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7 BAD HABITS THAT SECRETLY DRIVE YOUR COWORKERS CRAZY

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You may not realize it, but there’s a good chance you’re doing at least one thing that drives your coworkers nuts. 
“That’s their problem,” you may think -- but it’s yours too say management experts and advice columnists. 
 “Working in close quarters with other people is always an adjustment. But if you’re constantly distracting coworkers, it makes them edgy and resentful and corrodes camaraderie,” says Karla Miller, who writesthe @Work advice column at The Washington Post. “Also, certain habits may make you seem unprofessional and cost you opportunities.” 
Are you guilty of engaging in any of these insanity-inspiring habits at work?

By Brooke Howell, Monster Contributing Writer

You may not realize it, but there’s a good chance you’re doing at least one thing that drives your coworkers nuts.

“That’s their problem,” you may think—but it’s yours too, say management experts and advice columnists.

“Working in close quarters with other people is always an adjustment. But if you’re constantly distracting coworkers, it makes them edgy and resentful and corrodes camaraderie,” says Karla Miller, who writes the @Work advice column at The Washington Post. “Also, certain habits may make you seem unprofessional and cost you opportunities.”

Are you guilty of engaging in any of these insanity-inspiring habits at work?

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    • Making an unreasonable amount of noise
    • Touching too much or in unwanted ways
    • Invading others’ personal space
    • Doing things that gross people out
    • Engaging in excessive chit-chat
    • Being a source of strong smells
    • Causing chaos on conference-calls
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