If you walk into my cube to “chat”, and I don’t make eye contact with you … AT ALL … how long will you keep talking before you leave?
Personally, I would leave after the first 10 seconds of awkwardness. Some people, however, think that it’s cool to stick around for much, much longer. For the record, a lack of eye contact and/or the absence of my participation in the conversation should be an indication that I just plain don’t care.
Just sayin’.
4 responses so far ↓
1 WhiteEyebrows // May 13, 2009 at 3:19 pm
wow… this happened to me twice today! who are these people?!?! For reals…
2 Alex Valencic // May 14, 2009 at 10:54 am
Although I’ve never had the joy of working in a cube, I’m pretty certain that I would give up as soon as you ignored my “Hey Jacob…” query. So, um… my answer is 2.7 seconds.
3 Tamara // May 15, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Just trust me on this one, Jacob. This is the answer to your query. And you might laugh so hard, you’ll cry. Or openly weep. I did.
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail37.swf
4 braundaddy // May 16, 2009 at 9:39 am
You’re right. I should steal his Hot Pockets.