Group Think

I am utterly amazed at how stupid some people can be. I would say clueless but really that is a bit benign for the train wreck that is taking place in the break room. Unfortunately my space is located almost directly across the hall from the break room so I hear all manner of nonsense but, what I am hearing right now should be transcribed and printed int he employee handbook under the title of, Things Not to Discuss Openly & Loudly if You Wish to Create a Harmonious Work Place.

There is a group of women in there who are having a discussion about one of their co-workers. As they continue to talk the volume just got higher as they each tried to be heard over the other, not uncommon when you put together a group of people and each thinks what they have to say is the most important bit. They got loud. I did not catch the name of the person they were trashing, that must have been mentioned and agreed upon before the volume went up but they were all throwing their iron in fire when listing reasons why they "really don't like her,"  her wardrobe, make-up, hair color, and fitness are all subject to ridicule. I'd feel sorry for the intended victim but I do not know who it is, and I am not entirely sure she won't be in on the next round when one of the others is the victim.

Any group of people can be ill-behaved. Working in a building in which the work force is almost exclusively female is a living breathing study in group think and it is ugly.

While I am not ignorant of the ways of human nature, I am still, on occasion amazed at their ways.