Auld acquaintance
Just when you thought you’d finally done with leaving dos…another one! Our great PA to the Director and Depute Director is moving on, but her excellent skills meant that she thought to invite some former colleagues to the pub with the rest of us this evening.
The one upside of having people leave is getting a bit more social time with people outside the office. There was a good crowd along to support - and what with it being the end of the first main week back, a certain interest in restoring ourselves, whether with a pint or fine conversation.
I made an effort…I did talk to one or two newer people. But often enough, things like this also give you the chance to have a half-decent chat with people who work in the same office, but whom you don’t see very often. Open plan environment is one thing, group of people all with lots to glue them to their computers is another.
Also really nice to chat more with a colleague who’s now working elsewhere. With lots of new people joining us fairly recently, it is also good to chat to someone who already knows you, and where you can find out what’s happened next in their lives - as well as the opportunity for some joint reminiscences about other colleagues who have also moved away.
Will I up my pub activity this year? Let’s see. With a return of Tattie Fridays (people heading off to get baked potatoes on a Friday lunchtime), as ever, the office does great things for company but less useful ones for your waistline…If I want the people time, I’ll have to choose between hot or cold carbohydrates, it seems.
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