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Crunching Calamity: Dealing with a loud co-worker

by epi on March 5, 2013

Q: As our company expands, two of my team members and I have been moved from our individual cubicles to one room. We are soon to have a fourth team member added. I will be the first to admit that I am extremely sensitive to hearing other people’s chewing. It is probably my biggest pet [...]

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Company Congratulations: Celebrating a colleague’s upcoming wedding

by epi on March 1, 2013

Q: We have a work colleague who is getting married in a month. She is not throwing any special party at work, nor is she inviting anybody from her immediate work team. Is it proper etiquette that we buy her a present and have a small work party during lunch? Also somebody is suggesting that [...]

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Grossed Out: Noisy co-workers

by epi on February 8, 2013

Q: I started a new job about 8 months ago, and since I started, the woman I work with makes disgusting snorting, hocking and throat clearing noises. It’s almost constant – about every 2 to 5 minutes there is some kind of disgusting noise emanating out of the cubicle. She does it on the phone [...]

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