Laughing all the Way to Work

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Listening to Your Neighbours

Laughing all the Way to Work

I work in a cubicle and hear things going on around me all the time. If my co-worker in the next cubicle is away and someone comes looking for her I usually know where she has gone as we regularly call out to each other where we are going as we rush off to do a photocopying job or send a fax.

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How to ensure confidentiality

Laughing all the Way to Work

Most of us work in a cubicle and it is easy when people come by to see what is on your computer screen or on your desk. Some things you work on are confidential and are not for everyone's eyes (including your co-workers).

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Stepping on work toes.

Laughing all the Way to Work

By invading each other's cubicle space or walking into an office without knocking. By not paying attention to the tone of our e-mails. People can get the wrong idea from an e-mail. Sometimes it is better to speak on the phone or in person. By going over someone's head and doing things behind the scenes.

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Caution: Enter at your own risk!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Or try a bit of humour if you are in an office cubicle and put a sign up such as, "Deadline to meet, enter at your own risk" and have a funny cartoon picture of some frazzled person with stacks of paper. They are going to happen so you need to learn to expect them and plan for them in your day.

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Where has the time gone?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Close your door if you have one or put a note on your cubicle space with "Please do not disturb" on it. For larger projects such as transcribing minutes or planning an event or other such things, it is a good idea to block time in your calendar so you can set aside a time to concentrate.

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Plugged in and Tuned Out: Listening to Music While you Work

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people have plugged in to help drown out the distracting noises from neighbouring cubicles, which can be helpful as long as your music isn’t in turn disturbing your neighbours. A friend of mine told me when his son was a teen he could hear him arriving before he even saw him by the sound of his car stereo.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

After reading the article on the "remote clicker", which is what I used to call it, I asked John in the cubicle beside me. Reactions: 2comments: Patty said. Hi Patricia and fellow admins. We looked in a catalogue and found it. It's called a Presentation Remote. Patty March 01, 2010 Patricia Robb said. Thanks Patty.