This post is dedicated to the spirit of frivolity. Is everybody onboard with that?
Hmm. What this post is really about is how I realized yesterday—Tuesday is my normal publication date—that I’d run clean out of posts. As a well-organized, diligent, and hardworking copywriter, I usually create a month’s worth of material at a time, a great stress and anxiety reducer indeed. But, hey, this time I screwed up.
This morning, while thinking about what I was scheduled to post, I got sidetracked by The Tech Chronicles and a report about what annoys people about “the office.” (Thank you, Benny Evangelista.)
Key Office Annoyances
A whopping 78% of 17,000 professionals surveyed by LinkedIn were peeved by co-workers who don’t take responsibility for their actions. Chronic complainers also ranked high, as did boring meetings that start late and last long. People who claim that your email must have gotten stuck in their spam filter had better clean up their acts. And folks who don’t police the microwave after exploding their chili all over the interior had better start walkin’ the law. No blaming your Evil Twin Veronica for any of these failings.
Annoyances vary by country. Brazilians hate excessive gossip. (How does one define “excessive”?) The Japanese hate office pranks. And a high percentage of Indians are not fond of “irritating” mobile phone ring tones. (Guess it’s time for me to 86 my action-hero theme.)
So, what bugs you?