As Blink-182 once famously declared, “Work sucks, I know…” However, it sucks even more when the people that surround you daily are an absolute nightmare. Microwaving fish in the breakroom, talking nonstop about themselves and their woes while others are trying just to make it through another day, bosses who force employees to do those icebreaker games regularly to “boost morale.” It’s all too much, but it could be a lot worse. Just imagine the following fictional characters were in the cubicle next to you because these are the characters that would make the worst coworkers.
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Al Bundy, ‘Married... with Children’
Columbia Pictures
There is no way someone could get used to hearing Al Bundy bad mouth women all day, let alone his smoking hot wife he was somehow lucky enough to marry yet showcased no real interest in.
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Willy Wonka, ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’
Paramount Pictures
HR would have a field day with a man who literally lost a bunch of kids on a factory tour. Imagine the paperwork involved in that!
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Dennis Reynolds, ‘It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
FXX
There is no way Dennis Reynolds would not go American Psycho one day.
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Eric Cartman, ‘South Park’
Comedy Partners
In a world where an elementary school student could hold down a job, yes, Eric Cartman would be funny for a mere second before the crude jokes and attitude started to get on major nerves around the office.
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Mike Seaver, ‘Growing Pains’
Warner Bros. Television
Mike Seaver’s charm might have worked in the ‘80s, but that won’t fly in the 21st century. Stop making fun of your sister like that, bro.
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Longlegs, ‘Longlegs’
IMDB/Neon
One would just be trying to make copies, and they would have to listen to Longlegs talk about the strange dolls he makes on the weekends.
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Rachel Berry, ‘Glee’
Fox Broadcasting Company
Rachel Berry’s “pick me” energy would be exhausting to be around 40 hours a week.
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Kylo Ren, ‘Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker’
Walt Disney Pictures
This emo nepo baby would create nothing but a hostile work environment.
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Jerry Seinfeld, ‘Seinfeld’
Castle Rock Entertainment
Is there anything worse than a coworker who tries out their standup routines at lunch?
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The Power Rangers, ‘The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’
Saban Entertainment
The Power Rangers would disappear on their shifts all the time to save the city from evildoers, so much so that others would be left to pick up the slack.
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Ferris Bueller, ‘Ferris Bueller's Day Off’
Paramount Pictures
Ferris Bueller would be the type of coworker who did little to nothing every day but somehow always got promoted.
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Dwight Schrute, ‘The Office’
NBC
Everyone and their mother has seen this man work and it’s not always a laugh riot.
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Kevin McCallister, ‘Home Alone’
Twentieth Century Fox
There is a chance Kevin McCallister would booby trap the workplace, and that’s not a chance many would be willing to take.
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Daria Morgendorffer, ‘Daria’
MTV Animation
Having someone who is the equivalent of Eeyore hanging around all day would damper what is already a horrible situation: work.
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Beetlejuice, ‘Beetlejuice’
Warner Bros.
Beetlejuice would be an HR disaster with the pranks and lewd sense of humor he has.
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Joffrey Baratheon, ‘Game of Thrones’
HBO
Not a person you want to cross.
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Deadpool, ‘Deadpool’
Marvel Entertainment
Deadpool would be fun to have at the holiday parties but the rest of the year? Not so much.
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Gregory House, ‘House, M.D’
Fox Broadcasting Company
Dr. House is the person people want at their job because they’re the best in their field, but not someone they want to have to actually interact with.
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Donkey, ‘Shrek’
Dreamworks Pictures
A coworker who never stops talking. Yeah, no.
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Carmen Berzatto, ‘The Bear’
FX on Hulu
Those employees who love what they do but are also somehow always miserable and never bother to smile at anyone.
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Monica Geller, ‘Friends’
The WB Television Network
Monica would be great as an office admin because of her obsessive tendencies, but she’d become a bit much when she started trying to organize everyone else’s spaces.
Kendra Beltran is a pop culture obsessed writer who spent her youth tirelessly jotting down ‘Total Request Live’ data after school. She took that obsession and a useless college degree, and spun it into enough to pay her rent by writing for MTV Geek, Collider, Popverse, and more. Over the years her interest in pop culture has only grown, and today she finds herself baking while streaming ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ running (slowly) while listening to podcasts about the ‘90s, and hanging out with her dog while taking in emo playlists. Kendra also hosts a podcast dedicated to all the crushes people have had in life from Disney to real-life called Crushgasm.