摘要
我对公司生日派对的初次认识是在电影《上班一条虫》里——影片中，公司里那些无所事事的员工尴尬地围着蛋糕，对着老板单调地唱着”生日快乐”。从这个时间快速推进七年：我大学刚毕业从事第一份工作的那家公司每个月都举办生日庆祝会，我当时有种强烈的似曾相识的感觉。我们这些员工天天见面，但在这种场合拿着小小的纸盘和塑料叉子的时候，还是产生了异样的感觉。我认为，一定有办法消除这种尴尬氛围——如果你愿意打破几条办公室生日派对规则的话，办法是有的。
My first glimpse of an office birthday party was via the movie Office Space, when the corporate drones stand awkwardly around the cake and sing ＂Happy Birthday＂to their boss in monotone voices. Flash forward seven years： the first company I worked for as a recent college grad had its monthly birthday celebration, and I had an overwhelming sense of deja vu. We see these people every day, and yet the situation feels different when we＇re holding small paper plates and plastic forks. I think there are ways around the awkwardness - if you＇re willing to break a few office birthday party rules, that is.
