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Greentea
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 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: Being NT is great - pity on you aspies! |
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We had our bi-annual department breakfast today, at one of the nicest restaurants by the lovely sea. The company paid for everything.
The politics was so accute that nobody had a good time. We smalltalked, swallowed the breakfast, smiled, left.
The time allocated for the event was 2 hours, but after one hour and a half we left because everyone was dying to go. Ten people having a miserable time and trying like hell to look as if they were having a great time.
The joys of the NT society. What we're missing for not being like them, aaaah!
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MrMacPhisto
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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What was the breakfast about?
It is proberbly the stress of Christmas and Christmas shopping and remember some colleagues don't get on well in a social environment but get on well in there work place because 'they are in the same situation'
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Greentea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Christmas shopping in the Middle East?????
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MrMacPhisto
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Sorry I didn't realise you were in the middle east. I should look more carefully at people locations in future.
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MrMark
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| MrMacPhisto wrote: | | What was the breakfast about? |
Isn't breakfast about food? 
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Greentea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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I had hot chocolate and a huge portion of politics on both sides.
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busy91
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Well I suppose if you are miserable it doesn't matter if you are NT or AS. As you learned today.  |
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Greentea
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Yes, today I did realize that they're not better off than me. The location was lovely, so I got up very early and arrived over an hour before everyone. I sat at a coffee-shop by the sea with a cup of tea and browsed travel brochures. They all arrived panting at the last minute, did their politics act as best as they could, and left quickly. I strolled back to the car in peace.
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jjstar
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Greentea wrote: | | Yes, today I did realize that they're not better off than me. The location was lovely, so I got up very early and arrived over an hour before everyone. I sat at a coffee-shop by the sea with a cup of tea and browsed travel brochures. They all arrived panting at the last minute, did their politics act as best as they could, and left quickly. I strolled back to the car in peace. |
What kind of politics were they selling? Did they fund this breakfast?
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edal
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That's one thing I love about being retired, I don't have to fight office politics eight hours a day.
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gbollard
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Quote: | | That's one thing I love about being retired, I don't have to fight office politics eight hours a day. |
Is that your photo as an avatar, you don't look old enough to retire...
Maybe I need to move to Hungary
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| A bit of socializing is nice, but in very small doses |
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thyme
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I absolutely hate office politics 
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Jayutimestwo
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| I mostly don't even notice office politics and am always startled when someone tells me what's going on underneath the surface. On the other hand, I still have to concentrate on things like remembering to say goodbye before I leave and working out if I should be doing more eye-contact or change my tone of voice. |
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Who_Am_I
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Location: My body is in Brisbane and my mind is in the gutter. :D
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Thank you for letting me know of the glories of NT society. I am now miserable in my AS and desperate to become normal and thus better. 
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