8 Office Tips from The Other Search Guy
Here are some tips to help you get along in the office:
1. As a courtesy to your co-workers, always remember to wipe down the copy machine after making copies of your backside.
2. Remember to bring silverware to all of your office parties. Cutting and eating the cake with your hands may go over well at your one-year-old’s birthday party, but it’s generally frowned upon at the office. Trust me.
3. If you must steal food from the office refrigerator, take a little bit from everyone. That way you still get a full meal, but it’s much less obvious that you have been raiding people’s lunches.
4. If you happen to spill water all over the floor when switching out jugs for the water cooler, open the refrigerator’s freezer door and close all of the doors to the break room. People are less likely to get angry about the new office skating rink than they are about finding water all over the place.
5. Pay close attention to the words “men†and “women†that are posted on the bathroom doors. Again, trust me.
6. Always leave at least 2 ounces of coffee in the bottom of the office coffee pot. That way you don’t have to make a new pot, and you can’t get blamed for taking the last cup.
7. Make sure you check with HR before trying to institute a “shirts and skins†rule for the various departments in your office.
8. If you insist on taking your showers at work, be courteous and put a sign on the break room door before climbing into the sink.
– The Other Search Guy