Etiquette culture in the tea room

Etiquette culture in the tea room

During office breaks, employees often choose to chat and rest in the tea room. So what kind of etiquette culture is there in the tea room? Let me take you to understand.

The magical function of the pantry:

A greenhouse for interpersonal communication

With the pantry, women no longer have to use the excuse of frequently touching up their makeup to run to the bathroom, but Make an appointment with your good friends and chat comfortably in the fragrance of latte coffee; with the pantry, men don’t have to go to the smoking room to smoke, which is harmful to health, and they can’t enjoy the brightness of the pantry. Sunny and relaxing atmosphere. If employees have something to communicate with their boss, it seems more natural to pretend that they are meeting each other; if there is something to discuss between colleagues, just say: Let's go and have a cup of coffee?, and it will be clear to them. Although some people say that the tea room is a "room of bitter water", it is better to talk it out than to keep it in the heart. In the workplace, who doesn't have grievances and dissatisfaction? Speaking it out is not only easy to vent, but also gets cheering from colleagues. If you look closely, the tea room is also a place that reflects your personal personality. Some people are environmentally friendly and will give up disposable paper cups and bring their own mugs; some people are busy and are afraid that they will miss an important call from a customer in the few minutes they go to the tea room, so they come to the tea room to fill a pot of water and drink it as soon as they get to work. There are people who are diligent all day long. Although they are interns, they still remember which senior drank coffee without sugar and which senior only drank tea. They strive to create a high-quality image of new employees in the workplace - pay attention and observe that there are all living things in the tea room.

Channels for transmitting intelligence

Chen Lizhe, director of VOLVO’s marketing department, said in the article "The Tea Room, My Intelligence Collection Station" that the most suitable place for gossiping is the tea room. He often hangs out in the tea room, where he can get a lot of valuable information, which helps to understand the recent status of other departments. He was generally a good listener but would add a word or two when necessary. He does not encourage everyone to become a disseminator of right and wrong, but he also does not want to become a "non-stick", because in addition to doing things, interpersonal relationships with colleagues are also very important. Especially the marketing planning department, because it often needs to communicate and cooperate with other departments, so some gossip will be more or less helpful in the execution of the work.

Of course the boss will also reflect his style in some details. For example, the boss of a foreign company recently placed a large jar in the pantry with the message "Herbal tea for colds". Could he be implicitly reminding employees: The flu is prevalent, everyone should pay attention to your health!

For sales staff, the pantry is It can also become a place to easily negotiate with customers and showcase the company's culture, which is the so-called embodiment of the company's "soft power".

The magic weapon for self-improvement

Nowadays, celebrities are popular in self-promotion, and professionals are also inspired by it. Mr. Liang of a foreign company has only received one salary increase after four years in the company, and the amount was very small. At the end of the year, he took the opportunity of making tea to deliberately complain to the boss's assistant, "There is a company that wants to recruit me. I am very hesitant now. My boss treats me well, and my colleagues work well together, but that company offers me a job." The salary is very attractive, what should I do? After saying this, I specifically told her: Don’t tell the boss about this!? But what I really wanted to say was? You must tell the boss!? Hard work pays off, and the assistant wanted to take credit. , to show that he was doing his job responsibly and helping the company retain talents, he finally told the boss about it. Only then did the boss notice his role in the company, so he got the treatment he deserved.

Studies have shown that 80% of the conversation in the tea room will reach the ears of the boss. If you can use this rule, you will definitely be able to convey what you want to say most to your boss.

Embarrassing incident in the tea room:

Hearing things you shouldn’t hear

You walked into the tea room and heard two colleagues talking bad about you. What? Poor in ability but very high-profile, young and fond of dressing up, they didn't notice you standing behind you, so they were so angry that you walked out without drinking anything.

Nirvana: Either pretend you didn’t hear it, and let the words go in one ear and out the other. Anyway, there is no perfect person in the world. You can’t make all your colleagues like and recognize you. There will always be people with objections, but That's not a big deal, as long as you have a clear conscience; or have a frank talk with a colleague. Note that you must be calm and talk with the purpose of listening to opinions and solving problems. As long as you behave openly, those colleagues who talk about you behind your back will feel embarrassed over time.

Seeing things you shouldn’t see

It’s rare for you to go to the tea room, but by chance, you see the financial director putting his hand on the waist of the new beautiful assistant in their department, saying, As time went by, you stepped out the moment they turned around, because you knew that the financial director was a family man. But later this matter still spread, and the assistant also left his job. When he left, he muttered "Who talks too much?", which made you scared.

Nirvana: What you did at the time was right. Since it was a secret, the person involved must not want others to know, and you must keep it secret, regardless of whether the secret is ethical or not. And what you glimpse is only a moment, so you can't conclude any facts. Of course, you don’t need to clarify it with the person involved afterwards. As long as you open your eyes wider and close your mouth tighter when you go to the tea room in the future, it will be fine.

Exposure should not be exposed.

Your good sisters in the company are not in the same department as you, so every day you meet in the tea room to chat, eat and drink, which makes it easier to relax. Once you guys were talking about your husband's recent lack of sexual frigidity. Unexpectedly, someone came to you the next day to recommend a men's hospital with an ambiguous smile on his face, which made you extremely depressed!

Nirvana: Shuttle buses, elevators, pantries, restaurants, restrooms and other public places in the company are actually open and are really not suitable for private conversations - if we can't control other people's mouths, how can we not control our own? Unless you want to increase the speed at which gossip spreads. But if the above situation happens, it is recommended that you forget it as soon as possible, because office gossip is updated as fast as the entertainment industry, and your embarrassment will soon be forgotten; of course, you can be braver, laugh at yourself, and make people want to laugh at you People feel boring.

There are risks in the tea room, so be careful when gossiping:

What are the minefields that should not be touched when gossiping in the tea room? Office romance bears the brunt. Although everyone pays the most attention to this matter, office romance is still classified as a taboo in many companies, so you'd better not gossip, just in case it gets to the boss's ears one day, causing them to break up and go their separate ways. You will feel guilty about it for the rest of your life; office politics should not be discussed in the tea room. When encountering cliques in the company, as a junior employee, you should keep your tail between your legs, talk less and do more, and don’t fall victim to office politics; in the end, it is the boss’s private matter. You can comment on the boss's clothes and makeup today, but don't gossip about his/her personal affairs. For example, he is actually the son-in-law who made his fortune by relying on his wife's family, or she has been divorced twice but talks about herself to the new handsome employee. Fantasy about being a bride and so on. ;