The Farewell Pizza #thought

When a person leaves the firm, and people ask us to say a few words about the person if we are not able to say even one sentence about them then we know that we have not for once eaten the pizza, because without even munching on the toppings we cannot evaluate the quality right ? When we have an opportunity to meet and mingle with people, try to always find some common grounds outside of work where we can mingle and share ideas. We don’t have to always connect with everyone , it depends on two people to take a conversation forward, and it takes interest in the other person also to talk to them again. But today when this pizza was placed in the middle and all of us were sitting around the table laughing and talking for the farewell of a dear co-worker and when everyone had to speak a few words about the person we had somethings to share , some stories , some fun moments , and it’s only because we mingled outside of work. But then also I felt we have not got the opportunity to engage in much lighter conversations, we had to try harder to come out of our comfort zone and speak. We have alot of introverts in the IT field , and it’s ok people are born a certain way, I myself am an ambivert I believe. But we can try to come out of our comfort zones slowly and engage in "lighter" conversations , get off some steam, have coffee occasionally, go for walks, gather around and talk, it’s all about making "efforts " . And the next time we sit around a pizza for some farewell, we should be able to know atleast how the toppings taste , atleast the basics of the person we are giving farewell to, what sort of dude he is? What are his/ her hobbies? His / her habits ? We need to invest in every person we encounter a little for some light conversations from the hectic work scenarios and let of some steam, make memories . Today I had stories to tell about how my coworker was a fun loving , kind person who shared a taste for movies. And that was a connecting point for us, all of us have to know something about the people we meet and have atleast one good thing to say or remember when they leave. It does not always have to be diplomatic!