August 16, 2006
Tech-savvy GOSSIPS new office yuppies
An iPod and 2 mobile phones are the latest must-have accessories along with Sushi for the status-conscious office worker , according to a survey released on Wednesday, reports Reuters
"The poll, conducted for recruitment firm Office Angels, found 67 percent of 1,500 respondents considered so-called "micro-gadgets" like Blackberrys, laptop memory sticks and small mobile phones to be the ultimate status symbols.
Office Angels branded the people in the survey as GOSSIPS (Gadget Obsessed Status Symbol Infatuated Professionals), a morphed version of the archetypal 1980s Yuppie -- Young Urban Professional.
Almost half (45 percent) of those questioned thought any ambitious worker should own at least 2 mobile phones -- one for work calls and the other for social chit chat."
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