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Coworker who calls 10 times a day is ‘insufferable,’ employee says

A longtime employee describes a domineering coworker who calls repeatedly about personal matters, demeans colleagues and insists she’s untouchable because the boss will back her up.

Published Jun 25, 2026, 6:06 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

DEAR ABBY: I have worked with “Bev” for 12 years. She is insufferable. I love my job and my other co-workers, but they all feel the same way as I do. Bev is a domineering, bullying, entitled woman in her late 50s. She has two “friends” in the entire facility and, unfortunately, considers me one of them, as well as our boss, “Janet,” who I am sure merely tolerates her as I do.

Bev calls me incessantly during the day to talk about her personal life. She demeans people and is controlling and rude. She says she is “so busy,” but other people end up doing her work for her while she takes all the credit. When my phone rings and it’s her, I can feel the life being sucked out of me, and I want to throw my phone at the wall.