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What Are Some Unspoken Social Norms At Your Workplace?

Stay the fuck away from my food in the damn refrigerator.

Clean up after your damn self.

Quit looking at me!

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by Anonymousreply 142August 25, 2018 6:26 PM

Don't cook fish in the microwave.

by Anonymousreply 1August 16, 2018 10:03 PM

Be careful of homophobic bosses.

by Anonymousreply 2August 16, 2018 10:06 PM

Be nice to Debbie, or she and her fibro brigade will cut a bitch.

by Anonymousreply 3August 16, 2018 10:11 PM

Take s shower and wash your hair.

by Anonymousreply 4August 16, 2018 10:20 PM

Dont't bump my chair as you stomp by my open desk space.

by Anonymousreply 5August 16, 2018 10:28 PM

Do not fill up your water bottle with Vodka. We smell the fumes, Biotch.

by Anonymousreply 6August 16, 2018 10:29 PM

Don't wash your office clothes and your cum filled handkerchiefs in the same washing machine load.

by Anonymousreply 7August 16, 2018 10:35 PM

Take out your perm rods before coming back to work.

by Anonymousreply 8August 16, 2018 10:41 PM

Be an incest-Surviving Frau who takes your daddy issues out on gay men because you're a low-key homophobe.

by Anonymousreply 9August 16, 2018 10:44 PM

[quote] Stay the fuck away from my food in the damn refrigerator.

Or I'll dose ANOTHER sandwich with croton oil and watch you do the two-step on your way to the can.

by Anonymousreply 10August 16, 2018 10:52 PM

Do not post flowcharts of your heavy menstrual flows.

by Anonymousreply 11August 16, 2018 10:53 PM

[R1] or Popcorn

by Anonymousreply 12August 16, 2018 10:54 PM

Don't fart in the lunchroom.

by Anonymousreply 13August 16, 2018 11:01 PM

If you're gonna be the office label maker (tagging the workplace bitch or pooter or suck-up), be discreet.

by Anonymousreply 14August 16, 2018 11:05 PM

Pretend not to notice how the Indians REEK of curry and B.O.

by Anonymousreply 15August 16, 2018 11:15 PM

"Be an incest-Surviving Frau who takes your daddy issues out on gay men because you're a low-key homophobe."

Oh, yeah, I totally forgot how women are the source of all evil and straight men are never homophobic.

Tell us about the unicorn in your office...

by Anonymousreply 16August 16, 2018 11:17 PM

Bring your dog to work and allow it to shit and pee everywhere.

by Anonymousreply 17August 16, 2018 11:18 PM

Don't be too obvious about overhearing my phone conversation with the guy I hooked up with last night.

by Anonymousreply 18August 16, 2018 11:22 PM

You don’t have a life outside of work and that your family and friends are secondary to work.

by Anonymousreply 19August 16, 2018 11:22 PM

Be nice to the white dude but do not engage him . make sure he knows his place

by Anonymousreply 20August 16, 2018 11:29 PM

Don't talk to your co-worker while you are both taking a leak in the bathroom

by Anonymousreply 21August 16, 2018 11:29 PM

R15 fuck off racist.

by Anonymousreply 22August 16, 2018 11:39 PM

They STANK r22. It's nasty. If white people stank that bad, they'd be spoken to by the Lindas.

by Anonymousreply 23August 16, 2018 11:50 PM

Remember to rewind the vcr training tape.

by Anonymousreply 24August 16, 2018 11:58 PM

Don´t be friendly to tourists.

by Anonymousreply 25August 17, 2018 12:06 AM

I can wear a bikini cover-up and flip-flops and expose my chicken skin armpits because that's fashion. But you must wear hard-soled shoes, khakis and long sleeved shirts with collars.

by Anonymousreply 26August 17, 2018 12:13 AM

If you have problems with excessive sweating, please carry a towel.

by Anonymousreply 27August 17, 2018 12:15 AM

Do not frame your promotion letter on the wall.

by Anonymousreply 28August 17, 2018 12:19 AM

Black yoga pants are perfectly acceptable "business wear." If a man wore black track pants to the office, he'd be told to go home and change.

by Anonymousreply 29August 17, 2018 12:20 AM

Sneeze in to a tissue, and not the back of my head.

