Socializing

Today as I was relaxing in my flexible chair in office, I got a invitation from a friend to meet him at his desk . It's not a practice to get an invitation from someone who is sitting 3 bays away from me. Curious what the occasion is, we (along with the others who got the call)  gathered at his desk, he was actually distributing sweets to few selected colleagues ( whom he thinks that he is close or it could be otherwise) . It was a gathering where we were discussing the reason behind distribution of the sweets - he informed that he passed his PMP certification and was overwhelmed to share the happiness with his colleagues. We felt happy for him and we exchanged thought's about the exam and resources that he felt helpful. It was a very nice social gathering.

The reason I am emphasising on such a small instance which usually happens every time is because this is not the style which is followed on our floor often. Colleagues who want to announce the extraordinary happening to them, would just hand over the sweets to the Admin ( who is known by all) and provides the reason and she broadcast to the floor mentioning about the treat and the reason. The next minute, there is a flood of employees flocking round her desk, just grabs the sweets and turns back to their desk. Very few of them know the exact reason for the sweet distribution and when asked if they are aware of the reason, their reply would be that they saw a mail with the subject "Sweets" from the admin. Where is a concept of socializing here? Its like something free is kept at one location and people hang around to hop on it without knowing the reason behind it.

I feel that there is a plunge in the graph of trust as I find many people around me just speaking to one another for the reason that that they are the key member required for their routine work. It's very obvious on their face when they take the strain to move the muscles in their face to give a simple smile. The work life is become too professional that everyone has a reason behind so called 'help' that they do and is completely ignored if there is no expectation from one another.