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As with the vast majority of my jobs, the move co-ordinator is clueless and doesn't know how to do his job. We're moving some stuff back from storage and he hadn't properly labelled the items to make the move back easy. As well, he hasn't properly researched things to make up for that mistake. Instead, he just took some wild guesses and hoped that he marked things for the right office. I'm stressed out to the max on this job courtesy of the unrealistic timeline that the boss set for the job (but that's a whole separate MiM post). The bottom line is that I don't have time to hold anyone's hand and teach them how to do their job.
We're pulling the furniture for one office and I see that it's two separate pieces of furniture. He has no idea which is which, so I take a closer look and see that one unit is a nice easy two piece that's complete, the other is a multi-piece monstrosoty that looks damaged and is missing many parts, it cannot be built in it's present condition. He makes a snap decision to go with the only furniture that will work and he'll see if he can find all the other parts later.
So off I go with my nice easy desk. I drop it in the office and the end user begins to attack me:
SC: This isn't my desk
Me: Oh, well...
SC: This isn't my desk, this isn't my desk, my desk had the keyboard tray on the other side and...
Me: Okay, ....
SC: But this isn't my desk, where are the other parts, how to they connect, I had a top on the top part here and the keyboard tray wasn't there, this isn't my desk.
Me: Okay, it sounds like what you're describing is another unit that was damaged and missing parts. We can't build that one right now so we're using this one temporarily.
SC: But this isn't my desk, my desk had a shelf and the keyboard tray in a different spot and I think it went the other way, this isn't my desk, don't put it together.
Me: Okay, you can speak to the move co-ordinator if you don't want to listen to me, but as I said this is the one that has been allocated for you temporarily until your proper desk can be found.
SC: But this isn't my desk, it's not my desk, don't put it together, you'll just have to take it out, it's not my desk... look, he's just putting it together, it's not my desk, he's putting the wrong desk in
Me: Since you're not listening to me, take it up with the move co-ordinator. I have a job to do, thank you.
SC: That's not my desk, he's just putting the wrong desk in even though I told him not to. I told him it's the wrong desk and he's just putting it in.
This kept on going as I finished off the desk and left the office.
On to the next office, not even one that this woman is in but I have to walk past her.
SC: That's not the right desk for her office....
Me: It's the one the move co-ordinator has allocated for this office. The label on the desk matches the label on the door, that means it's the one for this office.
SC: But that's not the right desk, don't go in there, it's the wrong desk, excuse me sweet cheeks
Me: If there is a problem, it has to be routed through the move co-ordinator, and by the way, that is sexual harrasment.
SC: That's not the right desk, it won't even fit, it's not the desk she had before....
This carried on as I tuned it out. I started polite and professional with this woman, but when she chose to completely ignore what I was telling her and just go into an endless loop, screw her, I'm doing the job I'm supposed to do.
We're pulling the furniture for one office and I see that it's two separate pieces of furniture. He has no idea which is which, so I take a closer look and see that one unit is a nice easy two piece that's complete, the other is a multi-piece monstrosoty that looks damaged and is missing many parts, it cannot be built in it's present condition. He makes a snap decision to go with the only furniture that will work and he'll see if he can find all the other parts later.
So off I go with my nice easy desk. I drop it in the office and the end user begins to attack me:
SC: This isn't my desk
Me: Oh, well...
SC: This isn't my desk, this isn't my desk, my desk had the keyboard tray on the other side and...
Me: Okay, ....
SC: But this isn't my desk, where are the other parts, how to they connect, I had a top on the top part here and the keyboard tray wasn't there, this isn't my desk.
Me: Okay, it sounds like what you're describing is another unit that was damaged and missing parts. We can't build that one right now so we're using this one temporarily.
SC: But this isn't my desk, my desk had a shelf and the keyboard tray in a different spot and I think it went the other way, this isn't my desk, don't put it together.
Me: Okay, you can speak to the move co-ordinator if you don't want to listen to me, but as I said this is the one that has been allocated for you temporarily until your proper desk can be found.
SC: But this isn't my desk, it's not my desk, don't put it together, you'll just have to take it out, it's not my desk... look, he's just putting it together, it's not my desk, he's putting the wrong desk in
Me: Since you're not listening to me, take it up with the move co-ordinator. I have a job to do, thank you.
SC: That's not my desk, he's just putting the wrong desk in even though I told him not to. I told him it's the wrong desk and he's just putting it in.
This kept on going as I finished off the desk and left the office.
On to the next office, not even one that this woman is in but I have to walk past her.
SC: That's not the right desk for her office....
Me: It's the one the move co-ordinator has allocated for this office. The label on the desk matches the label on the door, that means it's the one for this office.
SC: But that's not the right desk, don't go in there, it's the wrong desk, excuse me sweet cheeks
Me: If there is a problem, it has to be routed through the move co-ordinator, and by the way, that is sexual harrasment.
SC: That's not the right desk, it won't even fit, it's not the desk she had before....
This carried on as I tuned it out. I started polite and professional with this woman, but when she chose to completely ignore what I was telling her and just go into an endless loop, screw her, I'm doing the job I'm supposed to do.
The only thing missing was his vow to set the building on fire.
I think I would've lost it around the fifth "this isn't my desk", opened up his head and checked if his needle was stuck. 
If people would listen to and follow instructions rather than repeat themselves over and over ad nauseum, they might get the information they need and maybe even get what they want. If this idiot had listened to you and gone to the move coordinator, he might have gotten his desk back.
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