Work Place Drama: 10 Things You Should Never Do At Work

Your work place becomes your second home once you start working and just like any home, there are rules and regulations to be followed to ensure the peace and harmony of all people, right? And that said, as you strive to coexist with all your co-workers there are  some major lines you must not cross not only to keep your job, but to have a good working environment for all people.

Here are 10 things you should never do at work:

1. Take personal calls

It doesn’t matter whether something upset you or you received good news, but personal issues should not be brought to work. Instead, receive all personal calls outside the office in a private place where you wont disrupt everyone else.

Receiving a phone call in the presence of your colleagues makes you appear dramatic and unprofessional. Not only that, but by constantly talking on your phone you are disrupting your co-workers and that is frowned upon.

2. Spend hours on social media

Can you imagine losing your job because of social media? Because you were busy on Facebook trying to catch up with people’s lives? It wouldn’t be fair, right?

Well, that’s how unfair your employer feels when they’re paying you to do a good job and you waste your hours away being on social media. Preserve the time for social media for lunch breaks and when you’re at home.

3. Come into work very sick

Its okay to love your job so much so that even when you are sick you still want to report. However there is a thin line between dedication and risking your life as well as your coleaguses.

For example if you have a contagious disease like chicken pox it is better to stay home because not everyone got it as kids and you could be exposing them.

Taking care of yourself is as important as working hard at work and producing great results. Don’t strive to please everyone and neglect your personal health by straining your weak body to work when it needs to rest or recuperate.

Your health is equally as important as your job.

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4. Come to work high or drunk

I’m sure you have a memory of when you were either in high school or primary and a teacher came to class drunk and reeking of alcohol. This made most people uncomfortable because no one can work well in a smelly environment.

The same applies to your workplace, do not go to work drunk because not only will you make everyone uncomfortable but you might also end up saying something you don’t mean and getting fired in the process.

Wait until evening if you have to sip something, but when you’re at work, be professional and sober. The last thing you want is being labelled as a drunkard by your colleagues.

5. Disrupt people from their work

Some people are naturally chatty and have a hard time drawing the line between when to be serious and when to have some fun. At the workplace, people are busy with the day’s business, and if there was no work to be done that allowed people to bicker all day long, they’d all be at home right?

Therefore, work should be respected because interrupting your colleagues from their busy flow of thought and work is harmful to the productivity of the whole organization.

Even though you have a very juicy story, know when to say it, like during lunch hours.

6. Have your phone on anything other than silent

There’s nothing more annoying than a phone that keeps ringing on the loudest tone there is. It disrupts the whole office. Keeping your phone on silent is a sign of respect for your colleagues and your work.

7. Wear too much perfume

It’s every person’s goal to smell great all the time and to kill any bad body odor that could come inherently from natural causes.

Wearing too much perfume, that is very sharp and stingy to the nose is outright over-bearing and uncomfortable.

Everyone dreams of inhaling the best of fresh air and considering the limited space you and your colleagues share, fresh air is limited. That said, put on very minimal perfume that is gentle, that only you can smell.

Perfume is meant for you, not for everyone.

8. Whine or yell at your colleagues

It’s so important to maintain a very professional relationship with your colleagues, because after all, they are not your family. They are just people you work with. With the right boundaries in place, avoid yelling or responding in angry tones.

Even if you don’t agree about something, maintain a calm attitude and respond well in any given circumstance, however annoyed you might be. You would rather talk a few minutes to cool off that have a war of words with your colleagues.

9. Hit on your boss or your colleague

There’s nothing more uncomfortable, like receiving romantic advances from your colleague . Keep off dating agendas to after work hours. Hitting on your colleagues at work breeds a very uncomfortable environment that makes the other person lose focus, become anxious and unproductive.

If you have to throw a pick up line, do it after work, on your way home. Not at the office.

10. Make your personal life the focus

Yes, you are a human being with feelings and emotions, but when it comes to work, keep all your personal issues at home. Be strong and focused enough to deliver effectively at work no matter what is weighing you down.

You might actually find the peace and calm you are looking for when you channel your energy to your work rather than worrying about your personal life issues.

Have an on and off button where, when you’re at work you are focused on work and when you go home, you can focus on all the stuff that isn’t right in your life.

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