by Anonymousreply 30August 17, 2018 12:22 AM

If you have sex in the parking lot, please take off your vest and name tag first.

by Anonymousreply 31August 17, 2018 12:23 AM

It is forbidden to sit in your chair at the lowest possible height.

by Anonymousreply 32August 17, 2018 12:25 AM

Employees found wearing the colour orange will be fired.

by Anonymousreply 33August 17, 2018 12:27 AM

Don’t wash your dentures in the sink

by Anonymousreply 34August 17, 2018 12:29 AM

While watching porn, mute the audio or use headphones

by Anonymousreply 35August 17, 2018 12:31 AM

Recognize that words like 'tight hole', 'bareback' and 'getting pumped' are another way to say NSFW.

by Anonymousreply 36August 17, 2018 12:36 AM

If you masturbate in the bathroom, please call Janitorial services to clean up.

by Anonymousreply 37August 17, 2018 12:37 AM

Mute your speaks when watching Chaturbate, please. Those token sounds are distracting.

by Anonymousreply 38August 17, 2018 12:38 AM

Regardless of comfort, never adjust the height of your meeting room chair to be higher than you insecure boss’ chair.

by Anonymousreply 39August 17, 2018 12:40 AM

Never sit at the head of the table unless you are in charge.

by Anonymousreply 40August 17, 2018 12:42 AM

Do not put your mouth over the water fountain and leave dark lipstick stains

by Anonymousreply 41August 17, 2018 12:42 AM

Do not ask Coworker(s) if she is pregnant, ever!

by Anonymousreply 42August 17, 2018 12:43 AM

Don't sit on the same side of the conference room table as your Indian boss. The dickhead will ask you to move because he doesn't want you to think you're at his level.

by Anonymousreply 43August 17, 2018 12:43 AM

Freeballing is only allowed on casual Fridays.

by Anonymousreply 44August 17, 2018 12:43 AM

Do not borrow items in the lactation room for your morning coffee

by Anonymousreply 45August 17, 2018 12:44 AM

Don't express surprise when your 600 lb coworker says she's married. (I learned this the hard way.)

by Anonymousreply 46August 17, 2018 12:45 AM

If your dick is larger than your boss's, and you want that promotion, don't let him see you naked in the gym locker room.

by Anonymousreply 47August 17, 2018 12:46 AM

Don't assume that your stone-butch female co-worker is an open lesbian, and not a lesbian in deep denial. Trying to start a conversation with her in gay-centric tones may bring unpleasant surprises.

by Anonymousreply 48August 17, 2018 12:54 AM

A can of Van Camp Beanie Weenies is not acceptable admission to the the holiday potluck.

by Anonymousreply 49August 17, 2018 12:57 AM

When you play those show tunes in your cube, remember that those boa feathers fly.

by Anonymousreply 50August 17, 2018 12:57 AM

Do not give soap-on-rope as a Christmas Gift to your coworker. Especially when we all know the giver of the present. (True Story).

Coworker actually turned red and in a serious tone said, ‘Are you trying to tell me I stink? A subtler approach would of been appreciated.’

Yikes!

by Anonymousreply 51August 17, 2018 1:06 AM

Don't bring in food/snacks for the team when you know someone is allergic to an ingredient, or at least write on a Sticky Note what's in it.

by Anonymousreply 52August 17, 2018 1:19 AM

Kindly do not change the channel on the TV in the lunch room to Faux News. No one wants to see that crap.

by Anonymousreply 53August 17, 2018 1:21 AM

If my office door is closed, take a damn hint.

by Anonymousreply 54August 17, 2018 1:21 AM

Steal all the Tampons.

by Anonymousreply 55August 17, 2018 1:21 AM

Please aim for the urinal, guys. Standing in urine is not pleasant.

by Anonymousreply 56August 17, 2018 1:24 AM

When Brysyn's and Jayxsyn's moms come around with the school fundraiser forms, group participation is expected. Failure to participate voluntarily will result in your names being added to the donor list, each for a minimum $50 contribution.

