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" &amp;quot;I was held captive by a coworker who went into detail about the two hours he&amp;#039;d spent one morning passing a kidney stone &amp;#039;the size of a golf ball.&amp;#039; When he imitated the sound of it hitting the toilet with a clink, I finally had to tell him to stop.&amp;quot; --D.P., 38, PHOENIX &amp;quot;At a business lunch, a client told me that she and her husband were swingers, and that they had cameras in every room of their house to catch all the action!&amp;quot; --S.P., 36, MINNEAPOLIS &amp;quot;A coworker confided that she was sleeping with the boss. She talked about how he was horrible in bed, how he had trouble performing. I remember thinking, &amp;#039;Wow, I did not need to know that about my store manager.&amp;#039; She ended up getting fired for stealing... Viagra.&amp;quot; --C.H., 34, EL PASO, TX &amp;quot;I had a boss who shared her money issues. Once, she said she had five cents until her next paycheck. It didn&amp;#039;t inspire confidence.&amp;quot; --T.K., 36, DALLAS &amp;quot;I used to love being my boss&amp;#039;s confidant. The bubble popped when she told me she&amp;#039;d had a threesome with two guys in her 20s. No unhearing that one.&amp;quot; --M.C., 34, MAHWAH, NJ &amp;quot;One day, a girl in the office came in late, saying she&amp;#039;d &amp;#039;burned herself.&amp;#039; I thought she meant on a curling iron, but then she said, &amp;#039;I was using Nair on my bikini area and left it on too long.&amp;#039; When our male boss came in and joked about her lateness, she told the story again!&amp;quot; --A.M., 41, BROOKLYN, NY  3 RULES FOR OFFICE TALK 1. Keep your grandma in mind. Any topics you wouldn&amp;#039;t discuss in front of her--whether it&amp;#039;s money, sex, or politics--you should keep out of the office, says Vicky Oliver, author of 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions. 2. Expect news to spread. &amp;quot;Every person you talk to has a constituency,&amp;quot; says Oliver. &amp;quot;So before saying anything touchy, consider who might get the story secondhand.&amp;quot; 3. Stay positive. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s harder to put your foot in your mouth if you&amp;#039;re upbeat,&amp;quot; says Oliver. &amp;quot;Plus, every-one feels better about people who are cheerful.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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