ANALYSING COMPANY

It was a long day yesterday at the work thing. By the time we all got to the pub for dinner, my brain was so tired that I span into oversharing.

“I go deep quick,” I explained apologetically. I don’t need to apologise for being myself of course, but sometimes deep can be a bit awkward for people.

I did a lot of analysing yesterday. I couldn’t help it - I was in a room full of people, and people are always interesting to observe. Really interesting.

However, I’m now just looking forward to going home. I’m tired, yes. I’m in danger of turning grumpy, absolutely, but also - I’d like to be back with Sammy now please, sitting on the sofa, watching something comfy with a cup of tea, a few biscuits, and no work to think about.

I was thinking during a sales presentation, about the ‘company’ and the words we tend to use for it. A firm (solid, reliable, unmoving), a business (unrelentingly busy), an organisation (structured, efficient), and of course a company - a com-pan-y, where you eat bread together. When I heard it used by an American, the word stood out.

It reminded me of actors. They travel in companies too - a group of like-minded people, pretending to be other people in order to convince further people of a story, resonating with the human nature in all of us. It’s a great word to use for work, I thought, looking around. Together, on a stage in a strange hotel world, convincing each other that they would choose this, that they have chosen this, and now for some reason of capitalist economics, their house literally depends on it. Hey fair enough, mine too. I’m not knocking it.

Actually it’s time to go find it. I’m exhausted.