Hi Folks
My Girlfriend worked all her working life in retail at a bookstore (where you lose all faith in humanity) and managed to get a job in an office.
I tried to teach her the ways of the bullshit office politics. But I do a bad job.
In retail, the abuse is so rampant, and you can't escape the customers that you have no concept of idling.
I try to teach her that being idle is key in the office in order to not burnout, but she is just so insanely productive. She said when it is 16:45 and there are 14 unanswered emails, she can't let it go and just not do it.
In the office, people stop working at 15:00 at the latest and start faking and everything is basically a giant show of bulshittery, but she can't wrap her head around this concept.
Do you have any tips on how to convey this?