44 embarrassing situations that arise in every office

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

In the workplace, annoying, awkward and silly situations often arise. Getting into such circumstances is usually not at all funny, but reading about them is very funny.

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When asked to show a newcomer an office and you realize that you do not know the names of half of the employees.

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Everything is discarded for a gift, and you only have money in your pocket for travel.

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Behave as if you gave a tidy sum, when in fact you invested 10 rubles.

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Stretch your legs under the table and accidentally hit your colleague's legs.

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When you leave the office with unfamiliar employees and you need to somehow keep the conversation going, but there is nothing to say.

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And then you have to go home later, a long way or choose different routes so as not to run into them again.

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In a meeting, pretend to understand a difficult topic, and then ask a colleague to explain what was being discussed.

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Chat every day with someone whose name and job title you don't know.

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And when asked about him, say "one friend" and "either from IT specialists, or from another department."

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When asked to find Roma from the accounting department, and you have no idea who Roma is and what he looks like.

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You find Roma in the accounting department, and it turns out that this is the same "friend, either from IT specialists, or from another department."

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Come to a meeting that has begun, sit down and suddenly realize that this is not the meeting you should be at.

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Sit in this meeting for another ten minutes, plucking up the courage to leave.

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Suddenly confronted with the boss, so nervous that to ask him how was the weekend, although today is Friday.

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While no one sees, heat something "aromatic" like a fish in the microwave, and then resent together with everyone: "Fu, who did this?"

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When you urgently need to find or do something on your computer, but someone is standing over you and you suddenly forget how to use the keyboard.

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You don’t know how to use a printer or scanner, but it’s inconvenient to ask someone for help, so you press random buttons for ten minutes and convince yourself that you will succeed.

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When someone jokes out of place in professional jargon and everyone laughs, because it is inconvenient to say that the joke is stupid.

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When at a corporate party you have to tell a funny fact about yourself, which you know in advance that it is not so funny for others, and feel awkwardness hanging among colleagues.

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The inscription "Happy Birthday" in the postcard on the occasion of leaving the enterprise.

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The words "Sorry you're leaving" in the birthday card.

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When you need to sign a postcard to an unfamiliar employee and you write some banal nonsense.

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Seeing the boss outside of work, hide behind what turned up, right up to the trash can.

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That awkward moment when your colleague follows you to the toilet, and you are in great need.

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When you are in the toilet with a colleague, and he needs it.

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Make eye contact in the mirror after both of you have heard who was doing what in the toilet.

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When a colleague is about to walk into the same booth where you just had a "meeting."

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When you are discussing with your best friend a co-worker and he comes in just when you are about to say his name.

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And to feel paranoid for the next 48 hours, winding himself up that he heard everything for sure.

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Understand that you have eaten someone else's food, after the mailing with the topic "Who stole my food from the fridge?"

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Chew the edge of a ballpoint pen and remember that you borrowed it from a neighbor.

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Seeing a colleague chew on your pen and accept that you will never use it again.

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Notice on a colleague's desk a thing that has clearly migrated from your desk, and think about how to get it back.

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For a long time to tell something to a colleague and suddenly realize that he is wearing headphones.

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Seeing your favorite mug on someone's table, try not to show that it is incredibly annoying.

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Ask the question that was just discussed in the meeting, and thus make it obvious to everyone that you were not listening.

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Get caught on the fact that you are peering into a colleague's screen.

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Randomly send a letter to the entire office, instead of sending it to one addressee.

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Wondering why colleagues are glaring at you, and then you realize that your phone has been on speakerphone all this time.

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To be in the kitchen with a chatty colleague and just think that your tea is getting cold.

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When colleagues were invited to a birthday party just out of politeness, but they really took it and came.

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After dinner, undo the button on your trousers, forget about it and walk around the office with half your belly out.

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Sit in silence after saying "Do you have any questions?"

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And suppress the desire to strangle a colleague who still has a question.

Lifehacker's video contains a few more annoying situations that you may encounter in the office.