I am rather confused by a new advert for Microsoft Office. The ad, which I cannot find a link to – not even on GoogleTube, shows a young man starting out on his first day in a new office. 

People are very friendly to him... Perhaps too friendly. Once he has been walked through the other cublicle jockeys, he plonks down in front of his computer and starts IMing some bird he’s seen around the office. Or she messages him – I can’t remember. Either way, they have a little chit chat and then he swans off to meet her – all within five mins of posing for his security card photo, and being shown where the loos are. 

How’s that for your first day in the office… Where is he working? The Playboy mansion?