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What do you talk about in your workplace?

boohoo

boohoo

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I work in a posh shop, in the basement in a small office crammed with 5 staff. One of the people working there asked me what us merchandising people talk about cos them in despatches were talking about aliens. Well, today we talked about the Apprentice, football ( I wasn't involved in this one), free mens shoes and ebay, Keith Harris finding his wife is having an affair with Orville, Aha's 'the sun alway shines on TV' well this only happens when you don't close the curtain! and Russ Abbot loving a party with a jolly atmosphere which was based on a conversation about gift lists for kids parties....

so all round a variety of subjects ( well this was the place that had the shit sandwich conversation). So what do you talk about at work?
 
boohoo said:
I work in a posh shop, in the basement in a small office crammed with 5 staff. One of the people working there asked me what us merchandising people talk about cos them in despatches were talking about aliens. Well, today we talked about the Apprentice, football ( I wasn't involved in this one), free mens shoes and ebay, Keith Harris finding his wife is having an affair with Orville, Aha's 'the sun alway shines on TV' well this only happens when you don't close the curtain! and Russ Abbot loving a party with a jolly atmosphere which was based on a conversation about gift lists for kids parties....

so all round a variety of subjects ( well this was the place that had the shit sandwich conversation). So what do you talk about at work?
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i keep professional, ie: never go for drinks with them, and keep myself to myself at all times.
 
Ah this is what we talk about in the office... we have little time for internet browsing or rather we just can't because everyone would see our screens so this is our way of taking a break and unwinding.

I've not been to the pub with my colleagues yet and to some extend unless I really like someone in my office, I don't tend to extend the hand of friendship outside of the workplace.
 
Cheesypoof said:
i keep professional, ie: never go for drinks with them, and keep myself to myself at all times.
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That's some stamina! I think if I don't talk to my colleagues about some crap every 20 minutes or so my head will explode with sheer boredom. Can't say for sure though as I've never tried it.
 
today our new admin lady told us about how close-minded/old fashioned koreans are back home and advised to best claim you're married when they ask to avoid any eye popping and constant questioning.
living together is a no no. and divorce is a harsh harsh.
having babies before marriage will definitely be a shock.
and if you aren't christian, they'd want to bring you to church next time you visit.
what a lovely bunch.

edited: oh this is my 666th post! 6 is the first perfect number in maths, and 666 is even better. </exit geek mode>
 
Lobsters, earwigs, woodlouse, crabs, the usual. Well obviously not all that usual, but that's because of Deidre and her subversive insistance on rabbiting on about earwigs and other non-crustacia. :)
 
We have lots of professional conversations where we laugh at what didn't sell last season and and lay bets on what won't perform well this and the next season.
 
Today we talked a lot about whether weight affects the size of your lady lips.........


:)
 
mentalchik said:
Today we talked a lot about whether weight affects the size of your lady lips.........


:)
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:eek:

That conversation won't be happening in my office - wot with it being mainly men.
 
Today we talked about the weather, which led us nicely into talking about maggots. :(

Yesterday it was 'who hasnt (madam)V told that she is going to Glastonbury' :D :oops:
 
Ohgod...all kinds! Today it was -

tattoos
buying a hotel in greece
bums
fashion
plans for weekend
music
ailments
football programmes
men
sex (of course)
the big gig in Singleton Park in July
works do next week


AND on top of all that chit chat....when we work we are professional too! It is a talent doing both, but, it can be done. :)
 
We talk about work. But every now and again we critique work which brings us joy. Along the lines of management (tossers), Funding Council (tossers), Inspectors (really nasty tossers), the odd student (lazy tosser), Board of Govenors (really, really old tossers), more successful colleges (cheating tossers), Dept of Education (stupid tossers), other faculties (not as clever witty and hard working as us tossers), people who are not actually in the room at the time and so on. We pride ourselves on the erudite intellectualism that springs from our collective minds........... (tossers).
 
we talk about how crap 1/2 term is ( but this one was good because it was quiet- lots of people on holidays)

and about 'stuff' drinking, having a laugh, our kids and stuff
 
We talk loads of crap, particularly at 5pm Friday office drinks - I love my workmates. We're comms types and so all are pretty outgoing and noisy - today (off-the-top-of-head) Scotland, whether marmite has vitamin B and might prevent midgies biting you, endowment mortgages, shooting rampage nutcases, Wallace and Gromit, passports .... and my colleagues laughed about the fact that I dub about 2 in 3 people in our organisation (outside of my immediate office) as 'wankers' (cue: broad Australian accent). Although not to their faces - that would be bad for workplace relations. :D
 
I only have 'proper' chats with 1 colleague, the others are mindlessly, pointlessly, mind numbingly dull with no interests outside football, motorbikes & barely concealed misogyny, so I ignore them the best I can (which is quite convincingly) :)
 
We talk about all the things that people talk about when they're together. Also, since there's a number of coworkers, some are closer friends, some are just acquaintances, so the nature and content of the discussion can vary.
 
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