Do you relate to any of this ?
For many people, bad habits are unconscious. John might not realize that clipping his fingernails in the lunchroom is repulsive. Suzy is clueless that coffee was not made to be slurped and Ed doesn’t know that showering only three times per week is unhygienic (and stinky!).
Let’s be honest: Nobody’s perfect; not even you. Results from a recent MSN Zogby data poll show that 20 percent of workers say their co-workers have at least one habit that drives them crazy. So while your co-worker might have a more obvious bothersome tendency (like always talking on speakerphone), maybe your constant complaining about everyone else’s behaviors has the same effect.
In fact, 15 percent of workers agreed their co-workers’ constant complaining drives them crazy and 13 percent say colleagues passing off their work is frustrating, according to the poll. Other irritants included gossip, talking too much and eating smelly food.
“You really only have one option when it comes to being annoyed by a fellow employee,” says Donna Flagg, president of The Krysalis Group, a business and management consulting firm in New York City. “Simply let your co-worker know how you feel and politely ask them if they would mind curtailing their annoying habit.”
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