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Of cubicle sex and outsourcing
CNet News.com ^ | 6/28/2005 | Ed Frauenheim

Posted on 06/29/2005 7:13:08 AM PDT by Mike Bates

We've heard reports that business process outsourcing work in India can be a dead-end job replete with long hours and unpaid overtime. But it seems such workplace woes are being offset to some degree with moments of sexual healing.

A story in the India press today reports that BPO workers are smooching and more in office settings, which have transformed into personal spaces in addition to professional domains. "From making friends to cultivating relationships, BPO units are slowly becoming hubs where inter-personal bonding takes place," the story in The Economic Times says. "And it comes as little surprise that many also give vent to their sexual urges in the office space."

The story says that footage from cameras at a leading Mumbai-based BPO unit showed a couple having sex in an office cubicle.

One source quoted in the story suggested that serving Western customers may be changing the behavior of Indian BPO workers. "Most of us have shed a lot of inhibitions when we come into this sector, trying to fall in step with a different time zone and culture that becomes a part of you," said Nicola D'Costa. "Couples walking with their arms around each other's waist/shoulder or grabbing a quick kiss in vacant corridors does happen."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bpo; india; office; outsourcing
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"Most of us have shed a lot of inhibitions when we come into this sector, trying to fall in step with a different time zone and culture. . .

Somehow, I knew this would end up being our fault.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

1 posted on 06/29/2005 7:13:09 AM PDT by Mike Bates
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To: MotleyGirl70; Cagey; pissant
showed a couple having sex in an office cubicle.

Must have been the Hennigans.

2 posted on 06/29/2005 7:15:39 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Mike Bates

security cameras caught A couple engaging in A sex act and they extrapolated this into offices rife with origes and common sexual bahavior?

glad there ain't cameras in my office!


3 posted on 06/29/2005 7:15:43 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: camle
glad there ain't cameras in my office!

I knew I retired too early! :)

4 posted on 06/29/2005 7:19:10 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates

sorry mike, you ain't my type:-)


5 posted on 06/29/2005 7:20:19 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: camle

Join the crowd.


6 posted on 06/29/2005 7:21:57 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70

Remember what happened after George Costanza gave away the cashmere sweater (with a small red stain) to the cleaning lady?


7 posted on 06/29/2005 7:24:27 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: Mike Bates

the retired crowd? the Bone Idle crowd??? I can't wait!:-)


8 posted on 06/29/2005 7:25:54 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: camle

Vastly overrated. Sort of like realizing, if I'd known what being an adult was like, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry.


9 posted on 06/29/2005 7:29:24 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: camle
I'm told that at almost any given time in downtown Chicago offices there are many sexual liaisons taking place. Having worked downtown for 37 years and knowing what goes on with the people here, I think they are right.
10 posted on 06/29/2005 7:31:18 AM PDT by Protagoras (Now that the frog is fully cooked, how would you like it served?)
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To: Mike Bates
My FaveRole Model:

I never grew up. ui plan to proceed directly from childhood into my second childhood. that way nobody will know the diff.

11 posted on 06/29/2005 7:31:46 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: Protagoras

i yam not surprised.


12 posted on 06/29/2005 7:32:24 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: Mike Bates

In INDIA??? I sure hope these people are using birth control.


13 posted on 06/29/2005 7:37:08 AM PDT by Savage Beast
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To: Larry Lucido
“If I knew this was frowned upon... ”
14 posted on 06/29/2005 7:37:48 AM PDT by johnny7 (How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
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To: linkinpunk
Remember what happened after George Costanza gave away the cashmere sweater (with a small red stain) to the cleaning lady?

I never watched Seinfeld. What happened?

15 posted on 06/29/2005 7:38:32 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws spawned the runaway federal health care monopoly and fund terrorism.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

George buys a very expensive cashmere sweater for Elaine's birthday. But being a cheapskate, he buys it because it is discounted for pennies on the dollar because of a "hardly noticable" red stain on the front.

Jerry tells him not to do it. George says nobody will notice and he will get extra points from Elaine for buying such an expensive gift.

But then there was Kramer... who promptly noticed the stain when Elaine was trying on her new gift.

Elaine got mad, returned the gift and George gave it to the cleaning lady at his office. They had sex on the cubical desk. When she noticed the red dot, she informed the boss that she and George had sex in the office. (George: "You got me here. Is that against the company policy? If so, just tell me.")

George was fired.


16 posted on 06/29/2005 7:52:39 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: linkinpunk

Thanks.


17 posted on 06/29/2005 7:54:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws spawned the runaway federal health care monopoly and fund terrorism.)
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To: cjshapi

Ping.


18 posted on 06/29/2005 7:56:09 AM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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To: Junior

Eeuww! Not in my cubicle and not with anyone I work with.


19 posted on 06/29/2005 7:57:24 AM PDT by cjshapi
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To: cjshapi

I dunno. I've got one of those 8'×8' cubicles. If I were to drape a shower curtain liner across the entrance ...


20 posted on 06/29/2005 8:03:16 AM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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