I hate to be got...

So let me just say this about that. I'm making this up as I go along so bear with me.

You work at a company that produces widgets, it's an office job. In theory, everyone stays productive company stays profitable, everyone keeps job. You're bored with your work, and begin to goof off, a couple of co-workers join you. The three of you are having a great time. Going to work has become fun. Others begin to notice and they want to have fun too. Sure, why not... You're not exclusionary, after all you all have the same interest --fun! United Widget Producers production suffers, there are pay cuts and layoffs and soon you have no job. Dang, that's NO fun!

I think that's the issue. It's not that anyone can't join the clique. I've given the recipe in an earlier post. But most people, who have poured their heart into an image and really achieved something remarkable, only to have it completely ignored or overlooked are about as irritated as the Widget worker who keeps his nose to the grindstone while everyone else is at play and still gets laid off in the end.

So maybe the word I want isn't clique, at the moment I'm too lazy to look for a new one. But there must be a word for a group of people who bond together in activities that are counter-productive to the environment their in...

And no... I don't mean "human"! :rolleyes:

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