Things that are inappropriate in an office setting.

Often times, I will sit at work, attempting to read through a brief or write my own brief, and I will be rudely interrupted by an odd noise.

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Yes. That, my friends is the sound of someone clipping their frickin' fingernails at work. What is sad is that I hear it about once a week. Of course, this prompted me to think, "What else happens at work that really annoys me and I find highly inappropriate?"
 
NUMBER ONE: (Obviously) Clipping nails at work. I may get a file out now and again to smooth a rough edge, but a five minute clip job? Save that for your home, preferably the bathroom of your own home. I find it absolutely nasty. The sudden presence of a "clip clip" in the office makes me obsessed to find out the nasty individual doing it. STOP.
 
NUMBER TWO: Flip-flops in the office. All day long in the summer, I hear the "THWACK THWACK" of flip-flops back and forth in the hallway. I find this intriguing in that these plastic numbers are forbidden in our dress code. Yes some people believe that so long as they are not the rubber numbers you might wear to the pool, i.e. "These are my 'dressy flip-flops,'" that these are acceptable choices for footwear. I beg to differ. That noise all day long is agonizing. (Don't judge me for wearing them to and from the office in the summer. Rest assured that I change once I get into the office.)
 
NUMBER THREE: Play B96 at your cubicle. I must admit, I turn that station on occasionally when I'm in the car if I want to have a car dance party. But when I'm walking down the hall to check my mail, the last thing I want to hear is Katy Perry talking about her skin-tight jeans. It makes me feel uncomfortable seeing the 40 and 50-something support staff listening to this all day long. And I have a (not so) irrational fear that I will break out in dance. That is never acceptable. So stop putting that fear in my life. Unless you want to see my sweet white girl moves. Then proceed.
 
I am certain I have more. I might be one of the most irritable beings on the planet. I may have to edit this later to include more behavior that I have deemed inappropriate.