How To Practice Good Etiquette in Your Cubicle

  • January 12, 2009
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Being a good neighbor is just as important in the office as it is at home.

You Will Need

  • A cubicle
  • Nearby cubicle dwellers
  • And some common sense
How To Practice Good Etiquette in Your Cubicle: Be quiet

Step 1: Be quiet

Noise from neighboring cubicles is the number one complaint of the office-less, so keep your voice down.

How To Practice Good Etiquette in Your Cubicle: Attend personal needs out of sight

Step 2: Attend personal needs out of sight

Attend to personal needs like fixing wedgies, picking tuna out of your teeth, and clipping nails in a more appropriate venue—like the restroom.

Keep your shoes on. Even if your tootsies smell sweet, bare or stocking feet aren’t appropriate in a professional setting.

How To Practice Good Etiquette in Your Cubicle: Don't make personal calls

Step 3: Don't make personal calls

Make personal phone calls outside or in a vacant room with a door you can close. Nobody wants to hear you leaving messages for your cat.

Be deaf to your colleagues’ personal conversations. Don’t reference anything you overheard and, for heaven’s sake, don’t throw in your two cents.

How To Practice Good Etiquette in Your Cubicle: No offensive-smelling food

Step 4: No offensive-smelling food

If you eat at your desk, make sure your meal doesn’t include anything offensive or strong-smelling.

About 40 million people work in cubicles, and in 2001 the average worker had 355 square feet of office space.

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Comments (4)

sanjay

Ryan - this is an awesome video. Animation is great!

over 3 years ago by sanjay

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pratyanan

It is a very great work and valuable to practice. Since I am a teacher, are there any suggestions for saving it in my folder. Thanks

about 1 year ago by pratyanan

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HeatherM

Hmmm...the part about avoiding smelly food has always been hard for me. I once stunk out my whole office with a fish curry.....oops! Super video Ryan!

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