Workplace Do's and Dont's

Using your company's e-mail system for your personal business: Definite "Don't!"

Do not send risqué e-mails to Mr. Right Now (whether he is in your office or not) via your company's e-mail system.

Reserve your corporate account for just that: corporate business. You don't want your boss reading about how amazing your date was on Friday night, do you?

Or, just as bad, you don't want your higher-ups knowing you're wasting time forwarding a "funny" chain-letter type e-mail to all 20 of your closest friends? There certainly will be nothing "funny" about the meeting you'll likely have with your boss when she lectures you on the importance of "time on task." (Forget about sympathy from her when you have to stay late on a Friday to meet your deadlines!)

Also strictly prohibited in this category are risqué text messages, especially no picture messages(!), sent through your company's BlackBerry or other mobile device!

Trust B & L: there are definite ways for your boss to get into your e-mail account!

(And, no(!), "clearing your history" does not put you in the clear for using work computers for your personal business either!)