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maybe my mistake is leaving the magazines out in my office for people to flick through.....hmmm......may need to rethink that!

I've been musing on this thread a fair bit, and I wonder if some of the reasons why people assume we are 'experts' and have influence and power that some of us don't have in our roles despite being seen as Senior in the company is partly due to the..…

That we can provide training personally in anything people related because we are experts

And if there are any problems at all, HR deal with them all. Daft quarrel with a colleague? Tell HR, they are the Office Parents and will sort it out for you…

Hi Jacqueline

Inclusive in what way? Are they missing people out when sending invites to training out or not involving people in group activities etc?

In my early 20's I was instructed by my manager to wear a low cut top with a short skirt to a meeting with a potential client. I'll never forget it.

He'd be eating his teeth if he said that to me now.

I'm biased, I did exactly this and got the job! (I came across as 'boring' apparently :D )

Although it would depend on the situation, to be fair I can well imagine the heat affected the candidate. I noticed quite a few of us in here weren…

"Don';t forget the batteries are recyclable."

Genuinely snorted at this comment David :D

I used to keep a gerbil in my drawer (she was very old so I wanted her with me for her final days)

Im with Robey

If you don't think its connected to the other incident, then I'd treat it as any other item of lost property - keep for 12m, wrap it up if you're concerned about the cleaners (although cleaners don't generally rifle through bins and I'm…

I was wondering if this was a "asking for a friend" situation... :D