What if You Are the Office Pest Without Knowing It?
Mary Lorenz, from Career Builder, wrote an article on 10 habits you should definitely try to get rid of if you don’t want people to look at you as the “one to avoid.” Although there is a funny aspect to the article, the fact of the matter is that most of us carry with us bad habits… but we sometimes don’t realize “how bad” those habits are. An example from the article is the habit of going home a few minutes early to beat traffic. Why would others care? Yet, sometimes they do and sometimes, not only do they care, it annoys them. Worse, sometimes, not only does it annoy them, it gets them really mad to the point where they’ll start labeling you names.
That’s one of the problems working in an office environment. We have to nurture other people’s feelings, otherwise, you never know why people suddenly roll their eyes when you enter the meeting room, etc.
10 Habits of Highly Annoying Workers, MSN/ Career Builder