10 Irritating Stereotypes You Meet In Every Office

5. The Hypochondriac

Also Known As: The Hangnail, The MASH Unit, The Ambulance ChaserIdentifying Traits: Illness and infirmity. Though we all deal with such things throughout our lives, The Hypochondriac makes an art form of it. In fact, her physical ailments (both real and imagined) are the means by which she defines herself as a person. Strike up a conversation with The Hypochondriac and you won't hear anything about her childhood, her education, her family, or her personal interests. But you'll hear all about her high blood pressure, and her thyroid condition, and her gall bladder surgery, and a host of other things you didn't want to know and about which you couldn't possibly care less. Native Habitat: The Hypochondriac feels most at home in an emergency room or a doctor's office. On the days when she's well enough to come to work, much of her time is spent complaining about the company's health insurance plan, or arguing in favour of a federal law guaranteeing all workers a minimum of 300 paid sick days per year. Career Trajectory: Given her unshakable conviction that she's mere moments from death at all times, The Hypochondriac does not indulge lofty career aspirations. If you came back in 20 years, you'd find her still doing the same job and still with one foot in the grave.