April 2010

16
Apr

What to Do about Rudeness in the Workplace?

The last two blog postings and this one final posting focus on rudeness in the workplace. Most workplace rudeness stops short of forbidden behavior, but it’s still annoying. How can it be stopped? We need to establish a standard of civil conduct by setting an example to enforce good manners. One point is for sure: avoidance isn’t the solution.            

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4
Apr

Acceptance of Rudeness in the Workplace

It is true that rudeness runs the gamut throughout the day in forms of not remaking the coffee after you’ve taken the last cup to not cleaning up your spot in the lunchroom after eating your sandwich that just happened to have mustard and mayon­naise all over the wrapper to not wiping up your spills in the microwave. Should I

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