#office observations

[the-haunted-office]

On one end of the spectrum - Thursday, sad she can't help her friends.

On the other end - James, penis gone.

WTAF is happening in this stupid Office anymore. xD

[juliannos]

Shout out to the lady who just let out the most world weary sigh when she entered the bathroom

Girl, I don't know what's going on but I hope it gets better

[whereweseefaces]

Just a colleague's backpack... Not for me :)

[aces-and-blackberry-blossoms]

So, I just started my new job. It's a small office, about 10 people who are always there (including me). It's a great office, most of the staff eat lunch together and have a gab fest while we eat. My first week I mostly listened because I'm always quiet until I get to know people. Plus by noon, my introverted ass would much rather listen than talk.

Anyway, in my capacity as quiet new girl, I observed that it appears that everyone else are cis straight people. I kept thinking of a really old statistic (that I am sure is not seen as right anymore) that stated one out of every ten people is LGBTQ+. If this is even remotely accuarate, I think I might be that one in ten.

I mean, I can't know for sure unless I go around polling the office... Which seems like a bad idea after a week... That's really more of a year milestone.

"Hey! It's my one year mark here, and that's traditionally paper, right? So, here's a survey. Could you detail where you feel you fall on the gender and sexual orientation spectrums? Oh, okay, I'll pick up my last check next week."

It's just a weird feeling at lunch listening to everyone talk about their spouses and relationships. There I sit, an aro ace, thinking: This is interesting, I sort of wish I were still in college so I could write a paper on this, because it is all at once so similar to the heteronormative stuff in sitcoms and so different.

Don't get me wrong, what they are saying is not bad, really and I am not above their chit-chat in any way. I mean I've had long conversations devoted to whether or not to use brown rice in chicken adobo and if you should water flowers before or after the sun goes down. So I'm not judging the content of their talk, just interested ibn the observations I've made. I'm also no stranger to talk about relationships, my two best friends are both married. But it's different. There is a fair amount of what I consider Mars and Venus thinking in the office. Less about the personalities of the people involved and more focused on gender stereotypes. It's fascinating because I don't know if this is just generational thinking (I'm one of the younger people in the office, at 34), just a microculture that developed in this particular environment... Like what can happen on islands, or if this could be an example of a larger cultural phenomenon, brought on by the saturation of media with this sort of talk since the birth of t.v.

Or I'm over thinking this and should probably just eat my sandwich. It is likely that one.

[tenderstatue]

straight culture is talking about how ~powerful~ the latest episode of This Is Us was and how much you cried watching it

[grittyjones-blog]

She has a way of movement, like she perpetually has to pee.

It's...wild.

[officeobservatory]

More evidence that Gabe Lewis may be the Scranton Strangler.

[officeobservatory]