You've been warned.

by Anonymousreply 57August 17, 2018 1:30 AM

Don’t show up in the office any more than absolutely necessary. In the summer, as now, average attendance is about six people on any given day out of a staff of 23.

by Anonymousreply 58August 17, 2018 1:36 AM

Tooting is only permitted in the hallways.

by Anonymousreply 59August 17, 2018 1:39 AM

If you want to take a nibble on coworkers cock, don't go to the bathroom, use the kitchenette.

by Anonymousreply 60August 17, 2018 1:39 AM

R60 shit, I didn’t know that rule.

by Anonymousreply 61August 17, 2018 1:40 AM

Any candy or snacks left behind automatically belong to Ginny in Billing. Even though she's dead.

by Anonymousreply 62August 17, 2018 1:42 AM

Please leave the rodents alone they eat the bugs.

by Anonymousreply 63August 17, 2018 1:46 AM

No fucking flip-flops. The boss thinks it makes you sound frivolous.

by Anonymousreply 64August 17, 2018 1:51 AM

Realize that at pot lucks, you may be pushing your luck.

by Anonymousreply 65August 17, 2018 1:56 AM

Do not steal the company car(s).

by Anonymousreply 66August 17, 2018 1:58 AM

While we encourage good dental hygiene, please refrain from flossing in the cafeteria.

by Anonymousreply 67August 17, 2018 2:03 AM

Pace your morning coffee intake, ladies in accounting, or else you will start cackling after every rambling, unfunny sentence. That amazing performer on The Voice who made you cry - why is that funny?

by Anonymousreply 68August 17, 2018 2:05 AM

Please refrain from shaving your legs in the restroom (or anywhere else for that matter).

by Anonymousreply 69August 17, 2018 2:05 AM

Except for office emergency drills, do your evacuating at home.

by Anonymousreply 70August 17, 2018 2:09 AM

Please do not take any company files or other materials into the shitter with you to read while you drop a load. It is absolutely disgusting, and nobody else in the company wants to handle materials that have been touched by your shit-hands.

by Anonymousreply 71August 17, 2018 2:13 AM

Go ahead and microwave that broccoli and fish lunch of yours, and be sure to ignore all co-worker complaints.

by Anonymousreply 72August 17, 2018 2:33 AM

Don't sleep in the subway, darling. Don't stand in the pouring rain.

by Anonymousreply 73August 17, 2018 2:46 AM

Even when eating alone at your desk, CHEW WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED.

by Anonymousreply 74August 17, 2018 2:47 AM

Don't blow up the common restrooms with your foul-ass stinking food from the night before. Keep that shit in your homes, literally.

by Anonymousreply 75August 17, 2018 2:49 AM

Turn off the ringer on your cell phone.

(We're getting tired of hearing Macarena.)

by Anonymousreply 76August 17, 2018 2:52 AM

Sales calls, conference calls, and personal calls should not be conducted on speaker in public places.

by Anonymousreply 77August 17, 2018 2:55 AM

Don’t wash your feet in the bathroom sink. I’m not sure what type of gymnastics these people excel at. This was actually told to me the first day I started. I regularly see guys stripped to their briefs washing their feet in the sink.

by Anonymousreply 78August 17, 2018 2:55 AM

Stop sniffing the hot guy's pencils after hours.

by Anonymousreply 79August 17, 2018 3:00 AM

Addendum to R71, do not take a newspaper from the break/lunch room, bring it to the aforementioned shitter, and return it to the break/lunch room.

by Anonymousreply 80August 17, 2018 3:05 AM

Please be advised that you must place all of your dirty cups and dishes in the dishwasher instead of leaving them on the counter, and all coffee stirrers, sugar/Splenda packets, napkins etc. should be placed in the wastebasket instead of being left on the counter. If you spill anything on the counter, paper towels are conveniently located right in front of you to wipe it up. You lazy, filthy, slovenly pigs. Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 81August 17, 2018 3:34 AM

Don’t seduce the boss’s teenage son.

by Anonymousreply 82August 17, 2018 3:40 AM

When you're shoving people out of the way to get to the air pots to pump out coffee and the pump 'swooshes' to indicate you've emptied the air-pot, SET UP ANOTHER POT OF COFFEE, YOU SELFISH NARCISSISTS!

