7 ways you're annoying all of your colleagues

If you’ve got a full time job, you’ll probably spend about a third of your time with your co-workers. During this time, it’s unlikely you’ll be a paragon of professionalism and formality at every single second.

Whilst relaxing at work can actually endear us to our colleagues - sharing stories about commuting nightmares and anecdotes about life actually helps builds relationships – getting too comfortable can put us in the danger zone of bad habits.

Behaviours that might be okay in our own households are no-nos in the workplace. These include leaving mugs on the side; spreading your belongings out over several desks and eating foods with a pungent aroma.

Yet, the line between acceptability and insufferability can often be thin. To help navigate the, often unsaid, social codes of the workplace, we’ve collated a list of the most annoying office habits on the next page.