Why can’t my female co-workers learn the value of shooting the breeze and taking it easy every now and then while in the workplace? When it comes to guys, we’ll crack jokes, make small talk and generally work at our leisure, which for us is all fine and good as long as the work gets done, and it always does by the end of the day.

But women, gees. Make the merest attempt at idle chatter, and they’ll fear the end of the world is nigh. Why are they somehow convinced that we must all work as if the Sword of Damocles were hanging over our heads, ready to drop at the slightest indiscretion? Our jobs especially are life sucking drudgeships, which virtually requires us to engage in a little bantering and fun just to break the routine and keep us from all going insane. When it comes to these cows though, it’s all work and no play, lest we get their blistering stares of disapproval. And here I thought girls just wanted to have fun?? Yeah right. Not at work evidently.