by Jill Bremer | Aug 12, 2009 | Civility, Communication Skills, Etiquette
- Never enter someone’s cubicle without permission. Behave as though cubicles have doors. Do not enter before you have “eye contact permission” from the occupant.
- Never read someone’s computer screen or comment on conversations you’ve overheard. Resist answering a question you overheard asked in the cube next to you!
- Try to pick up your phone after one or two rings. Set the ringer volume at a low level.
- When you leave your cubicle, turn your phone ringer off and let it go to voicemail or forward your phone number to your new location.
- Use your “library voice”.
- Don’t talk through cube walls or congregate outside someone’s cube. For impromptu meetings, go to a conference room or break room.
- Set your PC volume to a low level and turn off screensaver sound effects.
- Eat quietly. Avoid gum-popping, humming, slurping and pen tapping.
- Avoid eating hot food at your desk. Food odors can bother your hungry or nauseous neighbors.
- Keep your shoes on!
