I know this is very random but this is the kind of thing I think of when I am putting off thinking or doing something I should be doing.

When you are at work and you see someone for the first time that day I assume (and hope) you say hello.  That’s not so tricky – hey, how’s it going? Did jya see that game last night? How was the traffic for you? If you are not in hearing distance but you see someone through a window or door do you give the little hey wave?  You know, not that full blown hailing a cab wave but that queen wave…enough to acknowledge the other person but not too much to make the other person feel the need to get out of their chair.

Simple stuff!  My question is, though, what do you do the next time you see each other?  Non-verbal acknowledgement, that nod of the head or silly salute that says “I see you there but we have already gone through the hello.”  Do you keep waving like Miss America each time you head to the rest room by the unfortunate person whose office is beside that busy room?

Substitute the grocery store for your office and you also have a conundrum.  You greet your acquaintance in produce but keep seeing them every other aisle.  Do you continue the greeting or do you to the tilty head smile and move on?  See what I mean?  These pithy questions are just screaming out for an answer!

I work in one of those fish bowl offices.  My office has several panels of glass and I have mini-blinds to make it more private.   When I moved into my office five years ago I was so excited to have windows that I kept the blinds open all of the time.  One day a colleague came to my office and asked me to get out of my chair.  She sat down and suggested I walk down the hallway to end, turn around and walk back.  Holy Cow!  I could see what she was wearing.  I was not only spending my day doing my best queen wave, everyone could see what I was eating for lunch at my desk.

The blinds are now closed and I leave the queen wave to real royalty!

Until next time!

Jude Russo Caserta

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