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7 types of colleague you never want to be

7 types of colleague you never want to be

We spend more time with them than family and friends: our co-workers, colleagues, managers and bosses.

Each day, relative strangers sit side-by-side, as they do some key-tapping, meeting-doing, phone-calling and idea-having – all in the name of work.

Yet, whilst the majority of UK workers get on – we’re British for goodness sake  – some colleagues end up at each other’s throats.

It could be your co-worker’s over-zealous typing, your boss’ braggadocio regarding their weekend drinking exploits or the milk thief who just won’t buy their own semi-skimmed (or lactose-free alternates).

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