Photos of your kids on your work desk
Discussion
To start with i don't have any kids so my views may be a bit biased.
My latest contract is based in an open plan office where about 12 of us are working. I noticed as soon as i started that everyone had photos of their kids (i hope they are their kids!) attached to the divider things between the desks. Over the weeks these photos have grown in number on each divider.
Ive worked away a lot and noticed the kiddy pics on desks before but thats understandable as the guys/parents are away for weeks on end but in this latest job they are out of the house for 8hrs a day. Also most of these pics are poor quality print outs not your normal framed affair taking pride and place in the middle of the desk.
Is this just one big willy waving contest or do parents really miss their kids that much during the space of 8hrs that the need a reminder of them all day long?
My latest contract is based in an open plan office where about 12 of us are working. I noticed as soon as i started that everyone had photos of their kids (i hope they are their kids!) attached to the divider things between the desks. Over the weeks these photos have grown in number on each divider.
Ive worked away a lot and noticed the kiddy pics on desks before but thats understandable as the guys/parents are away for weeks on end but in this latest job they are out of the house for 8hrs a day. Also most of these pics are poor quality print outs not your normal framed affair taking pride and place in the middle of the desk.
Is this just one big willy waving contest or do parents really miss their kids that much during the space of 8hrs that the need a reminder of them all day long?
The latter. I didn't understand it either until I became a parent. My daughters photo is on my phone home screen rather than on my office wall though.
I was working with the board members of a company recently and even the most senior, hard-nosed, brash, arrogant and self centred "alpha male" execs had pics on their desk (or even wall).
I was working with the board members of a company recently and even the most senior, hard-nosed, brash, arrogant and self centred "alpha male" execs had pics on their desk (or even wall).
hacksaw said:
This, absolutely spot on. When I'm considering throwing colleagues out the window, look at the kids pics and count to ten........
Yes! Kids are powerful beings, the calming and reassuring effect a picture of your child has can not be underestimated.Then you get home from work and the reality of the little b
ds hits you!I'm one of the younger guys in the office and I don't have kids. I personally don't see a problem with a little pic of the kids on my colleagues' desks, it's obviously why they come to work, having had three hours sleep, and have to put up with some of the tts (myself included!) day in, day out.
ts (myself included!) day in, day out.
Wacky Racer said:
mybrainhurts said:
It's a Gary Glitter/Jimmy Savile thing. Be afraid and don't go to work in shorts.
I have a photo of MBH in his speedos on my desk.It cheers me up no end when I'm feeling s
t.d...
PS...don't feel s
t, your hands will stink.
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