151 Quick Ideas to Deal With Difficult People

78Asking a Collegue to Clean Up His Cube

The colleague of a friend literally aired his dirty laundry in the office one day. After a rigorous workout at a nearby gym, the employee returned to the office and decided to air dry his sweaty gym clothes by draping them over his cubicle walls. The odor prompted such an outcry that his supervisor ordered the man to return the clothes to his gym bag.

Some employees blur the lines between home and cube. And you may occasionally have to remind them of that difference and the need to tidy up their little space. A colleague who worked with a lot of files spread them around his cubicle. The excess spilled into the aisle. People had to step over the documents constantly during the day. Someone finally complained ...