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Interesting Observation

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  • 22-02-2006 7:25pm
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    Stephanos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭


    Has anyone ever been told that they act differently in work than they do outside the office?

    A colleague of mine met myself and my fella socially outside work and said that I was completely different in my mannerisms - talking, acting and the way I held myself - than she normally knew me in the office. She summarised her observation in so far as she said I was "more gay outside work".

    This is the first time anything like that had ever been said to me. I thought it interesting. Has anyone ever had the same said to them?


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    ixion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭ixion


    yep i've been told the same. in work im apparently completely different to what im like in college say... i always thought that it was a good thing, proves to me that i do have a life outside of work and that its not the be all and end all.


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    Dreh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭Dreh


    Well nobody ever told me that. But I think i act in differente ways with different people.

    When I´m with my gay friends, it´s a way. With my brothers, even them knowing about me, it´s another way and so on.

    There are places u can fell more confortable I think.


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    azezil
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    Well I have to be, semi-professional in work, running around in a tank top calling everyone 'chicken', probably wouldn't go down to well ;)


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    carbonkid
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    azezil wrote:
    Well I have to be, semi-professional in work, running around in a tank top calling everyone 'chicken', probably wouldn't go down to well ;)

    ...didnt wanna say az but doesnt really go down too well out of the office either :eek:


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    dynamis
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    I think it not a case of one consciously deciding to behave differently in work, outside work, etc. Rather, it is more a case of varying social scenarios requiring the implementation of different modes of conduct.

    Do I speak the same when conversing with my friends as I do when delivering a presentation? No, one requires greater clarity and enunciatian, all manner of mumblings will be understood in the other.

    Would I turn in for work hungover? Certainly! Would I attend an interview for a position with ruby eyes and and a mucous clogged throat (social smoker here)? No!

    What is more interesting to observe though, is group behaviour. Watch how individuals change in groups and you will quickly form a picture of how primitive the homo sapien sapien actually is!!!


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