Office Etiquette - Guilty as charged
I have just read an article published by Forbes on office etiquette and more importantly the best (or worst) office pet peeves. These were compiled by, what I can only assume is a highly reputable organisation.
As I go on reading this article, I get flashbacks of scenes of "The Office" combined with cringe-worthy encounters with my old boss (luckily where I work now is a relatively tame environment in that respect).
Top Fav Pet-Peeves (listed in no particular order) are the office loud talker, using the speakerphone with the door open, leaving the kitchen in a mess, bringing potentially smelly food in for lunch and leaving the sound of the computer on.
As I come to the end of the article - a slow (and painful) realisation hits me. I think I am an office loud talker (oh dear lord...!).
Fact : My mum calls me in the office (i have never been able to get that habit out of her - and to be fair i enjoy speaking with her during the day) - and our secretary lets everyone know when the call comes through.
Fact : I very rarely refrain from speaking french in the office - probably wrongly assuming that no one understands (it would be so much easier if we were from Mongolia - then no one would understand!).
Fact : However bad I am, I know for a fact that 4 desks down - there is an even worse offender.
As I go on reading this article, I get flashbacks of scenes of "The Office" combined with cringe-worthy encounters with my old boss (luckily where I work now is a relatively tame environment in that respect).
Top Fav Pet-Peeves (listed in no particular order) are the office loud talker, using the speakerphone with the door open, leaving the kitchen in a mess, bringing potentially smelly food in for lunch and leaving the sound of the computer on.
As I come to the end of the article - a slow (and painful) realisation hits me. I think I am an office loud talker (oh dear lord...!).
Fact : My mum calls me in the office (i have never been able to get that habit out of her - and to be fair i enjoy speaking with her during the day) - and our secretary lets everyone know when the call comes through.
Fact : I very rarely refrain from speaking french in the office - probably wrongly assuming that no one understands (it would be so much easier if we were from Mongolia - then no one would understand!).
Fact : However bad I am, I know for a fact that 4 desks down - there is an even worse offender.
So, I admit. I can be an office loud talker at times. My mum calls and everyone knows about it. The one solution I have opted for has been to invite my mum to work- socials so that my team can at least put a face to the voice !
Labels: Loud Talker
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So you probably feel differently about these things now after the man on the No. 38 bus incident, but I had to laugh at this. Four desks down indeed.
I started to compile a list of my own pet office peeves but will spare you the boredom of having to read them. They were all from one particular former colleague anyway.
Smelly food. I do that. Soups.
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