Edel Coffey: Other people's bad office habits can be hard to tolerate

"I worked in offices for a good 15 years, and I do realise it’s not all roses. The way someone’s nose whistles as they breathe. The sound of two fingers pounding loudly on a keyboard. How someone puts on their make-up and paints their nails whilst sitting at their desk..."

Author Edel Coffey pictured at home in Galway. Photo: Ray Ryan

Hell is other people. So said Jean-Paul Sartre and it seems like he’s not the only one who thought this way. 

While Sartre might not have been talking about the very specific torture of working with irritating colleagues, the phrase came to mind in light of a survey conducted by British job search company, Indeed.