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Offices tend to be minefields of job politics and drama and, sadly, the restaurant industry isn't immune from the pettiness and personality clashes. And when things get bad, it's easy for all of us to follow into the same trappings and crappy behavior.
Here are 12 things you shouldn't say at work and some more diplomatic ways of putting it to get things done.
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