Office Etiquette Part 1

CD Swapping

Consider the following situation: you are in work, working quietly in front of your Personal Computer with your headphones in, when a co-worker expresses an interest in your music collection. How should one respond?

Rule 1. Allow the co-worker to browse your albums and, in return, you should peruse your co-workers entire collection, whether it is 2 cds or 100. Anything less is an insult to their taste.

Rule 2. You must select an album - regardless of the quality of the collection - and YOU MUST listen to it (in extreme situations it is permissible to put the cd on and turn the volume to mute, hence sparing your co-workers feelings and your delicate eardrums).

Rule 3. Choose 1 album and 1 album only, no one likes a music hog.

Next Week - 'World's Greatest Dud: Why you don't touch someone else's mug.'