Holiday season is truly at an end. Colleagues have all returned from their vacations (including the October half term escapees) and are back behind their desks, bums on seats. Everyone has their head down, and the office is filled with the gentle chorus of fingers tapping on keyboards. There’s the click of a computer mouse here, an email pinging there – the productive sounds of office life (plus the occasional loud slurp of coffee – oh do be quiet Susan!).
Then suddenly, you hear it. A quiet sniffle… It’s nothing. Back to work.
The phone rings, while the printer hums – the harmonies of deals being made and contracts being signed. The clock ticks away, carrying the rhythm of a lunch break getting closer.
You hear it again. But this time it’s louder and followed by an almighty din. Like a lion’s roar, if the lion had stepped on a piece of Lego and sneezed at the same time. It’s Craig. He’s brought something gross back from his half term trip to Scotland. Something to share with everyone in the office.
No-one wants it. Damn you, Craig!
It’s a bit annoying when colleagues are ill as it means more work for everyone else, but perhaps we should try to be a little more sympathetic – a bigger person. Here are some handy Moments to send to the colleagues that can’t be with you in the office today; take a moment and think of them (as you double up your workload…).
11 November, 2019.
