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Toilets, toenails & tuna | The most viral workplace 'icks' on Reddit, revealed

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From putrid bathrooms to pungent breakrooms, and cruel manager put-downs to cringey corporate lingo, everyone has tales of unpleasant workplace behavior that makes their skin crawl.

Now one report has revealed some of the “most viral” workplace "icks" – habits that cause extreme disgust – capable of turning employees against their colleagues and damaging office morale.

Reviewing Reddit threads on icks with the highest levels of upvotes and comments, a report by Ignite SEO identified posts on toilet troubles and kitchen conduct as the habits that could be driving major workplace resentment.

What are the ‘most viral’ office icks?

IgniteSEO selected five key posts asking for workers’ office icks, picking some of the most upvoted and popular comments submitted by users on the social media platform.

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