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If you are on a conference call and you are not the one speaking, put your phone on mute. Nobody wants to hear you breathing into the phone for an hour. Or coughing. Or clearing your throat. Seriously.
Using 5 long synonyms in a row does not make you sound smart. In fact, it makes you look like you don’t know the difference between any of the words and you are TRYING to sound smart. Knock it off.
Putting the words “per se” after every other sentence also makes you sound dumb. Don’t do it.
“Business Casual” does not include the following:
- T-shirts
- shorts
- shirts that show your belly
- flip-flops
- jersey pants/stretch pants
- earrings bigger than your head
- Anything with tweety bird or tinkerbell on it (or any other cartoon character)
Extra NO if it says "attitude" or "sassy"
Don’t brag to your coworkers about how much money you spend. Most of us in similar jobs have an idea about how much you make. You aren’t fooling anyone.
If something isn’t working for you, and it is working for everyone else, chances are you are doing something wrong. Don’t complain about how dumb it is because IT doesn’t work.
If you are taking the elevator from the first floor to the second floor then yes, those of us going to the sixth floor are all staring at you and cursing you under our breath. If you aren’t carrying something heavy, or have some physical reason why you can’t walk the steps, walk.
Is it just me, or do other people run into this every day at work? All of this has happened just this week.
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