Watch your back: One in five IT staff 'secretly email colleagues' bosses to point out their failings'

Also: Refill the printer sometimes, would you?

The technology-related pet peeves of UK office workers have been revealed in a new report, and none of it makes for very edifying reading.

According to Sharp's "Unlock" report, one in five IT workers "secretly email colleagues' bosses to point out their failings" while 45 per cent of general office workers "think that technology in their office actually makes it more difficult to share information".

And while they may then have regressed back to paper rather than IT to share this information, 59 per cent are then annoyed that people never refill the printer with paper, and habitually leave printed pages in the tray.

Meanwhile, 38 per cent of people report their colleagues "typing or carrying on with their own work during a conference call or meeting", while 46 per cent find their colleagues "talking over others in meetings".

A total of 21 per cent of people like to leave passive-aggressive notes in communal areas about some of these "issues", while 20 per cent simply email to complain, and 26 per cent do nothing at all.

The report doesn't cover the percentage of people who prefer to sigh, huff or roll their eyes constantly, or say "I'm sorry," or "No, it's fine" in various frosty tones to show a highly subtle spectrum of utter displeasure at everything going on around them.

However, half of workers are found to ignore the technical problems with the technology they say is disrupting them anyway, and overall the report paints a picture of UK offices caught in a gridlock of hatred between technologists, luddites and general curtain-twitchers.

Luckily, Sharp also wheeled out "workplace strategist and change manager" Dr Nigel Oseland, who offered, no doubt from one of those trendy 'home office' techno-sheds:

"Collaboration is crucial to running a successful business. It's key to how efficiently and effectively teams can work, in essence their productivity. But with more people working remotely, it becomes both increasingly important and more difficult to foster a collaborative culture in the work environment."

Oseland preaches "People, space and technology" as the "three key factors" which make a business work.

"For people to better collaborate together it comes down to how well they understand and appreciate each other's personalities and different ways of working, as a more diverse mix of people typically will be a more successful team. They also need to understand each other's motivators, gain trust and share mutual respect."

So "appropriate technology and complementary spaces" are the order of the day, apparently.

Frankly, we'd probably just advise everyone simply to work at home every day and stop inflicting their irritating, puffy faces and special snowflake attitudes on each other all the time.

Merry Christmas, yeah?