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The Finer Points of WAH Etiquette
By Dan Reinhold


Business etiquette is vitally important in the corporate world…and
more so when you work at home.
Here we at WAHumor present a basic primer on the finer points of WAH
etiquette.

Proper Telephone Etiquette:

When answering a WAH business phone, you must first and foremost must
answer it yourself. The most pleasing and eloquent message on your
machine proves useless when your three-year-old proudly announces to
your befuddled caller, “I MADE POTTY TOOOOODAYYYY!!!”

An easily recognized signal to quiet any outstanding clamor is most
essential. A snap of the fingers, a ring of a bell or the sharp
report of an airhorn may prove adequate. If not, consult your local
Army/Navy surplus supplier for…ummm…unadvertised specials.

It is also imperative that you answer in the correct manner - it’s
not so much what you say as how you say it. Although you may have had
a mad scrabble with several youngsters experiencing Double Stuf Oreo-
induced psychosis, upon answering your voice must be perfectly calm
and your breathing even. Asthma attacks are very poorly received and
could cost business.

In the event of severe noise, a tranquilizer dart gun is not thought
unseemly.

Entertaining Clients:

For the purpose of entertaining clients, always use a small. secluded
room away and well insulated from sounds emanating from the main
living area. Should such a room be unavailable, build a shed.

Clearly mark the pathway to your chosen meeting place. Be sure to
provide the quickest possible access to respect your client’s time
and avoid children. Consider installation of an extra large vacuum
chute of the kind once used to transport mail in office buildings.

Have suitable refreshments on hand to be certain that you will not
leave the room, thereby leaving said client alone and unprotected. If

something should spill during the meeting, clean!
it up p
romptly and
discard it in a large waste basket under your desk. If your client
requests something that is not on hand, politely affirm that you have
none - even water.

Unexpected Guests:

Use an intercom to ascertain the identity of the visitor, By this
method, you may avoid opening the door and the risk of inadvertantly
inviting them inside. It is crucial that you use this approach at all
times - even when the front door is open and the visitor is plainly
visible behind the screen door. Feign blindness.

Provide an unwelcoming atmosphere at the entrance - no coatracks,
tables, chairs or ironing boards that could hold coats. Should the
visitor enter, assume the military “at ease” stance with your hands
clasped behind your back. Maintain this position so that the visitor
cannot hand their coat to you.

If guest still enters and wants to sit, prepare furniture by placing
large, angular rocks under the cushions. Hide old rotten half-eaten
bananas and unfinished yogurt cups (with children, there is always a
constant and abundant supply on hand) in strategically chosen areas
of the furniture to soil your visitor’s clothing so that you may
hurry them off to the dry cleaner and resume work.

We at WAHumor hope that you will find this basic primer to be of some
use and always be mindful of the importance of proper etiquette for
the work at home lifestyle.


With two boys, a dog, a cat, a wife and a household to keep together
to boot, Dan Reinhold is the editor of WAHumor to hang on to his
sanity by showing how insane the work-at-home community can be. Work
at home? You deserve a laugh!

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