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How do you avoid the creepy guy from shipping, or the colleague who gets drunk and pinches bottoms? Sarah Ivens, former editor-in-chief of OK! Magazine, and author of six books on etiquette - including A Modern Girl's Guide to Etiquette - explains how to gracefully avoid the office oddballs at parties.

Jun 18, 2014

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