Posted by spoc on May 11, 2004, at 23:52:58
In reply to Re: I don't like a lot of people -- Help. » spoc, posted by finelinebob on May 11, 2004, at 22:48:52
It's ironic how the pattern really reversed itself over time for me. I used to be THAT one, the one who would arrive at the office all chatty-Karen-like (OOPS! I mean chatty-Cathy-like); doing comedy routines about everything from my ride over to fishing my dental floss out from that crevice between the vanity and tub to the major events of our time. Anything to keep from settling down and trying to focus. Then, by the last time I had an in-office job, I couldn't let myself risk just about any interaction lest I never be able to focus at all. Two different ways of addressing the same issue, I now believe!
But, underlying it all, no matter what I did always feel the need for a door and walls to peruse. Big time.At that last job (same one as now actually, only the physical office closed), I worked in an open room with several people, no cubes even (yes, I would even rather have a cube). So a dear colleague actually surrounded my desk with all the tall file cabinets and bookcases, to simulate an office for me! It felt a little embarrassing at first since we could all totally hear each other but I was the only freak-a-zoid who couldn't be seen, but I ended up working much better that way. My bosses only giggled and apparently didn't think too much about it, or so I believed! :- D
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