On 7/19/2014 11:25 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I remember one particular time around 1990 I went out on my lunch break
>> to a little bistro. There was a couple in line ahead of me. The
>> hostess tried to group me with them. Table for three? They looked at
>> each other, then at me. We sort of chuckled and shook our heads. So
>> then it was just me. She assumed someone was joining me. When I said
>> no she was incredulous. ONE?! Yes, one! People do it all the time.
>> And yes, I had a book with me.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Well, ya know, people seem to increasingly be pushed into groups now.
> Woe to folks who like working by themselves (sometimes much more
> efficiently and effectively than folks do in groups) eating by
> themselves, being by themselves. (Cats are nice companions, though.)

Ah yes, teams, aka too many cooks spoil the broth. No one could ever
agree on anything so something relatively simple took twice as long to
accomplish.

When I worked for SCMS I would eat lunch at my desk. People knew to
leave me alone for that hour; it was pretty much the only quiet moment
in my day when I could catch up on my own work.

Jill