Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    1 year ago

    Fuck me. Somehow ended up sitting near the hyenas today in the office. They ventured closer to our little section of the floor and disrespected the invisible boundary.

    Worse part, one of them (Cheryl or Charelle or something like that) just came back from her holiday in QLD and everyone just has to hear about it.

    • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

      i have the same group at my work. Tell me all about it…i need to know eveyhthing… how about you shut up and remember there’s no door - how about you do that…eh?!

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zone
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        This group will go to the kitchen, make tea/coffee THEN RETURN to their desks for the yap session.

        Our kitchen has tables and a bench with stools, all for the purpose for such chats.

        Nope, not these. Need to sit at their desks for the world to hear about their massively busy and interesting lives.

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zone
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            1 year ago

            I live a very mundane life and share snippets of it online.

            Not in the office, at full volume seeking validation.

        • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          This always intrigues me. As a factory worker at a small business, we work flat out all day. We talk at the same time of course, but mostly working at speed is a bit of a conversation killer so idle chat is occasional, brief and to the point. We’re just too busy to indulge in the type of behaviour you describe. These people sauntering about the office with cuppas, yapping and whatnot: are they productive? Are they even good at their jobs? It would drive my colleagues, myself and most certainly my boss absolutely batty to have to deal with water cooler conversation overflow. It’d mean less focus on the work, less work done and potentially a lesser quality product.

        • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 year ago

          Well, you wouldn’t believe it but he decided that he didn’t want tiles and now is set on parquet floors!