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Common sense in the office
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9-12-2007 7:20 PM
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=197&tag=nl.e550
For the complete article, with the writers' rather funny comments on each of the items in the list.
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Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"career")" class="icon mail">Contact</A></LI> </UL> <SPAN class="topBHead">by Toni Bowers, Senior Editor</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=197">A look at one of the dumbest common sense lists ever</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=197">On the tails of my publishing a blog last week about <A href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=194">cubicles</A>, my boss dropped off an article from the <A href="http://www.courier-journal.com/">local paper</A> about rules for “cubicle courtesy.” It contained a ten-point bulleted list that I’m still laughing about. The “tips” are not explained in any way, leaving the casual, smart-aleck reader (in other words, me) to fill in the lines herself. 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