we don't do Office

Sitting in the Office now for a whole week and a few days now, I can tell you that I am slowly getting used to it. But I am not enjoying it.

Sure, more Consultants have come back from around the globe and it’s great seeing them again as there are many stories to tell from the funny to bizarre. But sitting in one seat, computer in front of me, with no specific task to do, youtube.com and nba.com blocked (a nice proxy solves that), we begin to go stir crazy. After being out in the field, working independently on our own projects for 3 months it’s simple: We don’t do office.

Many of the consultants have already gotten a stern talking too. Too many smoke breaks; not professional. Showing up at 10:45am; not professional. Not showing enough enthusiasm; not professional. For me it was prank phoning the office Secretary; not professional, and not amusing either, by the way. I beg to differ.

So we spend our time tucked away in our little corner, screens towards the wall so no Managers can sneak up on us in the middle of our Solitaire or Tetris games. Others are on Facebook, MSN Messenger, or looking through their pictures from where they were last at. I am writing this blog.

Whatever it is we do, we do it well and with style. We just don’t do Office.