Chill Magazine, the official magazine of The Beer Store, has an article this month called “Christmas with the Co-workers - How to stay sane this season,” by Rebecca Dumais. Along with tips for the office gift exchange and other seasonal topics is a section called “6 Sad But True Office Party Personalities.” One of those personalities, referred to as “the lurker” is described as follows:
whether socially inept or from co-worker disdain, you choose to stand on the outer rings of the party, pretending to look uninterested, or busy.
I have news for you, Ms. Dumais. We aren’t pretending. 
No offense taken, however, as the article is written with a good sense of humour, and the issues finishes with this delightful poster that reinforces what I said in my last entry:
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Skye
You are so right. We are NOT pretending. We are uninterested or busy trying to hide our lack of interest by looking at our watches or looking through all the numbers in our mobile phones or playing Snake and beating our best score. Still wish I could find my pride in being an innie. One day, I suppose.
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