Here Are Some Wet Weather Driving Tips My Midwestern Coworkers Laughed At Me For Not Knowing The West Coast is currently facing an atmospheric river that is dropping a significant amount of precipitation, and gauging by the number of sirens and horns I’ve heard over the past few days, we could use a refresher on some wet weather driving tips. Now, upon pitching this story to my peers, I faced chuckles and… Read more…

My co-workers in home office submitted by /u/Lordert

LPT How to detach/decompress from toxic/bullying coworkers when I come home? I know the most obvious answer is to leave but for many reasons that is not possible at this time. I plan to leave within the next 18 months but literally cannot at this moment so please don’t suggest this. I also cannot move offices at this time either, I am purely looking for strategies for how to destress/disconnect when I am at home. Context…

This Mac App Will Show Your Coworkers’ Time Zones in the Menu Bar This free app shows what time it is for people, not where they live.

LPT – Find out what your boss and coworkers favorite snacks or treats are. Write them down and save them somewhere The critical thing here is to almost never use this info. Don’t bring their favorite snack in on a random Friday. I wouldn’t even do it on their birthday. Wait for a day when your boss or coworker is seemingly having a rough time. On that day, bring in their favorite snack or treat and give it to them. Don’t make a big deal about it, but do let …

LPT: Utilize your coworkers to get free as frequently or infrequently as you want! I work at a facility with about 10 guys. On any given day, if I was to ask everyone, at least one person would be down to get McDonald’s with me. Anyways about a month ago, I had already paid and was sitting in the drive thru, waiting for the food. It took longer than usual, so I started getting bored and looked at my receipt. At the top, it sai…

LPT Request: How do I tell coworkers I won’t buy candy to keep in my office for them? I used to buy candy to keep in my office for my coworkers. However, I have not bought any since one person completely cleaned out the bowl I kept it in. I mean like took every last piece for themselves. Since then, I don’t buy anything. I have this one coworker who has repeatedly asked me when I’m going to have candy for her. I laugh it off and…

LPT REQUEST: How to deal with chatty coworkers Earlier this year I switched jobs and now, for the first time, work in a corporate-style office setting with offices, cubicles, the whole 9 yards. Previously I worker in hospitality/customer service type roles. For context we all get 1 hour lunches plus two 15 min breaks. There is no set schedule as to when these are taken, it’s very relaxed and…

LPT: Get lunch with your higher stakes coworkers Seriously. Even, or especially, if you don’t like them much. Especially if you’re infrequently in office. Definitely pro-remote, but face-to-face once in a long while bring something important to the table. There’s a department that my dept works with a lot, and the relationship was not great. Part of it was their director’s incompetence, but I …

LPT Request: how to deal with coworkers that micromanage you? I have a coworker who is my direct equivalent in terms of job duties/description/etc cetra. I have been working at my job longer than she has (6 years) and have been at my role for 6 months longer than she has. However, any time something happens that she perceives to be a slight against protocol (even when it is not) she sends a curtly worded T…

The Most Effective Ways to Deal With Entitled Coworkers When we enter the workforce, we all come in with different life experiences, maturity, emotional intelligence, and understanding of longstanding power structures and systemic inequities. This is often most visible when it comes to entitlement. Read more…

LPT Request: My coworkers just let me do their job I recently graduated with an engineering degree and I’m currently working at a startup company. I understand that I might have to wear multiple hats, but I feel like my coworkers just let me do their jobs whenever I helped them out. I usually helped out the operators with their production because we don’t have enough people. I even stayed late u…

Going out to meet my boyfriends coworkers, is this cute enough? I love make up but it tends to give me a migraine so I use it sparingly. All I have on is blush, eyebrow tint, eye liner, mascara, and lipstick. This is a typical go to other than doing a winged liner, sometimes I do eye shadow but we’re going to a karaoke bar so I didn’t want to push it. Thoughts? Also if anyone knows of any really good mascara…

LPT request: how to deal with coworkers who don’t show up to the meeting/contribute to the project, and then complain about the final result? They skipped the meeting, they didn’t offer any ideas, and then they tear apart your efforts when you present them. I tried multiple ways of soliciting input during the formulation phase, but they just seem to want to critique the end product rather than participate and guide the project in the direction they would like. submitted by /u/u…

LPT Request How can I be a good bro to my coworkers? LTP Request. How can I, as a woman, be a good bro to my man coworkers? For context. I work in the marine industry as a deckhand where most of my coworkers are men, I love most of them, they’re fun and goofy, a lot of times I find them endearing. I notice there’s a flow or ease of conversation that guys seem to have among them but when I’m around…