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Here Is a Chart of What You Are Doing to Piss Off Your Colleagues at Work

Take down that Bernie 2020 sign from your cubicle wall, stop streaming The Masters on your computer, put in some AirPods, and watch your language, asshole, because you’re irritating your co-workers, according to a new survey from Accountemps.

The good news is your fellow accountants aren’t as annoyed by your tats, nose ring, and fuchsia hair like they used to be.

Of the 91% of senior managers surveyed by Accountemps who said their firms have become more relaxed in the past 10 years, 59% cited looser societal standards while 52% blamed millennials and “Zoomers” as the main reasons why office etiquette rules have changed.

But there are still things you’re doing that get under the skin of your cube-mates. Accountemps lists them in this handy-dandy chart:

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