Office etiquette

[chicane]

You're walking across the office towards the coffee machine / bog and a fellow employee or contractor who works in the same area as you is walking in the opposite direction towards you.

Do you:

a) Mumble "alright", or the person's name, or both.
b) Pretend to be texting on your mobile or reading the bit of paper in your hand
c) Look at the floor/ceiling
d) Pretend that something highly interesting (e.g. a brightly coloured stapler) has caught your eye
e) Try (and fail) to say something witty

[angusglover]

You're walking across the office towards the coffee machine / bog and a fellow employee or contractor who works in the same area as you is walking in the opposite direction towards you.

Do you:

a) Mumble "alright", or the person's name, or both.
b) Pretend to be texting on your mobile or reading the bit of paper in your hand
c) Look at the floor/ceiling
d) Pretend that something highly interesting (e.g. a brightly coloured stapler) has caught your eye
e) Try (and fail) to say something witty

Depends on how big her knockers are....

[thunderlizard]

Say a nice clear hello. But don't break stride. That's very important.

[MrsGoof]

You're walking across the office towards the coffee machine / bog

It's a shared resource YUK!

[Kyajae]

You're walking across the office towards the coffee machine / bog and a fellow employee or contractor who works in the same area as you is walking in the opposite direction towards you.

Do you:

a) Mumble "alright", or the person's name, or both.
b) Pretend to be texting on your mobile or reading the bit of paper in your hand
c) Look at the floor/ceiling
d) Pretend that something highly interesting (e.g. a brightly coloured stapler) has caught your eye
e) Try (and fail) to say something witty

Are you about to embark on a trip to the coffee/machine/bog and need advice?

[chicane]

Depends on how big her knockers are....

I'd forgotten since starting this contract that women sometimes populate offices too...

[Sockpuppet]

I prefer "howdy".

Unless she is hot then I prefer "erm...mumble.....crash...burn"

[wendigo100]

You're walking across the office towards the coffee machine / bog and a fellow employee or contractor who works in the same area as you is walking in the opposite direction towards you.

Do you:

a) Mumble "alright", or the person's name, or both.
b) Pretend to be texting on your mobile or reading the bit of paper in your hand
c) Look at the floor/ceiling
d) Pretend that something highly interesting (e.g. a brightly coloured stapler) has caught your eye
e) Try (and fail) to say something witty

Do you have a problem interacting with other people?

If it's the first time you've seen each other that day, just say hello. If you catch each others eyes after that, a smile will suffice, otherwise ignore them.

[chicane]

Are you about to embark on a trip to the coffee/machine/bog and need advice?

Yes, but preferably not from you.

[Burdock]

ha! ha!

It's funny how we greet people in the corridor, even if we sit opposite them. Almost like they're the last person we expect to see 10 yards from their desk.

Weird psychology.