闲话的艺术正在消亡,其原因不是人们变得更加高尚了——人们当然还是一如既往地可憎。也不是因为独断专行的老板禁止人们说闲话(其实往往带来相反的效果)。原因很简单,人们的工作方式变了,在普通工作日里八卦的时间比以前大大减少了。
First, there has been the tragic decline of the lunch hour and the eclipse of the office canteen. When I joined the workforce 30 years ago, the canteen was a temple to gossip, which was exchanged in a leisurely, convivial way over a plate of toad in the hole. Today for lunch I did what I tend to do when I don't have a date, and slipped out alone for an egg sandwich, which I ate at my desk.
首先,午餐时间可悲地减少了,企业食堂消亡了。30年前我参加工作时,食堂是八卦的圣殿。端上一碟子烤香肠,从容不迫、愉快随意地交流着闲言碎语。现在,如果没有约会,我的午餐时间就是用来吃午餐,而且是一个人溜出去,买个鸡蛋三明治,回到办公桌前独自吃掉。
Virtual working is also a disaster for gossip. So is excessive working. The more people have to do, the less time they have for idle chatter. But far more than any of this, the thing that is killing the finest sort of gossip is the internet: email, Facebook and Twitter.
远程虚拟工作和加班也成了八卦的杀手。人们干活越多,可以唠叨闲话的时间就越少。不过,相比之下,在消灭一流八卦方面“居功至伟”的当属互联网:电子邮件、Facebook和Twitter。
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