My Co-Worker’s Annoying Habit Is Making My Life Hell

Good Job Aug 18, 20261:00 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Mariia Vitkovska/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Nenad Cavoski/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, I have a co-worker who scream sneezes and it enrages me to no end every time it happens. I’ve joked about it with her that it scares me so much, and asked, does she have to scream? She says she can’t help it. Do you have any mindset shifts for me to practice acceptance of an incredibly performative and annoying habit? —I’m Jumpy! Dear I’m Jumpy, This sounds really distracting! I’m so curious how this habit of hers developed, but in terms of the more immediate issue, I think you