Having been in the work force for too many years, I have noticed that people arrange their workstations which includes 'leisure' pictures/screensavers, etc...something to wash their eyes with, when work gets to them.
One of my previous bosses had Beaches as a theme for his screensaver. Lovely stretches of fine sand, sound of waves even. Whenever he needed to 'get away' for a few minutes, he would let it run, and just admire the beautiful shots of sunny beaches.
There are some workstations with pictures of their children - most are of their kids. Then there are those who put up motivational clips/posters. Some have plants, live or artificial - just to spruce up the desk. There are some others who have feng shui items, like the fortune cat, money toad or the crystal tree.
I guess when we look at someones' desk, you can more or less make out, how that person is skewed. It's not about a neat, organised table. Sure, that also tells us about that person. BUT it's these things on the desk that has MORE than the eye can see.
It's what the person looks out for when an eye-wash is overdue - we work on the computer all day long, and our eyes are tired. So we need an eye-wash...one that will not sting, but one that will bring a smile to our faces.
What do we do?
We look at what we have placed on our desk, because each item, means something. Something that will comfort us for a few precious seconds each day.
Think about it.
The reason why it's on the desk is simply because, we spend MOST of our waking hours at our workstation. It's not just decorative or an eye-wash. It is that person's subconscious mind.
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