TheTraineehasbeenproducedincollaborationwithinternationalaccountingandconsultingfirmDeloitte.Inordertorealizetheproject,theartistworkedforamonthastraineeinthemarketingdepartmentofDeloitte,whereonlyafewpeopleknewthetruenatureoftheproject. Duringthemonth-longintervention,aninitiallynormal-seemingmarketingtraineestartstoapplypeculiarworkingmethods.Graduallysheshiftsfromthepositionofsomeoneothersbelievetobenormal,totheobjectofavoidanceandspeculation.Thevideosandslideshowrevealaspectrumofwaysofhandlingtheoddmemberinagroup.Sincereinterestandbewilderedamusementarejuxtaposedwithdemandsdirectedatthesuperiorregardingthestrangelybehavingworker. Weseethetraineesittingatherworkstationintheconsultants'open-planofficespace,orinthetaxdepartmentlibraryalldaydoingnothing.Oneofthevideosshowsherspendinganentiredayinanelevator.Theseactsorrathertheabsenceofvisibleactionslowlymaketheatmospherearoundthetraineeunbearable,forcingthecolleaguestosearchforsolutionsandtocomeupwithexplanationsforthesituation. MaskinglazinessinapparentactivityandbrowsingFacebookduringworkinghoursbelongtotheacceptablebehaviouralpatternsofaworkcommunity.However,sittinginfrontofanemptydeskwithyourhandsofyourlap,justthinking,threatensthepeaceofthecommunityandbreaksthecolleagues’concentration.Whenthereisnoreadymethodofaction,peopleinitiallyresorttoavoidance,whichfailstosettheirmindateaseifthesituationdragson. Whatprovokespeopleaboutthis‘non-doing’,asidefromthestrangeness,istheelementofresistance.Thenon-doingpersonisn’tcommittedtoanyactivity,sotheyhavethepotentialforanything.Itisnon-doingthatlacksaplaceinthegeneralorderofthings,andthusitisathreattoorder.Itiseasytorootoutanyongoinganti-orderactivity,butthepotentialforanythingisacontinualstimuluswithoutasolution.