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In ordinary life, deliberately ignoring someone you know, ‘blanking’ them, is a devastating act of full-scale hostility. But at work, so some people think, it’s a feather in your cap. ‘Look at me,’ they seem to say as they stump by, busy, busy, without a glimmer of recognition, ‘I’m so useful and important I’ve not got a moment to spare.’ This is what it’s like at Matt’s office – grim. People have got their heads down, they’re far too busy wondering how many column inches to devote to innovations in gear-box design on dumper trucks. They couldn’t possibly say hello. Zoe does at least say hi to the people of her own age in her PR agency, but strangely has no greeting for her managing director when she goes into her office to tell her how well she’s getting on with some new press contact.

 Nothing is more dismal than a workplace where people don’t greet each other.

 Greet people the first time you see them that day (however late it is) and before you launch into whatever business you have.

 Senior staff often suffer the most from lack of being greeted.