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Are you a Sniffer or a Smacker?
Author: officebroker.com  | Posted: 23-10-2007 | Comments: 0 | Views: 28 | Rating: (57)  (?) 
 We all have one - that annoying colleague whose habits and eccentricities gets right up our nose!
officebroker.com is the UK’s largest online broker of commercial office space and works with more than 97% of the UK’s serviced office space providers and landlords. Here, the company reveals some of the most common workplace personalities and offers advice on how to stay sane throughout your working day:
The Hipster – He wears the shiniest suit, the loudest tie and the silliest socks and is a grand master of the fake golf swing, finger pistols, thumbs up or spin bowl action. Shout Fore! or Six! every time he swings into action and get everyone to email him details of the local bespoke tailor.
The Borrower – Something missing from your desk? Every office has a perpetual borrower. Tell them you’ll start charging ‘interest’ if they miss the deadline - one chocolate bar for every hour past the deadline sounds a reasonable amount.
The Snake – Slimy, limp hand shaker who slithers around and stares at colleagues for far longer than should be allowed. Intensify your own hand shake grip and start staring back in an attempt to out freak your colleague.
The Smacker – The colleague who slurps their way through lunch, talks with their mouth full and shares far more of their lunch than they should. Vomiting actions or comments on the nation’s poor eating habits should nip this in the bud.
Pussy Galore – sweet yet neurotic colleague whose desk is covered in pictures of ‘Fluffy’ and who loves to share stories of her pussy’s ‘cute’ and ‘amazing’ antics. Fight back with ‘Fido’ pictures or invent a few alarming shaggy dog tales about cat lovers.
Moaning Minnie – there’s always one person who we’d like to put a sock in it – sometimes literally! Counter the corporate Victor Meldrew by whistling ‘Always look on the Bright Side of Life’.
The Gossip Monger – loves a good drama and is always first to share any scandal. Tell your colleague a story ‘in confidence’ then watch it spread like wildfire. Then confront them publicly with the fact that you are not really moonlighting as a lap dancer to pay for your daughter’s gap year – surely they can understand a joke when they hear one!
The Sniffer – The woman (or indeed man) who overdoses on perfume or aftershave and wafts through the office. Invest in the cheapest, nastiest smelly you can find or break into fits of sneezing and talk about your severe allergic reaction.
The Message Mangler – Takes a message but always forgets to find out where the caller is from or take a contact number. Give them a message template with headings for name, company and number or remove their phone altogether.
officebroker.com was founded by entrepreneurs Jim Venables and Andy Haywood five years ago and has grown into a multi-million pound enterprise with offices in the UK and US, and plans to launch divisions in Hong Kong and Amsterdam in 2008.
Managing Director Jim Venables said: “Anyone who has ever worked in an office will have encountered these characters. We reckon humour, charm or beating them at their own game, are some of the best ways to deal with irritating colleagues and their habits. However, if things are genuinely getting out of hand, it is always advisable to speak with your personnel department whose role it is to nip any genuine problems in the bud.”
ENDS
For further information or to set up an interview please contact:
Caroline Barnes or Anssah Hussain
Powell Communication Consultants
T: 0161 8285400
E: caroline.barnes@powell-pr.co.uk
Editor’s notes
officebroker.com
? Midlands based officebroker.com began trading in 2001 as an online commercial property broker
? Growing organically, the company has since doubled its profit year on year to become the number one, online office broker in the U.K
? Co-owners Jim Venables and Andy Haywood are projecting a Group turnover of £6.5million this financial year (April to April)
? The company trades Globally with existing UK and US offices and plans to launch divisions in Hong Kong and Amsterdam in 2008.
? officebroker.com’s ’Insight’ is a unique consultancy service for property investors searching for potential serviced office property throughout the UK. Utilising the Company’s considerable expertise, the service allows officebroker.com consultants to advise clients based on the UK’s supply and demand for serviced office space. For further details contact Marcus Hayes on 0870 112 3667
? Commercial Agents who would like to advertise landlords space on the officebroker.com website should contact Marcus Hayes on 0870 112 3667
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