Empty Corridors
Do you see me?
Do you?
Do you know I am here?
Swipe card access to empty corridor
Stifle scream that no one would hear
I tuck
into my cubicle.
Screen beckons
Urgent Cc… POTATO SALAD MISSING FROM STAFF FRIDGE.
Please just stop.
Just stop
Walking by
like I’m not
here.
~ David Zinger
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Employee engagement conundrum. Do you (Do I) fully engage in recognizing our work community?
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David,
You words echo the emptiness that many feel in the workplace.
Well written my friend!
Jack
Jack,
We can fill that emptiness with robust and authentic connections and hear a return call rather than a hollow echo. Thanks Jack.
David
David, your words are very moving. They bring back memories of my childhood.
My siblings and I always knew we were in big trouble when Mom gave us the dreaded “silent treatment”. The treatment was very effective… although we were physically there, Mom simply ignored us. Thankfully, it never lasted very long. But I remember the feeling very well. It made us feel so alone, so empty.
The silent treatment occurs all to often in the workplace. It’s called alienation and is the opposite of recognition.
Alienation kills the human spirit. Likewise, I firmly believe recognition can lift people and take them to a higher place.
peter
Peter:
You add another dimension here. Silence as possible punishment as opposed to “simple neglect.” I would agree about the alienation. I just looked at the word and notice you could play it as alien nation. I don’t want to be an alien or work with aliens.
David