Another Wild Year Work has its highs and lows, but in the end, there's only winning and learning. She is often late to work, can be unprofessional with coworkers, and isn't someone you can routinely count on to go above and beyond her . But bitching to your other colleagues wont do youor the perpetratorany good. The fact that Americans spend, on average, more than 40 hours a week at the workplace makes it a fertile ground for co-worker attraction. 1. Listening to these complaints will lead you down a negative road to unhappiness at work, in association with a host of other issues resulting from this one person. This can improve how you think about problem-solving and innovation. Office Manners: Are Yours Civilized Or Crass. There are times when you are simply content staying where you are and will try and cope with the idea that your coworker has left. When colleagues are close, a poor effort means more than a dissatisfied customer or an unhappy manager. They name-drop and appear to be connected. And you know that it is a bad day for the entire workplace when their look could kill! Watch how she delivers presentations, and pay close attention to her written and verbal communication. [CDATA[//>