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One of the pleasures of office life is that there can be dropping in, against which there is elsewhere a taboo (see Dropping in, page 83). Someone might drop in from legal for a natter or you might yourself pop over to finance for the same purpose. Dropping in or by creates a distraction which is usually most welcome, even, if the truth be told, to the miserable sods too busy to say hello in the corridor and those eaten up with ambition. But occasionally there is work to do. Zoe, who is at that stage of being enthusiastic about her job in PR, building up contacts in the press and so on, says, ‘If I have to listen to one more gargantuan discussion about Annie’s matching handbag for her wedding or what sort of towels they’re putting on their wedding list…’

 Don’t distract people if they are busy.