"Better to laugh than get angry", goes the saying of the wise (or almost). In any case, this is the philosophy we adopt at work when we work in open-space.
From the colleague who listens to music too loudly to the stressed person who causes the desks to shake with the nervous movements of his knees to the loudmouth-annoyance, it must be said that we sometimes have enough to be a little tense .
But we prefer to laugh about it, for at least 10 reasons.
No need to go on a safari in Zimbabwe to discover surprising phenomena. By simply looking up, one can discover incredible exotic summer phenomena.
There, there is the wolf whose teeth scratch the floor; next, the leech who likes to tell us every detail of his life; behind her, the hyena who laughs at her misfortune; here, the magpie stealing all our pens; in the corner, the donkey that seems to have just fallen from the moon; and slumped on his desk, the ostrich fleeing all responsibility,...
A real free AND paid show! We love it!
Why did I eat two croissants AGAIN this morning? Well, no choice, it was Jeannette who brought some back and I couldn't refuse so as not to offend her (it's not done!)! Yesterday? Uh, it was Maurice, he's adorable, a great guy! Yup. The day before yesterday? It was me… Yes, had to thank them for all those croissants, right? I'm not a stingy me!
Huuuuuummm… Look at the newbie's buttocks… And those arms! Hmmm... Let's see how he uses the printer... Ouuuuulala, that gives me ideas... It must be nice, too, in the archive room, against the shelves... And on the boss's desk, when he's away! Hum hum… Ha damn it's coming, it's coming, it's coming!!!! My god he is going to talk to me! He will talk to me!
"Hmm, hello Mark!!! Do you need help with the printer???? »
Pens, notebooks, all officially "for work". In truth, we take them for us. We don't really know why, but we say to ourselves that "it could always be useful to us".
[Left eyebrow raised, Colgate smile on, chin up, shoulders back, hand in hair]
"Do you want me to show you around the house, Marco?" Can I call you Marco? Good. So I'm going to explain to you how the shack works. Yes because me, you see, I've been working here for 3 years, I know it well…I know its every nook and cranny in fact… Hum. Ready for the visit, Marco? Let's go, cowboy! »
The coffee machine is a bit of an alternative brain of the company. There, we not only learn a lot of juicy gossip about all our colleagues, but PLUS people talk about the news, movies, music, even SOMETIMES about the meaning of life.
And even if we talk a lot of nonsense, our vision widens a little more each time! Wisdom is ours!
Throwing paper balls at our colleague opposite, making cardboard airplanes (that we can't fly) or silly bets at the coffee machine:there are 1001 ways to have fun at work . Behind the chef's back, of course…
By dint of observing our colleagues, their movements, their habits, their tics, their relationships, we become true anthropologists of work. Flirts, tensions, upcoming promotions, nothing escapes our lynx eye.
Like, "Heeeeeeeee!!!!!! What makes Toin Toin??? Did you find it ? Did you find it ? Eh ! Eh ! Ben………….it’s a little Tanard of course! Moaaaaarf moaaaarf!!!! You understood ? You understood ? Do you understand or not, say? Toin Toin, Tanard! (Like Coin Coin/Duck)………No? »
Bickering, flirtations, gossip, giggles, all in a studious atmosphere, it reminds us a bit of school. Except that there, we are paid! It's good to be big...
To continue the marrade, read Survival guide in open-space (because colleagues, it's fine 5 minutes), of Pétronille and Geoffo (Editions Tut-tut), 9.90 euros.
