'Tell her to "KNOCK IT OFF," but use the right words': New employee becomes unbearable busybody to coworkers, 100+ Redditors advise how to professionally say 'mind your own business'

A peak working environment is one where you can comfortably and confidently tell a coworker to knock it off when they are going past their boundaries. Those places definitely exist, but, unfortunately, they are rare. One Redditor has about had it with their unbearably busybody coworker—the worst part is, this person is a brand new employee too. This nosy coworker is basically tracking OP's breaks, lunches, and chats with coworkers for literally no reason. She's not even tracking OP because she thinks she's taking too many breaks, she's tracking OP because she thinks she's not taking enough breaks. This busybody coworker is not a manager, is not in HR, and has no right to be all up in OP's business like this. So how can you professionally tell a coworker to mind their own GD business? This is when the internet comes in handy! Because now we have over 100 Redditors giving you Grade-A ways to say "knock it off" in a professional environment. Scroll on to see which ones we thought were top-notch! 

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