by Anonymousreply 83August 17, 2018 3:42 AM

Men and women do not touch. Ever. For any reason.

by Anonymousreply 84August 17, 2018 3:45 AM

We can all smell the booze on you when you come back from "lunch," but we're all too polite to say anything.

by Anonymousreply 85August 17, 2018 3:45 AM

The word "cunt" is unacceptable on employee performance review reports.

by Anonymousreply 86August 17, 2018 3:46 AM

The wedding band on a male coworker's finger doesn't mean "Stop!", rather "Proceed with caution."

by Anonymousreply 87August 17, 2018 3:49 AM

Sugarcoat the bad behaviors and actions of toxic people.

by Anonymousreply 88August 17, 2018 3:50 AM

Narcissists and sociopaths have rights too.

by Anonymousreply 89August 17, 2018 3:51 AM

The only smoking indoors should be done with knee pads.

by Anonymousreply 90August 17, 2018 3:54 AM

Never,ever get into an elevator with Patricia alone.

She wants out and wants cash and will even accuse the perfect Kinsey 6's of inappropriate behaviour if it might mean a pay out.

by Anonymousreply 91August 17, 2018 3:57 AM

If someone is fired, do not discuss the firing with your coworkers. In fact, it would be best for everyone to forget that the fired person ever existed.

by Anonymousreply 92August 17, 2018 4:05 AM

Only blond haired people succeed.

by Anonymousreply 93August 17, 2018 4:08 AM

Keep your head down and your mouth shut.

Work,after all should only be something to do during the day.

by Anonymousreply 94August 17, 2018 4:58 AM

R92 we had one of those as well, only were told that employee suddenly left and we were to never discuss any possible reasons why he may or may not have been fired.

by Anonymousreply 95August 17, 2018 4:58 AM

Do not piss off the HR staff or you will be forever tainted.

by Anonymousreply 96August 17, 2018 5:05 AM

Please don’t harass Betty.

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by Anonymousreply 97August 17, 2018 5:10 AM

When entering, the building, try not to wake the security guard at the front desk, He might actually ask to see your I.D. badge.

by Anonymousreply 98August 17, 2018 6:07 AM

When running off postage from the postage machine for your own personal use, make sure that nobody is watching you when you slip the postage in your pocket.

by Anonymousreply 99August 17, 2018 6:17 AM

After sitting on it, please make sure to clean the glass on the photocopier machine.

by Anonymousreply 100August 17, 2018 6:20 AM

Only Asians are allowed to stand on the toilet seats.

by Anonymousreply 101August 17, 2018 3:02 PM

Don't question my boss because he's always right. Always. Even when he's wrong, which is a lot.

by Anonymousreply 102August 17, 2018 3:07 PM

I think if anyone actually expressed a pro-Trump political position they'd be ostracized.

To the point where I sometimes find myself warning certain 25 year olds that "these clients live in Flyoverstan. Don't bring up politics at all and don't assume they all find Trump to be as ridiculous as we do."

(Bringing up politics is obviously never a good idea in a business meeting, but they will let fly with 'that's the sort of thing Trump would say' or 'he lies even more than Trump" and assume everyone in the room is on the same page.)

by Anonymousreply 103August 17, 2018 3:15 PM

Don't get shit faced and make an ass of yourself at the office Christmas party.

by Anonymousreply 104August 17, 2018 3:25 PM

If you pee your pants; go home and change.

by Anonymousreply 105August 17, 2018 9:50 PM

Working at home is no longer allowed.

by Anonymousreply 106August 17, 2018 9:54 PM

All this Israeli wit .

by Anonymousreply 107August 17, 2018 9:54 PM

Work is not a place to have fun.

by Anonymousreply 108August 17, 2018 9:55 PM

If the pressure is high and you decide to start shooting in the workplace, put the cum rag away afterwards.

by Anonymousreply 109August 17, 2018 11:44 PM

remember Run , Hide and Fight , that is all you need to do to avoid workplace violence

by Anonymousreply 110August 17, 2018 11:45 PM

When your boss tells you that he needs to present at a meeting, don't go check your hole.

by Anonymousreply 111August 18, 2018 12:32 AM

Do not bring your voodoo dolls, of your coworkers, to work.

