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Why does nobody talk about how many hours of their life they spend smiling at work?
I just did the math on my own job after reading a random study online that said the average office worker spends 3 hours a day pretending to be interested in small talk. That comes out to over 30 full days a year for me personally if you add up all the fake smiles and nods. Has anyone else ever calculated their own fake-happy time and felt a little weird about it?
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the_diana1mo ago
@robins83 47 fake laughs in one meeting is almost impressive in a sad way. Has anyone thought about the opposite angle though - what about the people who are genuinely smiling and happy at work but now feel weird about it because of threads like this? I had a painter on my crew years ago who was just a naturally cheerful guy, always whistling and smiling. Made everyone else feel like they were slacking off on misery. Now if I see someone smiling too much at a client meeting I wonder if they're faking it better than me or if they actually like their job. That's the real mind game.
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