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        <title>Office Etiquette in the trash - Diary of a Corporate Slave - CubicleDweller&apos;s Blog - Bakotopia</title>
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        <description>Many moons ago I posted Cubicle Dweller&#039;s list of Office Etiquette&amp;nbsp;and even considered sending it to all of my co-workers.&amp;nbsp;
Recently there had been an increase of dirty dishes left in the kitchen sink, to the extreme that someone made a pretty little sign stating that dishes not washed and put away would be thrown out daily at 5 pm.&amp;nbsp; Another Dweller mentioned a few times in the break room that she had once posted a funny little list of etiquette in the work room nearest her, but no one had taken it seriously, thinking her light hearted way of telling people they were rude was a joke.&amp;nbsp; In the meantime I had politely and with humor asked a couple co-workers to knock off their obnoxious behavior with snippy responses that I was &amp;quot;too young to menopause&amp;quot; &amp;quot;moody&amp;quot; &amp;quot;woke up on the wrong side of the bed&amp;quot; etc.
I&#039;ve just about had it, I&#039;m tired of being labeled a bitch simply because I think clicking your pen over and over, chomping gum like a cow, guzzling water so you sound as if your drowning every hour, and eating like a pig is disgusting and appalling in a shared work environment.&amp;nbsp;
After the pretty little sign about dirty dishes was posted I decided to anonymously&amp;nbsp;post my &amp;quot;Office Etiquette&amp;quot; where everyone could see it.&amp;nbsp; The response was humorous to say the least.&amp;nbsp; The office slave who had posted the pretty sign first spoke up, &amp;quot;Ooh, did you see that sign?&amp;nbsp; I did not put it up.&amp;nbsp; I only put up the one about the dishes, but I did not put that one up&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; The sign was pointed out to more and more people, and I sit just close enough to hear their comments ... &amp;quot;Hmph, that&#039;s funny&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Hahah!&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;and from the Man himself, &amp;quot;I&#039;m not sure if this person is being funny or is totally serious&amp;quot;
Two days later the sign had been removed.&amp;nbsp; I posted another one.&amp;nbsp; It disappeared after a day or two, so again this morning I posted a third sign.&amp;nbsp; Each time I stealthily pin another paper on the bulletin board I walk away with a huge grin on my face - and will continue to do so until I escape this god forsaken place.</description>
        <itunes:summary>Many moons ago I posted Cubicle Dweller&#039;s list of Office Etiquette&amp;nbsp;and even considered sending it to all of my co-workers.&amp;nbsp;
Recently there had been an increase of dirty dishes left in the kitchen sink, to the extreme that someone made a pretty little sign stating that dishes not washed and put away would be thrown out daily at 5 pm.&amp;nbsp; Another Dweller mentioned a few times in the break room that she had once posted a funny little list of etiquette in the work room nearest her, but no one had taken it seriously, thinking her light hearted way of telling people they were rude was a joke.&amp;nbsp; In the meantime I had politely and with humor asked a couple co-workers to knock off their obnoxious behavior with snippy responses that I was &amp;quot;too young to menopause&amp;quot; &amp;quot;moody&amp;quot; &amp;quot;woke up on the wrong side of the bed&amp;quot; etc.
I&#039;ve just about had it, I&#039;m tired of being labeled a bitch simply because I think clicking your pen over and over, chomping gum like a cow, guzzling water so you sound as if your drowning every hour, and eating like a pig is disgusting and appalling in a shared work environment.&amp;nbsp;
After the pretty little sign about dirty dishes was posted I decided to anonymously&amp;nbsp;post my &amp;quot;Office Etiquette&amp;quot; where everyone could see it.&amp;nbsp; The response was humorous to say the least.&amp;nbsp; The office slave who had posted the pretty sign first spoke up, &amp;quot;Ooh, did you see that sign?&amp;nbsp; I did not put it up.&amp;nbsp; I only put up the one about the dishes, but I did not put that one up&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; The sign was pointed out to more and more people, and I sit just close enough to hear their comments ... &amp;quot;Hmph, that&#039;s funny&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Hahah!&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;and from the Man himself, &amp;quot;I&#039;m not sure if this person is being funny or is totally serious&amp;quot;
Two days later the sign had been removed.&amp;nbsp; I posted another one.&amp;nbsp; It disappeared after a day or two, so again this morning I posted a third sign.&amp;nbsp; Each time I stealthily pin another paper on the bulletin board I walk away with a huge grin on my face - and will continue to do so until I escape this god forsaken place.</itunes:summary>
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                <title>Apr 17,  2008 at 06:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;People seem...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;People seem to treat your signs like graffiti and immediately cover it up!&amp;nbsp; My wife formerly worked in an office situation, and her favorite sign (to put up) was &amp;quot;clean up after yourself!&amp;nbsp; I am not your mother!!).&amp;nbsp; Thank God my days never included such a place.&amp;nbsp; I own guns!!&lt;/p&gt;
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                <link>http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/CubicleDweller/25066/#c_226468</link>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;People seem to treat your signs like graffiti and immediately cover it up!&amp;nbsp; My wife formerly worked in an office situation, and her favorite sign (to put up) was &amp;quot;clean up after yourself!&amp;nbsp; I am not your mother!!).&amp;nbsp; Thank God my days never included such a place.&amp;nbsp; I own guns!!&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Apr 17,  2008 at 08:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;I&#039;m...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&#039;m with you Don, I&#039;d be the squeeky wheel right off the bat! Cubicledweller is there anyway you can move from those annoying people? like far far from them in yet another cube?&lt;/p&gt;
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                <link>http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/CubicleDweller/25066/#c_226494</link>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&#039;m with you Don, I&#039;d be the squeeky wheel right off the bat! Cubicledweller is there anyway you can move from those annoying people? like far far from them in yet another cube?&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Apr 17,  2008 at 09:04 PM : Unfortunately no, and...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately no, and fortunately for them the windows don&#039;t open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow I&#039;ll check and see if the sign is there in the morning when I get my &quot;make me almost human&quot; cup of office sludge - if it&#039;s not - then I can narrow down who can&#039;t hande the truth since the usual suspects were out today and tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
                <link>http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/CubicleDweller/25066/#c_226508</link>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately no, and fortunately for them the windows don&#039;t open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow I&#039;ll check and see if the sign is there in the morning when I get my &quot;make me almost human&quot; cup of office sludge - if it&#039;s not - then I can narrow down who can&#039;t hande the truth since the usual suspects were out today and tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>Apr 18,  2008 at 09:04 PM : &amp;nbsp;re...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;re windows:&amp;nbsp; would you jump or throw them out?&lt;/p&gt;
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                <link>http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/CubicleDweller/25066/#c_226945</link>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;re windows:&amp;nbsp; would you jump or throw them out?&lt;/p&gt;
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