Friday, October 02, 2009
Is there something wrong with me?
Am I the only one who finds corporate culture hilarious? I was sitting through an orientation for one of my jobs (I won't say which one) and I had to struggle not to crack sarcastic comments to my neighbour throughout the entire thing. Everyone else seemed enthralled and excited to adopt this corporate culture's lingo but I found the whole thing really really funny. And it isn't just in this job. Almost every job I've ever had where we interact directly with customers I have struggled with the same thing. Why do we have to use such ridiculous language to talk about selling and customer service? There is a whole sub culture here and I can't take it seriously. Am I the only one?
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Insider lingo stimulates the release of endorphins in drones. Endorphins make people happy, and happy people don't kill their employers, they just don't!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that made Starbucks fun for me is when my co-workers could joke about working for The Man. I hated working at stores where they took themselves too seriously.