Before assuming the behavior is intentional or provocative, analyze the physical constraints of your workspace. Office ergonomics and poorly designed layouts frequently force people into awkward physical positions.
It started on a Tuesday. I glanced up from my spreadsheet to see her slowly rotating, inch by inch, like a sundial tracking the movement of my apathy. I watched, mesmerized, as she fought the drift. She planted her heel, gripping the industrial carpet, her calf muscle flexing under the sheer boredom of a quarterly review. She turned back to her monitor. Tap-tap-tap went her keyboard. Then, the drift. Slowly. Smoothly. Until her elbow rested six inches from my stapler.
You didn't ask for this. You just wanted to finish your TPS reports. But the universe (and the Herman Miller Aeron chair) has decreed that you shall be entertained.
Here is where the magic happens. Instead of being annoyed, treat this as premium, unscripted lifestyle entertainment.
Before assuming the behavior is intentional or provocative, analyze the physical constraints of your workspace. Office ergonomics and poorly designed layouts frequently force people into awkward physical positions.
It started on a Tuesday. I glanced up from my spreadsheet to see her slowly rotating, inch by inch, like a sundial tracking the movement of my apathy. I watched, mesmerized, as she fought the drift. She planted her heel, gripping the industrial carpet, her calf muscle flexing under the sheer boredom of a quarterly review. She turned back to her monitor. Tap-tap-tap went her keyboard. Then, the drift. Slowly. Smoothly. Until her elbow rested six inches from my stapler.
You didn't ask for this. You just wanted to finish your TPS reports. But the universe (and the Herman Miller Aeron chair) has decreed that you shall be entertained.
Here is where the magic happens. Instead of being annoyed, treat this as premium, unscripted lifestyle entertainment.