014/8 "2011-06-10T19:13:27Z")

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> [@Workplace griping, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1163):
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> You have posted about Shredder Guy before. And I know the species, having worked with him or his relatives in the past.
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> Shredder Guy (and his soulmates) are the reason why Organized Coworker tries to assign dishes. It’s a pity that he can’t be excluded from every communal get together.

> [@Workplace griping, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1165):
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> Sadly, they know that most people are nice and will not challange them. There is at least one at every job. I used to blow him off and just replenish the supplies, but now that its just him and me, its a constant annoyance. Today, I reached for a tissue and the box was empty. Ticked me off. Again. He used the last ones and couldn’t be bothered to toss the empty box away and leave me a note or tell me that I needed to bring more in.

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