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Who Goes to Work to Have Fun?

"ONE of our core values is to inject fun and quirkiness into everything we do," Neil Blumenthal, a founder of the online eyeglass retailer Warby Parker, recently told The New York Times. This is a philosophy currently enjoying a resurgence in the tech and retail industries, among others. As we enter the season of office holiday parties, it’s a safe assumption that the workplace quirkiness quotient will skyrocket. Which means it’s also the season for the curmudgeons among us to renew our passionate entreaty: Please — no, really, please — can we stop trying to "make work fun"?

By OLIVER BURKEMAN

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/opinion/burkeman-are-we-having-fun-yet.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

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