by Anonymousreply 112August 18, 2018 12:34 AM

Haha R112. Good one. Can you imagine dolls sitting on a coworker's desk...

by Anonymousreply 113August 18, 2018 12:48 AM

Make sure to recycle your typewriter ribbon cartridge and see the manager's secretary prior to ordering a new typewriter element. Font Size 12 Courier is the standard, and she has spare balls.

by Anonymousreply 114August 18, 2018 1:24 AM

Potlucks are to be shared. Someone please tell Judy this information.

by Anonymousreply 115August 18, 2018 2:05 AM

^ Can't tell her. It's an unspoken social norm.

by Anonymousreply 116August 18, 2018 2:08 AM

R116 damn you! Let’s make Judy Be Anyone.

by Anonymousreply 117August 18, 2018 2:09 AM

Please do not take more than ONE piece of candy from my very enormous candy dish.

by Anonymousreply 118August 18, 2018 2:13 AM

If you say only a few words of idle chatter in the morning, you will be bullied. You are expected to be nicey-nicey at all times even when they stab your back to the boss and slit your throat in meetings.

by Anonymousreply 119August 18, 2018 3:21 AM

If my arms are full of papers, boxes,books, or supplies, don't open the door for me. I need to learn how to function as aparaplegic and opening doors with no arms is good training; in case I should ever be injured and lose all use of my limbs.

by Anonymousreply 120August 18, 2018 11:47 PM

If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is priority. I am psychic.

by Anonymousreply 121August 19, 2018 12:19 AM

If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could mean a promotion.

by Anonymousreply 122August 19, 2018 12:20 AM

Take a late lunch if need be, but early lunches not acceptable.

by Anonymousreply 123August 19, 2018 3:29 AM

Make eye contact and smile at everyone, even if you hate them.

by Anonymousreply 124August 19, 2018 3:30 AM

Do not try to remove off equipment from the building.

by Anonymousreply 125August 19, 2018 6:47 AM

Parking in the rear means your car.

by Anonymousreply 126August 20, 2018 12:41 AM

Take up smoking. The best friends you'll ever make are the other smokers outside.

by Anonymousreply 127August 20, 2018 1:00 AM

Smokers are less than in the workplace.

by Anonymousreply 128August 20, 2018 1:37 AM

Use an acronym whenever possible. it is like we speak a foreign language in the office. if anyone asks a question, the stardard answer is always 'look it up in the manual'. The answer to everything is not in the manual

by Anonymousreply 129August 20, 2018 1:41 AM

The smokers are usually the most chill and laid-back people in the workplace.

by Anonymousreply 130August 20, 2018 1:42 AM

R130, the guy smokers are chill. The women smokers, not so much.

by Anonymousreply 131August 20, 2018 1:47 AM

If you need a few boxes of pens for home use, please help yourself to the supply room. We want you to be comfortable at home too.

by Anonymousreply 132August 20, 2018 2:13 AM

If you are not involved in a committee then you are not a team player.

by Anonymousreply 133August 20, 2018 2:14 AM

Embrace everyone's uniqueness. Even the cunts.

by Anonymousreply 134August 20, 2018 2:39 AM

If you complain about the non-team players you're not a team player.

by Anonymousreply 135August 20, 2018 2:40 AM

Never tell the the truth.

by Anonymousreply 136August 20, 2018 2:49 AM

Profit before people.

by Anonymousreply 137August 20, 2018 2:53 AM

Learn how to scribble your signature

by Anonymousreply 138August 20, 2018 2:56 AM

All sippy cups must be marked with names of their owners because you all bought the same cup on sale at Target. Yeah, that fancy way of saying it never gets old. Hopefully, we won't run into last year's problems with North Face vests.

by Anonymousreply 139August 20, 2018 2:58 AM

Please do not shower, wear lotion, cologne, hairspray, etc. because everyone, but you has a chemical allergy. You stinky cunts. God damn you all. Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 140August 20, 2018 5:26 AM

Can't you just use a paper plate to cover food you're microwaving? That's what I always do to avoid splatters.

by Anonymousreply 141August 25, 2018 5:00 PM

^^Oops—wrong thread.

by Anonymousreply 142August 25, 2018 6:26 PM
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