grumpyf1

Slimmer. Friendlier. Drinks balloons. What's not to like about my stand-in? Many of us have to spend much of our week wedged into a small space with people we didn’t choose to sit with. I’ve had desks in all sorts of places over the years. Computer centres, airless open-plan offices where you couldn’t hear yourself think; draughty warehouses with broken windows – I’ve sat on chairs with varying amounts of wheels on in all of them. I currently share an office in a glorified shed with two other departments. I say departments – due to the small size of the organisation I work for, the three of us make up the IT, Health & Safety and Marketing teams between us. Two of those vital sections were on holiday this week – not together, as far as I know - so it’s been rather quiet in the Man Cave. Although it would be irresponsible and very un-blokey to admit it, I have rather missed them. A bit. Don’t tell them, though. Excluding weekends, I spend over 8 hours a day with them....