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You’ve probably seen this on Facebook by now. Business Insider has the scoop on the story.

And as the world prepares for its 7 billionth birth, the irony of the picture’s story is even more prescient.

19 of the 38 in this list annoy Indian co-workers.

• Loud typing
• Loud talkers / people who take calls on speakerphone
• Loud or irritating mobile phone ringtones
• Listening to music or videos without headphones
• People chatting by your workspace
• Humming/whistling/tapping
• Chewing gum
• A pungent-smelling lunch
• Taking food from the refrigerator that isn’t yours
• Dirty common areas (such as a dirty community microwave or refrigerator)
• Not putting things in the office kitchen/pantry back where they belong
• People throwing things in your garbage
• Messy desk
• People borrowing and not returning items from your desk
• Too much perfume
• Grooming (filing/clipping/polishing nails, tweezing, etc.)
• Clothing that’s too revealing for the workplace
• Constant complainers
• Eavesdropping and then chiming in
• Excessive gossiping
• Too much talk about health issues, spouses, children
• Colleagues who make too many personal phone calls
• Office pranks
• Too many meetings
• Starting meetings late or going long
• Showing up late for meetings
• Using phone or laptop during meetings
• Hitting “reply all” on mass employee emails
• Being CC’d on a long email string that doesn’t pertain to you
• People that don’t respond to emails
• People who send too many unimportant e-mails
• Not filling an empty printer with paper
• Overachievers that pander to the boss
• Overuse of workplace/industry jargon
• Trivial interruptions
• People who are first in and last out “just because”
• Coming to the office when sick
• People not taking ownership for their actions
• Other (please specify)

Chances are that people who add ‘just kidding’ after they say something really offensive aren’t actually just kidding.

Is India pulling a China?

Medianama is reporting that some ISPs in India have blocked Typepad, Mobango and Clickatell. From what we’re reading it is sporadic and happening in certain parts of India.

Also read their piece ‘How the Indian Government plans to regulate online content and blogs’

Excerpt:

So, what does this mean?

It means that given that the Indian government is unable to control content on the Internet, it is giving itself enough powers to control access of its citizens to that content, by controlling the ISPs. The process by which it can block sites is fairly bureaucratic, and it will be difficult for a request from a normal citizen to be entertained. But what is alarming is that the government itself has enough opportunity, given how vague the reasons for blocking are, to block anything it wants to block.