I find it fascinating how so many things in life mirror one another in bizzare parallel.
Let me give you an example.... I have been heavily involved on and off with IRC for a number of years now. Amazingly "life" within the working environment of IRC, starkly reflects working life in the real world. When things are going well with the people who staff the chat network, generally the same can be said about day-to-day life at work and conversely, if there are tensions or things aren't running so smoothly the same can generally be applied to the other.
The IRC network that I help to man during my free time has been going through a difficult period. There have been tensions, harsh words and upheavals. On Sunday we met for a crisis meeting in the hope that we could rectify the bad feeling that had developed over time. People don't seem to be as optimistic as they once were. Things didn't go so well and now there is an air or uncertainty, a transition - to where, I don't yet know. Similarly at work, there is a strangely familiar feeling of flux. People are moving desks, new faces are appearing and no one quite knows what is waiting around the corner.
