Articles for conversation - #9

Do you struggle with texting? Do you dislike emojis? Do you wish you were a better texter?

Sometimes, social interaction is just too tiring. So why do so many companies want their workers to be fun, when they probably just want to go home?

Let me know what you think with this weeks articles:

Here are some articles and a video that I found interesting this week. Please let me know if you have any issues accessing these. I look forward to hearing what you have to say.

As a bonus task, note some interesting language that you hear in the video and bring it to the class.

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/i-admit-it-i-am-a-dry-texter-it-beats-emojis-or-verbal-diarrhoea

2. https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qwnb/work-party-culture-office-hr

3. https://youtu.be/H0-WkpmTPrM

If there is anything else you would like to talk about instead, please let me know.

See you in class!