Excellent advice!
The workplace is filled with terrible conversations. They can happen in the kitchen or while coming out of the bathroom where nobody says audible words, and instead talk in a weird hot breathed voice, whispering things like “thank you” or “excuse me”. Constantly exposing yourself to this uncomfortable and unnecessary whisper tone is hazardous to your health and will surely drive you crazy over time. Follow the steps below and your work day will be slightly less miserable and mentally crippling.
Rub your eyes, because if you’re rubbing your eyes you can’t make eye contact to get trapped into a conversation. Sure this may look like you have chronic pink eye, or may even result in it, but it works. You’ll be sending a message “I can barely stand here without falling asleeping, let alone try to have a conversation.” As Ferris Bueller once said, this may seem childish and stupid, but then again so is having a job.
