Now being the obstinate cuss I am, what I might do is say to no one in particular as you pass by one of them is: "We've always been at war with Eastasia" and keep walking by. Or take the direct approach 'around the water cooler' and say: "1984 was supposed to be fiction not a 'How To' guide."
If you get no response they're brain dead and I'd check their Engineering Degree to see if isn't bogus. Engineers are supposed to be logical and should immediately spot numbers that look out of whack. These co-worker 'professionals' of yours sound more like Architects. ;-)
[as we say in 'the industry': 'The difference an Architect and God is that God doesn't think he's an Architect.'}
“These co-worker ‘professionals’ of yours sound more like Architects.”
No, we are a medical devices company (yes! the very type of company who gets the 2.3% Obamacare tax on REVENUE!!), and we build heart assist products. That 2.3% we start paying next year will be about $3 million off the top ... can you say good buy to some R&D projects. But it will be the Cambridge kids who will get cut first ... the ones who love Zero.