@mustachetoilet i would extend this to any and every day of the year; if you want to do something other than working for some reason, that’s a reasonable circumstance once in a while, and it’s none of the company’s business why you aren’t available
@x3r0gxx there are entire cultures of people (including regions of the US) where small talk like “how are you” is not the norm and is considered frivolous or invasive.
@gworley3@kenwheeler the cubicle walls prevent my lizard brain from hijacking my executive function every 45 seconds to assess if the movement in my peripheral vision requires a reaction. every time people walk around in an open office i lose focus
@kenwheeler collaboration is walking around the wall to see if someone is busy and then chatting; open offices bombard you with everyone’s business at all times whether you want it or not
@kenwheeler i remember when it was funny to make cynical remarks about cubicles.
oh my god it gets so much worse than cubicles, please i would love a soulless metal and fabric wall as a lil treat
@LenaBaneana @PC_Angry@LiberalElitist2@DoctorMacArthur@MPSLewishamCntl i think this is a regional dialect issue; at first i read it the way you quoted it. in british english it is more like they had not “bought it for themselves”, and someone might say (if they’d paid) “the men had bought themselves [a lot of candy]”.