Recycle bin filers.
I loathe these users. They seem to think that the recycle bin on the desktop or in their mailbox is used for filing important documents and messages that they want save for future reference. They read all their emails, deleting each one in turn, then complain that they are receiving message informing them that their mailbox is full!
Customer: "Why am I getting these messages, there is nothing in my mailbox?!"
Me: "You appear to several hundred MBs worth of items in your recycle bin."
Customer: "That is my archive, it doesn't count."
...twitch...urge to kill... rising...
They know that the bin is inherently worthless, since it "doesn't count" so why use it as a place to file documents?
Do they do their weekly grocery shopping, drive home, unpack all of the bags and place each item safely in the bin?
(Szetak fears the wurst! (Saus-o-phobe), Thu 24 Sep 2009, 13:36, 4 replies)

You could try this analogy
If they throw things in the bin but never take the bins outside, will their house get full?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 13:39, closed)

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people do this? o_O

at my workplace we *don't* have a recycle bin, so you delete it, you come to us panicing to see if we can restorce it from the backups.
(tb2571989 dies at precisely, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 13:39, closed)

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Same here, and if I like you I say yes, my motto for a life in IT? Horrible people get exactly what they ask for, nice people get what they really need.
(Obi wanker nobi Its not a bug, its an unexpected feature, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 14:04, closed)

Apply a quota to the recycle bin
and deleted items mailbox, say 10% of total space. Simple to do in both Windows (either by system policy or manually as an administrator) and Outlook (via the exchange server). Fix it properly once and you'll have no more headaches.
( chart cat has an itch, Fri 25 Sep 2009, 6:47, closed)