Meerkats in your office?

Meerkats in your office?:

"CUBICLE CRIMES
Food: Eat fish or boiled eggs at your desk
Volume: It is a telephone, not a megaphone
Disclosure: Your life is an open book
Lurking: Mr and Ms Havachat
Grooming: The at-your-desk makeover
Display: Your fabulous (other) life in photos
Hygiene: Your desk is a tip Mobile:
Annoying ringtones
Volatility: Temper, temper
Repetition: Overuse of words (awesome! absolutely!)"

I don't think these are just cubicle no nos. I think they are work place and lunch room no nos. I think we do need some office etiquette and the fact Jim Thompson has written a cubicle survival guide gives me hope we are past the anything goes phase and we are going to start considering others. It's been about the loud, the do as I feel like , the run myself over the top of everyone. It's very noticeable when you get Indian, Asian and European workers just how differently they operate. They can laugh and joke like the rest of us. They can talk and share like the rest of us, but their level of politesse is higher. They consider others. They do not force themselves on you or force their needs and wants over yours. They are more co operative. They don't charge into the office yapping about what they want while you are deeply in the middle of something which requires high level concentration. They notice you need some time...and oh yes, please stop the fish for lunch. Please.