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the dos and don'ts of office life

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    the dos and don'ts of office life

    Hi All,

    As some of you know I have a new job back in IT (thanks for the encouragement in the other thread), this jobs starts monday coming .

    Anyway, this will be the first time working in an office for 5 years; so to help me behave correctly, what these days are the dos and don'ts in an office?

    #2
    Originally posted by gables View Post
    Hi All,

    As some of you know I have a new job back in IT (thanks for the encouragement in the other thread), this jobs starts monday coming .

    Anyway, this will be the first time working in an office for 5 years; so to help me behave correctly, what these days are the dos and don'ts in an office?
    Don't ask stupid questions.

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      #3
      If you want to be a real techie:

      Do stare down any cleavage you come across.
      Do make strange noises periodically
      Do some obscure work that no one cares about.
      Do communicate with grunts.

      Don't make eye contact with anyone.
      Don't wash for days at a time.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Pinto View Post
        Don't ask stupid questions.

        Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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          #5
          Don't forget to turn up.

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            #6
            Make sure you take enough cash for the obligatory office Costa/Starbucks etc..

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              #7
              Don't name your desk stapler "Mohammad".

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                #8
                Spend your first day working on a chart listing the attributes of all the women in the office. Then spend your second day working out a way of ordering it.

                Everybody will like you after that.
                Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                  #9
                  Don't name your desk stapler "Mohammad".
                  You could be stapled to death for insulting stationary.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
                    Spend your first day working on a chart listing the attributes of all the women in the office. Then spend your second day working out a way of ordering it.

                    Everybody will like you after that.
                    unless you are a woman - we do exist - really we do.....

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