50 worst office faux pas revealed
Inappropriate clothing, talking to yourself and business jargon are some of the top 50 worst office faux pas, according to a recent survey.
Research shows the biggest no no’s in the workplace with some surprising entries (and some glaringly obvious – yet people still commit these heinous crimes!).
Smelly food, poor personal hygiene and taking sickies were all classed as big office faux pas, as were arriving late and leaving early and taking more than an hour at lunchtime.
Feet tapping, drumming your fingers on the desk and humming also made the 50.
The tea and coffee run proved to be a bone of contention, with failing to make hot drinks, only making them for yourself and never washing up all making the list too.
A spokesperson from MobileSlots.com said, “It seems it’s the small things in the office which are the biggest nos. When you’re in a confined space with people, seven hours a day, five days a week it’s no wonder someone’s tiny quirk ends up becoming an office faux pas.”
“Office jargon is a real no for many people, although I’m sure they find themselves slipping into a little bit of office speak every now and again.”
The 50 office faux pas (in no particular order):
- Making tea/coffee just for yourself
- Never doing the drinks run
- Smelly food at lunchtime
- Personal Facebook posts
- Tweeting during meetings
- Booking your holiday
- Doing your online shop
- Taking too long at lunch
- Arriving late and leaving early
- Failing to turn up at work parties/nights out
- Wearing shorts
- Drumming fingers on desk
- Too much make up
- Radio on too loud
- Watching YouTube videos without headphones
- Feet tapping
- Talking to yourself
- Humming annoyingly catchy tunes
- Talking too loud on the phone
- Too many sticky notes
- Inappropriate clothing
- Water cooler gossip
- Poor personal hygiene
- Coming to work straight from the gym
- Stress relieving toys
- Business jargon
- Email/phoning to check email received
- Unnecessary paperwork
- Air con blasting cold air in winter
- Not washing tea and coffee mugs
- Running out of milk
- Copying too many people into emails
- Too much information (TMI)
- Being rude to customers/colleagues
- Swearing
- Untidy desks
- Being negative
- Brown-nosing the boss
- Embarrassing yourself at office parties
- Talking politics
- Talking religion
- Sharing salary details
- Bragging about promotions
- Falling asleep at your desk
- Turning up drunk/hungover
- Drinking at lunchtime
- Dating a colleague/the boss
- Air kissing
- Taking sickies
- Dead plants
