Hallway Conversations

As someone who works from home, I'm alone most of the time. Occasionally a kid will noisily run by or the dog will want to go out, but for the most part, I'm by myself. The lists and IM are the hallways of my virtual office.

My office-bound colleagues have interactions with other adults with similar professional interests and may not understand the need for the chatter that sometimes occurs on the mailing lists. They are actually attending meetings in person or talking to each other in the halls or joining each other for lunch. I crave those quick, fun, friendly conversations. Not enough to actually go to the office, but enough to be on chat and the lists all day long, ready and pathetically willing to have a conversation about just about anything. Just wandering the halls.

Posted at 11:25AM Jun 20, 2006 by sarad in General  |  Comments[1]