Office chatter
Maybe it’s just our office, but one social characteristic of the Sydney office that I found to be extremely different from the Boston office (that is, where I work) is that people here talk. But they don’t really talk.
One thing that I still miss, after over 2 years of working in Sydney, is the office banter where a few people would get into really focused discussions on one thing or another. It’s not unusual to hear two or three people discussing something with a certain dedication, whether it be a discussion of the Matrix trilogy, the latest bone-headed move by our government, whatever. Or heck, even celebrity gossip.
Steve Irwin’s death, had he been an American, would’ve provoked major congregations at the helpdesk and at other spots around the department in our Boston office. In Sydney?
“Hey, guys, did you know Steve Irwin’s dead?”
“Yeah … read it earlier, that was sad.”
That was the extent of the response that I got. And I didn’t see anyone really discussing it either.
Maybe we just work harder.
