An iPod and 2 mobile phones are the latest must-have accessories
along with sushi for the status-conscious British office worker,
according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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.
The survey also found food such as sushi, organic salads and
sashimi -- thinly sliced raw seafood -- were rated highly by office
workers compared with traditional sandwiches or burgers with
chips.
Nearly a third of office workers also admitted to spending over 10
pounds a week on coffee, even if they could get the beverage for
free at work.
Are you part of them? 
What do you own then? 
