Bad Workplace Manners

When you consider the fact that you spend more waking hours with your co-workers than your family, engaging and encouraging proper workplace etiquette is important.

A workplace protocol school revealed that 98% of people in the workforce have experienced 'uncivil' behavior at the office.

Here are a few rude behaviors that you may have noticed or worse, be guilty of without necessarily being aware.

1. People who go to work sick.
2. People who drown themselves in perfume or cologne. (Here's some suggestions for how to tell if you're wearing too much.)
3. People who's cellphone ringer is turned up too loud.
4. People who eat smelly food.
5. Women who wear clothing that's too revealing.
6. People who multi-task during meetings. (Uhhh....)
7. People who speak too loudly on their cell phone.
8. People who remove items from their co-worker's desk without asking even if they intend to return it.
9. People who leave the copier jammed without fixing it.
10. People who don't wash their hands after using the rest room or blowing their nose.
11. People who share too many personal details at work.

I have to admit, I'm guilty of a few of these (jammed copier, eating boiled eggs at work, 'borrowing' items from others desks...maybe one or three more) so I'm going to try and be more aware. I sure don't want to be the reason someone feels their environment is uncivil.