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[color=red][center][b][color=red]Top 10 office annoyances![/color][/b][/center]

Moody colleagues, slow computers and office jargon are the things that annoy workers most, according to a survey

'Thinking outside the box' and 'Let's touch base' were the most hated buzz phrases among the 1,836 people surveyed by Opinium research.

Nearly two-thirds of them said their stress levels had been increased by office irritations and one in 10 had left a job because of them.


The survey found the Top 10 office annoyances were:

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[center]1. Moody colleagues (37%)

2. Slow computers (36%)

3. Small talk/gossip in the office (19%)[/center]

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[center]4. The use of office jargon or management-speak (18%)

5. People speaking loudly on the phone (18%)

6. Too much health and safety in the work place (16%)
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[center]7. Poor toilet etiquette (16%)

8. People not turning up for meetings on time or at all (16%)[/center]

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[center]9. People not tidying up after themselves in the kitchen (15%)

10. Too cold/ cold air conditioning (15%)[/center]

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[center][i][color=red][b]The most annoying jargon:[/b][/color][/i]

Thinking outside the box (21 percent)

Let’s touch base (20)

Blue sky thinking (19)

Blamestorming (16) (sitting down and working out whose fault something is)

Drill down to a more granular level (15) (Look into something in more detail)[/center]

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[center]Let’s not throw pies in the dark (15) (we need a plan rather than a haphazard approach)

I’ve got that on my radar (13)

Push the envelope (12)

Bring your A-game (11) (Be ready to do something to best of ability)

Get all your ducks in a row (11)[/center]

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