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The Red Flags of Unprofessional Behavior (aka Use Your Fucking Manners at Work)

What’s separates a barnyard animal from someone lacking professional etiquette?

Access to e-mail.

I hate unprofessionalism.

Hate. It.

There’s no reason for it. Being professional boils down to two things: having basic fucking manners and learning the difference between an e-mail between friends and an e-mail between colleagues. Professionalism isn’t something you learn in a classroom. While someone can teach a course on work place etiquette, each work place is different and applying that etiquette is learned during a crash course otherwise known as the first couple of months on the job. You learn by example, good and bad.

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