The advice to "stroll to a colleague’s desk with a question" only works in those gentler times and workplaces; many, many "sweatshop" workplaces hiring country folk now forbid workers from leaving their stations to talk to colleagues and trips to the restroom are counted and timed and pets at work are prohibited. Nice ideas but not realisable for many of us struggling to keep a roof over our heads who can't afford to quit or move given today's workplaces and the super-rights of corporations . These suggestions only work for the privileged few employees in our right-to-work culture.
The advice to "stroll to a colleague’s desk with a question" only works in those gentler times and workplaces; many, many "sweatshop" workplaces hiring country folk now forbid workers from leaving their stations to talk to colleagues and trips to the restroom are counted and timed and pets at work are prohibited. Nice ideas but not realisable for many of us struggling to keep a roof over our heads who can't afford to quit or move given today's workplaces and the super-rights of corporations . These suggestions only work for the privileged few employees in our right-to-work culture.