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How to deal with nosy co-workers

How to deal with nosy co-workers

Many people have to work with some nosy co-workers. They keep watching, questioning and spying on everything about you. When you write a document, you are asked for the detailed content. When you make a phone call, they want to know who you’ve connected with. Even when you have a break, they want to know how long you would rest. No matter how boring these questions are, they enjoy knowing about them. How do you deal with these nosy co-workers? You can try the following methods.

1. If they ask you a question that you don’t want to answer, you can ask them the same question. For example, they ask you: “Hi, what are you writing?” You can say, “A Word file, what are you doing now?” Therefore, you can return the question to them. If you don’t want to be asked, you can find as many questions as possible from their answers, and then keep asking them until they leave you.

2. You can find some excuses to leave. Like going to the bathroom and taking a document to someone. Then you can run away from these nosy co-workers and take a short break to stretch your body.

3. If they keep talking to you, you can ask them for help, which can be a boring task, like counting papers, looking for some colleague’s files, etc. Therefore, they may be too busy to ask you boring questions. If they don’t want to help you, they will leave you as soon as possible and you can get rid of them.

4. If you want to connect with your friends or family, you should use short messages instead of phone calls to avoid these nosy co-workers. If you have to make a phone call, you should come out and say it lightly and briefly.

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