How do I get coworkers to stop asking me to donate blood? [more inside]
posted on Aug 26, 2008 - 59 answers

How can I make someone else a better graphic designer? [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2008 - 16 answers

What do you do when you and someone you barely know are approaching each other? Always make eye contact and smile or say hi? Make eye contact and then keep walking? Keep walking unless they say something? Mentally scramble for small talk? Stop and tie your shoelaces? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 24 answers

The waist pinch: does it necessarily indicate flirting? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2008 - 26 answers

Should I (try to) learn to play golf? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2008 - 19 answers

What to do about a moonlighting coworker? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2008 - 36 answers

How to exit this job gracefully? [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2008 - 15 answers

Imagine you're planning a trip and you know someone, maybe distantly, who used to live where you are traveling. Do you feel obligated to ask that person for advice? What do you ask them? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 12 answers

Help me use game theory to better understand the seemingly irrational behavior at my workplace [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 16 answers

How do I fire someone without demoralizing the rest of my team? [more inside]
posted on Dec 8, 2007 - 38 answers

I'm looking for recommendations of good-sounding headphones that don't leak sound, so I can crank up the volume without annoying my coworkers.
posted on Oct 9, 2007 - 14 answers

I have a very good memory, which comes in handy at work when issues come up and I can recall the context and history. However, my colleagues have come to rely on my memory rather than developing their own knowledge or referring to other sources of information. How can I get them to leave me alone so I can get some work done? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2007 - 27 answers

Awkwardness v. Maliciousness: Am I correct in thinking that it is *way* impolite for a longtime (male) co-worker to bring up the subject of my particular past ex-girlfriends during happy-hours/dinners that include my current (well, 2 yrs now) girlfriend? [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2007 - 33 answers

How can I deal with a troublesome co-worker, or else not let her get to me? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2007 - 12 answers

What are some good group/ teambuilding activities for a bunch of young, cynical co-workers in New York City? We aren't a bunch of bitter hateful people or anything, but I use the word cynical to make clear that some kind of cheesy rah-rah corporate teambuilding exercise won't fly with this group. Unfortunately, official "teambuilding" stuff that I've seen is all cheesy corporate rah-rah. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2007 - 35 answers

MiddleManagementFilter: Boss says give task X of my project to "Robin". I try. Instead of doing task X, Robin sets up a meeting between me, her, and whoever she wants to pass me off to. She steps out, I end up doing it. How do I get her to do the damned task? [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2006 - 20 answers

Please help me identify and address a specific negative workplace behavior. Is this person being passive aggressive? [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2005 - 28 answers

How can I stop being bothered by little things at work? There are some things my coworkers do that drive me nuts, but they aren't the sort of things you just ask people to stop doing. [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2005 - 42 answers

What do you do when someone hates her job and tries to make everyone else hate theirs, too? What do you do with someone who almost literally seeps anger and discontent into the air around themselves? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2005 - 18 answers

My spouse and I are ending our marriage, and I would appreciate advice on how and when I should tell people.

We pretty much decided to do this a couple months ago, but I hadn't talked about it with anyone out of hope that we would reconcile. Recent events have made it clear that this isn't going to happen. Now I want to know how long I should wait before I explain what's happening to my child, family, friends, and acquaintances.

Tips on how I should raise the issue are also appreciated. Obviously telling my parents will require a different approach than telling, e.g., my boss. My spouse and I are both fairly introverted, and few of my friends are acquainted, so I can't count on this information spreading itself through any circle of friends. Without forcing anyone to chose sides or evoking pity, I am simply looking to minimize the inevitable awkwardness facing me.

I will definitely seek the help of a therapist, especially for guidance on how best to guide my first-grader (whose emotional well-being is most important to me) through this very difficult thing. However, I'm also interested in the input of anyone who has either been through this situation or know someone who has.
posted on Oct 31, 2004 - 14 answers

Putzface_dickman's question below and some issues I'm having with a co-worker prompt this: if you suspect someone of having no imagination, what's a good way to "test" them?
posted on Sep 23, 2004 - 26 answers

I work with people who have certain views that I find reprehensible, (not just disagree with, but find inimical,) but are otherwise decent people. How do I deal with them when they voice these views? I want to remain true to my principles, but not be combative. [More Inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2004 - 22 answers