My inbox is flooded all day long by being cc’ed on every little thing, even projects I have no attachment to just to keep us “in the loop”

Really, friggin annoying

1. Do not sing, whistle, or drum with your finger loud enough for others to be distracted due to your lack of attention.

2. Learn proper phone manners. If you call someone, they will answer by saying “Hello”. Do not reply “Yeah….” the proper response is “Good morning / afternoon” then go about your conversation

3. Do not stand and watch over anyone’s shoulder while they work, unless specifically asked to do so.

4. Do not talk with food in your mouth. Not only do you sound like a moron, you also turn your food into a projectile that can land on someone. That is just plain gross.

5. Do not make up and insist on using nick names for everyone. If people want to be called anything other than their given name, they would tell you.

6. Don’t assume everyone agrees with your preferences. Just cause you want Chinese for lunch doesn’t mean the whole group must bow to your whim. You don’t have to throw a tantrum when you don’t get your way.

7. If you don’t know how to print a file, make copies, or save a file from email, maybe you aren’t qualified for your job. Go find something you are capable of.

8. Don’t play deaf, if the guy on the opposite side of the office can hear the boss calling you, so can you. Don’t pick up the phone and pretend to be on a business call just to get out of something.

9. No I don’t want to be your friend on facebook or myspace. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t work at the same company as you. Don’t assume people like you just cause they work with you.

10. There is air freshener in the bathroom for a reason, USE IT.

11. We don’t need your cute little names for the bathroom, you needn’t announce you are “dropping the kids off” or that you “will be in the office”. A simple I’ll be right back would suffice.

12. You aren’t the only person in the office. When you need something from the IT or graphics department don’t rush them or stand and wait for your issue to be resolved. They are busy guys and will get to you in the order they received it.

13. You are the only one that laughs at your jokes. No one else thinks you are funny. Keep it to yourself.

14. The conference room is not your cafeteria, people need that space for meetings with clients who don’t need to smell the remnants of your lunch. If you don’t want to eat in the cafeteria, eat at your desk.

15. You are not the owner, the manager or anyone else of importance. Don’t pretend to be anyone’s superior just cause you are in a different department.

16. When eating, chew with your mouth closed, we don’t need to see or hear that.

17. Just cause you said something might look good to the graphics guy, doesn’t mean YOU made the flyer look good. You had a half-assed idea and had no idea how to implement it. Its the graphics guy who made it happen that made it look good.

18. There is no need to announce every aspect of your personal life. My life is not impacted in any way by you getting a sandwich, or hearing about your ulcers. You need to learn to just SHUT UP.

The comment by Theresa: similarly, my high-level manager would require some data from me, without telling me he’s also asked 2 others to get the same info. So we unknowingly end up duplicating our efforts, so long as the manager gets his reports. Oy vey.