Professionally awkward

Broken monitors, helpful colleagues — and a poker face as a professional imperative.

Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash

I had to go into the office in London yesterday.

The idea of going in is to make sure I stay in touch and have personal interactions with my colleagues.

When I got to my desk, a guy down at the end of the row was dialling into a team call.

“Morning gang.”

“Morning,” the guy sitting across from me said to his screen, also di…