Back to school has a flavor that doesn't change from year to year.
Whether you are taking your first steps in kindergarten or whether you are a peaceful fifty-something who returns to the office after a few weeks of well-deserved vacation.
The re-entry, in absolute terms, is the moment of a subtle routine torpor which mixes anguish, boredom ... and impatience.
Impatience to (re) discover his colleagues, like his classmates of yesteryear.
Among the colleagues, there is one that we are happy to find: the father - or the mother - of the family.
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Sex or gender here is irrelevant: this is a colleague who behaves with his office mates the same way he conducts his life at home.
He is interested, he accompanies, he supports ... in the tests and in the successes.
This precious colleague is the one who surrounds you no matter the situation you are going through and who gives of his person as if you were his own child!
This colleague is the one who is able to sincerely rejoice in good news and spend an hour discussing your more personal moods with you ...
This colleague will never betray you: he is a rock, he is neither hypocrite, nor manipulator, nor lover of gossip.
He just has a good heart and a natural desire for his employees to feel good ... Obviously, his good humor - almost systematic - and his simplicity create a delicious atmosphere in a group.
For all these reasons, it is very valuable.
If one day, he weakens, bends his spine, he deserves all your attention ...
For the sake of this column, please feel free to share your own experience of important people by writing to qperinel@lefigaro.fr.
