Office etiquette fails: Share your stories

Office Etiquette fails, share your stories

How we behave at work can speak volumes about who we are…

Maintaining a good relationship with our colleagues not only helps our morale and our work/life balance, but it can also positively impact our work. However, even with the best will in the world, we can’t please all of the people all of the time.

You might not even be aware of what you’re doing, but there’s a chance that some of your behaviour could be viewed in a negative way by your co-workers. And when you work in close proximity to each other, it doesn’t take long for things to start boiling over.

But rather than speculate about your own irritating idiosyncrasies (we don’t know you, but you seem perfectly nice), we want you tell us about other people’s.

So whether it’s your co-workers’ terrible timekeeping, sharing an office with someone who has the worst ringtone in the world, or the fact they completely ignore every e-mail you’ve ever sent, we want to hear yours.

Share your office etiquette fails and frustrations* in the comments section below. Or, if you prefer, tweet them to @reedcouk.

Need some inspiration?

Here are some of ours (mentioning no names from the reed.co.uk office):

  • (Smelly) food at the workstation
  • Desk clutter
  • Loud music
  • Inappropriate dress (flip-flops/exposed midriffs etc.)
  • Obvious lack of bathing/personal hygiene
  • Coughing/sneezing/sniffling all over everyone (just go home already)
  • Noticeable lack of pleases and thank yous
  • The office know-it-all

*Keeping names/obscenities to a minimum