In Orientation by Daniel Orozco, a person is showing around a new working during his orientation around the business he was just hired at. He is informing the new working of all the information he will need to be successful in working at the business. He was also informing the new co-worker of personal information that shouldn’t be told on his first day of work or shared to begin with at all. The story “Orientation” through satire shows alienation of traditional office work in the real world. A Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize peoples stupidity or vices. People can exaggerate situations or think situations are humorous just to expose and criticize people. Alienation is the loss or lack of sympathy for people. Satire is shown through Orientation and shows alienation of traditional office work by showing the disconnect between personal and professional lives.
In Orientation, the guy showing the new co-worker around the office points out a man named Kevin. He states …show more content…
In real life it is not usual to on your first day to get told about the drama happening at the business. Learning about drama is something you will eventually figure out, and in the real world no one will tell you that information. The co-worker states that, “Russell Nash, who sits in the cubicle to your left, is in love with Amanda Pierce, who sits in the cubicle to your right”. After explaining about how Russell likes Amanda the co-workers goes on and says how, “Amanda Pierce, who tolerates Russell Nash, is in love with Albert Bosch, whose office is over there”. In some businesses it is allowed to date people you work with but not everyone you work should hear about your personal love life. The co-worker is exposing the people he works with and is being very unprofessional by exposing