Five tips for proper workplace etiquette

While it is hard to get along with everyone in your office all the time, there are still several things that each and every employee can to do make the workplace a more pleasant place to be. Some of them are obvious, such as bathing frequently and not bringing your un-housebroken puppy in to sit under your desk all day.

Other things, such as the items comprising the list below, we do without even thinking about the fact that they might be upsetting the gentle balance of the office ecosystem.

Five tips for proper workplace etiquette:

1. Don’t make personal calls within earshot of your co-workers. Just because you feel comfortable talking about your sex life or unfortunate medical conditions in front your peers does not mean that they want to hear all about it. Cell phones are a magnificent invention! Use them…outside.

2. Don’t “borrow” things from co-workers. While swiping a pen or a legal pad as needed may seem harmless, rooting around someone’s desk is a supreme invasion of privacy. The supply cabinet is only a few yards away. Make the trip.

3. Don’t play your music too loud. Respect the needs of those sitting near you. Keep the volume on your radio low. And if you’re listening to your iPod, and the volume is turned way up, it can be just as annoying as a large boom box placed at the entrance to your cubicle.

4. Let people know where you are. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to track someone down for a meeting or to answer a request, and finding out that they went to play nine holes at the local community course without telling anyone. Even if you are entitled to the time away from the office, let the people you work with know where you’re going to be, and how you can be reached.

5. Engage in proper hygiene. OK, so we mentioned it above, but unfortunately for many people, it bears repeating. Many times, you can’t smell the scent you are giving off. Shower every day and go easy on the perfume or cologne.

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A brief history of the cubicle

Maligned by office workers everywhere, referred to by many as the “three walled prison”, the cubicle is not considered a favorite destination for any adult who has to find a way to pay the rent. But perhaps a little insight into great moments in cubicle history will help us see this faux-office in a different, more positive light…well, maybe not, but here’s the information anyway.

• The cubicle is to have made its first appearance in the offices of chipmaker Intel Corp during the 1960’s.

• Robert Propst designed the first office cube, while working for Herman Miller. “We need to stuff more people into these buildings”, Miller was thought to yell out one day during an adverse reaction to his medication.

• Author Douglas Coupland once famously referred to office cubicles as “veal fattening pens”.

• There is a punk rock band in Los Angeles called Cubicle that plays songs about office life.

• The term “cube farm” refers to offices that grow quickly and therefore need to be loaded to the max with cubicles.

• Research has shown that people who decorate their cubicles with cat photos are scorned by their co-workers at lunch with a 152% greater frequency than those without cat photos.

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