We are often forced to work much like rats in a maze, or as one haughty executive has put it, like fish in an aquarium. He meant that, if we are more crowded than ever, it doesn't matter, since we are infinitely adaptable as a species ourselves. Rather than comment further, I will let that stand on its own.

Along with the high stress that such overcrowding produces, there are basically three reasons why we catch our coworkers