How do you get through your work day?

Jokerdan said:
This is all very true and even though I'm now retired I longed for the days before 'woke' raised its head and people could banter without fear of offending someone. Bullying was a definite no-no and would be cut off at the knees but as long as red lines weren't crossed you could laugh your way through the day. It's now come to the stage where it's nigh impossible to have a grown up conversation or adult laugh within the workplace because employers frown upon such things and you're there simply to stick your head down and get on with it. No wonder people become disillusioned and productivity is affected or attritional sick rates rise. As humans we are not designed to be clones, but individuals with our own thoughts. Orwell saw it coming when he wrote '1984'
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Good post—I don’t know who said it but “ No man is an Island “is definitely true.
 

Jebus_lives said:
In my experience, this isn't symptomatic of 'wokeness' it's a symptom of more cautionary workplace HR resulting from increased employee rights.

Yes, there's a balance to be had between fun and professionalism, but I suspect a lot of what you perhaps thought of as 'banter' did actually offend others and the power dynamic shifted towards favouring the offended.
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Well it wouldn't be banter unless it's offended
 

Tony Hibbert's Wife said:
I'm a City of London lawyer. I get through the morning by drinking a lot of tea and then disappearing into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression, before rising phoenix-like sometime between 1 and 4pm, to get a chicken salad sandwich and a bag of crisps from Marks & Sparks (as it's the place closest to my office and it's quicker if I have the same thing every day), eat that while working, then disappear into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression for several more hours. If I'm lucky I'll be out by 7pm but more usually between 8 and 9 to round off a 12 hour day + commute.

I used to drink heavily after work to get over the stress, but that wasn't sustainable long term as the spectre of alcoholism was looming large.

Hate my job. Have done for 20 years now. Gah. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, blues. At least there's GOT.
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Have you considered starting a twitter account and pretending to know the ins and outs of Everton, maybe a podcast and that? It works for some grifters.
 

Bryan+ said:
@Jokerdan couldn’t say “nice tits” to the receptionist or have a smoke at his desk anymore and blames the wokies.


Small boats, eh.
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Lad I work with got a telling off for asking the new South African starter if they all ‘ride round on camels’

Bloody wokes I told him. She should be in the kitchen anyways. Probs on rags. Used to be able to banter here.
 

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