I've been told repeatedly that I show the second face to early, well before I actually close the app, usually starting around the time we're discussing signing off.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no! The audacity to show your real emotions (or lack of them) among your coworkers!

Can't you just fake having a happy little life like all the other worker drones? We're a family here, and that means suffering for our sake.

[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny (sadly) enough, it's usually American contacts or colleagues that get annoying over it.

This while me, as a European, tend to get creeped the fuck out when they do this fake smiling all the time, especially when going out to eat.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

As an American. I'm so, so sorry. It's a plague over here. It's definitely a cultural thing. The ways the US functions at it's core demands it, in its hyper-competitive work landscape. Thankfully, a lot of Americans understand how fake it is and hate it, too. It tends to mostly present itself in more "successful" individuals in the States.