Nine to five: would you like a glass of wine?

Hello!” Anyone who is greeted like this in the office in the morning should definitely avoid two reactions: 1. Greeting back in an equally infantile manner.

2. dismiss the whole thing as harmless.

Because it isn't.

Rather, it is a prelude which, in the course of the working day, can turn into an excessive use of language that is hard to bear.

Because once the hello colleague has arrived, it certainly won't be long before the first "coffee" is on the desk.

Respect for those who don't roll their eyes and turn away in annoyance.

However, this becomes more and more difficult when, after the first “hunger” and a trip to the canteen, a “break” with “cigarettes” is announced.

I guess that means: don't worry, the break will be short and the addiction isn't that bad either.

all dishonesty,

hidden in harmless-sounding words.

Even “Freundchen”, for example, is only used by people who take the other person to be a whistle.

And the "sensitive" for an unbearable mimosa, his "people" for an incompetent team.

There is also no doubt that the “little moment” or the “little moment” when someone disappears from their workplace is ultimately a longer absence.

Uwe Marx

Editor in Business.

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It gets really bad when there's something to celebrate, a birthday, an anniversary, a promotion, it doesn't matter.

Then the "glass" of sparkling wine (it doesn't hurt anyone yet) is ruined by a cheerful "Have a drink!" (hurts everywhere).

Or, worse, by a “stick!”.

If you still don't hyperventilate then you must be dead.

It also holds out when the belittling faction ends a successful celebration in their own way: "little dream".

Where is all this supposed to lead?

In the post-Christmas period, we, still in a peaceful mood, don't want to be like that.

If necessary, both eyes are closed - not just one little eye.

Especially when someone trumpets loudly through the office: “Cookies for everyone!”