LUCY FROM `PEANUTS' CALLED WORST OFFICE WORKER

LUCY FROM `PEANUTS' CALLED WORST OFFICE WORKER

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- If you want to keep your office workplace happy and productive don't hire anyone who acts like Lucy in the "Peanuts" comic strip. That's the advice of workplace consultant Gary Topchik, who claims Lucy along with George Costanza on "Seinfeld" are the worst employees on TV because they're "pessimists" who always gripe about something. Other poor TV workplace characters include... -- Rhoda from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," who seems like a good employee but is a "self-castigator" who finds fault in everything she does -- Mimi from "The Drew Carey Show," whom Topchik describes as a "criticizer" who disagrees with everything. -- Finally, "Micros" like Niles Crane from "Frasier" pick at the smallest details while ignoring the big pictures. Topchik is the author of "Managing Workplace Negativity" (Amacom).