10 ways to make your colleagues hate you

Text: Denise Ngo
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There are certain qualities that make someone a classic office villain: vindictiveness, arrogance, and a short temper, to name a few. But if there's one person people hate almost as much - if not more - than the villain, it's the annoying officemate. You know, the person who coughs all over your cubicle or who insists on setting her ringtone as the hamster dance song.

Not sure if you're the person everyone secretly avoids? Click through our list of irritating office behaviours to see if any of them sound familiar. And if they do, stop doing them. You'll get invited to lunch a lot more frequently, we promise.